People protest outside the Police Investigation Operations Center – DIRINCRI to demand the release of those arrested at the campus of the University of San Marcos in Lima on Jan 21, 2023. (ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP) LIMA – Peruvian police arrested over 200 people accused of illegally entering the campus of a major Lima university, […]
Day: January 22, 2023
US Justice Dept found more classified items in Biden home search
In this undated photo, US President Joe Biden holds White House news conference in Washington. (PHOTO / REUTERS) WASHINGTON – A new search of President Joe Biden's home in Wilmington, Delaware on Friday by the US Justice Department found six more items, including documents with classification markings, a lawyer for the president said in a […]
Protests in Stockholm draw condemnation from Türkiye
Protesters demonstrate in front of the Consulate General of Sweden after Rasmus Paludan, leader of Danish far-right political party Hard Line and who also has Swedish citizenship burned a copy of the Koran near the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm, in Istanbul, Turkey, on Jan 21, 2023. (YASIN AKGUL / AFP) STOCKHOLM – Protests in Stockholm […]
Over 60 women, children freed in Burkina Faso after kidnapping
Burkina Faso army officers patrol near a French armored vehicle parked in Kaya, capital of Burkina Faso's north-central region on Nov 20, 2021. (OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) OUAGADOUGOU – Sixty-six women and children kidnapped by armed assailants in northern Burkina Faso last week have been freed, national broadcaster Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina (RTP) said […]
Sunak fined by police for failing to wear seat belt
In this file photo dated Dec 9, 2022, Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reacts during his visit to Royal Air Force RAF Coningsby, near Lincoln, eastern England. (JOE GIDDENS / POOL / AFP) LONDON – British police fined Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday for failing to wear a seat belt while he filmed a […]
Brazil defense minister: Military not directly involved in Brasilia riots
File photo of Brazilian future Defense Minister Jose Mucio. (EVARISTO SA / AFP) BRASILIA – Brazil Minister of Defense Jose Mucio said on Friday that the country's armed forces were not directly involved in the riots by supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed government buildings calling for a coup. President Luiz Inacio […]
Apps like Tinder are changing from dating tools to party places as more people enjoy the single life
HONG KONG, Jan 22, 2023 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – “Being consciously single” is not a new term. Over the past few years, especially during the pandemic, it has become a trend to enjoy staying single. According to a study by Bumble, a dating app where women are dominant, 53% of respondents said that […]