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![Original 'Fight Club' ending restored in China after online backlash](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/99/fe/a9/Original--Fight-Club--ending-restor-641162_small.jpg)
Original 'Fight Club' ending restored in China aft...
The original, iconic ending of cult US film Fight Club has been restored to screens in China after a censored version that brought...
![Indonesia bus crash kills 13, injures dozens](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/20/fa/b7/Indonesia-bus-crash-kills-13--injur-660067_small.jpg)
Indonesia bus crash kills 13, injures dozens
At least 13 people were killed and dozens more injured after a tour bus carrying factory workers to a beach holiday crashed on Ind...
![Morocco to bury 'little Rayan' who died trapped in well](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/dd/d4/43/Morocco-to-bury--little-Rayan--who--244044_small.jpg)
Morocco to bury 'little Rayan' who died trapped in...
Morocco prepared Monday to bury "little Rayan", the five-year-old boy who died trapped in a well despite a days-long rescue operat...
![Ecuador capital flooding toll raised to 28](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/38/6e/32/Ecuador-capital-flooding-toll-raise-060416_small.jpg)
Ecuador capital flooding toll raised to 28
The heaviest flooding to hit Ecuador in two decades claimed 28 lives in the capital Quito this week and left 52 people injured, th...
![NY's Queens borough offers a world of flavors, even amid pandemic](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/cf/9d/a6/NY-s-Queens-borough-offers-a-world--047491_small.jpg)
NY's Queens borough offers a world of flavors, eve...
Across ethnically rich New York, you can easily dine on food from 100-plus countries. Or you can just go to the borough of Queens,...
![Iraq presidential vote in question after boycotts, court ruling](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/2b/0e/ab/Iraq-presidential-vote-in-question--414516_small.jpg)
Iraq presidential vote in question after boycotts,...
Doubts hung Sunday over a scheduled parliamentary vote for Iraq's president after the Supreme Court temporarily suspended former f...
![Cyclone Batsirai kills 10, displaces nearly 48,000 in Madagascar](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/ec/db/f0/Cyclone-Batsirai-kills-10--displace-800102_small.jpg)
Cyclone Batsirai kills 10, displaces nearly 48,000...
Cyclone Batsirai killed at least 10 people and displaced nearly 48,000 when it struck Madagascar overnight, the national disaster...
![US-born Chinese skater savaged online after Olympics blunder](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/85/85/5b/US-born-Chinese-skater-savaged-onli-060015_small.jpg)
US-born Chinese skater savaged online after Olympi...
China appeared Sunday to censor an outpouring of social media vitriol against a naturalised US-born figure skater who took a tumbl...
!['Act of arson' at S.Africa church where Tutu is buried](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/a0/17/48/-Act-of-arson--at-S-Africa-church-w-043421_small.jpg)
'Act of arson' at S.Africa church where Tutu is bu...
A fire started by an arsonist broke out overnight at the cathedral where South Africa's spiritual father and anti-apartheid hero A...
![Tunisian president dissolves top judicial watchdog, accuses it of bias](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/57/52/c0/Tunisian-president-dissolves-top-ju-221261_small.jpg)
Tunisian president dissolves top judicial watchdog...
Tunisian President Kais Saied has dissolved a major independent judicial watchdog, he said Sunday, accusing it of bias and working...
![Morocco in shock after tragic death of 'little Rayan'](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/3a/9c/32/Morocco-in-shock-after-tragic-death-434211_small.jpg)
Morocco in shock after tragic death of 'little Ray...
Morocco was in shock Sunday after emergency crews found a five-year-old boy dead at the bottom of a well in a tragic end to a pain...
!['Golden Dream' turns into nightmare for German port town](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/05/9d/75/-Golden-Dream--turns-into-nightmare-414071_small.jpg)
'Golden Dream' turns into nightmare for German por...
The unfinished "Golden Dream" rests quietly in a dock as the Covid-19 pandemic has turned the cruise ship into a nightmare for the...
![Australia urges Myanmar to free detained economist](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/14/55/37/Australia-urges-Myanmar-to-free-det-114141_small.jpg)
Australia urges Myanmar to free detained economist
Australia's foreign minister called Sunday for the "immediate release" of economist Sean Turnell, who has been detained by Myanmar...
