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SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook on Tuesday said it is stepping up its fight against child abuse with new tools for spotting such content and tighter rules about what crosses the line. “Using our apps to harm children is abhorrent and unacceptable,” global head of safety Antigone Davis said in a blog post. “We are developing targeted solutions, including new tools and policies to reduce the sharing of this type of content.” The […]
by Paul HANDLEY WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US authorities arrested the wife of jailed Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman on Monday at an airport outside of Washington on narcotics smuggling charges, the Justice Department said. Emma Coronel Aispuro, 31, faces one charge of conspiracy to traffic cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana for importation into the United States, the department said. She was arrested at Dulles International Airport. Guzman was the leader of […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States on Monday announced sanctions against two more leaders of Myanmar’s junta and warned of further action as hundreds of thousands defiantly rallied for the restoration of the nation’s democracy. The United States said it was blocking any US property and suspending the entry into the country of two members of the newly ruling State Administrative Council — General Maung Maung Kyaw, who commands the air force, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US Federal Aviation Administration ordered extra inspections Sunday of some Boeing 777 passenger jets, after a United Airlines flight suffered engine failure a day earlier, scattering debris across a Colorado community. FAA Administrator Steve Dickson said the order meant some 777s would “likely” be removed from service. He said he had consulted with his team of aviation safety experts following Saturday’s engine failure aboard a Boeing 777 airplane shortly […]
by Brian KNOWLTON Agence France Presse HOUSTON, United States (AFP) — Texas authorities have restored power statewide bringing relief after days of unprecedentedly frigid temperatures, but millions were still struggling Saturday without safe, drinkable water. “Due to lack of power, frozen pipes, high use at certain times, we’ve seen the number of systems go up that are reporting (water) issues,” Toby Baker, executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality told reporters […]
(Eagle News) — Texans struggle to stay warm as the winter storm leaves millions without power. In Frisco, Texas, Eagle News correspondent Nenita Manaois got some reactions from residents about how they are coping with the situation. Watch this in this Eagle News America report.
(Eagle News) — In Texas, a rare arctic cold front has left Texas buried in snow and enduring frigid temperature. The weather has left millions of people without power. Travel is not being advised. We have details on this major storm from Eagle News correspondent Jane Kathleen Gregorio in San Antonio in this Feb. 16 report on Eagle News America.
by Peter Hutchison with Francois Picard in Houston NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A deadly winter weather system that brought record-busting cold to the southern and central United States, knocking out power for millions in oil-rich Texas, was blanketing the East Coast in snow Thursday, disrupting coronavirus vaccinations. The historic frigid blast has over the past week seen Arctic cold envelope a US heartland unfamiliar with such extremes, leaving dozens of dead in its […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States on Tuesday warned that, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the world “cannot afford to turn the other way” after cases of Ebola were confirmed in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Five people have died of Ebola virus in Guinea — the first outbreak in West Africa since a 2013-2016 epidemic that left more than 11,300 people dead in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The Democratic Republic […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Monday for an investigation into a rocket attack on an airbase in Iraq’s Kurdistan region and promised to “hold accountable those responsible.” A volley of rockets targeting the base late Monday killed a foreign civilian contractor and wounded five others and a US soldier, the US-led coalition said. “We are outraged by today’s rocket attack in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region,” Blinken said in […]
by Francois Picard with Chris Lefkow in Washington Agence France Presse HOUSTON, United States (AFP) — Much of the United States was in the icy grip of an “unprecedented” winter storm on Monday as frigid Arctic air sent temperatures plunging, forcing hundreds of flight cancellations, making driving hazardous and leaving millions without power in Texas. Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for the southern state, and the National Weather Service (NWS) said […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell delivered a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump on Saturday despite voting to acquit the former president on an impeachment charge, saying he was responsible for the January 6 mob assault on the US Capitol. “There’s no question — none — that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day,” McConnell said in a speech following the vote that […]
