A French juvenile court on Friday convicted six teenagers for their roles in the beheading of a teacher by an Islamist extremist that shocked the country. Samuel Paty killed after showing class cartoons of Islam's Prophet Muhammad during free speech debate A French juvenile court on Friday convicted six teenagers …
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Hundreds of thousands wounded and dead in Ukraine as war grinds on, intelligence suggests
With no end in sight after more than 21 months of war, the number of people killed or wounded in the Russian invasion of Ukraine is in the hundreds of thousands, intelligence estimates suggest. U.K. Ministry of Defence estimates around 320,000 Russian casualties With no end in sight after more …
Read More »Hunter Biden, son of U.S. president, indicted on 9 tax charges in California
Hunter Biden was indicted on nine tax charges in California on Thursday as a special counsel investigation into the business dealings of the U.S. president's son intensifies against the backdrop of the looming 2024 election. President's son is also facing firearms charges in Delaware Hunter Biden was indicted on nine …
Read More »Russian lawmakers approve March election, paving way for a 5th Putin term
Russian lawmakers on Thursday set the date of the country's 2024 presidential election for March 17, moving Vladimir Putin a step closer to a fifth term in office. Opposition group's billboards directing Russians to anti-Putin site pulled down Russian lawmakers on Thursday set the date of the country's 2024 presidential …
Read More »Hong Kong activist Agnes Chow still fears Beijing’s reach despite living in Canada
Pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow, who left Hong Kong for Canada and won't return to meet her bail conditions, told the Associated Press on Thursday she felt still under the watch of the Chinese territory's police even after moving to Toronto. Chow would be pursued for life unless she turns herself …
Read More »Former Peru president Alberto Fujimori granted release from prison
Peru's former president Alberto Fujimori was released from prison Wednesday on humanitarian grounds, despite a request from a regional human rights court to delay his release. 85-year-old had been serving a 25-year sentence for human rights abuses Peru's former president Alberto Fujimori was released from prison Wednesday on humanitarian grounds, …
Read More »Ex-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to quit U.S. Congress
Two months after his historic ouster as House Speaker, Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California announced on Wednesday that he is resigning from his congressional seat and will leave by the end of the year. In op-ed, McCarthy reveals he'll leave House 'at the end of this year' Two months …
Read More »Detroit on track to record fewest homicides since 1966, officials say
The city of Detroit is on-track to see its fewest yearly homicides in nearly six decades, officials said Monday. The city has also seen a 36 per cent drop in carjackings and 13 per cent decrease in non-fatal shootings The city of Detroit is on-track to see its fewest yearly …
Read More »Hard hit by climate change, Indigenous leaders want strong voice at COP28
From disappearing salmon stocks and caribou herds to wildfires and a changing landscape, Indigenous leaders are sharing their impressions at the UN climate summit of how a warming planet is impacting their communities and way of life. Climate change 'impacts how we exist,' says Métis leader at global climate summit …
Read More »22 people confirmed dead from Indonesia volcano eruption
Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of Indonesia's Mount Marapi volcano found 11 more bodies of climbers who were caught by a surprise weekend eruption, raising the number of confirmed dead to 22, officials said Tuesday. One person remained missing. About 50 people were rescued over the weekend but it's not …
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