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An avalanche buried three German backcountry skiers in Italy’s northern South Tyrol province on Wednesday, killing one and critically injuring the other two, Italy’s alpine rescue corps said.RUSSIAN SKIER DEAD, 6 RESCUED IN AVALANCHE AT HIMALAYAN RESORTAll three skiers were recovered quickly thanks to electronic location devices; the two survivors…
The Italian athletics federation announced Wednesday that it has withdrawn its candidacy to host the 2027 world championships in Rome.The move comes after the Italian government refused to guarantee the $92 million needed to host the meet at the Stadio Olimpico.ITALIAN FAMILY RETURNS TO ROME 2 YEARS AFTER KIDNAPPING BY…
Several people were killed Wednesday in the central African country of Chad in what the government said was an attack by an opposition group on the national security agency’s office in the capital.Government spokesman Abderaman Koulamallah said in a statement that the attack on the National State Security Agency, or…
Judges at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday granted reparations of more than $56 million to thousands of victims of a convicted commander in the shadowy Ugandan rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army.The nearly 50,000 victims covered by the order included former child soldiers and children born as a result…
The rubble and twisted metal of Kamel Ajour’s smashed-up Gaza bakery underscores one reason starving people in the north of the bombarded enclave are reduced to eating raw cactus leaves after nearly five months of Israel’s military campaign.Bread will be critical to any sustained effort to relieve Palestinian hunger, with…
Germany facilitated talks on a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan on Wednesday, welcoming their foreign ministers to Berlin.The talks followed a meeting on Feb. 17 involving German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.Armenia and Azerbaijan have pledged to work toward signing a…
A suspect in the fatal shooting of Dutch rapper Bigidagoe was apprehended at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris under a European warrant.The 20-year-old suspect, whose identity remains undisclosed, was intercepted while attempting to board a flight to French Guiana.The suspect is currently detained and will be transferred to judicial…
Dozens of Burundian troops have been detained for refusing deployment to eastern Congo against the M23 rebel group’s advance toward a city.The dissenting soldiers are being held in at least four prisons across Burundi.Clashes between M23 and Congolese troops have intensified, with M23 threatening the Congo city of Goma on…
Senegalese leaders have proposed holding elections in early June after a rejection of President Macky Sall’s attempt to postpone them.President Sall, facing term limits, postponed the election for 10 months, but the Constitutional Council rejected the move.A two-day national dialogue aimed at building trust among candidates and the population was…
Hong Kong is poised to enact a new national security law, four years after Beijing imposed a similar law that stifled pro-democracy media.Concerns are rising among the international business and media communities regarding the potential impact of the new law.Businesses and journalists fear that the law’s broad provisions on state…