![Honduran president grants amnesty to husband's allies](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/14/b6/g0/Honduran-president-grants-amnesty-t-461107_small.jpg)
Honduran president grants amnesty to husband's all...
Honduras' new president, leftist Xiomara Castro, who came to power promising to fight corruption, granted amnesty Saturday to many...
![UN's Guterres says expects China to let rights chief visit Xinjiang](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/1e/01/27/UN-s-Guterres-says-expects-China-to-491404_small.jpg)
UN's Guterres says expects China to let rights chi...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told leaders in Beijing he expects them to allow UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet to...
![Cyclone Batsirai closes in on eastern Madagascar](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/2f/86/0e/Cyclone-Batsirai-closes-in-on-easte-120740_small.jpg)
Cyclone Batsirai closes in on eastern Madagascar
As powerful Cyclone Batsirai closed in on eastern Madagascar on Saturday people sought shelter in more secure concrete buildings w...
![Rescuers enter tunnel to free Moroccan boy trapped in well](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/56/67/9a/Rescuers-enter-tunnel-to-free-Moroc-443434_small.jpg)
Rescuers enter tunnel to free Moroccan boy trapped...
Morocco held its breath as rescue workers on Saturday entered a tunnel leading to a pocket where a five-year-old boy has been trap...
![Covid vaccination compulsory in Austria, in EU first](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/82/86/c8/Covid-vaccination-compulsory-in-Aus-134631_small.jpg)
Covid vaccination compulsory in Austria, in EU fir...
It's official: Austrians over the age of 18 must be vaccinated against Covid-19 from Saturday or face the possibility of a heavy f...
![Increasing urgency over fate of Moroccan boy stuck days in well](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/35/66/c0/Increasing-urgency-over-fate-of-Mor-414148_small.jpg)
Increasing urgency over fate of Moroccan boy stuck...
Moroccan rescuers worked through the night into Saturday, the fifth day of an increasingly urgent and nerve-wracking effort to res...
![US panel recommends release of mentally ill Guantanamo detainee](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/e1/2a/35/US-panel-recommends-release-of-ment-454531_small.jpg)
US panel recommends release of mentally ill Guanta...
American authorities have recommended releasing a mentally ill inmate from Guantanamo Bay and repatriating him to Saudi Arabia, ac...
![Cyclone Batsirai nears Madagascar, poses 'very serious threat'](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/2f/86/0e/Cyclone-Batsirai-nears-Madagascar---053554_small.jpg)
Cyclone Batsirai nears Madagascar, poses 'very ser...
Cyclone Batsirai was expected to reach eastern Madagascar on Saturday, posing a "very serious threat" to millions with powerful wi...
![Death toll from laced cocaine in Argentina climbs to 24](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/50/ba/30/Death-toll-from-laced-cocaine-in-Ar-124046_small.jpg)
Death toll from laced cocaine in Argentina climbs...
The death toll among dozens of people who consumed cocaine likely laced with opioids in Buenos Aires rose to 24 on Friday, with 23...
![Compulsory vaccination rules come into force in Austria](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/a8/ea/8b/Compulsory-vaccination-rules-come-i-441442_small.jpg)
Compulsory vaccination rules come into force in Au...
It's official: From Saturday, Austrians over the age of 18 must be vaccinated against Covid-19 or face the possibility of a heavy...
![Peru president sacks PM accused of domestic violence](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/e7/7d/15/Peru-president-sacks-PM-accused-of--404032_small.jpg)
Peru president sacks PM accused of domestic violen...
Peruvian President Pedro Castillo dumped his prime minister Friday just three days after appointing him, amid outrage over revelat...
![Colombian charged in Haiti president's killing pleads not guilty in US court](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/82/b4/9f/Colombian-charged-in-Haiti-presiden-888440_small.jpg)
Colombian charged in Haiti president's killing ple...
A former Colombian soldier charged in the United States with participating in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise...
![Quito flooding toll raised to 27](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/38/6e/32/Quito-flooding-toll-raised-to-27-010493_small.jpg)
Quito flooding toll raised to 27
The heaviest flooding to hit Ecuador in two decades claimed 27 lives this week and left 53 people injured, municipal officials sai...
