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Mexican journalists shocked with surge in targeted killings

Lourdes Maldonado López had been driving her car with a clear plastic sheet over the rear windscreen for almost a year. The glass had been shattered by a gunman's bullet in March. "We knew finances were tight, but I had no idea things were that bad," says Sonia de Anda, bursting into tears at the ...

19:00 Et February 5, 2022

German Catholic priest detained in child abuse case

A German court has ordered a Catholic priest to be held in provisional detention during his trial on accusations he sexually abused children, deciding there was a risk ...

11:41 Et January 28, 2022

China 2008 vs 2022: Richer, stronger, more confrontational

China has undergone history-making change since the last time it was an Olympic host in 2008: It is richer, more heavily armed and openly confrontational. As President Xi ...

15:00 Et January 26, 2022

Mexico: Third journalist killed this year

A Mexican journalist has been shot dead in the northern border city of Tijuana, officials say, the third journalist to be killed in the country this year. Lourdes ...

20:00 Et January 24, 2022

Covid puts pause on wedding bells for New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern

The upcoming wedding of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been called off due to new anti-coronavirus restrictions in the country. Ardern called an unexpected press conference ...

14:15 Et January 23, 2022

German navy chief resigns over 'ill-considered' Ukraine-Russia comments

The head of the German navy resigned late Saturday after coming under fire at home and abroad for comments he made on Ukraine and Russia, that were widely ...

12:30 Et January 23, 2022

Israeli defense minister tests positive for COVID-19

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced on Friday that he has tested positive for COVID-19. "I feel good," Gantz tweeted about his diagnosis. "In the coming days I ...

20:00 Et January 21, 2022

Italian mayor embarks on hunger strike to protest Covid rules

The mayor of the Italian city of Messina has gone on hunger strike as an act of protest against the government's coronavirus containment measures. Cateno De Luca had ...

20:04 Et January 18, 2022

Pakistan says trial of Chinese traditional medicine for COVID-19 successful

Pakistani health authorities on Monday announced the completion of a successful clinical trial of Chinese traditional herbal medicine for treating COVID-19, as the South Asian nation enters a fifth wave of the pandemic driven by the Omicron variant. The Chinese medicine, Jinhua Qinggan Granules (JHQG) manufactured by Juxiechang (Beijing) pharmaceutical Co Ltd, is already being ...

14:00 Et January 18, 2022

World’s 10 richest men’s fortune more than doubled in pandemic: Oxfam

The world’s 10 richest men have more than doubled their collective fortunes – from $700 billion to $1.5 trillion – in the first two years of the COVID-19 ...

15:30 Et January 17, 2022
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