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Mali's Army Shot Five Girls in a Rice Field, Rights Group Says

BAMAKO, Oct. 19 -- Five girls, aged 10 to 13, were harvesting rice about three kilometers from Niono on the afternoon of July 12 when Malian soldiers opened fire and killed them. The soldiers later ap... Read More


Kyiv Apologises After Drone Crash Dents a Car in Northern Lithuania

VILNIUS, Oct. 19 -- A driver on the road from Birzai to Pasvalys in northern Lithuania heard an explosion on Sunday, and then debris from a drone struck the car and dented its door. Authorities confir... Read More


£100 Bus Noise Fines Need a Byelaw and a Minister's Sign-Off First

LONDON, Oct. 19 -- A bus passenger in England who plays music or video aloud can be handed a fixed penalty of up to £100, the government said on Monday, but only where the local council has writt... Read More


Pro-Russian Blogger Montian Gets 18 Months in Donetsk Over 2022 Phrase

DONETSK, Oct. 19 -- Tetiana Montian spent years making Moscow's case, down to an address to the UN Security Council a week before Russia launched its military operation in Ukraine. On Monday a court i... Read More


Australian MP Helen Haines Critically Hurt as Police Probe Motive

WANGARATTA, Oct. 19 -- Helen Haines once led midwifery services at Wangaratta Hospital. On Monday afternoon the independent member of parliament was struck by a car outside her electorate office in th... Read More


Canada's Inflation Rises to 3.1% on Fuel, but Core Gauges All Ease

OTTAWA, Oct. 19 -- Canadians who heat their homes with oil are heading into winter facing a bill that Statistics Canada says is 57.8 percent higher for fuel oil and other fuels than a year ago, with t... Read More


China Curbs Tunnel Boring Machine Exports, Leaves "Disputes" Undefined

BEIJING, Oct. 19 -- A contractor who orders a Chinese-built tunnel boring machine for delivery after Nov. 18 will have to find out whether its country counts as "disputed" with Beijing, and the notice... Read More


Earhart Search Team Says Lagoon Object Was Likely Trees, Not Her Plane

NIKUMARORO, Oct. 19 -- The team that called its evidence "very strong" that a shape in a Pacific lagoon was Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Electra now says the shape was most likely a pile of trees. The se... Read More


UN Report Says 2025 Nature Finance Goal Likely Missed as COP17 Opens

YEREVAN, Oct. 19 -- A 2025 money deadline in the world's nature pact has probably passed unmet, a United Nations report says, as governments gathered in the Armenian capital on Sunday for the opening ... Read More


Mongolia Vows Liability Claims Over Numrug Reserve Fire, Xinhua Reports

New Delhi, Oct. 19 -- A vehicle in a convoy caught fire inside Mongolia's Numrug Strictly Protected Area on October 8, and ten days on, the country is still working out who answers for what followed. ... Read More