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The cost of making the US military’s futuristic F-35 fighter jet — already the most expensive weapons project in history — is on the decline, the officer in charge of the program said Wednesday. “Production costs continue to come down,” US Air Force Lieutenant General Chris Bogdan told a news briefing. “When it comes to the price of the airplane and the price of the engine, it continues to come down lot after lot.” The […]
WASHINGTON D.C., USA (Reuters) — The U.S. Senate voted unanimously on Wednesday (February 10) to toughen sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear program, human rights record and cyber activities, as U.S. lawmakers sought to crack down on Pyongyang for its nuclear tests. “Weak sanctions against North Korea have clearly proven unsuccessful. The legislation before us today represents the tough response that is necessary to send this message directly. To North Korean leaders, disarm or […]
WASHINGTON D.C., USA (Reuters) — The U.S. Justice Department filed a civil rights lawsuit against Ferguson, Missouri, on Wednesday (February 10) to enforce a police and court reform plan after the city said it wanted to amend some aspects of a consent decree it had reached with the federal agency. The Justice Department initiated a civil rights investigation into Ferguson’s policing after an unarmed black teenager was killed by a white police officer in 2014. […]
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, USA (Reuters) — Sirhan Sirhan, the assassin of Democratic presidential candidate Robert Kennedy in 1968, faces a California parole board for the 15th time on Wednesday (February 10). Sirhan, 71, will have a suitability hearing at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility near San Diego, the California Board of Parole Hearings said on its website. The Palestinian-born Sirhan is serving a life sentence for gunning down Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel in Los […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Russian air strikes in and around the city of Aleppo against opponents of the Syrian regime are benefitting the Islamic State group, a senior US official charged Wednesday. “What Russia’s doing is directly enabling ISIL,” Brett McGurk, President Barack Obama’s special envoy to the coalition fighting the group in Syria and Iraq, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee. US Secretary of State John Kerry has taken the lead over the past […]
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday put on hold a sweeping plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fueled power plants, dealing a significant blow to President Barack Obama’s efforts to rein in climate change. A coalition of 27 US states — most of them run by Obama’s Republican adversaries — is suing in a lower court to halt Obama’s Clean Power Plan, and petitioned the Supreme Court to suspend its implementation until the case […]
HOOKSETT, New Hampshire, United States (Reuters) — U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton congratulated rival Bernie Sanders on Tuesday (February 9) after he won the New Hampshire primary. “I want to begin by congratulating Senator Sanders on his victory tonight and I want to thank each and every one of you,” she told supporters at a rally in the town of Hooksett, accompanied by her husband, former President Bill Clinton, and daughter Chelsea Clinton. Sanders, […]
CONCORD, United States (AFP) — Bernie Sanders on Tuesday gave a triumphant victory speech after defeating Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire’s Democratic presidential primary, saying the win showed that voters were seeking “real change.” “What the people here have said is that given the enormous crises facing our country, it is just too late for the same old, same old establishment politics and establishment economics,” Sanders told supporters at his headquarters in Concord. “The people […]
SAN DIEGO, El Salvador (AFP) — With larva-chomping fish and genetically modified insects, Latin Americans are deploying legions of little helpers to destroy mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus in the world’s latest mass health scare. Scientists are devising numerous ways to try and stamp out the mosquitoes whose bites spread the virus, which they suspect can cause brain damage in babies and paralysis in adults. Some want to wipe out baby mosquito larvae in standing […]
UNITED States (Reuters) — Billionaire businessman Donald Trump is projected to win New Hampshire’s Republican presidential nominating contest on Tuesday (February 9), while U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is projected to win the Democratic primary over Hillary Clinton, U.S. television networks said after early results. Trump’s win solidifies his front-runner status in the race to be the party’s White House nominee in 2016. The reality television star’s untraditional campaign has been marked by calls […]
MEXICO (Reuters) — In the last 12 years, at least 23 journalists have disappeared in Mexico, the highest number in the world, according to a damning report from British journalism advocacy group, Article 19. The report titled “The Disappearance and Forced Disappearance of those Exercising Freedom of Expression in Mexico”, was presented to media in the country’s capital on Tuesday (February 09) just hours after the abduction of crime-beat reporter Anabel Flores in the violence-ravaged […]
UNITED States (Reuters) — Billionaire businessman Donald Trump is projected to win New Hampshire’s Republican presidential nominating contest on Tuesday, while U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is projected to win the Democratic primary over Hillary Clinton, U.S. television networks said after early results. Trump’s projected win solidifies his front-runner status in the race to be the party’s White House nominee in 2016. The reality television star’s untraditional campaign has been marked by calls for […]
