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On October 24, five police officers turned up on Jasmine Duff’s doorstep. Despite not having a warrant, Duff claims they insisted on coming into the house to look for her. “They walked into my room as I was climbing out of bed and placed me under arrest,” Duff tells Crikey. “One officer stayed in the […]
Wholesalers, retailers and consumers in Myanmar are feeling the pain from a junta campaign to confiscate illegal imports that has raised commodity prices and brought new opportunities for corruption. By FRONTIER From Mandalay to Mawlamyine, and elsewhere in Myanmar, teams of soldiers, police and municipal officials have been inspecting markets and warehouses for illegal imports. […]
L’Union européenne appelle de nouveau à un « cessez-le-feu immédiat » au Liban « L’Union européenne [UE] demande un cessez-le-feu immédiat des deux côtés de la “ligne bleue” », a déclaré le chef de la diplomatie européenne, Josep Borrell, lors d’une réunion des 43 membres de l’Union pour la Méditerranée (UPM), à Barcelone. La « ligne bleue » est une zone tampon […]
Pokémon Go players have had their first taste of Gigantamax battles – the game’s toughest trial yet – and come away with a mixed initial response. Gigantamax battles launched on Saturday with skyscraper-high versions of Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise to defeat and capture. The game makes clear you won’t be beating these critters […]
The victims were taken to the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis as well as to the European Hospital, where records showed at least 15 members of the al-Farra family had been killed. Six members of the Abdeen family were also killed, health officials reported. Saleh al-Farra, who lost his 17-year-old brother and 15-year-old sister […]
The December update for Fallout 76 is going to be a big one – as well as introducing camp pets and the ability to earn descriptive player titles for your Vault dweller, Bethesda’s online Fallout game will also be getting a challenging new end-game raid called The Gleaming Depths, which will see co-op teams of […]
Police in Sri Lanka have arrested more than 230 Chinese men accused of targeting international banks in online scams, the foreign minister said, with help from security officials sent by Beijing. Vijitha Herath said police raids over the past week had also seized 250 computers and 500 mobile phones used in the alleged scams, with […]
Ukrainian military recruitment officers raided restaurants, bars and a concert hall in Kyiv, checking military registration documents and detaining men who were not in compliance, media and witnesses reported on Saturday. Officers descended on Kyiv’s Palace of Sports venue after a concert on Friday night by Ukrainian rock band Okean Elzy. Video footage aired by […]
Le ministère de la Santé libanais a annoncé, samedi 12 octobre, que neuf personnes avaient été tuées dans des raids israéliens visant deux villages au nord et au sud de Beyrouth, hors des fiefs du Hezbollah. Une “frappe ennemie israélienne sur Maaysra”, village chiite à majorité chrétienne situé au nord de Beyrouth, a tué “cinq […]