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Procession of Christ's icon draws thousands to streets of Philippine capital
Tens of thousands of Philippine Catholics twirled white cloths and chanted "Viva, viva" as a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ was paraded through the streets of Manila on Friday in the nation's biggest annual religious event.
After fire tragedy, small Swiss town mourns 'decimated generation'
A tiny Swiss village is reeling from the "unimaginable" loss of numerous young people in the New Year inferno at a ski resort bar, including seven players on the same football team.
Switzerland mourns Crans-Montana fire tragedy
All of Switzerland will mark a national day of mourning Friday for the dozens of mostly teenagers killed when fire ravaged a ski resort bar crammed with New Year revellers.
'Sever the chain': scam tycoons in China's crosshairs
China is moving against the cyberscam tycoons making fortunes in Southeast Asia, driven by mounting public pressure and Beijing's desire to keep control of judicial processes, analysts say.
Christ icon's procession draws thousands to streets of Philippine capital
Tens of thousands of Philippine Catholics twirled white cloths and chanted "Viva, viva" as a historic statue of Jesus Christ was paraded through the streets of Manila on Friday in the nation's biggest annual religious event.
Brazil's Lula vetoes bill reducing Bolsonaro's sentence
Brazil's left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday vetoed a measure that would have dramatically reduced the prison sentence of former far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro, convicted last year of coup plotting.
Trump says no pardon for Sean 'Diddy' Combs
Sean "Diddy" Combs, who is serving a four-year prison sentence for prostitution-related crimes, has asked Donald Trump for a pardon, but the US president said he does not plan to grant clemency to the hip-hop star.
New protests, strikes hit Iran as security forces open fire
Protesters denounced the Iranian authorities and staged strike actions Thursday in a new wave of demonstrations that have spread across the Islamic republic, as rights groups accused security forces of shooting on people in several locations.
Joshua pays tribute to close friends killed in crash
Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua paid a moving tribute on Thursday to the two close friends killed in a car crash in Nigeria, labelling them "brothers" and "great men".
Protesters, US law enforcement clash after immigration officer kills woman
Protesters clashed with law enforcement officers in Minneapolis on Thursday after the fatal shooting of a woman by an immigration agent triggered outrage fueled by the Trump administration's insistence she was guilty of "domestic terrorism."
French ex-spy chief cops suspended jail term for 15 mn euro shakedown
A former head of France's foreign intelligence agency was handed a one-year suspended jail sentence Thursday for attempted extortion worth millions of euros.
New clashes hit Iran as opposition urges protests, strikes
Security forces used tear gas and live fire to disperse protesters in Iran, rights groups said Thursday, as people angered by economic crisis kept up their challenge to the authorities and exiled opposition groups urged new protests as well as strikes.
China confirms extradition of accused scam boss from Cambodia
Accused scam boss Chen Zhi has been extradited to China from Cambodia, Beijing confirmed on Thursday, after he was indicted by the United States over alleged multibillion-dollar fraud.
New clashes in Iran as opposition urges more protests
Security forces used tear gas to disperse protesters in Iran as people angered by the economic situation in the Islamic republic kept up their challenge to the authorities and the exiled opposition Thursday urged them to step up their actions.
Australia to hold royal commission inquiry into Bondi Beach shooting
Australia will hold a royal commission inquiry into the mass shooting that killed 15 people at Bondi Beach, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday, as he faced public demands for answers.
Viral 'Chinese Trump' wins laughs on both sides of Pacific
Outstretching his hands in a signature Donald Trump pose, impersonator Ryan Chen mimics the US president's voice and gestures with such accuracy that he has become a social media phenomenon with his funny videos.
Lidl to drop broadcast TV ads in France
German hard discount food retailer Lidl announced Thursday it would halt spots on broadcast television in France, where it is one of the country's top advertisers.
US immigration officer fatally shoots woman in Minneapolis, sparking protests
A US immigration officer shot and killed an American woman on the streets of Minneapolis Wednesday, leading to huge protests and outrage from local leaders who rejected White House claims she was a domestic terrorist.
US immigration officer fatally shoots woman in Minneapolis
An immigration agent in Minneapolis shot dead a woman Wednesday, triggering outrage from local leaders even as President Donald Trump claimed the officer acted in self-defense.
3,000 tourists evacuated as Argentine Patagonia battles wildfires
Argentine authorities have evacuated some 3,000 tourists from a sparsely populated Patagonian district ravaged by wildfires for days, officials said Wednesday.
Arraignment postponed for Rob Reiner's son over parents' murder
An arraignment for the son of Hollywood director Rob Reiner over the stabbing deaths of his parents was postponed Wednesday, after his lawyer stepped back from the case.
Accused scam boss Chen Zhi arrested in Cambodia, extradited to China: Phnom Penh
Chinese-born tycoon Chen Zhi, who was indicted by the United States on fraud and money-laundering charges for running a multibillion-dollar cyberscam network from Cambodia, has been arrested there and extradited to China, Phnom Penh said Wednesday.
Frenchwoman accused of libel over Nazi 'collaborator' family novel
A historian of the Nazi occupation of France was being sued Wednesday by her own relatives for alleged libel after she promoted her first novel as inspired by her family's history.
UN accuses Israel of West Bank 'apartheid'
The United Nations on Wednesday said decades-long discrimination and segregation of Palestinians by Israel in the West Bank were intensifying, and called on the country to end its "apartheid system".
Vietnamese caught in Japan's illegal worker crackdown
For a decade, Vietnamese worker Minh did tough jobs like sandblasting ships and welding steel, helping address rapidly ageing Japan's dire labour needs.
Maduro lawyer previously defended WikiLeaks' Julian Assange
The lawyer defending deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro is a veteran trial attorney who previously represented WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Swiss officials admit inspections failure at inferno bar
Swiss authorities admitted Tuesday that fire safety inspections had not been carried out for the past five years at a bar where 40 people died in a New Year blaze.
Last 'holy door' at St Peter's closes to end Catholic jubilee year
Pope Leo XIV closed the final "Holy Door" in St Peter's Basilica in Rome on Tuesday, the day of Epiphany, signalling the end of the 2025 Jubilee year that drew millions of pilgrims to the city.
US Justice Dept says millions of Epstein files still not released
The US Department of Justice said Monday it is still reviewing more than two million documents potentially related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as it pushed more than two weeks past a deadline to release all files connected to him.
Landmines destroy limbs and lives on Bangladesh-Myanmar border
In the dense hill forests along Bangladesh's border with war-torn Myanmar, villagers are losing limbs to landmines, casualties of a conflict not of their making.
Australian PM to tour outback flood disaster zone
Swollen rivers have cut off towns and swept away thousands of livestock in outback Australia, authorities said as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese flew into the disaster zone on Tuesday.
MDC Brooklyn, the notorious prison housing Maduro and his wife
Deposed Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores are the latest high-profile inmates held in Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center, the largest federal pre-trial holding facility in the United States.