Panama’s Cortizo declares victory in presidential vote
PANAMA CITY, Panama (AFP) -- Former Panamanian minister Laurentino Cortizo declared victory in presidential polls on Sunday that saw a…
7 years ago
International
Cyclone Fani death toll rises to 42 in India, Bangladesh
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- The death toll from a cyclone that battered India and Bangladesh rose to 42 on…
7 years ago
N. Korea tested rocket launchers and ‘tactical guided weapons’
by Claire Lee with Olivia Hampton in Washington SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korean state media said Sunday that…
7 years ago
41 feared dead in Russian plane blaze disaster: investigators
by Thibaut MARCHAND MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Forty-one people including at least two children are believed to have died when…
7 years ago
Cattle rancher leads the way as Panama elects new president
PANAMA CITY, Panama AFP) - Social-democrat Laurentino Cortizo is the favorite to win as 2.7 million Panamanians take to the polls…
7 years ago
Deadly escalation sees fresh rocket fire from Gaza, Israeli retaliation
by Adel Zaanoun Agence France-Presse GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - Gaza militants fired fresh rocket barrages at Israel early Sunday…
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More than 1,000 dead in D.R. Congo Ebola epidemic
More than 1,000 people have now died of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said, as aid workers…
7 years ago
At least nine dead as cyclone barrels into Bangladesh
Cyclone Fani, one of the biggest to hit India in years, barrelled into Bangladesh on Saturday after leaving a trail…
7 years ago
Boeing plane skids into Florida river in crash-landing, no fatalities
A Boeing 737 skidded off a runway into a river after crash-landing during a lightning storm in Florida on Friday,…
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Japan’s new emperor urges world peace in first public speech
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Emperor Naruhito urged Japan to work together for world peace as he made his first…
7 years ago
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