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Report: 8,468 perished trying to reach Europe since 2019

Wednesday, 15 February 2023, 08:35 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

More than 8,400 Europe-bound migrants perished at sea while attempting to cross the Mediterranean over the past four years, a charity said Tuesday. Save the Children said in a report that about a...

Turkey probes contractors as earthquake deaths pass 33,000

Monday, 13 February 2023, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Turkish authorities are targeting contractors allegedly linked with buildings that collapsed in the powerful Feb. 6 earthquakes as rescuers found more survivors in the rubble Sunday,...

Trudeau: US fighter shot down object over northern Canada

Sunday, 12 February 2023, 07:07 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday that on his order a U.S. fighter jet shot down an “unidentified object” that was flying high over the Yukon, acting a day after the...

Prepped and eloquent, Zelenskyy wows Europe's leaders

Saturday, 11 February 2023, 06:42 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Before the Ukraine war, Volodymyr Zelenskyy travelled to western European capitals as a junior partner, one of many leaders of poorer eastern countries looking for aid and attention. This...

US says China balloon could collect intelligence signals

Saturday, 11 February 2023, 06:20 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

The China balloon shot down by the U.S. was equipped to detect and collect intelligence signals as part of a huge, military-linked aerial surveillance program that targeted more than 40...

Zelenskyy: Ukraine caught Russian plan to 'destroy' Moldova

Friday, 10 February 2023, 06:48 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that his country has intercepted plans by Russian secret services to destroy Moldova, and Moldovan intelligence confirmed the claim. Speaking...

Ukraine's Zelenskyy makes emotional appeal for EU membership

Friday, 10 February 2023, 06:46 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked his Western allies Thursday for more weapons and said “a Ukraine that is winning” its war with Russia should become a member of the European Union,...

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