Ukraine: Trump’s vows of quick peace fall flat on frontlines

Agence France Presse 12/04/2024

UKRAINE — Months of fighting on the Ukrainian front have not taken away Kostya’s sense of humour — even when it comes to the topic of Donald Trump. Fears are high across Ukraine that the US president-elect,…

Biden pardons son Hunter in final weeks of US presidency

Agence France Presse 12/02/2024

WASHINGTON, United States — US President Joe Biden on Sunday issued an official pardon for his son Hunter, who was facing sentencing for two criminal cases, despite assurances that he would not intervene in his legal troubles.…

Notre Dame: France shows off cathedral after ‘impossible’ restoration

Agence France Presse 11/30/2024

PARIS, France — France on Friday showed off to the world the gleaming restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral, just over a week before the 850-year-old mediaeval edifice reopens following painstaking restoration after the devastating 2019 fire.…

Jihadists, allies enter Syria’s second city in lightning assault

Agence France Presse 11/30/2024

BEIRUT, Lebanon—Jihadists and their Turkish-backed allies reached Syria’s second city of Aleppo on Friday, as they pressed a lightning offensive against forces of the Iranian- and Russian-backed government. The fighting is some of the deadliest in years,…

Crypto boss eats banana art he bought for $6.2 million

Agence France Presse 11/29/2024

HONG KONG, China — Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun on Friday fulfilled a promise he made after spending $6.2 million on an artwork featuring a banana duct-taped to a wall — by eating the fruit. At one of…

Israel conducts first strike on Lebanon since ceasefire

Agence France Presse 11/29/2024

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Israel said it conducted an air strike on a Hezbollah weapons facility on Thursday, the first since a ceasefire in the war in Lebanon took effect. The truce, which came into force on Wednesday,…

Australia passes landmark social media ban for under 16s

Agence France Presse 11/29/2024

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian lawmakers passed landmark rules to ban under 16s from social media on Thursday, approving one of the world’s toughest crackdowns on popular sites like Facebook, Instagram and X. The legislation ordering social media…

Russia launches massive aerial attack on Ukraine’s energy sector

Agence France Presse 11/28/2024

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia’s army on Thursday launched a massive attack on Ukraine’s energy sector, forcing emergency power outages as temperatures dropped to freezing across the country. Ukraine’s energy grid has been heavily targeted since Russia invaded…

Ukraine sees influx of Western war tourists

Agence France Presse 11/28/2024

IRPIN, Ukraine — Spanish traveller Alberto Blasco Ventas looked out at Ukraine’s destroyed Irpin brige, blown up to stop Russian troops in 2022 and now a hotspot for thrill-seeking tourists visiting the country. Russian forces had planned…

Tesla Cybertruck crashes, killing 3 and injuring 1 in California

Associated Press 11/28/2024

Three people were killed and one seriously injured early Wednesday when a Tesla Cybertruck crashed and caught fire in Northern California, officials said. Piedmont Police Chief Jeremy Bowers said speed was likely a factor in the single-vehicle…

Seoul, South Korea hit by record snowfall

Agence France Presse 11/28/2024

South Korea’s capital was blanketed Wednesday by the heaviest November snowfall since records began over a century ago, the weather agency said. The Korea Meteorological Administration said 16.5 centimetres (6.5 inches) of snow fell by 7:00 am…

‘Safer, kinder’: Assisted dying would help terminally ill

Agence France Presse 11/28/2024

[Trigger warning: Mentions of self-harm, suicide] Ian Douglas, a London engineer and economist suffering from multiple sclerosis, secretly took his own life in February 2019, with his illness at an advanced stage. His son Anil, who has…

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