![Ottawa police chief vows crackdown on 'unlawful' protest](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/62/ab/39/Ottawa-police-chief-vows-crackdown--962194_small.jpg)
Ottawa police chief vows crackdown on 'unlawful' p...
Ottawa's police chief vowed Friday to crack down on an "unlawful" occupation of the Canadian capital by protesters opposed to vacc...
![Iceland to end whaling as demand dwindles](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/49/48/df/Iceland-to-end-whaling-as-demand-dw-869813_small.jpg)
Iceland to end whaling as demand dwindles
Iceland, one of the only countries that still hunts whales commercially, said Friday it plans to end the practice from 2024 as dem...
![News Corp says hacked in potentially China-tied attack](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/f4/39/17/News-Corp-says-hacked-in-potentiall-381984_small.jpg)
News Corp says hacked in potentially China-tied at...
Media giant News Corp said Friday it was hit by hackers who stole company data in an attack that the firm's cybersecurity consulta...
![Death toll from laced cocaine in Argentina climbs to 23](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/50/ba/30/Death-toll-from-laced-cocaine-in-Ar-821894_small.jpg)
Death toll from laced cocaine in Argentina climbs...
The death toll among dozens of people who consumed cocaine likely laced with opioids in Buenos Aires rose to 23 on Friday, with 37...
![Toxic ash from DR Congo volcano falling on Goma](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/2f/43/8e/Toxic-ash-from-DR-Congo-volcano-fal-838946_small.jpg)
Toxic ash from DR Congo volcano falling on Goma
More than eight months after the Nyiragongo volcano erupted in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, toxic ash has started fal...
![France prop Haouas given suspended jail sentence for theft](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/dd/75/3c/France-prop-Haouas-given-suspended--049719_small.jpg)
France prop Haouas given suspended jail sentence f...
France prop Mohamed Haouas was convicted on Friday for his role in burglaries worth tens of thousands of euros at tobacco vendors...
![Sailors stranded off France's La Reunion by Cyclone Batsirai saved](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/8e/26/8f/Sailors-stranded-off-France-s-La-Re-561331_small.jpg)
Sailors stranded off France's La Reunion by Cyclon...
The crew of an oil tanker stranded near the coast of the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion after Cyclone Batsirai swept the region...
![UN demands Taliban provide info on two more missing women activists](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/4f/af/82/UN-demands-Taliban-provide-info-on--324925_small.jpg)
UN demands Taliban provide info on two more missin...
The United Nations has demanded the Taliban provide information on two more women activists allegedly detained by the group this w...
![Activision Blizzard to bolster 'Call of Duty' line-up](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/ca/90/a3/Activision-Blizzard-to-bolster--Cal-316333_small.jpg)
Activision Blizzard to bolster 'Call of Duty' line...
Activision Blizzard on Thursday said it will beef-up its "Call of Duty" video game franchise after sagging interest by players led...
![Argentine police race to eradicate laced cocaine that killed 22](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/50/ba/30/Argentine-police-race-to-eradicate--903202_small.jpg)
Argentine police race to eradicate laced cocaine t...
Argentine police on Thursday seized vast quantities of cocaine likely laced with opioids and made several arrests after 22 people...
![Four top aides desert UK's embattled Johnson](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/2b/05/09/Four-top-aides-desert-UK-s-embattle-866334_small.jpg)
Four top aides desert UK's embattled Johnson
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered four staff defections on Thursday as pressure intensified on the embattled leader ov...
![Dead IS chief was Iraqi ex-officer nicknamed 'Destroyer'](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/6d/52/6c/Dead-IS-chief-was-Iraqi-ex-officer--963940_small.jpg)
Dead IS chief was Iraqi ex-officer nicknamed 'Dest...
The head of Islamic State group, whom the US declared dead in a special-forces raid Thursday, was nicknamed the "Destroyer" and pr...
![Race on to find laced cocaine that killed 20 in Argentina](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/50/ba/30/Race-on-to-find-laced-cocaine-that--925203_small.jpg)
Race on to find laced cocaine that killed 20 in Ar...
Investigators in Argentina raced Thursday to track down laced cocaine and remove it from circulation after 20 people died and doze...