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Haiti now needs up to 5,000 police to help tackle `catastrophic' gang violence , UN expert says
Haiti now needs between 4,000 and 5,000 international police to help tackle ''catastrophic'' gang violence which is targeting key individuals and hospitals, schools, banks and other critical institutions, the U.N. rights expert for the conflict-wracked Caribbean nation said Thursday.
Norwegians facing a shortage as Easter nears are hoarding eggs from neighboring Sweden
A shortage of eggs in shops during Holy Week has led Norwegians to flock to supermarkets across the border in Sweden and hoard the traditional Easter food.
Rio de Janeiro declares a dengue health emergency days ahead of Carnival
Rio de Janeiro on Monday has declared a public health emergency because of an outbreak of mosquito-borne dengue fever, the city announced Monday, just days before Carnival celebrations kick off across Brazil.
Filipino villager will be nailed to a cross for the 35th time on Good Friday to pray for world peace
A Filipino villager plans to be nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ's suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea.
Thailand steps up border control of livestock after anthrax outbreak is reported in neighboring Laos
Thailand's government has ordered officials to closely monitor livestock along the border with Laos after more than 50 people were reported to have contracted anthrax in the neighboring country.
Huawei's profit more than doubles in 2023, sales up 9.6% as cloud and digital businesses grow
Chinese telecoms gear company Huawei Technologies has reported its profit more than doubled last year as its cloud and digital businesses thrived in spite of U.S. sanctions.
Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly higher after another set of Wall St records
Asian shares were mostly higher Friday in quiet holiday trading, with markets closed in Hong Kong, Sydney, Singapore and India, among other places.
The EU plans to fast-track some financial aid to Egypt. The usual funding safeguards will not apply
The European Union intends to fast-track some of its aid money to Egypt using an urgent funding procedure that bypasses parliamentary oversight and other safeguards, according to the president of the bloc's executive branch.
Syria reports Israeli airstrikes near the city of Aleppo. A war monitor says 42 people are dead
The Syrian army says Israeli airstrikes early Friday near the northern city of Aleppo killed or wounded ''a number of'' people and caused damage. An opposition war monitor said the strikes killed 42, most of them Syrian troops.
A moderately strong earthquake has struck southern Greece. No injuries or damage have been reported
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 has struck southern Greece off the coast of the western Peloponnese. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries from the quake, which was also felt in the Greek capital and as far away as the southern island of Crete.
5 dead and over 100 hospitalized from recalled Japanese health supplements
In the week since a line of Japanese health supplements began being recalled, five people have died and more than 100 people were hospitalized as of Friday.
Bus plunges off a bridge in South Africa, killing 45 people. An 8-year-old is the only survivor
A bus carrying worshippers on a long-distance trip from Botswana to an Easter weekend church gathering in South Africa plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass Thursday and burst into flames as it hit the rocky ground below, killing at least 45 people, authorities said. The only survivor was an 8-year-old child who was receiving medical attention for serious injuries.
'Oppenheimer' finally premieres in Japan to mixed reactions and high emotions
''Oppenheimer'' finally premiered Friday in the nation where two cities were obliterated 79 years ago by the nuclear weapons invented by the American scientist who was the subject of the Oscar-winning film. Japanese filmgoers' reactions understandably were mixed and highly emotional.
A Christian nun in Lebanon prays for the Shiite Muslim fighters of Hezbollah. A furor ensues
The nun stood in front of a group of young students at a Lebanese Christian school and asked them to pray for the ''men of the resistance'' in southern Lebanon who she said were defending the country.
Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly higher after another set of Wall St records
Asian shares were mostly higher Friday in quiet holiday trading, with markets closed in Hong Kong, Sydney, Singapore and India, among other places.
Migrant workers who helped build modern China have scant or no pensions, and can't retire
At 53, Guan Junling is too old to get hired at factories anymore. But for migrant workers like her, not working is not an option.
A growing number of Americans end up in Russian jails. The prospects for their release are unclear
A journalist on a reporting trip in a Ural Mountains city. A corporate security executive traveling to Moscow for a wedding. A dual national returning to her hometown in Tatarstan to visit her family.
Mob in Mexico brutally beats suspected kidnapper to death hours before Holy Week procession
A mob in the Mexican tourist city of Taxco brutally beat a woman to death Thursday because she was suspected of kidnapping and killing a young girl, rampaging just hours before the city's famous Holy Week procession.
France's Macron embraces Brazil's Lula — and the memes poking fun at their 'wedding'
If social media is to be believed, French President Emmanuel Macron's trip to Brazil that ended Thursday left him swooning.
King Charles stresses importance of kindness as he skips pre-Easter service amid cancer treatment
King Charles III on Thursday stressed the importance of friendship and acts of caring in a recorded message delivered to a traditional pre-Easter church service, which the monarch skipped as he continues to undergo cancer treatment.