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by Josh Edelson / Laurent Banguet Agence France Presse PARADISE, United States (AFP) — Search teams scoured the carnage of California’s most destructive ever wildfire for victims on Sunday, as the state-wide death toll rose to 26 with high winds hampering the effort to rescue property and save lives. Firefighters took advantage of a brief calm overnight to make headway against the multiple blazes, but conditions were expected to be hellish on Sunday with winds […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia on Saturday called off the search for passengers of a Lion Air plane, almost two weeks after the jetliner plunged into the Java Sea killing 189 people on board. Some 196 bags containing body parts have been recovered from under the water with 79 victims identified and handed over to their families for burial. “Since yesterday afternoon until today we have not found any more victims and therefore I declare […]
ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — The killers of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi poured his remains down the drain after dissolving him in acid, a Turkish newspaper reported Saturday. Samples taken from the drains at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul showed traces of acid, pro-government daily Sabah said, without quoting sources. This led investigators to believe the dead body of the insider-turned-critic of the Riyadh regime was disposed of through the drains as liquid, the paper […]
AMMAN, Jordan (AFP) — Flash floods killed 11 people in Jordan and forced nearly 4,000 tourists to flee the famed ancient desert city of Petra, emergency services said on Saturday. Search teams were scouring valleys near the historic hill town of Madaba for two young girls still missing after Friday’s floods, civil defense spokesman Iyad Amru told state television in an update. Five people have already been confirmed dead in the area southwest of […]
CALIFORNIA, United States (Eagle News) — Wildfires from one end of California to the other has filled the state’s skies with smoke and caused thousands to evacuate from their home. Images from Southern California wildfires Images from Northern California wildfires (Eagle News Service)
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP) —Ten people were injured in scenes described as “chaos” as a Boeing airliner carrying 126 people, most of them Canadians, crash-landed in Guyana’s capital Georgetown on Friday, skidding to a halt just before a steep drop. The Fly Jamaica Airways plane was bound for Toronto when it suffered a hydraulic problem shortly after takeoff and returned to the airport, crashing and careening off the runway, Transportation Minister David Patterson said. “Everyone was going crazy, screaming, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Authorities in Southern California have identified the gunman who killed 12 people in a crowded bar as 28-year-old Ian David Long, a former Marine who may have been suffering from PTSD. Here is a look at Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and the impact it has on veterans. – How big a problem? – Millions of veterans are dealing with PTSD, a signature wound of any war. Symptoms can range from […]
The 28-year-old US Marine Corps combat veteran who opened fire in a crowded country music bar in California, killing 12 people including a police officer, had long served in the Marine Corps from August 2008 to March 2013, according to the Pentagon. The assailant, identified as Ian David Long, a troubled former machine gunner who served a tour in Afghanistan, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He attained the rank of corporal and saw […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — One person was killed and two others were injured in a rush hour stabbing rampage in downtown Melbourne Friday, that saw police shoot a knife-wielding suspect near a burning vehicle. Police said officers “initially responded to a report of a car on fire” in the city center at 4:20 pm local time, but discovered at the scene that members of the public had been stabbed. Media showed video footage of police […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in sacked his top two economic officials Friday, the government said, as the world’s 11th-largest economy struggles with slowing growth, rising unemployment and persistent income gaps. Finance minister Kim Dong-yeon and presidential chief of staff for policy Jang Ha-sung, who have reportedly been at odds with each other over how to address the situation, were both dismissed from their posts, a Blue House spokesman said. © […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Seven tenants were killed and 11 others injured early Friday when a blaze ripped through a three-storey studio complex in Seoul, fire authorities said. While South Korea is technologically advanced and has risen to become the world’s 11th-largest economy, many people who have missed out on its progress struggle to get by. Low-income tenants often live in buildings with tiny single-bed studios once favoured by applicants preparing for various state […]
THOUSAND OAKS, United States (AFP) — The gunman who killed 12 people in a crowded California country music bar has been identified as 28-year-old Ian David Long, a former Marine, the local sheriff said Thursday. The suspect, who was armed with a .45-caliber handgun, was found deceased at the Borderline Bar and Grill, the scene of the shooting in the city of Thousand Oaks northwest of downtown Los Angeles. “We believe he shot himself,” Ventura […]
