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Panama seized record amount of drugs in 2021: president

PANAMA CITY, Panama (AFP) - Panama seized a record haul of 128 tons of drugs in 2021, President Laurentino Cortizo…

Five dead, two wounded in US shooting: police

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The death toll from a shooting spree across multiple locations in Colorado, which ended when…

Japan executes three on death row, first since 2019: media

  by Kyoko HASEGAWA Agence France Presse Japan on Tuesday executed three prisoners on death row, the first since December…

Thai Supreme Court jails tycoon over wildlife poaching

BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) - A Thai tycoon accused of poaching wildlife in a national park lost his final appeal Wednesday,…

Vietnam gives longest ever jail term for trading rhino horn: NGO

HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) -- A rhino horn trader has been sentenced to 14 years in jail, the longest ever prison…

Three students killed in US high school shooting: police

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Three students were killed and six other people including a teacher were wounded Tuesday in…

900 kg of live lobsters seized in Hong Kong

HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Hong Kong customs officers seized nearly 900 kilograms of live lobsters on a speedboat on…

Six teens hurt in drive-by shooting near US school: police

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- An apparent drive-by shooting Monday near a Colorado high school left six teenagers in…

Policeman wounded after being stabbed in southern France

PARIS, France (AFP) -- A French policeman was wounded on Monday after a man claiming to act "in the name…

Ecuador anti-drug trafficking radar hit by explosion

QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- A plane-spotting radar Ecuador started operating two weeks ago to curtail drug trafficking was hit by…

Tourists panic as Mexico beach shooting leaves two dead

by Alejandro Castro CANCUN, Mexico (AFP) -- A shooting involving rival gangs on a beach near Mexico's Caribbean resort of…

French police shoot knifeman at Paris station: sources

PARIS, France (AFP) -- French transport police shot and gravely wounded a man at a Paris railway station who threatened…

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