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![US charges 2nd man in Haitian president's murder](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/07/53/b8/US-charges-2nd-man-in-Haitian-presi-244647_small.jpg)
US charges 2nd man in Haitian president's murder
The US Justice Department charged a Haitian-Chilean man Thursday with conspiracy to commit murder for his role in the assassinatio...
![Probe finds ex-pope Benedict failed to act in German abuse cases](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/94/02/ab/Probe-finds-ex-pope-Benedict-failed-754477_small.jpg)
Probe finds ex-pope Benedict failed to act in Germ...
Former pope Benedict XVI knowingly failed to take action to stop four priests accused of child sex abuse in Munich in the 1980s, a...
![Release Breivik? Norway court hears closing arguments](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/c8/20/5e/Release-Breivik--Norway-court-hears-724576_small.jpg)
Release Breivik? Norway court hears closing argume...
Prosecution and defence lawyers presented their closing arguments on Thursday to a Norwegian court which will now decide whether t...
![No more politics for Hong Kong barristers, says new Bar chief](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/c4/f9/f9/No-more-politics-for-Hong-Kong-barr-444405_small.jpg)
No more politics for Hong Kong barristers, says ne...
The newly elected leader of Hong Kong barristers said Thursday that his profession should avoid politics and build closer ties to...
![Liberian stampede kills 29 people](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/bc/a1/35/Liberian-stampede-kills-29-people-737641_small.jpg)
Liberian stampede kills 29 people
At least 29 people, including 11 children and a pregnant woman, were killed when robbers triggered a stampede at a religious rally...
![Benedict XVI: 'Rottweiler' who resigned scandal-dogged papacy](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/94/21/72/Benedict-XVI---Rottweiler--who-resi-452476_small.jpg)
Benedict XVI: 'Rottweiler' who resigned scandal-do...
Benedict XVI, accused of failing to act in German sex abuse cases, was the first pope to resign since the Middle Ages after presid...
![Beijing Olympics organisers say app security flaws 'fixed'](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/f4/85/17/Beijing-Olympics-organisers-say-app-646716_small.jpg)
Beijing Olympics organisers say app security flaws...
An app that Winter Olympics attendees must use has been patched, a Chinese official told AFP Thursday, after cyber security resear...
![Afghan women activists go into hiding after Taliban crackdown](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/f0/e9/e2/Afghan-women-activists-go-into-hidi-506744_small.jpg)
Afghan women activists go into hiding after Taliba...
Several Afghan women's rights activists said Thursday they are going into hiding to escape a Taliban crackdown, just days after th...
![Texas synagogue hostage-taker 'prayed for two years' for attack: reports](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/ac/a2/ca/Texas-synagogue-hostage-taker--pray-421474_small.jpg)
Texas synagogue hostage-taker 'prayed for two year...
A British man who took hostages at a Texas synagogue told his family he had prayed for two years to carry out the attack, media re...
![First foreign aid flights reach Tonga](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/93/71/f4/First-foreign-aid-flights-reach-Ton-714545_small.jpg)
First foreign aid flights reach Tonga
The first humanitarian flights arrived in volcano and tsunami-stricken Tonga Thursday, five days after the dual disaster cut the P...
![Peril and promise: gas from 'killer lake' powers Rwanda](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/eb/b4/4a/Peril-and-promise--gas-from--killer-767121_small.jpg)
Peril and promise: gas from 'killer lake' powers R...
The engineers aboard the floating power station on Lake Kivu could only watch nervously as the volcano in the distance erupted vio...
![Thailand to restart quarantine-free travel from February 1](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/08/e9/3b/Thailand-to-restart-quarantine-free-245967_small.jpg)
Thailand to restart quarantine-free travel from Fe...
Thailand will resume its quarantine-free travel scheme from February 1, officials said Thursday, after the programme was suspended...
![Ex-pope Benedict under scrutiny in German child abuse probe](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/35/82/6e/Ex-pope-Benedict-under-scrutiny-in--752747_small.jpg)
Ex-pope Benedict under scrutiny in German child ab...
A potentially explosive report into the handling of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church will on Thursday be published in German...
![Police deploy in Rio to retake gang-controlled favelas](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/6a/f0/5c/Police-deploy-in-Rio-to-retake-gang-467244_small.jpg)
Police deploy in Rio to retake gang-controlled fav...
