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Heartbreak and shock at Afghan quake hospital
Heartbreak and shock at Afghan quake hospital
World
by  AFP

Bibi Hawa's face is distorted by tears as she tries to grasp her predicament from a hospital bed in Sharan, capital of Afghanistan's Paktika province. Mohammad Yahya Wiar, director of Sharan Hospital, says they have been doing their best to treat everyone.

Bolsonaro ex-minister arrested for 'influence peddling'
Bolsonaro ex-minister arrested for 'influence peddling'
World
by  AFP

A Brazilian former education minister accused of influence peddling, allegedly at the request of President Jair Bolsonaro, was arrested Wednesday, police and a defense lawyer said. He risks a sentence of between two and five years for influence peddling and two to 12 years for corruption, the police said.

Ecuador refuses to end state of emergency as 18 police 'missing' after attack
Ecuador refuses to end state of emergency as 18 police 'missing' after attack
World
by  AFP

Ecuador on Wednesday refused to end its state of emergency and said 18 police officers are "missing" following an attack by Indigenous protesters on a police station in the eastern Amazon region. Around 90 civilians and 100 members of the security forces have been injured in clashes, while the interior minister said that 18 officers were missing following the attack in the Amazonian city of Puyo.

Troubled Canada pipeline no longer profitable: budget watchdog
Troubled Canada pipeline no longer profitable: budget watchdog
Business and Economy
by  AFP

The controversial Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, now under construction in western Canada after being nationalized, is no longer profitable as costs have spiralled, Parliament's budget watchdog said Wednesday. Ottawa purchased the pipeline for Can$4.4 billion (US$3.4 billion) from Kinder Morgan four years ago to salvage the troubled expansion project.