In ruined homes, Palestinians recall Assad’s torture on December 23, 2024School lessons ended in Syria’s biggest Palestinian refugee camp on October 18, 2012, judging by the date still chalked up on the board more than a decade later. “I am playing football”; “She is eating an apple”; “The boys are flying a kite” are written in English. Outside, the remaining children in the Damascus suburb […]
Venancio Mondlane, leading Mozambique’s vote dispute from exile on December 23, 2024Charismatic, dramatic and determined, Mozambican opposition leader Venancio Mondlane has directed from abroad waves of protests that pose the biggest threat to the ruling Frelimo party since it took power nearly 50 years ago. Known simply by his first name, the ambitious 50-year-old claims to have won the October presidential vote, rejecting as rigged the […]
Two US Navy pilots shot down in apparent ‘friendly fire’ incident on December 23, 2024Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident, the U.S military said, marking the most serious incident to threaten troops in over a year of America targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels. Both pilots were recovered alive after ejecting from their stricken aircraft, with one suffering minor […]
Large earthquake hits battered Vanuatu on December 23, 2024A magnitude-6.1 earthquake rattled buildings on Vanuatu’s main island early Sunday but did not appear to have caused major damage, five days after a more powerful quake wreaked havoc and killed 12 people. The nation’s most populous island, Efate, is still reeling from the deadly 7.3-magnitude temblor on Tuesday, which toppled concrete buildings and set […]
India child marriage crackdown reaches nearly 5,000 arrests on December 23, 2024A crackdown on illegal child marriages in India’s northeast has resulted in nearly 5,000 arrests, after 416 people were detained in the latest police sweep, a minister said Sunday. “We will continue to take bold steps to end this social evil,” Himanta Biswa Sarma, chief minister of Assam state, said in a statement. “Assam continues […]
Two-thirds of French already unhappy with new PM: poll on December 23, 2024France’s new Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, who is still scrambling to name his government before Christmas, faced a fresh challenge Sunday: a historically low poll rating. Even before he has properly started his job, a new poll carried out by Ifop for the French weekly Journal du Dimanche found 66 percent of respondents were unhappy […]
Google counters bid by US to force sale of Chrome on December 22, 2024Google late Friday countered a US call to sell its Chrome browser, suggesting a judge address antitrust concerns by barring the firm from making favorable treatment of its software a condition of licensing. Google filed a 12-page proposed order banning the internet giant from requiring favorable distribution or treatment of its software on mobile devices […]
Australia’s McSweeney ‘devastated’ by Test axing on December 22, 2024Dumped opener Nathan McSweeney said he was “devastated” Saturday after being cast out of Australia’s team after just three Tests against India but vowed to come back a better player. The 25-year-old won the race to replace the retired David Warner at the top of the order alongside Usman Khawaja but failed to seize the […]
Reijnders gifts ailing Milan festive cheer on December 22, 2024Tijjani Reijnders gave AC Milan something to cheer about over Christmas with the only goal in Friday’s 1-0 win at lowly Verona which was marked by more fan protests. Netherlands midfielder Reijnders lashed in his eighth goal of the season from Milan’s first real chance of the game in the 56th minute, crashing home first-time […]
Tien sets-up all-American NextGen semi-final duel on December 22, 2024Learner Tien set-up an all-American last-four clash against close friend Alex Michelsen at the NextGen ATP Finals on Friday by knocking out top seed and 2023 runner-up Arthur Fils. The 19-year-old Tien, who has risen to 122 in the world after starting the year at a lowly 453, shocked his 20th-ranked French opponent 4-2, 4-2, […]