Some 1,200 heavily armed military police launched an operation Wednesday to wrench control of Rio de Janeiro's slums from drug gan...
![Justices seek to downplay Covid mask rift at US Supreme Court](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/4c/d0/a5/Justices-seek-to-downplay-Covid-mas-564111_small.jpg)
Justices seek to downplay Covid mask rift at US Su...
Three US Supreme Court justices on Wednesday dismissed a report of a rift over the wearing of Covid face masks during hearings bef...
![Israel police demolish Palestinian home in east Jerusalem eviction](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/c1/ae/e3/Israel-police-demolish-Palestinian--745461_small.jpg)
Israel police demolish Palestinian home in east Je...
Israeli police demolished a Palestinian family's home and arrested at least 18 people as they carried out a controversial eviction...
![Italy's top court upholds Robinho's nine-year rape conviction](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/e7/0b/36/Italy-s-top-court-upholds-Robinho-s-451755_small.jpg)
Italy's top court upholds Robinho's nine-year rape...
Italy's highest court has upheld former Brazil forward Robinho's nine-year sentence for the gang rape of a young woman, the victim...
![Flamboyant former Vogue creative director Andre Leon Talley dies at 73](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/0d/64/38/Flamboyant-former-Vogue-creative-di-644572_small.jpg)
Flamboyant former Vogue creative director Andre Le...
Influential fashion journalist Andre Leon Talley, the first Black creative director of Vogue, died Tuesday in New York at the age...
![Psychiatrist says Breivik still a danger, hitting parole chances](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/c8/20/5e/Psychiatrist-says-Breivik-still-a-d-024120_small.jpg)
Psychiatrist says Breivik still a danger, hitting...
A court-appointed psychiatrist on Wednesday said Anders Behring Breivik is as dangerous now as when he carried out Norway's deadli...
![Germany tries Syrian doctor for crimes against humanity](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/52/d0/fd/Germany-tries-Syrian-doctor-for-cri-675057_small.jpg)
Germany tries Syrian doctor for crimes against hum...
German prosecutors accused a Syrian doctor Wednesday of torturing detainees and killing one of them while working in military hosp...
![Breivik as dangerous now as a decade ago: psychiatrist](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/c8/20/5e/Breivik-as-dangerous-now-as-a-decad-230102_small.jpg)
Breivik as dangerous now as a decade ago: psychiat...
Anders Behring Breivik, who is seeking conditional release just 10 years after carrying out Norway's deadliest peacetime attack, p...
![Taliban arrest fighter who shot dead Hazara woman at checkpoint](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/81/cf/a9/Taliban-arrest-fighter-who-shot-dea-747655_small.jpg)
Taliban arrest fighter who shot dead Hazara woman...
A Taliban fighter has been arrested for shooting dead a Hazara woman at a checkpoint in the Afghan capital as she returned from a...
!['We are homeless': Victims of twin Afghan quakes await aid](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/12/5e/ef/-We-are-homeless---Victims-of-twin--754202_small.jpg)
'We are homeless': Victims of twin Afghan quakes a...
Survivors of twin earthquakes in Afghanistan were waiting Wednesday for aid to arrive after spending their second night exposed to...
![China forcibly returned nearly 10,000 in overseas crackdown: report](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/4d/11/86/China-forcibly-returned-nearly-10-0-126657_small.jpg)
China forcibly returned nearly 10,000 in overseas...
Beijing has forced nearly 10,000 Chinese overseas nationals to return since 2014 using coercive means outside the justice system,...
![Verdict due in Belgium trial over UK migrant truck deaths](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/83/b8/2a/Verdict-due-in-Belgium-trial-over-U-645146_small.jpg)
Verdict due in Belgium trial over UK migrant truck...
A Belgian court on Wednesday is to deliver its verdict in a trial of 23 people suspected of being involved with a gang that smuggl...
![42,000 rapid antigen tests snatched in Sydney heist](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/ca/e8/42/42-000-rapid-antigen-tests-snatched-142957_small.jpg)
42,000 rapid antigen tests snatched in Sydney heis...
A thief has made off with 42,000 much-sought rapid antigen tests from a freight depot in Sydney, authorities said Wednesday.
