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Tornado ravages Texas town, three reported dead, 100 hurt

WASHINGTON, June 16, 2023 (AFP) – A “horrific” tornado ripped through a northern Texas town Thursday causing widespread destruction, with reports that at least three people were killed and up to 100 others injured. Several million Americans across multiple southern and midwestern states were under severe weather alerts as dangerous storms fueled by high temperatures battered the region, bringing tornadoes, thunderstorms and hail the size of golf balls. Tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings […]

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Spain morale is sky high after Italy win: coach

ENSCHEDE, Netherlands, June 15, 2023 (AFP) — Spain coach Luis de la Fuente said his team’s morale was “sky high” after they beat Italy on Thursday to reach the Nations League final against Croatia. La Roja snatched a late winner through Joselu after Italy’s Ciro Immobile cancelled out Yeremy Pino’s opening goal. The coach had been criticized heavily after his first two matches in March, the second of which was a defeat by Scotland. “(I […]

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At least 15 killed in central Canada road accident

MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — A semi-trailer truck and a bus carrying seniors collided in central Canada’s Manitoba province on Thursday, killing at least 15 people and injuring 10 more, authorities said. Canadian police said on Twitter that officers were responding to a “mass casualty collision” near the town of Carberry, west of Winnipeg, and that first responders and other Royal Canadian Mounted Police units were on the scene. “What I can confirm right now is […]

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‘Disaster’ Cyclone Biparjoy weakens after ramming India’s coast

By Glenda KWEK and Ashraf KHAN in Badin, Pakistan Agence France-Presse MANDVI, India (AFP) — Cyclone Biparjoy slammed into the Indian coast with powerful winds, sowing fear and prompting evacuations, but began weakening in the early hours of Friday as it moved north. Indian forecasters had warned that Biparjoy, whose name means “disaster” in Bengali, was likely to devastate homes and tear down power lines as it barrels through the western state of Gujarat. The […]

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US wins ‘unimpeded’ access to Papua New Guinea military bases

PORT MORESBY, June 15, 2023 (AFP) — The US military can develop and operate out of bases in Papua New Guinea, according to a landmark security pact that is part of Washington’s efforts to outflank China in the Pacific. The full text of the deal was tabled in Papua New Guinea’s parliament on Wednesday evening and obtained by AFP, shedding light on details that have been closely guarded since the pact was inked in May. […]

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Greece pursues survivor search after migrant boat sinking

KALAMATA, Greece, June 15, 2023 (AFP) – Greece on Thursday maintained a search for survivors a day after a fishing boat overloaded with migrants capsized and sank in the Ionian Sea, with the number of victims feared to reach into the hundreds. The coastguard said 78 bodies had been recovered so far, amending a toll of 79 deaths given Wednesday. A spokeswoman told AFP that two patrol boats, a helicopter and six other ships in […]

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Rescue dog that helped find lost kids in Amazon is now missing

By Lina VANEGAS Bogotá, June 13, 2023 (AFP) – Six-year-old tracker dog Wilson, who went missing during the ultimately successful, weeks-long search for four missing Indigenous children in the Colombian Amazon, is now the target of a rescue mission himself. Dozens of soldiers are scouring the jungle for the canine hero that disappeared on duty two weeks ago, with the military having vowed not to “abandon a fallen comrade” who may have found the children […]

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Airport threatens Albania’s fragile wild paradise

By Emmy VARLEY and Briseida MEMA Agence France-Presse NARTA , Albania, June 15, 2023 (AFP) — Flamingos and Dalmatian pelicans laze in the azure waters of a shallow lagoon near Albania’s Adriatic coast. But this avian paradise’s days may be numbered, ecologists warn, with a new airport being built close by to cash in on the Balkan nation’s tourism boom. Its construction near Vlora has triggered protests from environmentalists, who say it is being built […]

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Gales lash India and Pakistan coast as cyclone approaches

By Glenda KWEK and Ashraf KHAN in Badin, Pakistan Agence France-Presse MANDVI, India, June 15, 2023 (AFP) — Howling gales and crashing waves pounded the coastline of India and Pakistan on Thursday hours before a powerful cyclone was due to make landfall, with those unable to flee seeking shelter where they could. Nearly 150,000 people have fled the predicted path of Cyclone Biparjoy, whose name means “disaster” in Bengali, with meteorologists warning it could devastate […]

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Australia blocks new Russian embassy near parliament

By Steven TRASK Agence France-Presse SYDNEY, June 15, 2023 (AFP) — Australia blocked Russia from building a new embassy in the shadow of Parliament House Thursday after intelligence officials warned it posed a spying risk and security threat. Russia holds the lease for a parcel of land some 400 meters (0.25 miles) from Australia’s parliamentary precinct in Canberra and has been laying the foundations for a new embassy building. But, after failing to block the […]

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Messi mania reaches fever pitch ahead of Beijing friendly

BEIJING, June 15, 2023 (AFP) – Messi mania gripped Beijing ahead of a sell-out friendly on Thursday evening between world champions Argentina and Australia in the Chinese capital. All eyes were on Lionel Messi, arguably the greatest footballer of all time and who lifted the World Cup for Argentina in December. Hundreds of Chinese fans waving Argentinian flags and wearing Messi jerseys have massed outside the team’s luxury hotel ever since their idol touched down […]

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‘Voiceless’, destitute: Lebanon’s Syrian refugees lose hope for return

SAADNAYEL, Lebanon, June 15, 2023 (AFP) – Syrian refugees languishing in camps in eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley for years say their hopes for the future are evaporating as their host country loses patience and international support dwindles. Ibrahim al-Korbaw is only 48, but the hardships of war and poverty have aged the white-bearded man beyond his years. In front of his tent in Saadnayel, he and his children are hard at work under the midday […]

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