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Greece Battles Deadly Wildfire For Third Day

The blaze first broke out Sunday afternoon in the town of Varnavas, northeast of Athens
Greek emergency services battled a massive wildfire threatening Athens for a third day Tuesday after finding the first victim and thousands of people were kept away from their homes by the flames.
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Nahida Bushra (2R), 23, had a key role as an organiser who mobilised her women classmates to attend street rallies

How Gen Z Women And The Military Transformed Bangladesh

Adored by her classmates and defiant even after police seized her, student Nusrat Tabassum is one of the many women who helped spearhead the movement that toppled autocratic ex-premier Sheikh Hasina.
AFP news Aug 13, 2024
Freeman Mbowe was among some 520 people detained by police in Tanzania

Tanzanian Opposition Leaders Freed After Mass Arrests

The leaders of Tanzania's main opposition party Chadema have been released on bail, a party spokesman said on Tuesday, after they were detained in a mass roundup ahead of a youth day rally.
AFP news Aug 13, 2024
Greece has deployed 510 firefighters and 152 vehicles, while 29 aircraft were due to set out Monday at first light

Thousands Flee As Wildfires Bear Down On Greek Capital

Thousands of people living around Athens fled their homes on Monday, including in the historic town of Marathon, as a huge wildfire front crept closer to the capital despite "superhuman" efforts to contain the blaze, officials said.
AFP news Aug 12, 2024
Opposition stalwart Tundu Lissu returned to Tanzania in January 2023 after about five years in exile

Tanzania Arrests Opposition Leaders In Mass Round-up

Tanzanian police have detained leading opposition figures including Chadema party leader Freeman Mbowe and his deputy Tundu Lissu and rounded up several hundred youth supporters on the eve of a planned rally, a move condemned by rights activists on Monday as "troubling".
AFP news Aug 12, 2024
Kiribati’s President Taneti Maamau (L) shakes hands with China's Premier Li Keqiang

Kiribati's Pro-China Government Faces Election Test

Pacific nation Kiribati will begin voting in a general election this week, a poll that will test the strengthening ties between China and the government of the climate-threatened archipelago.
AFP news Aug 12, 2024
Joe Biden rides his bike through Gordons Pond State Park in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

In TV Interview, Biden Explains His Election Exit

US President Joe Biden, in his first TV interview since withdrawing from the election, has said he acted under pressure from fellow Democrats and out of a determination to see Donald Trump beaten.
AFP news Aug 12, 2024
Crowds massed in London, Glasgow, Belfast, Manchester and numerous other English towns and cities, as fears of violent confrontations with anti-immigration agitators failed to materialise

Anti-racism Protesters Rally Across UK

Thousands of anti-racism demonstrators rallied across the UK on Saturday to protest recent rioting blamed on the far-right in the wake of the Southport knife attack that killed three children.
AFP news Aug 12, 2024
Colin Huang has topped China's rich list thanks to the huge success of the Temu and Pinduoduo retail apps

E-commerce Tycoon Huang Tops China's Rich List

E-commerce tycoon Colin Huang has become China's richest man, an index showed Friday, capping an ascent for the former Google employee whose shopping site Temu has sucked in consumers with its low prices and all-powerful algorithms.
AFP news Aug 09, 2024
US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally in Romulus, Michigan, August 7, 2024

Harris Doesn't Back Israel Arms Embargo, Aide Says

Kamala Harris does not support an arms embargo on US ally Israel, a top aide said Thursday, in one of the first substantive statements on her Gaza war policy since her July entry to the 2024 White House race.
AFP news Aug 09, 2024
Elon Musk is accused of spreading US election misinformation on X, the influential platform he bought in 2022

Musk's Misleading Election Posts Viewed 1.2 Billion Times: Study

False or misleading US election claims posted on X by Elon Musk have amassed nearly 1.2 billion views this year, a watchdog reported Thursday, highlighting the billionaire's potential influence on the highly polarized White House race.
AFP news Aug 09, 2024
The site of an Israeli strike on south Lebanon

Israel Agrees To Resume Gaza Truce Talks Next Week

Israel has agreed to resume Gaza ceasefire talks on August 15 at the demand of US, Qatari and Egyptian mediators, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Thursday, as regional tensions skyrocket over the war.
AFP news Aug 09, 2024
Emhoff is known as US Second Gentleman

US Donates $2.2 Million To UNESCO To Fight Anti-semitism

Doug Emhoff, the Second Gentleman of the United States as husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, on Thursday announced the US would make an exceptional contribution over $2 million to UN cultural agency UNESCO to boost the fight against anti-Semitic hatred.
AFP news Aug 09, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the state memorial for Zionist leader Zeev Jabotinsky at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, on August 4, 2024

Netanyahu 'Sorry' October 7 Attack Occurred

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview published Thursday that he was "sorry" that Hamas was able to carry out its October 7 attack, without explicitly taking responsibility.
AFP news Aug 09, 2024
An activist said the amendment before Iraq's parliament 'provides huge leeway for male dominance over family issues'

Fears For Women's Rights As Iraqi Bill Resurfaces

Rights advocates are alarmed by a bill introduced to Iraq's parliament that, they fear, would roll back women's rights and increase underage marriage in the deeply patriarchal society.
AFP news Aug 08, 2024
A cobbler reads a newspaper along a street in Dhaka days after prime minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country

Hundreds Of Bangladeshi Hindus Try To Cross Into India

Hundreds of Hindus in Bangladesh were gathered along the Indian border hoping to cross, security officials said Thursday, days after a student-led uprising toppled prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
AFP news Aug 08, 2024

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