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Thu, 14 Apr 2022 08:38:13 GMT
Prosecutors call for Maradona medical staff to face trial
In their request Wednesday, the prosecutors said "omissions" and mismanagement by eight medical professionals in charge of Maradona placed him in a "situation of helplessness" and abandoned him "to his fate" during his home hospitalization, accordin...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 07:10:28 GMT
Wheel of fortune turns for Sri Lanka's political soothsayers
As politicians find their homes besieged by large and resentful crowds, incensed over months of fuel shortages and lengthy blackouts, spiritual advisers have also found themselves under pressure. Images of soothsayers standing alongside top admini...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 07:10:23 GMT
Ukrainian graffiti artists thumb their nose at war in Odessa
In a care-free show of defiance, a Ukrainian graffiti art collective has sprayed dozens more such felines on the walls of the Black Sea port since the start of the war. "Odessa is a port city, so there are a lot of cats. With the war, they had to b...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 06:46:10 GMT
2 Palestinians killed in Israeli raid on W.Bank: ministry
"Two youths died of injuries sustained in an Israeli attack in the Jenin district," the ministry said in a statement. The Israeli army said it had been "continuing recent counterterrorism activities", a week after a Jenin man killed three people in...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 06:21:06 GMT
Philippine military continues search and rescue efforts as death toll climbs post cyclone
The Philippine military pledged on Thursday to keep up search and rescue efforts after tropical storm Megi ripped through central areas this week, burying many under landslides and killing at least 123 people. 

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 05:56:12 GMT
North Korea's tests stir nuclear debate in South
Pyongyang has conducted a blitz of sanctions-busting weapons tests this year, including launching an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at full range for the first time since 2017. It was a dramatic return to long-range testing after a years...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 05:42:13 GMT
Death toll from Philippines landslides, floods hits 115
Scores of people are still missing and feared dead after the strongest storm to strike the archipelago nation this year dumped heavy rain over several days, forcing tens of thousands into evacuation centres. In the central province of Leyte -- the ...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 05:40:13 GMT
Australia's Green grabs early lead at windy LPGA Lotte Championship
The 25-year-old rattled off eight birdies and two bogeys to edge clear of the pack on a day where strong winds buffeted the Hoakalei Country Club on Oahu island. "It was quite hard to predict the wind the last few holes," world number 31 Green said...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 05:34:09 GMT
'Time to close' Parthenon marbles row: Acropolis museum director
"It's time for the matter to be closed," Nikos Stampolidis told AFP in an interview. "We are not talking about just any work of art far from its place of origin", but of "part of an architectural monument that is a symbol of global culture", said S...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 05:30:21 GMT
Senegal eyes economic boom in oyster farming
But hunting for shellfish treasure among gnarly tree roots in brackish water is a lot of work. Thousands of people -- the vast majority of them women -- make a living from oysters in Senegal, usually at a small and informal level. But experts say ...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 05:28:08 GMT
Colombian football 'Colossus' Freddy Rincon dead at 55: doctors
Rincon suffered a severe head injury following a collision on Monday between the vehicle he was travelling in and a bus in the southwest city of Cali. The former Real Madrid and Napoli ace underwent almost three hours of surgery before being transf...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 05:26:14 GMT
Le Pen tries to ‘take the politics out’ of her image in new campaign poster
Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen heads into her second-round duel with President Emmanuel Macron with a new poster at the heart of her campaign, plastered with the new slogan “For all French people”. This marks the latest step in her communicat...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 05:24:35 GMT
Live: Major Russian warship ‘seriously damaged’ in explosion as Ukraine claims strike
Russia said on Thursday the flagship of its Black Sea fleet was seriously damaged and its crew evacuated following an explosion that a Ukrainian official said was the result of a missile strike. Follow FRANCE 24’s liveblog for all the latest updat...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 05:22:10 GMT
Fleeing war, Ukraine's orphans face trafficking threat
Some have come under Russian fire in their care homes. Others fled amid the sound of explosions and gunfire. Many remain unaccounted for, lost in the chaos of Ukraine's sprawling and often disorganised social service system. "There was a big probl...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 05:14:12 GMT
New hope to help advanced Parkinson's patients walk, sleep again
Suffered by millions worldwide, the degenerative disease erodes motor functions and in its later stages often confines patients to a bed or wheelchair. This is due to a condition called orthostatic hypotension, which occurs when a person stands up ...



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