UN refugee agency accuses Cyprus government of pushing asylum seekers into a UN buffer zone

UN refugee agency accuses Cyprus government of pushing asylum seekers into a UN buffer zone

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The United Nations refugee agency on Friday accused government authorities in ethnically divided Cyprus of rounding up dozens of migrants and forcing them back inside a U.N.-controlled buffer zone that they crossed to seek asylum. UNHCR spokeswoman Emilia Strovolidou said that as many as 99 asylum seekers were “pushed back” into

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Polish leader Tusk says billions of dollars in illegal spending by predecessors uncovered

Polish leader Tusk says billions of dollars in illegal spending by predecessors uncovered

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Friday accused Poland’s previous government of illegally spending 100 billion Polish zlotys ($25 billion) as he announced a government effort to try to recover the money. Tusk said that six months of investigations and audits had revealed widespread financial abuse, with 62 members of the previous

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Death toll rises to 12 after Russian strike on shopping mall in Kostiantynivka | AP News

Death toll rises to 12 after Russian strike on shopping mall in Kostiantynivka | AP News

Russian plane-launched missile slammed into a Ukrainian shopping mall in the middle of the day, killing at least 12 people and wounding 44 others, authorities said. Russian plane-launched missile slammed into a Ukrainian shopping mall in the middle of the day, killing at least 12 people and wounding 44 others, authorities said. Published [hour]:[minute] [AMPM]

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