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Beijing, China (AFP) — Twenty children were wounded in an attack at an elementary school in Beijing Tuesday with three suffering serious injuries, local authorities said. A male suspect was brought “under control” and the wounded students were admitted to hospital, the Xicheng district government said, without elaborating on how or why the man carried out the attack. According to a tweet by nationalist tabloid Global Times, the suspect used a hammer to carry […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — One of Papua New Guinea’s most active volcanoes has erupted, authorities said Tuesday, pummelling villages on a remote island with volcanic rock before subsiding. Manam island is a volcanic cone that towers out of the sea north of the Papua New Guinea mainland and has a history of eruptions, with major activity in November 2004 forcing the evacuation of some 9,000 people. The volcano has erupted a number of times […]
HONG KONg, China (AFP) — At least one person has died after an oil tanker caught fire off Hong Kong on Tuesday, police said, sending a huge cloud of dark smoke billowing into the air. Twenty-one people have been rescued after those on the vessel either fell or jumped into the sea, according to a police spokesperson, but it is not yet clear if more people are still missing. A number of the victims had […]
Ankara, Turkey (AFP) — The White House’s National Security advisor will meet with Ankara officials on Tuesday to discuss the surprise withdrawal of US troops from Syria, as the Turkish president hailed the pullout as “the right call”. As both sides prepared for the talks in Ankara, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey was “the only country with the power and commitment” to stabilise Syria after the US pullout, in an opinion column published in […]
by Laurent THOMET / Eva XIAO Agence France-Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Beijing on Tuesday on an unannounced visit for talks with President Xi Jinping, as preparations ramp up for an expected second summit with Donald Trump. China is the isolated, nuclear-armed North’s key diplomatic ally and main source of trade and aid, and the visit is likely to heighten speculation about the potential meeting with the […]
Seoul, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived at Beijing train station Tuesday on a visit to China to meet President Xi Jinping, the South’s Yonhap news agency reported. It carried a picture of Kim’s distinctive dark green train, emblazoned with a yellow stripe, entering the station at 10:55 am local time (0255 GMT). © Agence France-Presse
VIENNA, Austria (AFP) — Three skiers and two snowshoe hikers have died as heavy snow and avalanches hit Austria, isolating several areas of the mountainous country, authorities said Monday. Two German skiers lost their lives in avalanches in the western region of Vorarlberg on Sunday, and a Slovenian died in the region of Salzburg, rescue services said. The bodies of two missing snowshoe hikers were discovered Monday as snow caused chaos in parts of the […]
by Hiroshi HIYAMA Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn appeared in public Tuesday for the first time since his arrest in November rocked the business world, as he offers his side of the story in a high-profile court hearing. The 64-year-old auto industry titan attended a hearing at the Tokyo District Court where the judge was to explain the reasons for Ghosn’s continued detention on suspicion of financial misconduct. He […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) – “Aquaman” left other movies in its wake in North American box offices this weekend, taking in $31 million, final figures by industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Monday. The DC super-hero film, in its third week out, has now taken in a global total of $941 million. That makes it the biggest Warner Bros. comic-book film since “The Dark Knight Rises” earned more than $1 billion in 2012, according to Variety’s […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US President Donald Trump denounced China’s “arbitrary detention” of two Canadians during a telephone call Monday, officials said. “The prime minister thanked the president for the strong statements of support by the United States in response to the arbitrary detention of two Canadians in China,” Trudeau’s office said in a statement. “The two leaders agreed to continue to seek their release.” China last month detained […]
by Douglas Gillison Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – World Bank President Jim Yong Kim announced Monday he would step down next month, more than three years before his current term was due to expire. The decision is likely to give US President Donald Trump decisive influence over the next leadership of the institution although Washington’s control over the 189-member global development lender has faced mounting criticism. “It has been a great honor to […]
(Eagle News) — “The threat from international terrorism has grown over the last few years,” according to the World Counter Terror Congress which is set to hold its conference this March 2019. The world meeting set from March 5 to 9 in London noted that the devastating terror attacks in various parts of the world “have caused major loss of life, destruction of property and economic damage across the globe.” “As nations seek to […]
