At least two dead, 22 wounded by bomb in Pakistan's Lahore
(AFP) At least two people were killed and 22 wounded Thursday by a bomb blast in a busy shopping district of the Pakistani megacity of...
Author : Agence France-Presse
Beijing Olympics organisers say app security flaws 'fixed'
(AFP) An app that Winter Olympics attendees must use has been patched, a Chinese official told AFP Thursday, after cyber security researchers said they had...
'Remarkable' giant coral reef found off Tahiti
(AFP) Scientists have discovered one of the world’s largest coral reefs off the coast of Tahiti, a vast area of “pristine” rose-shaped corals deep under...
Afghan women activists go into hiding after Taliban crackdown
(AFP) Several Afghan women’s rights activists said Thursday they are going into hiding to escape a Taliban crackdown, just days after the hardline Islamists used...
Texas synagogue hostage-taker 'prayed for two years' for attack: reports
(AFP) A British man who took hostages at a Texas synagogue told his family he had prayed for two years to carry out the attack,...
French court says Twitter must reveal measures on online hate
(AFP) A Paris court on Thursday ruled that Twitter must reveal its measures for fighting hate speech, in one of several cases thrashing out whether...
Amazon may quit African HQ deal if blocked, Cape Town court hears
(AFP) Online retail giant Amazon could pull out of a deal to create its Africa headquarters in Cape Town, if a legal challenge by indigenous...
India bids farewell to 'supermum' tiger Collarwali
(AFP) Indian animal lovers are in mourning over the sudden passing of a nationally famous tigress credited with repopulating a forest redoubt for her endangered kin....
Trickle of residents return to Fukushima's last deserted town
(AFP) Five former residents of the last remaining uninhabited town near Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear plant returned on Thursday to live there for the first...
United Airlines reports Q4 loss on latest Covid-19 drag
(AFP) United Airlines reported another quarterly loss Wednesday on the lingering drag from Covid-19 but offered an upbeat outlook on a travel comeback later in...
