GERMANY: Hundreds of flights axed over airport staff strike
A two-day strike by ground crew and security staff began Thursday at Munich airport, Germany’s second-largest, cancelling hundreds of flights. Only 10
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UK: Highest number of asylum requests recorded in 2024
Over 108,000 people applied for asylum in Britain last year, government figures showed Thursday, the highest number for any 12 months since records be
GUINEA: Former PM Fofana jailed for embezzlement
A Guinean court jailed former prime minister Ibrahima Kassory Fofana for five years Thursday for embezzlement of public funds, illicit enrichment and
US: Gov’t cuts overseas dev’t prog budgets by over 90%
The United States has dramatically cut the budgets of overseas development and aid programs, with multi-year contracts pared down by 92 per cent, or $
INDONESIA: Two men publicly flogged for gay sex
Two men were publicly flogged in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Thursday after they were found guilty of sexual relations by a court operat