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This screen grab taken from AFPTV shows tires on fire near the main prison of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 3, 2024, after a breakout by several thousand inmates. A 72-hour state of emergency has been declared in Haiti after armed gangs stormed two of the country's largest prisons, reportedly allowing thousands of people to escape. A government statement said two prisons, one in the capital of Port-au-Prince and another in nearby Croix des Bouquets, were overrun by gang members over the weekend, according to multiple media reports. Nearly all the 4,000 inmates at Haiti's National Penitentiary in Port-au-Prince were thought to have escaped. Haitian lawyer Arnel Remy, head of the Collective of Lawyers for the Defense of Human Rights in Haiti, said in a Google-translated update on the X social media platform that a total of 3,597 prisoners escaped from the National Penitentiary.
Persons: Patrick Boisvert, Al, Ariel Henry, Arnel Remy Organizations: CNBC, Finance, Lawyers, Defense of Human Rights, National Penitentiary Locations: Port, Prince, Haiti, Croix des, Haiti's, Al Jazeera, Boisvert, Haitian, Kenya
This frame grab from video footage taken by AFPTV shows people out in the open in Marrakesh September 9, 2023, following a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Morocco. A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night, killing hundreds of people and damaging buildings from villages in the Atlas Mountains to the historic city of Marrakech. In 1960, a magnitude 5.8 tremor struck near the Moroccan city of Agadir and caused thousands of deaths. The Agadir quake prompted changes in construction rules in Morocco, but many buildings, especially rural homes, are not built to withstand such tremors. In 2004, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake near the Mediterranean coastal city of Al Hoceima left more than 600 dead.
Persons: Abderrahim Ait Daoud, Talat N'Yaaqoub, Olaf Scholz, Narendra Modi, Lahcen Mhanni, Al Hoceima Organizations: Morocco's, Ministry, UNESCO, Local, Twitter, Indian, United Nations, Geological Survey, Department, National Institute of Geophysics, 2M, Portuguese Institute for, Civil Defense Locations: Marrakesh, Morocco, Marrakech, Moroccan, Al Haouz Province, India, United, U.S, Ighil, Earthquakes, North Africa, Agadir, Al, Portugal, Algeria
Russian influence is waning despite formal alliances and the old ties of the Soviet Union. It is also home to most members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO): Russian President Vladimir Putin's equivalent of NATO. Russia's influence on them is also being weakened by more countries competing for their attention, Graham said. AdvertisementAdvertisementHe said that "Russia's operation in Ukraine is undermining, eroding its ability to maintain its influence across the former Soviet space." "You're seeing the slow erosion of Russian influence."
Persons: Thomas Graham, Vladimir Putin's, Graham, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Stanislav Zas, Nikol Pashinyan, Alexander Lukashenko, Kassym, Tokayev, Sadyr Japarov, Emomali Rakhmon, Anton Novoderezhkin Organizations: Service, Yale, Collective Security, Organization, NATO, Moscow REUTERS, Russia, Armenian, Kazakh, Kremlin, Sputnik, REUTERS, Central, AFPTV, Getty Locations: Central Asia, Russia, Soviet Union, Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, China, Turkey, East, Caucasus, Moscow, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Central, Europe, Iran, Russian, Belarusian, Bakhmut, AFP, Azerbaijan, Soviet
The cause of the crash is not immediately apparent. Officials told reporters that a "high-level inquiry" has been ordered. This frame grab taken from an AFPTV video footage on June 3, 2023, shows injured survivors receiving treatment at the Bhadrak District Hospital after a horrific three-train collision that took place near Balasore. STR/AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images"The force with which the trains collided has resulted in several coaches being crushed and mangled," Atul Karwal, chief of India's National Disaster Response Force, told local news, per the BBC.
Persons: Atul Karwal Organizations: Getty, Force Locations: Bhadrak, Balasore, AFP
Ukraine has faced questions about why it will not retreat from Bakhmut, now mostly held by Russia. With Russian forces now holding the majority of the city, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has faced questions over whether Ukraine can — or even should — try to hold on to the city. Junior Lieutenant mortar platoon commander Olga Bigar of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces. Junior Lieutenant mortar platoon commander Olga Bigar of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces. But with "even a few units" of precise, modern weapons Ukraine has "a tangible advantage" over Russian forces, she said.
