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By Ryland JAMES Agence France-Presse WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — At least six people have been killed in a fire that tore through a four-storey hostel in the early hours of Tuesday in New Zealand’s capital. Towering flames and thick smoke could be seen pouring from the roof of the Loafers Lodge hostel in central Wellington during the night, as 80 firefighters and 20 trucks battled the blaze. Police and emergency services said multiple […]
By Jitendra JOSHI with Joshua MELVIN in Kyiv Agence France-Presse LONDON, May 15, 2023 (AFP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on a visit to Britain Monday won the promise of hundreds more missiles and drones — and said his coveted goal of enlisting Western fighter jets was drawing nearer. The visit came as a Russian missile strike killed four people and hit a hospital in eastern Ukraine, but also as Zelensky’s army readies a […]
By Lapyae Ko, with Mohammad Mazed in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh KYAUKTAW, Myanmar (AFP) – Tens of thousands of people in a major Myanmar port city were cut off from contact on Monday after a deadly cyclone tore through the west of the country and neighbouring Bangladesh. Cyclone Mocha made landfall between Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh and Myanmar’s Sittwe packing winds of up to 195 kilometres (120 miles) per hour, the biggest storm to hit […]
By Thanaporn PROMYAMYAI Agence France-Presse BANGKOK, May 15, 2023 (AFP) – Thailand’s progressive Move Forward Party (MFP) claimed victory in the country’s election Monday after a stunning result that decimated military-backed parties, which have ruled the kingdom for nearly a decade. A massive surge for MFP in Sunday’s ballot left it on course to be the biggest party, followed by its rival opposition — the Pheu Thai movement of billionaire ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra. Thais turned […]
PARIS, May 15, 2023 (AFP) – Sudan has for the past month been gripped by intense fighting between the army and rival paramilitaries embroiled in a power struggle 18 months after a military coup derailed the country’s transition to civilian rule. Hundreds of people have been killed and nearly a million displaced in the war between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and deputy-turned-rival Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Here […]
By Valerie Leroux, with Hui Min Neo in Berlin Agence France-Presse PARIS, France — May 15, 2023 (AFP) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky secured fresh promises of military aid during weekend visits to France and Germany to boost his nation’s weapons stockpile ahead of a widely expected counter-offensive against Russia. On his latest stop in a tour of European allies, Zelensky dined with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace on Sunday night and […]
By Fulya OZERKAN and Burcin GERCEK with Remi BANET in Istanbul ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — Turkey braced Monday for its first election runoff after a night of high drama showed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan edging ahead of his secular rival but failing to secure a first-round win. Erdogan sounded triumphant as he emerged before a sea of supporters shortly after midnight to proclaim himself ready to lead the nation for another five years. Almost […]
MONTREAL, May 15, 2023 (AFP) – With temperatures rising and little chance of rain, Canada’s Alberta province was preparing Sunday for the worsening of wildfires that have raged for over a week and forced thousands to flee. “We are continuing to see hot and dry conditions today with a low chance of rain throughout most of Alberta,” said Josee St-Onge with the western province’s wildfire agency. She said that in the north on Sunday, the […]
MATAMOROS, Mexico (AFP) – At least 13 people were killed when a passenger van and a semi-truck collided on a highway in northeastern Mexico on Sunday, local authorities said. The vehicles crashed on a road between the cities of Zaragoza and Hidalgo in the border state of Tamaulipas. “Civil protection authorities are responding, and so far they are reporting 13 people deceased,” Tamaulipas security officials said in a statement. Images shared by authorities showed the […]
MOSCOW, May 14, 2023 (AFP) – Russia said Sunday that two of its military commanders had been killed in combat near the frontline hotspot of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. In a rare announcement of its losses on the battlefield, the Russian defence ministry said the commander of the 4th motorised rifle brigade, Vyacheslav Makarov, and the deputy commander of the Army Corps for military-political work, Yevgeny Brovko, had been killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine. […]
BANGKOK, May 14, 2023 (AFP) – Thailand’s two main opposition parties took a strong lead in the popular vote as early election results trickled in Sunday, with the army-backed party of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-Cha trailing in third. With votes counted from just over a quarter of polling stations, the reformist Move Forward Party (MFP) was on nearly two million votes, followed by Pheu Thai on 1.8 million, according to Election Commission figures. The numbers […]
KYAUKTAW, Myanmar, May 14, 2023 (AFP) – Cyclone Mocha crashed through Myanmar and southeastern Bangladesh on Sunday, sparing sprawling refugee camps but bringing a storm surge to swathes of western Myanmar where communications were largely cut off. Mocha made landfall between Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh and Myanmar’s Sittwe packing winds of up to 195 kilometres (120 miles) per hour, in the biggest storm to hit the Bay of Bengal in over a decade. By late […]
