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BOGOTA, Colombia—Colombian security forces have captured the country’s most wanted drug trafficker, a rural warlord who stayed on the run for more than a decade by corrupting state officials and … Read More
VICTORIA—The Canadian Coast Guard said there was significant risk to mariners but not to people on shore as a fire burned in containers aboard a cargo ship about eight kilometres … Read More
BEIJING (AFP) – China is targeting an ambitious clean energy goal of reducing fossil fuel use to under 20 per cent by 2060, according to an official plan published by … Read More
Tesco’s website and app have gone down due to a suspected hack. The outage, which left customers struggling to shop for groceries or track orders, began on Saturday morning and … Read More
BANGKOK (AFP) – An activist who rose to prominence during Myanmar’s 1988 student uprising has been arrested in an overnight raid, his wife said on Sunday (Oct 24), the latest … Read More
SRINAGAR, INDIA (AFP) – Militants shot dead a civilian in Kashmir on Sunday (Oct 24), residents said, as authorities tightened security across the disputed territory for a visit by a … Read More
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – China’s new Covid-19 infections will increase in coming days and the areas affected by the epidemic may continue to expand, a health official said. The current outbreak … Read More
LONDON—The United Kingdom said on Saturday that talks with the European Union over post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland had been constructive, but substantial differences remained. Goods moving between Britain … Read More
HONG KONG (AFP) – Hong Kong Marathon participants ran into trouble on Sunday (Oct 24) over clothes – and even a tattoo – that bore a Cantonese slogan popular with … Read More
MELBOURNE (REUTERS) – The junior partner in Australia’s coalition government said on Sunday (Oct 24) it will provisionally support a net zero emissions target by 2050, giving Prime Minister Scott … Read More
