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The quake struck about 44 kilometers (27 miles) from the city of Khost in southeastern Afghanistan at a depth of 51 kilometers, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). Mohammad Nassim Haqqani, head of the Taliban administration’s Ministry of Natural Disasters, said earlier that most of the deaths were in Paktika province. Interior Ministry official Salahuddin Ayubi said most of the deaths were in Paktika province, where more than 250 people were killed and another 200 injured, Geo News reported....

A female student was stabbed to death outside her university for allegedly refusing a marriage proposal from a fellow student. Naira Ashraf was attacked by a man as she was getting off a bus outside Mansoura University in Mansoura, central Egypt, on Monday morning. The attack took place in front of terrified spectators who tried to pull the man from Naira and in front of the security cameras. Naira was pronounced dead at the scene after several neck injuries, local media reported....

Article écrit par Publié le 10/11/2022 22:20 Mis à jour le 10/11/2022 23:02 Temps de lecture : 1 minute. Emmanuel Macron a inauguré jeudi 10 novembre à Paris un “laboratoire pour la protection des enfants sur Internet”. L’objectif est de lutter contre l’exposition croissante des mineurs à la pornographie sur Internet, au cyberharcèlement ou à la violence. Plusieurs associations avaient appelé le chef de l’Etat à mieux protéger les enfants en juin....

Olaf Solz assure que le G7 continuera à soutenir l’Ukraine “aussi longtemps que nécessaire” La chancelière allemande a assuré que le G7 exprimera clairement sa volonté de soutenir l’Ukraine “autant que nécessaire” lors du prochain sommet européen, dans un entretien à l’agence de presse allemande DPA publié samedi. “Nous continuerons à soutenir l’Ukraine aussi longtemps que nécessaire. Nous voulons être sûrs que les calculs du président russe ne fonctionneront pas”, a-t-il déclaré....

OTAN : l’Allemagne doute de l’adhésion rapide de la Suède et de la Finlande L’Allemagne a déçu lundi les espoirs d’adhésion de la Suède et de la Finlande à l’OTAN dès que le secrétaire général de l’alliance a dû rencontrer des représentants turcs, suédois et finlandais pour tenter de débloquer le dossier kurde. “Compte tenu de la dimension historique, ce ne serait pas une catastrophe si nous avions besoin de quelques semaines de plus pour parvenir à un compromis”, a déclaré une source au sein du gouvernement allemand....

It remains a major problem – inside flats we visited living conditions are incredibly poor. Nasif has lived in a ground floor flat for 16 years here, but the last eight he says have been “horrible”. His bathroom is engulfed in mould and damp, the fan barely works and he now has two inhalers to help with his asthma. “It’s really terrible to live here. How on earth can a normal person live in a flat like this?...

Ursula von der Leyen said governments should remain focused on “huge investments in renewable energy”. “We must ensure that we use this crisis to move forward and not give in to dirty fossil fuels,” she said in an interview. “It’s a fine line and it’s not up to us to make the right turn.” Countries are worried about further cuts in gas supplies, which EU leaders claim have been orchestrated by the Kremlin....

Wer diesen Sommer ein Flugzeug fliegen will, braucht starke Nerven. Flughäfen in ganz Europa leiden unter Personalmangel und der Reiseverkehr boomt. In Österreich sehen sich der Flughafen Wien und Austrian Airlines gut gerüstet für die geschäftigsten Monate des Jahres. Allerdings kann es auch in Wien zu Flugverspätungen und -ausfällen kommen, vor allem weil sich die Probleme an anderen Flughäfen auf andere Destinationen ausgeweitet haben. Am Flughafen Salzburg wurden am Wochenende mehrere Flüge der Lufthansa-Tochter Eurowings gestrichen....

The 24-year-old Verstappen, the leader of the series and the reigning world champion, overcame the rainy conditions to win his second pole of the season. Alonso secured his first start in the front row in a decade with a quick final lap. “I used to look at F1 as a kid and see Fernando up there winning his races and championships and putting it on the poles. So sharing the front row is a nice thing,” Verstappen said....

Mr. Bankman-Fried fell into the hands of Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of Binance, the only crypto exchange bigger than FTX. After reports surfaced that one of Mr. Bankman-Fried’s other businesses was on shaky financial ground, a Twitter post by Mr. Zhao, who is known online as CZ, effectively started a bank run that crippled FTX. On Tuesday, Binance announced that it had agreed in principle to buy its biggest competitor....

Durch die Kollision zweier Güterzüge und den Austritt von hochexplosivem Propangas bei Leiferde (Region Gifhorn) kam es zu erheblichen Störungen im Regional- und Fernverkehr auf der Schiene. Betroffen ist die Bahnstrecke Berlin-Hannover. Die wichtige Strecke mit zahlreichen Fernverbindungen ist seit Donnerstagmorgen gesperrt. Viele ICE- und IC-Verbindungen müssen umgeleitet werden oder fallen aus. Reisende sollten vor Reiseantritt ihre Anschlüsse prüfen, empfiehlt die Deutsche Bahn. Wie lange die Einschränkungen gelten, ist unklar....

George Justice, who was environment secretary under Boris Johnson but was sacked by Ms Truss when she became prime minister, claimed the deal was not good for the UK and blamed her. His stunning attack on Ms Truss, who was international trade secretary from 2019-2021, came in a devastating backbench speech during a Commons debate. He began his attack by telling MPs there were “deep arguments and differences in the cabinet” over how the government should approach the trade deal, which was agreed last year....

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis delivered to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker are locked in a dead heat for Georgia’s contested US Senate seat, potentially foreshadowing a runoff election. Having won a shock victory in 2020, Mr Warnock is trying to prevent Republican Mr Walker from taking away his Senate seat. The Democratic incumbent, who serves as senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Dr....