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Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko delivers a speech during a conference at the Cheikh Anta Diop university in Dakar, on May 16, 2024, as part of his visit to Senegal. (Photo by SEYLLOU / AFP)

Stay home, Senegal PM warns Africans after 90 die in boat accident

Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko on Saturday implored young people not to attempt the perilous Atlantic route to Europe, days after scores of would-be migrants perished when their boat capsized off Mauritania.
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Hungary's forward #09 Martin Adam (L) fights for the ball with Scotland's defender #05 Grant Hanley during the UEFA Euro 2024 Group A football match between Scotland and Hungary at the Stuttgart Arena in Stuttgart on June 23, 2024. (Photo by DAMIEN MEYER / AFP)

Hungary dedicate Euro 2024 win to stricken Varga after ‘terrible’ injury

Hungary winger Roland Sallai dedicated Sunday’s 1-0 win over Scotland at Euro 2024 to Barnabas Varga who was stretchered off and taken to hospital after a sickening collision which will rule him
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French police forces take part in an operation to remove a makeshift roadblock set up by pro-independence supporters in the Vallee du Tir district in Noumea on the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia on June 24, 2024. - Clashes started after even independence activists linked to a group accused of orchestrating deadly riots last month in New Caledonia have been sent to mainland France for pre-trial detention. Riots, street barricades and looting broke out in New Caledonia in May over an electoral reform that would have allowed long-term residents to participate in local polls. (Photo by Delphine MAYEUR / AFP)

Buildings torched in fresh unrest in New Caledonia

Several buildings, including a police station and a town hall, were set on fire in New Caledonia overnight, authorities said Monday, as the French Pacific territory was hit by a fresh surge
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Firefighters gather at the site of a fire at a lithium battery factory owned by South Korean battery maker Aricell in Hwaseong on June 24, 2024. - Around 20 bodies have been found at a South Korean lithium battery factory after a massive blaze on June 24, the Yonhap news agency said, with firefighters saying they were still searching the building. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)

18 Chinese among 22 dead in South Korea battery plant fire

Twenty-two people were killed — including 18 Chinese nationals — in a massive fire at a South Korean lithium battery factory, the fire department said Monday, one of the country’s worst factory
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This handout photograph taken and released on June 21, 2024 by Turkish news agency DHA (Demiroren News Agency) shows a burnt field after a wildfitre swept overnight through two areas between the districts of Diyarbakir and Mardin in southeastern Turkey. - Five people died and dozens were hurt as a huge wildfire swept through several villages in the Kurdish southeastern Turkey overnight, the health minister said on June 21. (Photo by Handout / DHA (Demiroren News Agency) / AFP) / - Turkey OUT / - TURKEY OUT / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /HO/DHA (DEMIROREN NEWS AGENCY) " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Turkey wildfire toll hits 15 as experts flag faulty wires

The death toll from a massive wildfire that ripped through Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast last week has risen to 15, hospital sources said on Monday as experts pointed to faulty wiring as
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This handout picture taken and released by the Taiwan Presidential Office on June 19, 2024 shows Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te speaking during a press conference at the Presidential Office in Taipei. (Photo by Handout / TAIWAN PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / TAIWAN PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Taiwan president seeks to overturn controversial reform

Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te signed into law on Monday a controversial reform expanding parliament’s powers, but vowed to seek a ruling from the island’s top court to try to overturn it. Proponents
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Kym Parsons pleaded guilty to carrying out bank robberies in small South Australian towns between 2004 and 2014.(ABC News: Brant Cumming)

Australia’s ‘bicycle bandit’ gets 35 years

An Australian bank robber known as the “bicycle bandit” got a 35-year jail sentence Monday — though he reportedly has advanced cancer and is seeking an imminent voluntary assisted death. Kym Allen
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Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a lithium battery factory in Hwaseong on June 24, 2024. - A major fire broke out at a South Korean lithium battery factory on June 24, authorities said, with one person confirmed dead and 21 others unaccounted for as the blaze continued to rage. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP) / - South Korea OUT / NO USE AFTER JULY 23, 2024 04:44:40 GMT - - SOUTH KOREA OUT / NO ARCHIVES - RESTRICTED TO SUBSCRIPTION USE

Firefighters find ’20 bodies’ at S Korea battery fire site: Yonhap

Around 20 bodies have been found at a South Korean lithium battery factory after a massive blaze on Monday, the Yonhap news agency said, with firefighters saying they were still searching the
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Germany's head coach Julian Nagelsmann (R) and his players react after the UEFA Euro 2024 Group A football match between Switzerland and Germany at the Frankfurt Arena in Frankfurt am Main on June 23, 2024. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

Germany survive Euro 2024 scare as Hungarian star suffers horror injury

Germany survived a scare to finish top of Group A at Euro 2024 as Niclas Fuellkrug’s stoppage-time goal rescued a 1-1 draw against Switzerland, while Scotland were eliminated after a last-gasp 1-0
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