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Fleeing Russians worry border will 'close forever'
Fleeing Russians worry border will 'close forever'
by  AFP

Fearing the border may close "forever" after President Vladimir Putin's mobilisation order for the war in Ukraine, Russians are rushing to flee across Finland's Vaalimaa crossing. He fears the border might "close forever" and Russians "will live in a totalitarian state where they can't do anything at all".

'Deciding is not illegal': Latin America protests for legalized abortion
'Deciding is not illegal': Latin America protests for legalized abortion
by  AFP

Waving green handkerchiefs and signs demanding "safe abortion," thousands of people across Latin American protested Wednesday in favor of legalizing the procedure, to mark International Safe Abortion Day. or waved signs that said "Deciding is not illegal," as they demanded a law codifying the procedure as a right in Venezuela.

Top Rwanda genocide suspect Kabuga goes on trial
Top Rwanda genocide suspect Kabuga goes on trial
by  AFP

Alleged Rwandan genocide financier Felicien Kabuga goes on trial in The Hague on Thursday, one of the last main suspects in the 1994 ethnic slaughter that shocked the world. Kabuga is one of the last top suspects for the Rwandan genocide to face justice, with 62 convicted so far.

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