At least 70 people perish
BANJUL, Aug 30 (Reuters): At least 70 people were killed when a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of West Africa, Gambia's foreign affairs ministry said late on Friday, in one of the deadliest accidents in recent years along a popular migration route to Europe.Another 30 people are feared...
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Three killed as protesters set fire to council building
JAKARTA, Aug 30 (BBC): Three people have been killed after protesters set fire to a council building in eastern Indonesia, amid nationwide demonstrations over the death of a ride-sharing driver.Affan Kurniawan, 21, was run over by a police vehicle in Jakarta during earlier - and ongoing - protests about low...
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Russia strikes Ukraine as peace prospects flounder
KYIV, Aug 30 (AFP): Russia launched "massive" strikes across Ukraine overnight, rescue services said on Saturday, a new blow to peace efforts that drew a fresh appeal from President Volodymyr Zelensky for US and European help.Despite a recent flurry of international efforts to broker a truce in the three-and-a-half-year conflict,...
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Argentina cops carry out raids in President's sister graft probe
BUENOS AIRES, Aug 30 (AFP): Argentine police on Friday raided the offices of the National Disability Agency and a pharmaceutical company at the heart of a corruption scandal embroiling President Javier Milei's influential sister.The allegations against Karina Milei, her brother's right-hand woman and general secretary of the presidency, are the...
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