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Security 'breakdown' allows armed men into Melbourne's MCG

Security at Melbourne Cricket Ground will be ramped up after two men were charged over smuggling handguns and bullets into a crowd of over 82,000 Australian Rules fans, police said Friday.

South Korea court upholds President Yoon's impeachment, strips him of office

South Korea's Constitutional Court on Friday upheld President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment over his disastrous martial law declaration, voting unanimously to strip him of office for violating the constitution.

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Peruvian farmer struggles in climate clash with German energy giant

The judge in the symbolic case of a Peruvian farmer suing a German energy giant for "climate justice" said Wednesday that he sees "no present danger" to the farmer's property, casting doubt on the success of the lawsuit.

Kazakhstan copper producer pauses some operations after deadly accidents

Kazakhstan's largest copper producer Kazakhmys said Wednesday it was temporarily halting some of its operations due to the "growing number" of industrial accidents at its production facilities.

'Miracle' as man survives seven hours under Norway avalanche

A tourist buried by an avalanche in northern Norway was pulled out alive in a "miracle" rescue on Wednesday, after spending seven hours trapped beneath the snow, local media reported.

Italy says six dead, 40 missing after migrant shipwreck

Six people died and 40 are missing after a migrant shipwreck in the Mediterranean, the United Nations said Wednesday, as Italian authorities searched for survivors off the island of Lampedusa.

'Living in dictatorship': Istanbul mayor's arrest sparks anger

"We're living in a dictatorship," said Kuzey, an Istanbul shopkeeper after police detained the city's popular opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on corruption allegations.

French billionaire Bollore targeted in fraud case over Africa ports

Groups from five African countries filed fraud and corruption complaints Wednesday accusing French billionaire Vincent Bollore and one of his sons of illegally obtaining and benefitting from port concessions.

Nigerian Senate sexism row exposes uphill battle for women's rights

When Nigeria's Senate suspended a lawmaker this month shortly after she spoke up about alleged sexual harassment, women's groups and women politicians rose up -- to join those criticising the senator in question.

UK pagans have spring in their step as equinox approaches

Druids, wiccans and witches will hold ceremonies across the UK this week as Britain's blossoming pagan community celebrates the coming of spring.

France tries Cambodian ex-PM's guards over 1997 massacre

Two ex-bodyguards for former Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen go on trial in absentia in France on Wednesday, charged over a 1997 grenade attack on a leading opposition figure.

New generation of Afghan women shift from burqa

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women.

TruMerit and International Council of Nurses Launch Collaborative to Propel Nursing Workforce Development Worldwide

The new collaborative, the Global Nursing Workforce Centre, will address the absence of a central repository to aggregate and analyze this knowledge and highlight gaps. It will mobilize evidence-driven capacity building strategies and policy solutions aimed at strengthening the global nursing workforce and, with that, the quality of patient care across diverse health systems.

No 'medical items' around Maradona deathbed, policeman tells court

A policeman who was among the first on the scene of Diego Maradona's death four years ago, told a court Tuesday he saw no "medical items" in the room where the football legend was receiving post-operative care at home.

Pain and anger grip N. Macedonia after fire tragedy

Despair mixed with anger at corruption in Kocani, North Macedonia on Tuesday in the wake of a nightclub fire that left dozens dead and more injured, prompting demands for justice.

Hungary passes bill against annual Budapest Pride march

Hungarian lawmakers passed a bill on Tuesday aimed at banning Budapest's annual Pride march, the latest in a series of measures under Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government, which critics say curtail the rights of the EU country's LGBTQ community.

French male film stars tell #MeToo inquiry about 'clumsy' remarks

Some of France's biggest male movie stars have testified at a parliamentary inquiry into sexual violence in the film business, saying they might have missed or even been guilty of inappropriate remarks before the #MeToo movement changed attitudes.

Leap of faith for Ubisoft with 'Assassin's Creed' set in Japan

Packing familiar formulas into an all-new Japanese setting, "Assassin's Creed Shadows" is the latest big-budget game from developer Ubisoft that is staking its future on the title.

Pain and anger grip N. Macedonia town after fire tragedy

Despair mixed with anger in Kocani, North Macedonia on Tuesday in the wake of a horrific nightclub fire that left dozens dead and even more injured, prompting demands for justice.

French hunter on trial for killing mother bear 'in self-defence'

A 81-year-old French hunter went on trial on Tuesday, accused of killing an endangered female bear that had attacked him in the Pyrenees.

AI 'reshaping' organised crime, warns Europol

Artificial intelligence is turbocharging organised crime, from creating child sexual abuse images to money laundering via cryptocurrency, Europol warned Tuesday, with advances like quantum computing only poised to make things worse.

Paris police evict migrants from theatre after months-long occupation

Police on Tuesday evacuated hundreds of young migrants from a central Paris theatre they had occupied for months, AFP journalists said.

US to execute four Death Row inmates this week

A 46-year-old man convicted of rape and murder is to be put to death by nitrogen gas in the southern state of Louisiana on Tuesday, the first of four executions scheduled this week in the United States.

Australia slams reported targetting of citizen by Hong Kong

Australia voiced unease on Tuesday over anonymous letters reportedly offering hefty rewards for information on a Hong Kong activist now living in Melbourne.

'We will preserve them': saving Cambodia's crocodiles

A motorbike rider inches slowly over bumpy terrain deep in Cambodia's Virachey national park, carefully adjusting the basket strapped behind him. Inside is precious cargo -- a critically endangered Siamese crocodile.

Japan victims voice fears 30 years after sarin subway attack

Three decades since Shizue Takahashi's husband and a dozen others were killed with a nerve agent on Tokyo's subway, she fears Japan could see a repeat of the doomsday cult attack.

Starbucks ordered to pay $50m for hot tea spill

Starbucks has been ordered to pay $50 million to a customer who was burned when hot tea spilled on his lap at a California drive-through.

Trump claims Biden pardons of his opponents are void

Donald Trump declared Monday he was annulling pardons issued by Joe Biden to shield Trump critics from retribution, claiming that they were invalid because his Democratic predecessor had supposedly used an autopen for his signature.

N.Macedonia mourns 59 killed in nightclub blaze

North Macedonia lowered flags to half mast and hundreds turned out for memorial events on Monday as the Balkan nation mourned 59 people killed in a horrific nightclub blaze on the weekend.

Plastic pellets spotted in water after North Sea ship crash

A retrieval operation is underway after plastic pellets, likely spilled in a crash between a cargo ship and a tanker off the coast of England, formed a "sheen" in the sea, the British coastguard said Monday.

N.Macedonia mourns dozens killed in nightclub blaze

North Macedonia lowered flags to half staff and people flocked to memorials Monday as the nation mourned a horrific nightclub blaze that killed 59 people at the weekend.

Toll from US weekend tornadoes rises to at least 40

The death toll from tornadoes and violent storms that ravaged the central and southern United States over the weekend has risen to at least 40 people, with dozens more injured, local authorities said.

Malaysian rice porridge a 'trademark' Ramadan tradition

As dusk fell, hundreds of Muslims at a mosque in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur feast on bowls of fragrant rice porridge known locally as "bubur lambuk", part of a Ramadan tradition dating back decades.

Peru farmer in German court battle with energy giant

A Peruvian farmer faces off in a German court Monday in a "David and Goliath" battle against an energy giant, demanding the firm pay for climate change damage.

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