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BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — The Thai king will on Friday visit survivors of a gun and knife attack on a nursery that left at least 37 people dead, most of them young children. King Maha Vajiralongkorn will meet families reeling from the tragedy in northeastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province, as will Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha, a government spokesman said. Thailand has begun mourning one of its deadliest mass killings, with flags on government buildings […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — US President Joe Biden said Thursday the world risks nuclear “Armageddon” for the first time since the Cold War and that he is trying to find Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “off-ramp” in the Ukraine conflict. “We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban missile crisis” in 1962, Biden said at a Democratic party fundraising event in New York. Putin is “not joking” when he […]
Montreal, Canada | AFP | Myles Sanderson, one of two brothers suspected of carrying out a series of September knife attacks in central Canada, committed all the murders on his own, police said Thursday. Among the 11 people killed was his brother, Damien Sanderson, who was initially listed as the second suspect before his body was found near one of the crime scenes. But “Myles committed, alone, all the homicides,” Royal Canadian Mounted Police […]
The suspect is in custody after a stabbing that left 2 dead and 6 more injured. Click here for more: https://t.co/CLo48V7InD pic.twitter.com/wsRFoQoNkS — LVMPD (@LVMPD) October 6, 2022 Los Angeles, United States | AFP | An unprovoked stabbing rampage on the Las Vegas Strip left two people dead and six others hurt on Thursday, police in the US city said. Locals and tourists were caught up in the attack, which happened in the middle of […]
Los Angeles, United States | AFP | Two Russians who landed in a remote part of rural Alaska are seeking asylum in the United States, politicians in the far northern state said Thursday. The pair landed just weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an unpopular mobilization of citizens in a bid to turn the tide on his faltering invasion of Ukraine. “Two Russian nationals landed at a beach near Gambell, located on the […]
New York, United States | AFP | A US federal judge blocked the enforcement of New York’s new gun law Thursday, undermining for the second time this year the state’s efforts to control a key factor in rising homicides. The judge accepted a petition to place a temporary stay on the state law passed on July 1 and implemented on September 1 that tightly restricted carrying guns in “sensitive places” such as Times Square […]
Udon Thani, Thailand | AFP | by Montira Rungjirajittranon with Thanaporn Promyamyai in Bangkok A former police officer shot dead at least 37 people, most of them children, when he stormed a nursery in Thailand on Thursday in one of the kingdom’s deadliest mass killings. Following the attack, gunman Panya Khamrab went home and killed his wife and child before taking his own life, police said. Armed with a shotgun, pistol and knife, Panya opened fire […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – IBM will host US President Joe Biden Thursday to celebrate the announcement of a $20-billion investment in semiconductors, quantum computing and other cutting-edge technology in New York state, the White House said. The chipmaker “will announce a $20 billion investment over the next decade in R&D and manufacturing of semiconductors, mainframe technology, artificial intelligence and quantum computing,” the White House said. Biden is flying to Poughkeepsie, New York to tour […]
Man behind Thurs's mass shooting at childcare centre in Nong Bua Lamphu which killed 30, many children, identified by police as former officer, pol sergeant Panya Kamrab. Assailant fled on a white pickup with Bangkok licence plate 6 กธ [Kor Tor]6499. #Thailand #กราดยิงหนองบัวลำภู pic.twitter.com/LrvjXFowzu — Khaosod English (@KhaosodEnglish) October 6, 2022 Bangkok, Thailand | AFP | A former police officer armed with a gun and a knife stormed a nursery in northeast Thailand on […]
BANGKOK, Oct 6, 2022 (AFP) – At least 30 people are dead including 23 children after a man armed with a gun and knife stormed a nursery in northeast Thailand on Thursday, police said. Police colonel Jakkapat Vijitraithaya from Nong Bua Lam Phu province said there were 23 child victims and the attacker, a former policeman, was still at large. Man behind Thurs's mass shooting at childcare centre in Nong Bua Lamphu which killed 30, […]
by Matthew WALSH Agence France Presse Beijing, China (AFP) — For many in China, years of gruelling lockdowns and privacy invasions aimed at extinguishing Covid have caused misery. For President Xi Jinping, the virus curbs are a triumph. His zero-tolerance approach to Covid has become synonymous with the efforts to cement his authority over China and its ruling Communist Party (CCP). The endgame begins on October 16, when thousands of party delegates will gather in […]
Yangon, Myanmar (AFP) — Myanmar’s junta has jailed a Japanese filmmaker for 10 years for encouraging dissent against the military and violating an electronic communications law, a diplomatic source told AFP on Thursday. Toru Kubota was sentenced by the court in Yangon’s Insein prison on Wednesday, a diplomat at Japan’s embassy in Myanmar said, adding that Kubota’s trial for violating immigration law was “still continuing”. Kubota, 26, was detained near an anti-government rally in Yangon […]
