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QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — Letter bombs addressed to journalists were sent to three TV stations in violence-plagued Ecuador Monday, one of which exploded without causing casualties, officials and the outlets reported. The prosecutor’s office said it had opened an investigation into the crime of “terrorism,” without stating why the three stations were specifically targeted, or by whom. In the port city of Guayaquil, journalist Lenin Artieda of the Ecuavisa private TV station received an envelope […]
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Marauding attacks by gang members in northeast Brazil continued for a third night despite a beefed up presence of security forces, authorities said on Thursday. Media reports carried images of public buses and buildings in flames in nine cities — including state capital Natal — in the northeastern Rio Grande do Norte state. The unrest, which began late Monday, was orchestrated by imprisoned gang leaders as a protest against jail […]
by Anna MALPAS with Ihor TKACHOV in Kherson and AFP bureau staff in Novosibirsk Agence France-Presse KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — At their home in the middle of Siberia, Russian pastor Roman Vinogradov and his wife Yekaterina are the new foster parents of five children from Moscow-occupied eastern Ukraine. The Vinogradovs are experienced fosterers now raising 16 children, including four of their own, and say they just want to help those who are “very much in […]
Several people have been killed in a shooting in a Jehovah’s Witnesses church in Hamburg, with the gunman believed to be among the dead found in the building, German police said Thursday. Shots rang out at the church in the Grossborstel area, with the first emergency made at around 2015 GMT, a police spokesman at the scene said. “Several people were seriously injured, some even fatally,” police said on Twitter. “At the moment there […]
Several people have been killed in a shooting in a church in Hamburg, German police said Thursday. The shooting took place at around 9pm, police said, adding that there were “one or more unknown” assailants. “According to first indications, shots were fired in a church in Deelboege street in the Grossborstel district. Several people were seriously injured, some even fatally,” police said on Twitter. They alerted people to an “extreme danger” in the area using […]
Two US citizens kidnapped by suspected Mexican drug traffickers were found dead Tuesday while two others survived, in what officials said appeared to be a tragic case of mistaken identity. Washington vowed to do everything in its power to ensure justice for the victims, who crossed the border into the crime-plagued city of Matamoros in Tamaulipas state on Friday for medical reasons. Initial indications were that the abduction was the result of a “mix-up” […]
Washington, United States | AFP | Four American citizens were shot at and kidnapped by armed men after driving across the US border into northeastern Mexico, the FBI said Sunday. The Americans crossed into Matamoros, in Tamaulipas state, on Friday, driving a white minivan with North Carolina license plates, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a statement released by the US embassy in Mexico. “Shortly after crossing into Mexico, unidentified gunmen fired upon the passengers in […]
by Paul HANDLEY Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A US jury on Thursday found lawyer Alex Murdaugh guilty of murdering his wife and son on their hunting estate. Scion of an elite South Carolina family of judges and attorneys, Murdaugh, 54, was described as having killed his son Paul with a shotgun and his wife Maggie with the assault rifle Paul used for hunting wild pigs on the family’s sprawling property. Following the […]
Hollywood star Alec Baldwin pleaded not guilty Thursday to manslaughter over the death of a cinematographer who was shot on the set of low-budget Western “Rust.” The actor also agreed terms with the court that will allow him to complete filming of the movie, including a ban on using guns and on drinking alcohol. Baldwin was holding a Colt .45 during rehearsals for the film in New Mexico when it discharged, killing Halyna Hutchins […]
Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France | AFP | Wednesday 2/22/2023 by Carole SUHAS A teacher at a school in southwest France was killed on Wednesday in a stabbing attack by a teenage pupil in the middle of a lesson, the regional prosecutor said. The teacher of Spanish, 52, was teaching a class at the school in the seaside town of Saint-Jean-de-Luz when the pupil, 16, attacked her with a knife. She was given emergency aid at the scene, […]
by Ana FERNÁNDEZ Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A once-powerful Mexican government minister was convicted by a US jury Tuesday of aiding the very drug smuggling he was tasked with cracking down on. Genaro Garcia Luna, public security minister under Felipe Calderon’s presidency from 2006 to 2012, was found guilty on all five counts following a high-profile trial in New York. The month-long proceedings shone a spotlight on the corruption of the […]
Berlin, Germany | AFP | Thursday 2/16/2023 Several German airports said on Thursday their websites were down due to suspected cyberattacks, the latest instance of online sabotage in the country. Airports in Duesseldorf, Nuremberg and Dortmund said they were affected, while at least two others were reported to have been hit. German news outlet Der Spiegel said a group of Russian hackers had claimed responsibility for the attack, although there was no comment from authorities […]
