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Ukraine capital under ‘massive’ attack: Kyiv mayor
Almost every district in Kyiv was under a ‘massive’ attack Friday morning, the Ukrainian capital’s mayor said, with AFP journalists ...
Taiwan evacuates 3,000 ahead of arrival of Typhoon Fung-wong
Taiwan issued a land warning on Tuesday and evacuated more than 3,000 people ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Fung-wong which, while weakening, is expected to dump large amounts of rain on the island’s mountainous east ...Iraqis vote in general election in rare moment of calm
By Roba EL HUSSEINI AFP Iraqis elect a new parliament on Tuesday in a vote that comes at a pivotal time for the country and the wider region, and which both Iran and the United States ...Hundreds missing as boat sinks near Malaysia-Thailand border
A boat carrying members of the Rohingya community from Myanmar has sunk near the Thai-Malaysian border, with hundreds missing, seven dead and 13 rescued, the Malaysian maritime agency said on Sunday. Rescuers were combing an area ...Russia’s Kaliningrad puts on brave face as isolation bites
By Guillaume DECAMME AFP Standing in the centre of rainy Kaliningrad, the isolated Russian exclave surrounded by NATO countries, Russian factory worker Alexander felt confident. Economically hit by being cut-off from its EU neighbours and physically ...Philippines evacuates hundreds of thousands as Fung-wong intensifies into super typhoon
Nearly a million people have been evacuated and floodwaters were rising in the Philippines on Sunday before Typhoon Fung-wong’s expected late-night landfall on the east coast. The super typhoon, which comes just days after another storm ...
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