The downing of a huge Chinese balloon off the US coast, followed by the shootdowns of two smaller objects over Alaska and Canada, has raised concerns about North American security -- and further strained relations with China.. Canada described it as cylindrical and smaller than the initial balloon.
Polling stations opened on Sunday for regional elections in Italy's two most populous regions -- polls seen as a test of the popularity of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's three-month-old government.. Polling stations were to stay open until 11 pm local time (2200 GMT) and reopen again on Monday.
A US fighter jet acting on the orders of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shot down an unidentified object over Canada on Saturday -- the second such take-down in North American skies since the dramatic downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon a week ago.. The object spotted on Saturday was shot down over the Yukon, which borders Alaska, where fighter jets downed another object Friday, off the US state's north coast near the village of Deadhorse.
Rescuers pulled a two-month-old baby and an elderly woman from the rubble on Saturday, five days after an earthquake devastated Turkey and Syria leaving nearly 26,000 dead.. A two-year-old girl, a six-month pregnant woman, and a four-year-old and her father were among those rescued five days after the quake, Turkish media reported.
Several hundred supporters of jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Saturday launched a carnival-themed march through central London calling for his release as he risks extradition to the United States.. The march with the theme "darkness into light" was due to end with a rally in Westminster in central London with speakers including Assange's wife Stella.
With temperatures below freezing, the line of earthquake victims waiting for steaming hot stews and soups stretches out into the dark in the Turkish city of Gaziantep.. At Festival Park, which has been taken over by a tent city where families spend freezing nights under canvas, the homeless queue for free basic food served at the entrance.
Prosecutors on Saturday charged a Belgian lawmaker in the European parliament with corruption after searching his bank safe as part of a probe into a bribery scandal linked to Qatar that has rocked the EU. The Socialist deputy Marc Tarabella, 59, was detained by police on Friday after Belgium's federal prosecutors said raids were carried out targeting his safe in the city of Liege and offices in the town hall of Anthisnes, where he is mayor. . Eric van der Sijpt, spokesman for the prosecutor's office, told AFP Tarabella had been indicted on charges of corruption, money laundering and for "participating in a criminal organisation", as part of the Belgian investigation into suspected bribery linked to Qatar and Morocco.
Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in France on Saturday in a fourth day of action against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform, with unions planning to ramp up strikes if the plan is not dropped.. Another day on protests and strike is planned on February 16.
Rescuers pulled a two-month-old baby and an elderly woman from the rubble on Saturday, five days after an earthquake devastated Turkey and Syria, leaving more than 25,000 dead.. A two-year-old girl, a six-month pregnant woman, plus a four-year-old and her father, were among those rescued five days after the quake, Turkish media reported.
One of South Africa's hottest rap artists, Kiernan Forbes, known as AKA, has been shot dead outside a restaurant in the southeastern city of Durban, his family said Saturday.. South African gun violence famously claimed the lives of one of Africa's most beloved international artists.
