At least 11 people were killed when a church was attacked by Muslim gunmen in the Central African Republic.
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Victoria Day in Canada
Victoria Day is a Canadian holiday celebrated on the Monday preceding May 25. Levi de Guzman reports from Ottawa, Canada
Divided east Ukraine city calm after battle, rebels seek Russian help
(Reuters) – An uneasy calm returned to the streets of Donetsk on Wednesday after the biggest battle of the pro-Russian separatist uprising in eastern Ukraine, a conflict transformed by the landslide election of a pro-European leader who vowed to crush the revolt. Government forces killed dozens of rebel fighters on Monday and Tuesday in an assault to retake Donetsk International Airport, which the rebels had seized the morning after Ukrainians overwhelmingly elected Petro Poroshenko as […]
Thai military rulers appoint anti-Thaksin advisers
(Reuters) – Thailand’s junta has appointed two retired generals with palace connections as advisers, putting powerful establishment figures hostile towards former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra firmly in the ascendant in the country’s long-running power struggle. Hoping to show things are getting back to normal, the military also relaxed a night-time curfew brought in after it seized power in a May 22 coup, and is expected to speed up efforts to get the economy moving again after months […]
Fire at a South Korean hospital for the elderly kills at least 21
(Reuters) — A fire at a rural South Korean hospital for chronically ill elderly patients killed 21 people and injured eight on Wednesday (May 28) in the second major fire this week while the country still mourns the deaths of more than 300 people in a ferry disaster last month. The fire started after midnight at around 00:27 a.m. at the hospital in the southwest region of Jeolla, the local fire station said. It was put out relatively […]
Thai Military Channel Shows Detained Political Protest Leaders
(Reuters) — Thailand’s military-run TV channel aired on Tuesday (May 27) a programme showing several high-profile detainees who were taken into custody after Army chief Prayuth Chan-ochatook over power in a bloodless coup last week. The programme hosted by a presenter and also an army spokesman, showed the accommodation of the detainees. They said the detainees had access to medicine and were being “well looked after” and that they have “never been tied up”. The programme also […]
China holds anti-terror drills following violent attacks
Following terrorist attacks, China is leveling up its security drills nationwide
Leisure time activities in Madrid
People in Madrid take their leisure time activities seriously. Katherine Ferrer tells us what they usually do on days off.
UEFA LEAGUE FINAL PREPS: REAL MADRID VS ATLETICO MADRID
Real Madrid and Atletico fans in Madrid are excited as Portugal prepares to host its second Champions League final. Katherine Ferrer reports
Pakistan woman stoned to death by family for marrying man she loved
(Reuters) – A 25-year-old woman was stoned to death by her family outside one of Pakistan’s top courts on Tuesday in a so-called “honor” killing for marrying the man she loved, police said. Farzana Iqbal was waiting for the High Court in the eastern city of Lahore to open when a group of around dozen men began attacking her with bricks, said Umer Cheema, a senior police officer. Her father, two brothers and former fiance […]
Obama plans to end U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan by 2016
(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday outlined a plan to withdraw all but 9,800 American troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year and pull out the rest by the end of 2016, ending more than a decade of military engagement triggered by the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. The decision means that Obama will leave office in early 2017 having extricated the country from the longest war in U.S. history. He ended Washington’s […]
INC: Unity Games at East Bay, Hayward City
IGLESIA NI CRISTO MEMBERS FROM THE UNITED STATES ARE IN A HISTORIC GATHERING FOR THEIR UNITY GAMES DON OROZCO REPORTS
