This handout picture released by GP Canal news agency shows a bus accident in the Peruvian region of Piura, north of Lima, on Jan 28, 2023. (PHOTO / GP CANAL / AFP) At least 24 people died in northern Peru after a bus carrying 60 passengers plunged off a cliff in early on Saturday, police […]
Day: January 29, 2023
Sweden’s NATO process paused, says foreign minister
In this file photo taken on Jan 27, 2023, Sweden's Minister of Foreign Affairs Tobias Billstrom holds a joint press conference with Latvia's Minister of Foreign Affairs in Riga. (PHOTO / AFP) STOCKHOLM – Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said on Saturday that the country's North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) process has paused, local media […]
Trump kicks off presidential campaign with low-key events
Former US president Donald Trump speaks at a 2024 election campaign event in Columbia, South Carolina, on Jan 28, 2023. Trump hits the campaign trail Saturday for the first time in a third bid for the US presidency overshadowed by intensifying criminal investigations and a firestorm of political controversy. The twice-impeached Republican, whose party lost […]
Memphis disbands police unit in fatal beating as protests mount
Protestors rally against the fatal police assault of Tyre Nichols, at Washington Square Park in New York City, on Jan 28, 2023. The city of Memphis on Jan 27, 2023 released a graphic video, depicting the fatal police assault of Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man. (PHOTO / AFP) MEMPHIS, Tenn – The specialized police unit […]
Retired general Pavel wins Czech presidential election
Presidential candidate Petr Pavel, former Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Army, and his wife Eva arrive for a press conference in Prague, Czech Republic on Jan 28, 2023, after Pavel became the fourth president of the Czech Republic according to official results. (PHOTO / AFP) PRAGUE – The second round of the […]
Peruvian president urges Congress to approve early polls
Peruvian President Dina Boluarte addresses lawmakers after being sworn-in at Congress in Lima, Peru on Dec 7, 2022. (PHOTO / AP) LIMA – Peruvian President Dina Boluarte on Friday called on Congress to move general elections forward to December 2023, in order to get the country out of the "quagmire" with near-daily protests. The Peruvian […]