CNN —Hundreds of evacuees arrived in Saudi Arabia from Sudan as fierce fighting in the country between the army and a rival paramilitary group entered its third week, despite another attempt at a ceasefire. The situation in Sudan has deteriorated since fighting broke out on April 15, leaving hundreds dead and tens of thousands fleeing to neighboring countries. A commercial ship carrying more than 1800 evacuees arrived in the Saudi port city of Jeddah Saturday. The ship carried 20 Saudi citizens with the remainder people from various European, Asian and African countries evacuated from Sudan, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said. Iranian nationals and other nationalities arrive at Jeddah Sea Port after being evacuated from Sudan.
Russia and Ukraine both say Bakhmut, a city in Ukraine, is the site of their deadliest fighting. An expert on Russia's military likened it to Stalingrad, but without the same level of significance. But at least Stalingrad was an industrial city, a major inland port on the Volga River that was a vital transportation artery for Soviet war production and home to a half-million people. Western experts are struggling to understand why both sides are pouring enormous resources — and prestige — into the Battle of Bakhmut. "It's like becoming like a Stalingrad except for without the importance of Stalingrad."
This video grab taken from a shooting by AFPTV shows an aerial view of destructions in the city of Bakhmut on February 27, 2023. - Ukraine said on February 28, 2023 its forces were under pressure in Bakhmut, a nearly-destroyed city in the eastern Donetsk region that Russia has been trying to seize for months. One fighter is heard saying Ukraine's army is destroying infrastructure in settlements near Bakhmut to prevent the Russian encirclement. The commander of Ukraine's ground forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi, visited Bakhmut on Friday for briefings with local commanders on how to boost the defense capacity of frontline forces. Ukraine says the city has little strategic value and the huge casualties Russia has suffered trying to take Bakhmut could shape the course of the conflict.
Shanghai hit by Covid protests as anger spreads across China
  + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
The fire on Thursday that killed 10 people in a high-rise building in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang region, has sparked widespread public anger. Later on, they shouted, "lift lockdown for Urumqi, lift lockdown for Xinjiang, lift lockdown for all of China! At another point a large group began shouting, "Down with the Chinese Communist Party, down with Xi Jinping", according to witnesses and videos, in a rare public protest against the country's leadership. China is adhering to its zero-COVID policy even while much of the world tries to coexist with the coronavirus. On Sunday, Xinjiang officials said public transport services will gradually resume from Monday in Urumqi.
The factory’s iPhone 14 production has been slowed by a labor shortage that began last month, when a Covid outbreak and an accompanying lockdown sent workers fleeing back to their hometowns. China’s “dynamic zero-Covid” measures make it an outlier among the world’s major economies, causing growing public frustration and economic pain. Though officials announced new “optimized” measures this month, they are struggling to ease the burden without setting off a major exit wave. Despite the purported easing of measures in China, a single case can still bring targeted lockdowns and sudden quarantines. Covid measures were further tightened on Thursday in the capital, Beijing, which is already in near-lockdown with schools, parks and shopping malls closed and a negative Covid test required every 48 hours to enter public places anywhere in the city.
Sursa foto: ProfimediaA fost inaugurat cel mai lung pod pietonal suspendat din lume: Câți metri are și unde se aflăPortugalia a inaugurat joi cel mai lung pod pietonal suspendat din lume iar locuitorii orașului aflat în apropiere speră că noua atracție turistică va contribui la revigorarea industriei turismului din regiunea a cărei economie a fost devastată de pandemia de Covid-19, potrivit Mediafax. Hugo Xavier a fost prima persoană care a urcat pe pod. „Mi-a fost puțin frică, dar a meritat”, a spus Xavier, ușurat, după traversare. „Locuiesc aici și când am auzit prima dată despre proiectul podului, nu prea am crezut”, a spus Macio Soares. Arouca 516 bate recordul pentru cel mai lung pod pietonal suspendat, deținut din 2017 de Podul Charles Kuonen de la Randa, în Alpii Elvețieni.
