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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A 117-year-old Japanese woman, thought to be the world’s oldest person, has died, a local official told AFP Sunday. Nabi Tajima, who was born August 4, 1900, died around 8:00 pm (1100 GMT) Saturday at a hospital on her native Kikai Island in Kagoshima region, according to Susumu Yoshiyuki, a health and welfare official. Tajima, who became the oldest woman in Japan in September 2015, could have been the oldest person […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea’s military on Monday switched off giant loudspeakers blasting messages towards the North’s soldiers at the border, in a conciliatory gesture ahead of Friday’s historic inter-Korea summit. The South has long broadcast a mix of news, music and propaganda messages urging the North’s soldiers to defect through huge speakers along the heavily-fortified border, with operations varying depending on the swings of volatile inter-Korea ties. The North plays propaganda of […]
by Mushtaq Mojaddidi Agence France Presse KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — An Islamic State suicide bomber killed at least 57 people including women and children and wounded 119 outside a voter registration centre in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday in the latest attack on election preparations. The assaults underscore growing concerns about security in the lead-up to legislative elections scheduled for October 20, which are seen as a test-run for next year’s presidential poll. […]
ASUNCION, Paraguay (AFP) — Mario Abdo Benitez, who represents Paraguay’s long-dominant Colorado conservatives, won Sunday’s presidential poll, landing the top job in one of Latin America’s poorest countries, election officials said. The US-educated son of a senior aide to the country’s late dictator, Abdo Benitez won 46.49 percent of the vote, with his centrist opponent Efrain Alegre taking 42.72 percent in a race that was far closer than expected. “The president of the republic is […]
by Dave Clark Agence France Presse TORONTO, Canada (AFP) — The Group of Seven industrialized nations presented a stern common front against Russian aggression Sunday at their foreign ministers conference in Toronto. But for all the talk of resisting the “malign activities” of Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin, Washington’s European partners are still concerned that President Donald Trump will tear up the Iran nuclear deal. And all the G7 partners remain anxious for clues as to how […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Seventeen people were killed Saturday after two dragon boats capsized in southern China, state-run Xinhua news agency said. Rowers on board the two long, narrow kayak-like boats were practicing for a race in Taohua River in the city of Guilin when the accident occurred Saturday afternoon, tipping some 60 people into the water. Around 40 people were pulled out of the water alive with rescue work ending around 10 pm (1400 […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi air defenses on Sunday intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemeni rebels at the kingdom’s southern border city of Najran, which set a farm ablaze, state media said. “Saudi forces were able to intercept (the missile),” the Saudi Press Agency said, citing the Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Huthi rebels. “But the shrapnel scattered over residential areas and caused a fire at a farm belonging to a citizen, without causing […]
by Francesco Fontemaggi Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — French President Emmanuel Macron seems, as much as any world leader, to have developed a rapport with his American counterpart Donald Trump. But will their apparent bond help European capitals in their struggle to save the Iran nuclear deal from Trump’s wrath? The idea will be tested Monday when the young French leader begins a state visit in Washington, and European diplomats have a […]
by Ian Timberlake Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US police hunted a semi-nude gunman who shot four people dead at a waffle restaurant Sunday after he fled from a “hero” who disarmed him. Police in the Tennessee city of Nashville said the suspect in the country’s latest mass shooting may have had “mental issues,” and the incident led the city’s mayor to issue an unusually blunt call for “comprehensive gun reform.” The […]
by Blanca Morel and Julia Rios Agence France Presse MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AFP) — Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega on Sunday agreed to scrap a highly-controversial pension reform that sparked four days of violence which left 24 people dead. After days of clashes between protesters and the security forces, the worst of his 11-year presidency, Ortega said he was revoking the reform during talks with business leaders. The Nicaraguan Institute for Social Security (INSS) has decided to […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump asserted Sunday that North Korea has agreed to “denuclearization” and a halt to testing while the United States had so far conceded “nothing” in return. North Korea pledged this week to halt nuclear and missile tests as the two countries prepare for a summit between Kim Jong Un and Trump but have not committed to giving up its nuclear weapons — which Pyongyang views as a shield […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho on Sunday apologized for the “immature” behavior of his two daughters and said they would both immediately resign from their company posts following separate controversies. Cho Hyun-min, the younger daughter who is marketing executive at the South Korean flag carrier, is under police investigation for assault after she was accused of throwing water into a man’s face at a business meeting. Four years ago her older […]