![Kellogg's falls foul of Mexico sugar labeling rules](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/1c/02/5f/Kellogg-s-falls-foul-of-Mexico-suga-747269_small.jpg)
Kellogg's falls foul of Mexico sugar labeling rule...
US cereal giant Kellogg's has been sanctioned by the Mexican authorities for breaking sugar and other content labeling rules in a...
![Bobby Kotick: Embattled Activision CEO faces uncertain future](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/bc/d1/f4/Bobby-Kotick--Embattled-Activision--476957_small.jpg)
Bobby Kotick: Embattled Activision CEO faces uncer...
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick built a video game empire with flagship titles like "World of Warcraft", but he could lose co...
![US Supreme Court to determine fate of Pissarro painting looted by Nazis](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/4c/b9/eb/US-Supreme-Court-to-determine-fate--167774_small.jpg)
US Supreme Court to determine fate of Pissarro pai...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed the fate of a painting by Camille Pissarro looted by the Nazis in 1939 and currently on di...
![Images reveal devastation in tsunami-hit Tonga](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/17/fd/90/Images-reveal-devastation-in-tsunam-646447_small.jpg)
Images reveal devastation in tsunami-hit Tonga
A volcano that exploded in the Pacific island nation of Tonga has almost disappeared from view, new images revealed Tuesday, with...
![Activision Blizzard: Troubled powerhouse in gaming world](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/ca/90/a3/Activision-Blizzard--Troubled-power-577419_small.jpg)
Activision Blizzard: Troubled powerhouse in gaming...
Activision Blizzard is a star developer of gaming hits like "Call of Duty", but the firm has been roiled by serious sex discrimina...
![Page to lead Wales World Cup bid after Giggs court case delayed](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/68/2f/92/Page-to-lead-Wales-World-Cup-bid-af-171551_small.jpg)
Page to lead Wales World Cup bid after Giggs court...
Wales manager Ryan Giggs's trial on charges of assaulting his ex-girlfriend and her sister has been delayed until August because o...
![Microsoft to buy US gaming giant Activision-Blizzard for $69 bn](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/7a/ed/52/Microsoft-to-buy-US-gaming-giant-Ac-866447_small.jpg)
Microsoft to buy US gaming giant Activision-Blizza...
Microsoft announced Tuesday a $69 billion deal to purchase US gaming giant Activision Blizzard, the firm behind hits like "Call of...
![China rebuffs Australia's concern over health of detained writer](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/d5/be/d5/China-rebuffs-Australia-s-concern-o-472451_small.jpg)
China rebuffs Australia's concern over health of d...
Beijing on Tuesday pushed back against claims from Canberra that a detained Australian writer was being arbitrarily held and not r...
![Pakistani police officer killed in gun battle with local Taliban](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/84/5d/fb/Pakistani-police-officer-killed-in--774672_small.jpg)
Pakistani police officer killed in gun battle with...
A police officer was killed and two others injured in a shootout with Pakistan's Taliban in Islamabad, officials said Tuesday, a r...
![Court blocks South Korea speed skating champion's Olympic bid: Yonhap](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/25/38/c2/Court-blocks-South-Korea-speed-skat-775005_small.jpg)
Court blocks South Korea speed skating champion's...
South Korean speed skating star Shim Suk-hee's Beijing Olympic hopes were dashed Tuesday as she lost a court battle over a two-mon...
![Five facts about disaster-hit Tonga](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/89/e4/b2/Five-facts-about-disaster-hit-Tonga-645727_small.jpg)
Five facts about disaster-hit Tonga
The Pacific island nation of Tonga has suffered widespread damage after a huge underwater volcanic eruption and tsunami on the wee...
![Japan's 'invisible' disabled artisans fight for spotlight](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/58/52/g0/Japan-s--invisible--disabled-artisa-574526_small.jpg)
Japan's 'invisible' disabled artisans fight for sp...
In a trendy Tokyo neighbourhood, customers browse the wares at Majerca, a shop stocked with handmade items from scarves to glasswa...
![Martin Luther King's family joins call for US voting reform](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/df/ea/4e/Martin-Luther-King-s-family-joins-c-346533_small.jpg)
Martin Luther King's family joins call for US voti...
Members of Martin Luther King Jr's family joined marchers Monday in Washington urging Congress to pass voting rights reform as the...