Persons: Hugo Xavier, Xavier Organizations: Mediafax, UNESCO, Elvețieni Locations: Portugalia, Arouca
A doua zi după o furtună istorică de zăpadă, Spania se pregăteşte pentru un val neobişnuit de frig, care va afecta în special Madridul, unde autorităţile au continuat duminică cursa contra cronometru pentru deszăpezire, informează AFP.Furtuna botezată ''Filomena'', care a adus ploi abundente în numeroase alte regiuni, a dus la decesul a trei persoane pe teritoriul ţării, scrie agerpres.ro Începând de luni dimineaţă, temperaturi de până la minim minus opt grade Celsius sunt aşteptate pe o mare parte din teritoriul ţării până joi, potrivit Agenţiei meteorologice spaniole (AEMET). ''Pericolul este încă prezent'', existând riscul ca ''zăpada acumulată să se transforme în gheaţă'' din cauza ''unor temperaturi minime nemaiîntâlnite'', a avertizat ministrul de Interne, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, solicitând populaţiei să evite la maximum deplasările.Înainte ca îngheţul să complice lucrurile, o cursă contra cronometru a fost demarată duminică pentru deszăpezirea drumurilor.Plugurile de zăpadă şi maşinile care împrăştie sare vor acţiona în continuare pe străzile din Madrid unde deplasările se vor realiza cu dificultate ''până la sfârşitul săptămânii'', a avertizat primarul Jose Luis Almeida.Armata a fost mobilizată pentru deszăpezire pistelor aeroportului din capitală, care a început să se redeschidă treptat duminică după-amiază.Militarii, dar şi voluntari, au degajat căile de acces către spitalele din capitală, aflate în continuare sub presiune din cauza pandemiei de COVID-19. ''Suntem foarte conştienţi de importanţa menţinerii accesului (personalului medical). Ne-au ajutat foarte mult în timpul perioadei de izolare la domiciliu'', a explicat pentru AFPTV Felix Sanchez, un madrilen de 52 de ani, care a venit să cureţe intrarea către spitalul Gregorio Maranon.Numeroşi alţi madrileni au ieşit cu lopeţile pentru a deszăpezi intrările în imobilele în care locuiesc, în timp ce alţii au practicat, aşa cum s-a întâmplat sâmbătă, schiul în parcuri şi pe străzile oraşului.Lungi cozi de aşteptare s-au format în faţa puţinelor supermarketuri deschise şi a brutăriilor.La periferia Madridului, circa 90 de persoane au rămas blocate începând de vineri într-un centru comercial din Majadahonda, accesul fiind blocat din cauza zăpezii, potrivit serviciilor de urgenţă regionale. Acestea îşi făceau aprovizionarea de la magazinele din acest centru.În urma ninsorilor record în aproape 50 de ani, mai mulţi zeci de centimetri de zăpadă s-au aşternut vineri şi sâmbătă asupra Madridului şi a unei părţi importante din Spania, unde numeroase şcoli şi servicii publice vor rămâne închise la începutul săptămânii.Potrivit guvernului, traficul era în continuare perturbat pe aproape 700 de drumuri duminică, dar trenurile care vin sau pleacă în direcţia Madrid vor începe să circule progresiv, cu excepţia legăturilor cu regiunile din nord-est, printre care şi Barcelona.În ciuda situaţiei dificile, guvernul a dorit să ofere asigurări în ceea ce priveşte campania de vaccinare anti-COVID-19, afirmând că 350.000 de noi doze vor fi livrate luni dimineaţă, aşa cum era prevăzut.Furtuna ''Filomena'' s-a deplasat duminică spre nord-estul ţării, afectat de căderi de zăpadă mai puţin importante în comparaţie cu regiunile centrale în ziua anterioară.
Persons: Fernando, Jose Luis Almeida.Armata, Felix Sanchez, Gregorio Maranon.Numeroşi alţi Locations: Spania, ţării, Fernando Grande, Madrid, Madridului, direcţia Madrid
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