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At least 1,000 killed in Afghan quake, with fear toll will rise
At least 1,000 killed in Afghan quake, with fear toll will rise
World
by  AFP

Desperate rescuers battled against the clock Thursday under pouring rain to pull survivors from the rubble after a powerful quake struck a mountainous border region of Afghanistan, killing at least 1,000 people. Scores of people were killed in January when two quakes struck the western province of Badghis.

Biden, fragile at home, faces historic leadership task in Europe
Biden, fragile at home, faces historic leadership task in Europe
World
by  AFP

Leader of the free world sounds like a superhero character, but the Joe Biden heading this week to twin European summits is in reality a politically fragile president tasked, somehow, with resolving an unenviable string of diplomatic problems. Biden arrives Saturday in Germany for the G7 summit of major Western powers, followed next week by the NATO military alliance summit in Madrid.

'We are suffering': Indigenous Ecuadorans explain protest
'We are suffering': Indigenous Ecuadorans explain protest
World
by  AFP

Indigenous Ecuadorans have poured into the capital Quito from across the country in recent days to join protests against high fuel prices and the cost of living. Cuchipe makes a subsistence living from growing potatoes, barley and a grain called chocho, but suffers under recent price increases for products such as oil, butter and fertilizer for her crops.