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South Korea’s Unification Ministry said on Wednesday (April 27) that a North Korean nuclear test appeared imminent as the North’s ruling Workers’ Party plans to hold a congress from May 6, the first such conference in 36 years. North Korea’s drive to develop nuclear capabilities has intensified since January, when it conducted its fourth nuclear test and followed that with a string of tests of missiles that could deliver such a weapon. Old rival […]
Junior doctors in England’s National Health Service staged their first ever all-out strike, walking out on both emergency and routine care. They are locked in an increasingly bitter dispute with the government and Health Minister Jeremy Hunt’s threat to impose a new contract on them.
YANGON ,Myanmar (AFP) — Two German travellers and their local guide were wounded by shrapnel from a landmine in north Myanmar, close to an area of recent heavy fighting between ethnic minority rebel groups, officials said Wednesday. The pair, both 24, were taken to hospital in Myanmar’s second largest city Mandalay late Tuesday evening after sustaining injuries earlier in the day when they triggered the mine near rural Kyaukme township in war-torn northern Shan State. […]
Algorithms that can make a collaborative robot arm react to moving objects within milliseconds could mean a future where robots and humans work closer together on production lines.
The U.S. may be leading the race to design driverless cars. But China’s in hot pursuit, with a top-down plan to make them a common sight on the roads, long before drivers in the West start letting go of the wheel. Reuters’ Jake Spring reports from the Beijing auto show, where self-driving tech is getting a lot of attention.
The Iglesia ni Cristo members in Eastern Canada are giving back to the community by conducting a clean up drive. The “Clean Toronto Together” activity is an annual city-wide initiative of keeping Toronto clean and green. The city holds the event every April. Camille Enriquez and Monica de Jesus reports.
https://youtu.be/II_X8QUeUEs Vidoegraphics explaining the origins of the IS organisation, videographics by AFP TV Islamic State took control of Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul, before declaring a caliphate across Iraq and Syria. The Jihadist organisation and its leader, Abu Bakr alBaghdadi, took the world by surprise. But the group has existed under various names for more than a decade, born during the USled invasion of Iraq which ousted Saddam Hussein in 2003. Jordanian Abu Musab […]
ALEPPO, Syria (AFP) — Air strikes and shelling on Syria’s second city Aleppo and a town to its west left 25 civilians reported dead Tuesday, as a surge in violence tests a troubled ceasefire. UN chief Ban Ki-moon said he was “deeply concerned” by the fighting and urged both sides to stick to the two-month-old truce and troubled peace talks in Geneva. “The cessation of hostilities should go on, otherwise it will be very difficult […]
WASHINGTON , United States (AFP) — Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton on Tuesday scored her fourth primary win of the night over rival Bernie Sanders in Connecticut, US networks projected. Clinton — the former secretary of state, first lady and US senator — also won nominating contests in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania, according to US networks. Sanders won in Rhode Island. On the Republican side, frontrunner Donald Trump swept all five primaries on Tuesday in […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canada will not pay ransoms for the release of its citizens held hostage overseas, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday after the gruesome killing of a Canadian in the Philippines. “Canada does not and will not pay ransom to terrorists, directly or indirectly,” Trudeau said, vowing instead to hunt down and prosecute hostage-takers. His comments come after Trudeau delivered the grim news on Monday that Canadian John Ridsdel had been killed […]
MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Tuesday expressed its condolences to the Canadian government and the family of mining executive John Ridsdel, who was killed by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG). Ridsdel was among the four hostages who were abducted by ASG bandits on September 21 last year from the Holiday Ocean View resort on Samal Island, Davao del Norte. Also seized were Canadian Robert Hall, Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad, and Filipina Marithes Flor. “We extend our […]
https://youtu.be/SnETfFwTZFU Credit: Fred Garet Katherine Spencer / AFP Videographics / AFP (AFP) — The long road to the White House involves several key steps. Each state holds elections to choose delegates for the Democrat and Republican National Conventions, where each party names their presidential candidate. Pre-selection of a candidate involves either: -a caucus, which is a local meeting organised by each party -or a primary, which is a state-wide vote where candidates are directly elected […]
