ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italian police launched an investigation Wednesday into the death of an intruder who was shot after breaking into the premises of a man who had reportedly been robbed 38 times. Fredy Pacini, who owns a tyre shop in Monte San Savino in Tuscany, was accused of excessive use of force in Self-defense after gunning down a 29-year old Moldovan. Pacini had taken to sleeping in his shop after a series of […]
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Blast kills 22 near China factory in Olympic city
by Elizabeth LAW Agence France-Presse An explosion and fire near a chemical factory left at least 22 people dead and 22 others injured on Wednesday in a northern China city that will host the 2022 Winter Olympics, authorities said. The charred and smoking remains of trucks and cars were scattered on a road as firefighters worked at the scene, according to images posted by state media on social media. The incident near Hebei Shenghua Chemical […]
DFA: Filipina killed in Sweden laid to rest
(Eagle News)–The Filipina who was killed in Sweden has been laid to rest, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday, Nov. 27. In a statement, the DFA said Mailyn Conde Sinambong was buried at the Norra Begravningsplatsen cemetery. Her two children, her aunt and cousin from Norway, her brother and cousin from the Philippines, and her in-laws were present, as well as Consul General Maria Elena Algabre of the Philippine Embassy in Oslo and […]
Seven dead in China as car drives onto sidewalk
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A car drove onto a sidewalk in southwest China on Tuesday, killing seven people and injuring another four, police said, days after another driver deliberately rammed into schoolchildren in the country’s northeast. The driver has been detained and the cause of the incident in Leshan, a city in Sichuan province, is under investigation, police said in a statement. The injured have been taken to hospital for treatment, the statement said. According […]
Person arrested after six die in Switzerland apartment fire
by Fabrice COFFRINI Agence France Presse SOLOTHURN, Switzerland (AFP) — Six people, including children, died when a fire broke out in an apartment building northwestern Switzerland, apparently due to “incorrect use of articles for smokers,” police said Monday. One person was arrested following the deadly blaze, which happened in the early hours of Monday in the town of Solothurn, north of the capital Bern. “There were more than 20 people in the building. Most were […]
US bombers no longer flying over Korean peninsula: US general
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US bombers are no longer conducting flights over South Korea after Seoul asked for such missions to be paused, a US general said Monday. General Charles Brown, who heads US Pacific Air Forces, told Pentagon reporters that the break was to help create space for ongoing diplomatic efforts to address North Korea’s nuclear activities. “As we’re going through the diplomatic aspect, we don’t want to actually do something that’s going […]
More than 700 hurt in Iran quake
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — More than 700 people were injured in a 6.4-magnitude earthquake that shook western Iran, state television reported in an updated toll Monday. The quake struck Kermanshah province late Sunday, with an epicenter 17 kilometers (11 miles) southwest of the city of Sarpol-e Zahab, according to the country’s institute of geophysics. State television, citing the emergency services, said that 716 people had been injured, but there were no reports of deaths or […]
Trump says China tariff rates very likely to rise: report
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump said Monday he expected to raise the punitive tariff rates on hundreds of billions in Chinese imports as scheduled next year. Just days ahead of a planned meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump also vowed to put tariffs on all remaining imports from China if the two sides failed to reach a deal, according to The Wall Street Journal. Trump already has imposed tariffs on […]
Mexico deports scores of Central American migrants
by Said Betanzos / Yemeli Ortega Agence France Presse TIJUANA, Mexico (AFP) — Mexico deported scores of Central American migrants arrested after hundreds forced their way through a Mexican police blockade and headed for the United States but were met with tear gas and rubber bullets. Around 500 men, women and children, part of a caravan of roughly 5,000 mainly Hondurans who have been trekking toward the US for weeks, scrambled over a rusted metal […]
Trump says ‘not happy’ about GM job cuts
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump said on Monday he is “not happy” with General Motors’ decision to cut thousands of jobs and is putting pressure on the auto giant. Trump said at the White House that he wants GM, which announced plans to shut down seven plants, to “get back in there soon. We have a lot of pressure on them.” GM’s announcement came as a shock to the Trump administration, which […]
Canadian workers slam GM plant closure as ‘slap in face’
by Lars Hagberg Agence France Presse OSHAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canadian auto workers walked off the job in protest Monday as General Motors said it would shutter a plant that has been a fixture of Oshawa, Ontario since 1953 — drawing protests from union bosses and the country’s prime minister. News of the pending shutdown came as part of a massive restructuring announced earlier by the US auto giant that includes cutting thousands of jobs […]
Six dead in Switzerland apartment fire
by Fabrice Coffrini Agence France Presse SOLOTHURN, Switzerland (AFP) — Six people, including children, died when a fire broke out overnight in an apartment building in the northwestern Swiss town of Solothurn, police said Monday, with neighbours indicating the building housed asylum seekers. “There were more than 20 people in the building. Most were evacuated by the fire brigade, but for six people, including children, the help came too late,” Solothurn police said in a […]
