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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump praised North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday for reportedly expressing faith in him. “Kim Jong Un of North Korea proclaims ‘unwavering faith in President Trump.’ Thank you to Chairman Kim. We will get it done together!,” Trump wrote on Twitter. Kim restated his commitment to denuclearizing the Korean peninsula Thursday. South Korean National Security Advisor Chung Eui-yong delivered a letter Wednesday to Kim from […]
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AFP) — Severe flooding in North Korea has killed at least 76 people with another 75 missing, many of them children, the Red Cross said Thursday. Thousands of people have been left homeless after heavy rains triggered floods and landslides, toppling more than 800 buildings including houses, clinics and schools in North and South Hwanghae provinces, leaving Red Cross volunteers scrambling to find survivors. “Thousands have lost their homes and are in […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs is currently monitoring the situation of Filipinos in Japan after a powerful 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck Hokkaido on Thursday, Sept. 6. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the DFA was “stay(ing) in touch with the leaders of the Filipino community in Hokkaido” to also “ensure that every one is safe and accounted for.” “Our prayers to the people of Japan who were affected by [the earthquake],” Roque added. The earthquake […]
by John BIERS Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Marco Saavedra had just graduated from college in 2011 three years after the global financial crisis erupted and just as the Occupy Wall Street movement was picking up steam. Like many in his generation, Saavedra faced slim pickings for jobs after college, a fate that has left millennials with a wealth gap that economists fear they won’t ever recover. It has also left […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s Kansai airport will reopen partially on Friday, the government said Thursday, after a massive typhoon flooded parts of the transport hub and swept a tanker onto the only bridge connecting it to the mainland. The collision left the airport, which is on an artificial island, temporarily cut off, stranding thousands of passengers and staff and forcing authorities to evacuate them by boat and bus. “Domestic flights in the Kansai international […]
by Kyoko Hasegawa Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A powerful 6.6-magnitude quake rocked the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido Thursday, killing two people, collapsing homes, and triggering landslides that left dozens missing. Multiple, large-scale landslides struck the sparsely populated countryside, which was also hit by the edge of a powerful typhoon that surged through Japan earlier this week. Aerial views showed dozens of houses destroyed at the bottom of a hill that was engulfed […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet with the South’s President Moon Jae-in in a summit in Pyongyang from September 18 to 20 to discuss nuclear disarmament, Seoul said Thursday. During the third meeting between the two leaders, Kim and Moon will discuss issues including “practical measures” to denuclearize the flashpoint peninsula, South Korean envoy Chung Eui-yong told reporters. Chung — Moon’s national security advisor — flew to Pyongyang […]
by Alice Ritchie and Antoine Pollez Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Prime Minister Theresa May said Wednesday that two Russian spies carried out a nerve agent attack on a former colleague in Britain, as prosecutors named the suspects and issued a warrant for their arrest. Prosecutors announced charges against Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov for trying to kill Russian former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia with Novichok in the […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A powerful 6.6 magnitude quake hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido early Thursday, triggering landslides, bringing down several houses, and killing one person. No tsunami warning was issued after the relatively shallow quake, which struck 62 kilometers (39 miles) southeast of the regional capital Sapporo. An aftershock measuring 5.3 rocked the area moments later and smaller aftershocks followed throughout the night. The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of a slight sea […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump denied Wednesday having discussed wanting to kill Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, a key claim in a new book by Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward. “That was never even contemplated,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office as he met with the emir of Kuwait. Trump’s comments came as he warned Damascus that “the world is watching” Syrian troops massing on the edges of the rebel-held province […]
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the closure of Israel’s embassy in Paraguay, his office said, after the South American country announced Wednesday it was moving its mission back to Tel Aviv from Jerusalem. “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the Foreign Ministry to close the Israeli Embassy in Paraguay,” Netanyahu’s office said in a tweet. “Israel views with utmost gravity the extraordinary decision by Paraguay which will cloud bilateral relations.” Paraguay’s announcement […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump left the door open Wednesday to meeting with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly — even as the United States ramps up the pressure on a regime it accuses of destabilizing the Middle East. “It’s possible, anything is possible,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked about the possibility of a face-to-face with Rouhani during the gathering later […]
