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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — House Democrats conducting an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump for abuse of power issued a subpoena for documents on Thursday to his Energy Secretary Rick Perry. The subpoena from the House Intelligence Committee asks Perry to turn over documents related to his dealings with Ukraine by October 18. Democrats in the House are investigating whether Trump withheld military aid for Ukraine in exchange for an investigation into his […]
by Catherine MARCIANO Agence France Presse VATICAN CITY (AFP) — An idea to fill empty pulpits in remote locations by allowing married men to become priests is bitterly dividing a Vatican assembly, with critics warning the emotive issue could fracture the Catholic Church. The hot-button topic of whether an exception can be made to the centuries-old custom of celibacy in places where there is a shortage of priests has dominated the start of the three-week […]
Catholic Church’s Pope Francis officially accepted on Thursday the resignation of New York’s Bishop John Jenik, who has been accused of sexually abusing a teenager. Jenik was suspended in 2018 pending a Church investigation into the alleged assault, which reportedly took place in the 1980s while the American was pastor of a Bronx parish. “Although the alleged incidents occurred decades ago, the Lay Review Board has concluded that the evidence is sufficient to find […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Officials from the United States, Japan and South Korea met in Washington on Tuesday to discuss North Korean denuclearization, just days after negotiations between the US and North Korea broke down in Sweden. US Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun held talks with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts, the US State Department said in a statement. They “reaffirmed the importance of continued close… coordination on North Korea to […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China’s state media accused Apple Wednesday of supporting pro-democracy protesters, warning the US tech giant would suffer consequences for its “unwise and reckless” decision, in an echo of campaigns against other Western firms. An opinion piece in the People’s Daily, the mouthpiece of the ruling Communist Party, highlighted a transport app available on Apple’s store that it alleged helped protesters identify police in Hong Kong. “Apple’s approval for the app obviously […]
AKCAKALE, Turkey (AFP) — Turkey on Tuesday sent more armored vehicles to the border with Syria, an AFP correspondent said, after the defense ministry said Ankara was ready for a cross-border offensive. Dozens of vehicles made up a large convoy seen by the correspondent in the town of Akcakale in Sanliurfa province. Different types of construction equipment were also part of the convoy which had been sent to reinforce the military units on the border, […]
DAKAR, Senegal (AFP) — An Ethiopian Airlines jet made an emergency landing in Dakar with one of its engines on fire, though all 90 passengers and crew were unharmed, airport and airline officials said. The Boeing 767 aircraft had just taken off from Dakar airport en route to Addis Ababa when the pilot asked to return and make an emergency landing, Tidiane Tamba, a spokesperson for the Senegal airport told AFP. Ethiopian Airlines confirmed one […]
by Heather SCOTT and Delphine TOUITOU WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — As global trade tensions persist, investments are put on hold and without that cash to boost economic growth, poverty could surge, the World Bank’s chief economist warned Tuesday. Without growth “inevitably, people will struggle,” Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg said in an interview with AFP. The US-China trade war — involving hundreds of billions of dollars in two-way trade — is at the center of global […]
by Dan Martin Agence France Presse SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — China on Tuesday scrapped plans to air NBA exhibition games as the league faced an escalating punishment campaign in the lucrative Chinese market ignited by an American basketball executive’s pro-democracy tweet. The National Basketball Association also faced a counter-attack in the United States, where presidential candidates, influential senators, and fans accused it of kowtowing to authoritarian China. The crisis erupted Friday when Houston Rockets […]
by James EDGAR / Jasmine LEUNG HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong’s under-fire leader Carrie Lam said Tuesday she would not rule out accepting help from mainland China in tackling increasingly violent pro-democracy protests. The financial hub has been gripped by four months of rallies, and last weekend saw much of the city grind to a halt as masked demonstrators took to the streets in defiance of a controversial ban on face coverings. Lam’s […]
by Jerome TAYLOR / Jasmine LEUNG HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong may curb access to the internet in a bid to contain months of increasingly violent pro-democracy protests, a cabinet member told AFP on Monday, after an emergency-law ban on demonstrators wearing face masks failed to quell the unrest. The warning came as the international financial hub remained partly paralyzed from three days of protests in which the city’s rail network and business […]
by Deborah COLE BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — A stolen truck ploughed into cars in the center of the German city of Limburg on Monday leaving several people injured, police said, adding that the driver had been detained. “Based on what we have learned and several witness accounts, the man seized control of the truck at about 5:20 pm (1520 GMT),” police said in a statement. Soon after, the truck slammed into cars waiting at a […]
