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Sat, 23 Apr 2022 06:36:14 GMT
Israel closes crossing to Gazans after new rocket attacks
The rocket attacks on Friday night and Saturday morning followed days of clashes at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound and a month of deadly violence. The unrest -- which comes as the Jewish festival of Passover overlaps with the holy M...

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 06:22:22 GMT
'So much joy': Brazil holds first carnival since Covid
After two long years of face masks, social-distancing and death, a sparkling sea of dancers, drummers and multi-storey floats reclaimed the "Sambadrome," the iconic beach city's carnival parade venue, which had been turned into a drive-through vacci...

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 06:02:11 GMT
Malaria: Killer of African children set for vaccine zap
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 627,000 people died of malaria in 2020, the latest year for which figures are available -- an increase of 12 per cent over 2019. Ahead of World Malaria Day on Monday, AFP takes a look at this noto...

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 05:58:17 GMT
Hopes wane for Ukraine Easter truce as Russia presses campaign
The war enters its third month on Sunday but a senior Russian military officer said "the second phase of the special operation" -- as Moscow terms its invasion of Ukraine -- had just begun. "One of the tasks of the Russian army is to establish full...

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 05:56:09 GMT
Loyalists turn on Sri Lanka PM as protest pressure grows
Media minister Nalaka Godahewa announced his support for the thousands outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's office who are demanding he and other members of his powerful family quit power. Sri Lanka is suffering its most painful economic downturn...

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 05:34:13 GMT
Hawks hold off Heat, Bucks thrash Bulls in NBA playoffs
The Hawks cut the deficit in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference first-round series to 2-1. The reigning NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks grabbed a 2-1 series lead with a 111-81 rout of the Chicago Bulls, and the Phoenix Suns took a 2-1 series lead ...

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 04:36:10 GMT
New Pakistan government says willing to curb fuel subsidies
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 2019 approved a $6 billion loan over three years for Pakistan but disbursement has been slowed by concerns about the pace of reforms. Finance Minister Miftah Ismail, who took office this month after a previo...

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 04:08:11 GMT
Top-ranked Ko shares Los Angeles LPGA lead with Hataoka
Ko, aiming to bounce back from a disappointing finish in the first major of the year at Rancho Mirage two weeks ago, reeled off four birdies in a row from the 11th through the 14th at Wilshire Country Club to power up the leaderboard. She shot a se...

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 03:46:17 GMT
In north Donbas, denial and fatalism face Russian onslaught
Most residents have left: shops are closed, windows sealed with wooden planks and doors barricaded. Only a small sheltered market in the centre of town is still operating, providing food and other supplies. The town's other market was bombed. "Tho...

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 02:46:10 GMT
France braces for Le Pen-Macron showdown
Macron is the favourite to win re-election in the run-off ballot on Sunday, and there are indications he bolstered his advantage with a combative performance in the one-off election debate against a somewhat defensive Le Pen. But the president and ...

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 02:36:10 GMT
Golf great Greg Norman wants to play British Open
The 67-year-old, a two-time winner of the Claret Jug who has recently been spearheading a proposed Saudi-backed breakaway Super League, has not played a major since 2009. But he wants to return for the tournament's 150th edition, to be held at the ...

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 02:32:13 GMT
Prettier in pink: the push to remake Japan's cherry blossom season
The season produces a nationwide frenzy, as forecasters compete to declare when full bloom will arrive, and Japanese unfurl picnic blankets for sometimes raucous flower-viewing parties -- at least in pre-pandemic times. The blooms of the ubiquitous...

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 02:30:21 GMT
Iraq exhibits restored art pillaged after 2003 invasion
Around one hundred items are on display in the capital, returned and restored nearly two decades after they were looted. Many of the works, including pieces by renowned artists Jawad Selim and Fayiq Hassan, disappeared in 2003 when museums and oth...

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 02:06:15 GMT
Scientists scour 'Mexico's Galapagos' for quake, volcano clues
Located in the Pacific Ocean several hundred kilometers from the Mexican coast, the Revillagigedo Islands are known as "Mexico's Galapagos" due to their isolation and biodiversity. One of the archipelago's volcanos, Barcena, last erupted spectacula...

Fri, 22 Apr 2022 22:18:10 GMT
US sets meeting on Ukraine long-term security in Germany
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said defense ministers and senior generals of 20 countries, NATO and non-NATO members, have already accepted the invitation from US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for the meeting Tuesday at the US-controlled Ramstein A...



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