Bogota, Feb 18 (AFP/APP):Colombia's military carried out at least 6,400 extra-judicial killings and presented them as combat deaths from 2002 to 2008, a special court set up under a peace
Kampala, Feb 18 (AFP/APP):Four Ugandan soldiers were handed prison sentences of up to three months by a military court on Thursday for taking part in the brutal beating of local
New York, Feb 18 (AFP/APP):Walmart reported another round of strong sales Thursday amid the coronavirus pandemic as it announced significant investments in higher employee wages and technology for growing e-commerce
Washington, Feb 18 (AFP/APP):The World Bank on Thursday announced that it has selected former Senegal finance minister Makhtar Diop to lead the agency responsible for private sector finance at a
Paris, Feb 18 (AFP/APP):Climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution pose a triple threat to human health and prosperity that may be averted only by transforming how we power our economies
New York, Feb 18 (AFP/APP):A deadly winter weather system that brought record-busting cold to the southern and central United States, knocking out power for millions in oil-rich Texas, pushed up
ISLAMABAD, Feb 18 (APP):Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Dr Faisal Sultan on Thursday said the government was expected to receive 2.8 million
Papeete, Feb 18 (AFP/APP):A 52-year-old crewman who fell off a cargo ship in the remote South Pacific has cheated death after being plucked from the water alive 16 hours later,
Harare, Feb 18 (AFP/APP):Zimbabwe's vice president was first to be inoculated Thursday as the southern African country began coronavirus immunisation three days after receiving jabs donated by China.Constantino Chiwenga, wearing
Paris, Feb 18 (AFP/APP):Governments worldwide are using the Covid-19 pandemic to push through destructive development projects and roll back protections of indigenous groups, according to a global report on deforestation