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Empty seats as schools reopen in Venezuela's quake-hit Guaira

Schools in Venezuela's quake-scarred coastal state of La Guaira were deserted on Tuesday, a day after the start of the new school year, with many parents opting to keep children home for fear of further deadly tremors.

Trump blasts Supreme Court justices over 'horrible' mail vote ruling

US President Donald Trump assailed the Supreme Court on Tuesday after it blocked his plan to restrict mail-in ballots, launching a rare and blistering attack on the justices he hand-picked in his first term.

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Adidas, Morocco resolve row over Algeria football jerseys

German sportswear giant Adidas said Friday a row with Morocco over a design on a football top for arch-rivals Algeria had been resolved, and that it regretted the controversy.

Poverty, climate, space: China's progress in 10 years under Xi

Xi Jinping's China has dragged millions out of extreme poverty, sent spacecraft to the Moon and committed itself to cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

Murder rate plummets amid 'gangster peace' in Medellin

Seven days without a single murder: The month of August marked a security record for Colombia's second city Medellin, the onetime fiefdom of infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar.

Transformation of London's iconic Battersea power station unveiled

With its four huge white chimneys Battersea Power Station has dominated the London skyline for decades, making it one of the British capital's most distinctive landmarks.

Children caught up in Iran demos face 'psychological centres'

Dozens of Iranian children have been killed and hundreds detained after being caught up in protests over Mahsa Amini's death, some of them even ending up in "psychological centres", it has emerged.

Floods swallow cars, swamp houses in 'major' Australian emergency

Flash floods swamped hundreds of homes in southeastern Australia and thousands of people were warned to flee surging waters threatening towns across three separate states Friday.

1.4 million children malnourished in South Sudan: charity

About 1.4 million children under the age of five are suffering from malnutrition in South Sudan, caught in the grip of widespread flooding and intercommunal conflict, the British charity Save the Children said Friday.

Florida school shooter spared death penalty, gets life in prison

A US jury on Thursday rejected the death penalty and backed life imprisonment for Nikolas Cruz, who shot and killed 17 people at a Florida high school, in a sentence that shocked and angered some relatives of the victims.

Russia to help people leave annexed Ukraine region as Kyiv advances

Russia agreed Thursday to help residents leave a region it has "annexed" in a new sign Kyiv's counter-offensive is advancing, as a top EU official warned Moscow's army would be "annihilated" by the West if the Kremlin uses nuclear weapons in the war.

Florida school shooter avoids death penalty, gets life in prison

A US jury on Thursday rejected the death penalty for Nikolas Cruz, who shot and killed 17 people at his former Florida high school, opting instead for life imprisonment without the chance of parole.

Paris Sacre-Coeur granted historic status despite bloody history

The Sacre-Coeur basilica atop the hill of Montmartre in Paris will finally be classified as a protected historical monument, ending a long dispute embedded in the city's bloody revolutionary history.

Russian Orthodox Church gets warm welcome in Orban's Hungary

Despite his staunch support of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, Patriarch Kirill, the leader of Russia's Orthodox church, has so far escaped European Union sanctions -- thanks to the support of Hungarian leader Viktor Orban.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay nearly $1 bn for Sandy Hook lies

A US jury ordered far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Wednesday to pay nearly $1 billion in damages for falsely claiming that the deadly 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting was a "hoax."

Peru villagers accuse government of ignoring harm from mining

Andean villagers in Peru told an inter-American rights court on Wednesday about how their health has suffered for decades due to environmental damage caused by a mining company extracting heavy metals in their midst.

Malala visits women at flood camps in Pakistan

Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai met Wednesday with victims of Pakistan's devastating monsoon floods, in only the second visit to her home country since being shot by the Taliban a decade ago.

UK court told 'killer' baby nurse sent sympathy card to parents

A nurse at a UK hospital tried to kill a baby girl four times before she was successful, then sent a sympathy card to her victim's parents, a court was told on Wednesday.

Gunfire at Iran protests over Mahsa Amini's death

Gunshots were fired as Iranian security forces confronted protests Wednesday over Mahsa Amini's death in a crackdown that rights groups say has already cost at least 108 lives with many children among the dead.

Myanmar junta courts prolong Japanese journalist, Suu Kyi jail terms

Myanmar's junta on Wednesday jailed a Japanese journalist arrested while filming an anti-coup protest for three more years for violating immigration law, a diplomatic source told AFP.

Ex-French skater Abitbol 'feels punished' for revealing abuse

Former figure skating star Sarah Abitbol lifted the lid on sexual abuse in sport in France by revealing she was raped by her former coach as a teenager -- but says she feels she was "punished" as a result.

Thailand promises tougher gun control after nursery attack

Thailand will toughen its gun possession and drug laws, the interior ministry said Wednesday, following the nursery massacre of 36 people -- including 24 children -- in the kingdom's worst mass killing.

Peru attorney general files corruption complaint against president

Peru's attorney general on Tuesday filed a constitutional complaint accusing embattled President Pedro Castillo of criminal organization and corruption, an action that could lead to the suspension of the leftist leader.

Japanese rocket launch fails in blow for space agency

The launch of a Japanese rocket taking satellites into orbit to demonstrate new technologies failed after blast-off on Wednesday because of a positioning problem, the country's space agency said.

Prince, Andy Warhol feature in Supreme Court copyright case

Pop music and art converge on the US Supreme Court on Wednesday as it hears whether a photographer should be compensated for a picture she took of Prince used in a work by Andy Warhol.

Myanmar junta sentences Suu Kyi to 6 more years for corruption

Myanmar's junta sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday to another six years in prison for corruption, a source with knowledge of the case said, taking the Nobel laureate's total jail time to 26 years.

Weinstein held in 'medieval' conditions ahead of court: lawyer

Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is being held in appalling conditions in a cell as he awaits his daily trial sessions in Los Angeles, his lawyer said Tuesday.

UK court told of hospital baby attacks by 'killer' nurse

A nurse accused of murdering seven babies at the UK hospital where she worked was disturbed by the mother of one of her victims as she tried to kill him, a court heard on Tuesday.

Hope fading in search for Venezuela landslide survivors

Hopes were fading Tuesday of finding alive any of the 56 people missing after a devastating landslide swept through a Venezuelan town with 36 confirmed deaths to date.

Murder charges dropped in 'Serial' podcast case

Prosecutors in the US city of Baltimore dropped charges on Tuesday against a man who served over two decades in prison for his ex-girlfriend's murder -- a case that drew worldwide attention thanks to the hit podcast "Serial."

Alarm grows over Iran protest crackdown in Kurdish city

Rights groups voiced alarm Tuesday over the extent of an Iranian crackdown on a Kurdish-populated city that has become a hub for protests, as oil refinery workers pressed strikes in a new tactic.

Thousands march in Haiti to protest calls for intervention

Thousands of Haitians demonstrated Monday in Port-au-Prince to protest against the government and its call for foreign assistance to deal with endemic insecurity, a humanitarian crisis and a burgeoning cholera epidemic.

From the Andes to Los Angeles: air crashes that rocked the sports world

The 1972 Andes plane crash involving Uruguay's Old Christians rugby team, made famous by the fact that some of the survivors ate the remains of other victims, is just one of several aviation disasters to hit the sporting world since the dawn of air travel.

'Alive': Uruguay plane crash survivors savor life 50 years on

The first night was the worst, Roy Harley recalls of the ten weeks he and other survivors of a plane crash 50 years ago managed to cling to life on an Andean glacier without food or shelter, and very little reason for hope.

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