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Russia nabs hundreds as call-up sparks protests

MOSCOW, Sept 22 (BBC/AFP): Russian police are reported to have arrested hundreds of protesters rallying against the Kremlin's decision to call up thousands of extra troops to fight in Ukraine.Russian human rights group OVD-Info put the total at more than 1,300. The largest numbers arrested were in St Petersburg and...

Iranian protesters torch police stations

TEHRAN, Sept 22 (Reuters): Protesters in Tehran and other Iranian cities torched police stations and vehicles on Thursday as unrest triggered by the death of a woman detained by the morality police intensified, with reports of security forces coming under attack.Mahsa Amini, 22, died last week after being arrested in...

Trumps inflated net worth of family co by billions

NEW YORK, Sept 22 (BBC): Donald Trump and three of his children have been hit with a fraud lawsuit after a New York investigation into their family company - the Trump Organization.It alleges that they lied "by billions" about the value of real estate in order to get loans and...

2 die as strong quake shakes Mexico

MEXICO CITY, Sept 22 (AFP): A strong earthquake jolted Mexico on Thursday, sending people rushing out into the streets of the capital in the middle of the night, days after a powerful tremor left at least two people dead.The epicenter of the 6.9-magnitude quake was near the Pacific coast, 84...

Global Fund raises $14.25b to fight HIV, TB and malaria

NEW YORK, Sept 22 (AFP): The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria raised $14.25 billion Wednesday at a donor conference led by US President Joe Biden, as decades of progress against the diseases are set back by Covid.It was the highest amount ever pledged for a multilateral health...

Man found in 'miracle' rescue after quake

BEIJING, Sept 22 (AFP): A Chinese worker who tended to his injured colleagues following a deadly earthquake and then got lost in the mountains has been rescued 17 days later.The 6.6-magnitude quake struck southwestern Sichuan province earlier this month, killing at least 93 people and forcing thousands to be resettled...

Iran, US clash at UN on nuclear deal

NEW YORK, Sept 22 (Reuters): The United States and Iran clashed on security and human rights on Wednesday, with Iran's president demanding US guarantees to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and the US president vowing Tehran would never get an atomic bomb.Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi struck a defiant tone...