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Violent clashes in Guinea anti-junta protest
Violent clashes in Guinea anti-junta protest
by  AFP

Young protesters clashed on Thursday with security forces in the Guinean capital Conakry after a banned group called for demonstrations against the country's ruling junta, an AFP reporter saw. The coalition had called for peaceful demonstrations to take place in Conakry on Thursday, followed by nationwide protests on October 26.

Russia's 'no risk' Ukraine strategy: pummeling the power grid
Russia's 'no risk' Ukraine strategy: pummeling the power grid
by  AFP

After a series of humiliating battlefield defeats in Ukraine, Moscow is trying out a new tactic it hopes will swing the tide of the war: bombarding power stations just as winter sets in. Maybe we will only hate them more," Olga, who declined to give her last name, told AFP. Russia's pivot to systematically attacking Ukraine power stations comes after a series of defeats in Ukraine.

From Truss to Brown: Britain's shortest-serving PMs
From Truss to Brown: Britain's shortest-serving PMs
by  AFP

British Prime Minister Liz Truss, who announced her resignation on Thursday after just six weeks in power, goes down as the shortest-serving premier in the last 100 years. - Andrew Bonar Law: 209 days - The Canadian-born son of a Scottish clergyman, who ruled for less than a year in 1922-1923, was the shortest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century.

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