London, United Kingdom AFP by Alice RITCHIE / Marie GIFFARD Princes William and Harry and their wives put on a rare united front Saturday to view tributes to Queen Elizabeth II, threatening to upstage their father Charles on the day he was officially proclaimed king. The impromptu walkabout by William and Kate with Harry and Meghan, their first joint public appearance since March 2020, came as royal officials unveiled plans for the run-up to the […]
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Second suspect in Canadian stabbing rampage captured by police; died in hospital
by: Thomas I. Likness, Canada Bureau (Eagle News) — The second suspect wanted in a stabbing rampage in Canada that left 10 people dead and 18 others injured died shortly after being captured Wednesday, said the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Thirty-two-year-old Myles Sanderson was taken into police custody after police forced the stolen vehicle he was driving off the road about two hours from where the crimes occurred. “Shortly after his arrest, he went into medical […]
Suspect in Canada stabbing rampage dies after arrest: media
Rosthern, Canada (AFP) by with Michel Comte in Ottawa / Anne-Sophie THILL The last suspect in the stabbing spree in a remote western Canadian Indigenous community died after being arrested Wednesday at the end of a long manhunt, local media said. Several broadcasters and newspapers, citing unnamed police sources, announced 32-year-old Myles Sanderson’s death, without giving details of the circumstances. Police are scheduled to hold a news conference at 7:30 pm local time (0130 GMT). […]
Ukraine nuclear plant’s last working reactor disconnected: operator
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Ukraine’s embattled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant’s last working reactor has been switched off from the grid. Ukraine’s power plants operator said Monday. The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant — Europe’s largest nuclear facility — has been shelled in recent weeks, with Kyiv and Moscow blaming each other for the attacks, raising concerns of a possible incident. “Power unit (reactor) No. 6 was unloaded and disconnected from the grid” because of a fire that was […]
Liz Truss named as UK’s third woman prime minister
London, United Kingdom (AFP) UPDATES throughout with result, quotes by Anna MALPAS / Jitendra JOSHI Britain’s Conservative party Monday announced Liz Truss as its new leader to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson and confront Britain’s deepest economic crisis in decades. The foreign secretary comfortably beat her rival, former finance minister Rishi Sunak, by about 57 to 43 percent after a gruelling summer-long contest decided by just over 170,000 Conservative members — a tiny sliver […]
UN warns famine ‘at the door’ in Somalia
Nairobi, Kenya (AFP) by Tanya WILLMER The UN’s humanitarian chief warned Monday that drought-ravaged Somalia was on the brink of famine for the second time in just over a decade, and time was running out to save lives. “Famine is at the door and we are receiving a final warning,” Martin Griffiths told a press conference in the Somali capital Mogadishu. A food and nutrition report due for release on Monday has “concrete indications” that […]
Five wounded in shooting on Israeli bus in West Bank
Jerusalem (AFP) Five people were wounded on Sunday in a shooting attack on an Israeli bus in the occupied West Bank, medics said. “We saw two gunshot victims outside of the bus who were being treated by IDF (Israeli military) medics and other people who were at the scene,” said paramedic Matti Carmi, from the Magen David Adom emergency medical services. Those shot in the northern West Bank incident were both conscious and were airlifted […]
Actress Jane Fonda says she has cancer
Los Angeles, United States (AFP) US actress and activist Jane Fonda announced Friday that she has cancer, and has begun chemotherapy in her battle against the disease. The 84-year-old Oscar winner, a prominent supporter of the Democratic Party, vowed to fight the “very treatable” illness. “I’ve been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and have started chemo treatments,” she wrote on her verified Instagram account. “This is a very treatable cancer. 80 percent of people survive, […]
NASA unsure next Moon rocket launch attempt possible this month
United States (AFP) by Lucie AUBOURG After scrapping a second attempt to get its new 30-story lunar rocket off the ground due to a fuel leak, NASA officials said Saturday it may not be possible to try again this month. The current launch window for NASA’s Artemis 1 mission to the Moon ends Tuesday and is “definitely off the table,” said Jim Free, associate administrator for Exploration Systems Development, at a press conference Saturday. The […]
Trump brands Biden ‘enemy of the state’ at Pennsylvania rally
Wilkes-Barre, United States (AFP) by Anne LEBRETON with Peter HUTCHISON in New York Donald Trump branded Joe Biden an “enemy of the state” Saturday as he hit back at the US president’s assertion that the Republican and his supporters are undermining American democracy, and slammed last month’s FBI raid of his Florida home. Making his first public appearance since the August 8 raid, Trump told a rally in Pennsylvania that the search was a […]
IAEA says Ukraine nuclear plant cut from main power line
Vienna, Austria (AFP) The global atomic energy watchdog said on Saturday that Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant had been disconnected from its last remaining main power line to the grid and is now relying on a reserve line. “Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has once again lost the connection to its last remaining main external power line, but the facility is continuing to supply electricity to the grid through a reserve line, the International […]
China’s No. 3 leader to visit Russia next week
Beijing, China (AFP) China’s top legislator Li Zhanshu will visit Russia next week, state media reported Sunday, becoming the highest-ranking Communist Party politician to travel to the country since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Beijing and Moscow have drawn closer in recent years, ramping up cooperation as part of what they call a “no limits” relationship, acting as a counterweight to the global dominance of the United States. Meanwhile, tensions between China and the West have […]





