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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Barack Obama on Sunday criticized the populist campaign of Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump, decrying “anti-intellectualism” and noting that “ignorance is not a virtue.” Obama did not specifically name the brash New York real estate developer during his remarks at a university graduation ceremony in New Jersey, but it was clear he was referring to the candidate who is running on a slogan of “Make American Great Again!” The […]
by Kerry SHERIDAN MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Experts say climate change is contributing to the wildfires raging across Canada, and the increasing frequency of such fires may overwhelm one of Earth’s most important ecosystems, the boreal forest. In just over a week, an out of control blaze has charred more than 2,290 square kilometers (884 square miles) of land and forced the evacuation of 100,000 people from Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada. Dominated by […]
by Andrew BEATTY WASHINGTON , United States (AFP) — The US government is ready to loosen a ban on arms exports to Libya, in a bid to help the country’s fledgling unity government fight the Islamic State group, officials and diplomats told AFP Thursday. Under White House-backed plans, the United Nations would carve out exemptions to an embargo introduced by the Security Council in 2011, during Moamer Kadhafi’s failed attempt to suppress a popular uprising. […]
WASHINGTON , United States (AFP) — The officer in charge of 10 US sailors who were briefly captured by Iran in the Persian Gulf was relieved of his command Thursday, the Navy announced. Commander Eric Rasch “was relieved due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command,” the Navy said in a statement, adding he has been temporarily reassigned to a new role. The dismissal is the first time a sailor has been […]
WASHINGTON , United States (AFP) — The US Secret Service said Thursday it is “aware” that Donald Trump’s former butler had repeatedly posted messages on Facebook about killing President Barack Obama and will conduct an investigation. The threatening posts by 84-year-old Anthony Senecal, who served as the presumptive Republican nominee’s butler for 17 years before becoming the “historian” at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, were made public by Mother Jones magazine. In a message posted Wednesday, only […]
by Michael Mathes WASHINGTON , United States (AFP) — Thursday’s high-stakes meeting between Donald Trump and Republican congressional leaders including House Speaker Paul Ryan marks a critical point in the billionaire’s presidential quest, with party grandees pressured to close ranks and support the presumptive nominee. Ryan, the top-ranked Republican currently elected to public office, dropped a bombshell and triggered soul-searching within a fractured party last week when he said he was “just not ready” to […]
EDMONTON , Canada (AFP) — The huge forest fire that prompted the evacuation of Fort McMurray remained out of control Wednesday but cooler, more humid weather slowed its advance, Canadian officials said. All told, crews were battling 20 fires in Alberta province, although Fort McMurray’s was the only one still out of control, as it spread east. Half the province’s 1,500 firefighters are assigned to fight it. The blaze has now charred more than 2,290 […]
by Michel COMTE EDMONTON , Canada (AFP) — There was a rush on pillows at Canada’s largest fire evacuation center Tuesday as many who fled wildfires in Alberta province’s oil region looked forward to their first good sleep in days. It will be at least two weeks before Fort McMurray residents can return home, but the damage now appears to be less than anticipated with 90 percent of structures still standing. And several of the […]
by Michael Mathes WASHINGTON , United States (AFP) — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump cruised to victory in two more states Tuesday, while Bernie Sanders beat rival Democrat Hillary Clinton in West Virginia to bolster his argument for remaining in the race. The substantial wins in West Virginia and Nebraska according to early results put Trump ever closer to clinching the 1,237 delegates he needs to be declared the party’s nominee at its convention […]
NEW YORK , United States (AFP) — An assailant stabbed at least four people, killing two, Tuesday at a home and a shopping mall in the US state of Massachusetts before an off-duty security officer shot the suspect to death, police said. The suspect first stabbed two people at a home in Taunton, south of Boston. Police said he may have been involved in a car crash in that area prior to the stabbings. Shortly […]
By Jonah Grace Lopez Eagle News Service, Canada bureau ALBERTA, Canada (Eagle News) – On May 10, coinciding with the 130th birth anniversary of the Late Brother Felix Y. Manalo, whom the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) members believe to be God’s Last Messenger, some 200 church members drove almost three hours from Edmonton to Lac la Biche in Alberta, Canada where some 2000 relief good bags were handed out. Many of […]
OTTAWA , Canada (AFP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit the fire-scarred city of Fort McMurray on Friday, as he hailed the work of first respondents who evacuated the oil hub of 100,000. “All Canadians say congratulations to the brave first respondents who have been there to do extraordinary work in Fort McMurray,” Trudeau said in the House of Commons. He hailed lawmakers for being “strongly engaged on the ground supporting their fellow […]
