Over 50,000 fled Haiti capital in three weeks, with politicians in deadlock
PORT-AU-PRINCE – More than 53,000 people fled Haiti’s capital in just three weeks of March as conflict between powerful armed gangs wreaked havoc for civilians, with the state largely absent…
Six children dead, 14 injured in Iraq road accident
BASRA, Iraq – Six primary-school students were killed and 14 others were injured when a refrigerator truck veered into a group of children in the southern Iraqi city of Basra…
Gun violence and regulation in Finland
One child was killed and two seriously wounded in a shooting at a school outside the Finnish capital on April 2, police said. A 12-year-old fellow pupil suspected of the…
Firefighter and another person taken to hospital after Defu Lane fire; second industrial blaze in a night
The second blaze occurred about three hours after the first fire in an industrial estate in Eunos.Read More
Gaza infrastructure damages estimated at $18.5 billion in UN-World Bank report
WASHINGTON – The cost of damage to Gaza’s critical infrastructure between October and January is estimated at about $18.5 billion, according to a joint World Bank and the United Nations…
Police to have more powers to apprehend people with mental disorders, after changes to law passed
The amendments are “scoped within a very specific circumstance of a psychiatric emergency and only where there is a patent risk of suicide”, says an NMP who is a psychiatrist.Read…
Russian missile damages educational facility in Ukraine’s Dnipro, governor says
A Russian missile attack on Tuesday damaged an educational facility in Ukraine’s city of Dnipro and injured five people, local authorities said. Read More
Rich and retired: the boom beneficiaries who finance Germany’s far right
BERLIN – To hear Hartmut Issmer tell it, Germany’s recent history is one of decline from the 1970s to 2015, when then-Chancellor Angela Merkel let the migrants in. Read More
Fire at Istanbul nightclub kills 15 people, mayor says
ISTANBUL – Fifteen people were killed and eight others were injured in a fire at a nightclub in central Istanbul during daytime repair work, the city mayor Ekrem Imamoglu said…