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by John BIERS NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Earlier US tariffs enacted in President Donald Trump’s trade war with China has dealt only a glancing blow to consumers, but those announced Thursday are different. “This hits consumers straight on,” Steve Pasierb, president of the Toy Association, said in an interview. “This is the finished products. It’s not raw materials.” The tariffs, a 10 percent levy on $300 billion in Chinese goods that Trump said […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — European Union members of the UN Security Council condemned North Korea Thursday over its recent spate of missiles tests that have fueled fears Pyongyang is developing more advanced weapons. Britain, France and Germany urged North Korea to “take concrete steps towards its complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation and to engage in meaningful negotiations with the US as agreed between President Trump and Kim Jong Un on 30 June.” UN […]
ZAGREB, Croatia (AFP) — Croatian police launched a manhunt Thursday night after six people were found dead with gunshot wounds in a house in the capital Zagreb, state media reported. Officers found the bodies in a home in a southern neighborhood of the city after being alerted by neighbors, who heard gunshots at around 1930 GMT, state-run Hina news agency reported. “Six corpses have been found by police in the Kajzerica district of New Zagreb,” […]
by Sebastien BERGER / with Chris Stein in Washington SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea carried out its third missile test in eight days Friday, according to the South’s military, but US President Donald Trump said he had “no problem” with the spate of launches by Pyongyang. The nuclear-armed North is barred from ballistic missile tests under UN resolutions and its actions have drawn condemnation from European members of the Security Council but a […]
By Bienvenu-Marie Bakumanya and Albert Kambale Agence France-Presse GOMA, DR Congo (AFP) — Rwanda has shuttered its frontier with Ebola-hit Democratic Republic of Congo after a third case of the deadly virus was detected in the border city of Goma, the Congolese presidency said Thursday. The announcement coincided with the first anniversary of an epidemic that has claimed more than 1,800 lives, stoking dread that the disease may spread from eastern DRC to vulnerable […]
By Heather Scott Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, D.C. (AFP) — The US Federal Reserve, under intense pressure from President Donald Trump to stimulate the economy, on Wednesday cut the benchmark interest rate for the first time in more than a decade but struggled to justify the move or explain where it goes next. The move to ease the cost of borrowing was well telegraphed and meant to inoculate against global risks washing onto American shores, but […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A North Korean soldier crossed the Demilitarised Zone that divides the peninsula, Seoul’s military said Thursday, in a rare direct defection across the heavily fortified frontier. More than 30,000 North Koreans have escaped to the South since the two were separated by war more than 65 years ago, according to Seoul government data, many of them driven by prolonged economic hardship. But the vast majority have gone first to […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test firing of a new multiple rocket launcher, state media said Thursday. Kim “guided a test-fire of newly-developed large-caliber multiple launch guided rocket system on July 31,” state-run KCNA said. South Korea’s military said Wednesday that two ballistic missiles had been fired from the Wonsan area on North Korea’s east coast. Kim “repeatedly expressed satisfaction over the result of the test-fire,” […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck near the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued. USGS said the quake hit about 178 kilometers (110 miles) northwest of the capital Port Vila at 2:02 am (1502 GMT Wednesday) at a depth of 179 kilometers. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no tsunami threat from the quake. USGS said there was […]
DETRIOT, United States (AFP) — Moderate frontrunner Joe Biden and his 2020 Democratic rivals took the stage Wednesday ready for a dog fight but began their debate largely with cooler heads prevailing, uniting under a common goal of ousting President Donald Trump. But tensions were quickly evident between Biden and Senator Kamala Harris, the most prominent African American in the field and who savaged him over race and criminal justice issues at their previous debate. […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AFP) — At least 12 people were killed as monsoon rains lashed Pakistan’s port city of Karachi, officials and charity groups confirmed Wednesday, while flooding also triggered power outages and overwhelmed the metropolis’s fragile infrastructure. Authorities said the deaths occurred largely due to electrocutions caused by ill-maintained power lines even as large segments of the city suffered hours-long outages that lasted up to a day in some areas. According to the Edhi Foundation […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea will go ahead, a Pentagon official said on Wednesday, after missile tests and calls for the drills’ cancellation by North Korea. The affirmation of the annual, joint exercises came amid a series of missile launches by North Korea, one of which it called a “solemn warning to the South Korean warmongers” over the planned military drills. But despite Pyongyang’s warning […]
