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by Andrew BEATTY CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — The Republican convention kicks off Monday with a one-two punch of law-and-order tough-talk, and Donald Trump’s wife playing character witness as the bombastic mogul seeks to lock up his presidential nomination. Melania Trump, a Slovenian-born former model, will headline the opening night of the 2016 convention in Cleveland, Ohio, which takes place against a backdrop of fear over racial violence and unrest abroad. A spate of race-tinged […]
by Jennie MATTHEW CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — Cleveland deployed overwhelming security Sunday, bracing for possible unrest as delegates poured into town for the Republican National Convention that will anoint Donald Trump as the party’s US presidential nominee. The killing of three police officers Sunday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana only added to the tensions in Cleveland, where law enforcement agencies have thrown a ring of steel around downtown and anti-Trump demonstrators began marching toward the […]
by Olivia HAMPTON WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The suspect who shot three police officers dead in Baton Rouge on Sunday was a Marine veteran who served in Iraq, in a chilling parallel with the Dallas cop killings, whose perpetrator served in Afghanistan. Gavin Eugene Long, a 29-year-old African American widely identified as the shooter by US media, turned his gun on police amid a spate of race-tinged violence involving law enforcement. Louisiana State Police […]
by Olivia HAMPTON WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A black gunman shot dead three police officers in the Louisiana capital of Baton Rouge on Sunday, in the latest spate of violence involving law enforcement. The shooting, which also wounded three other officers, took place in a city scarred by high racial tensions and numerous protests against police brutality since the death July 5 of Alton Sterling, a black man shot at point-blank range by police. […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP)–Two American citizens were killed in the truck attack in Nice, which has left at least 84 people dead, the US State Department spokesman said Friday. “At this time, we are aware of and can confirm two US citizens were killed in the attack in Nice on July 14, 2016,” spokesman John Kirby said. “We express our sincere condolences to the family and friends of those killed.” The statement was issued as US Secretary […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The commanders of the US and Chinese navies will meet amid mounting tensions over China’s claims to much of the South China Sea, the US Navy said Thursday. Admiral John Richardson, chief of US naval operations, will conduct a three-day visit beginning Sunday, stopping in Beijing and the coastal city of Qingdao, and will meet with his Chinese counterpart Wu Shengli. Beijing was incensed by the ruling of an international […]
Hillary Clinton campaigned with potential vice presidential running-mate U.S. Senator Tim Kaine in his home state of Virginia on Thursday (July 14), testing whether the person widely seen as the “safe choice” can propel her to the White House in November. Kaine’s 16-minute introduction of the presumptive Democratic nominee in a community college gymnasium in the Washington suburb of Annandale reflected Clinton’s need to reach out to Hispanic voters with her vice presidential pick. Kaine, […]
Tesla Motors Inc. said on Tuesday (July 12) that its autosteer software was enabled during a crash involving a Model X in Montana at the weekend, according to a spokesperson for the California car maker. In the Montana crash, which took place on Sunday, the driver said Autopilot was engaged when the car slammed into 13 guardrails, according to Montana State Troopers. The driver was issued an $85 ticket for careless driving. Tesla said the […]
A Chinese man who pleaded guilty to conspiring to hack into the computer networks of Boeing and other major U.S. defense contractors, was sentenced on Wednesday (July 13) to nearly four years in prison, prosecutors said. Su Bin, 51, was charged with taking part in a years-long scheme by Chinese military officers to obtain sensitive military information. In addition to the 46-months-long prison term, a judge in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles also ordered […]
A section of bluffs in Del Mar, California collapsed early on Wednesday (July 13), but there were no injuries. According to fire dispatchers, the collapse was reported at 8:15am local time (1515gmt). Dogs searched the area after reports people may have been trapped under the rubble, but no one was found. Del Mar is about 20 miles (32 km) north of San Diego. (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2016
Over 200 firefighters were battling a wildfire that scorched 50 acres in Southern California on Wednesday (July 15) The Ventura County Fire Department told local media outlets that 233 firefighters were in the Lake Sherwood area in Ventura County, about 40 miles (64km) west of Los Angeles. Multiple agencies were on the scene battling the fire with helicopters and airplanes dropping water and fire retardant on flames. Officials said no structures were immediately threatened by […]
The U.S. State Department looks forward to working with Boris Johnson, appointed on Wednesday (July 13) as British foreign secretary, a U.S. State Department spokesman said. The United States will always be able to work with British officials because of its “deep, abiding” relationship with Britain, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said at a daily news briefing. Johnson was a leading figure in the victorious “Leave” campaign in Britain’s European Union membership referendum last month. […]
