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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP)–The patriarch of South Korean flag carrier Korean Air was grilled by prosecutors Thursday over alleged tax evasion and other crimes, as a series of probes reached the top of the troubled business dynasty. Cho Yang-ho, 69, and his brothers and a sister allegedly avoided paying 50 billion won ($45 million) in taxes on the overseas assets they inherited after their father Cho Choong-hoon died in 2002. “I am sorry. I will […]
RABAT, Morocco (AFP) – The jailing of demonstrators for up to 20 years over unrest in 2016 sparked anger in Morocco on Wednesday, with some warning it could threaten further instability. At the end of a nine-month trial the figurehead of the Al-Hirak al-Shaabi or “Popular Movement”, Nasser Zefzafi, was sentenced to 20 years along with three others for “plotting to undermine the security of the state”. A further 49 people were sentenced late […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP)–The Buenos Aires Stock Exchange plunged 8.8 percent Wednesday, it’s worst closing performance for years, amid nervousness over emerging markets coupled with tensions over an IMF loan. The benchmark Merval index fell to 25,965 points after four days of consecutive losses. “It’s evident that there is less appetite for emerging markets in a more challenging global financial climate. But in Argentina’s case, you have to add the harsh economic realities of the […]
PARIS, France (AFP) – A 32-year-old woman appeared in court in France on Wednesday accused of fraud after allegedly falsely claiming to be a victim of the Paris jihadist attacks. The woman had claimed to have been shot in the elbow or thumb, according to different accounts, during the attacks in which 130 people died and hundreds more were wounded at the national stadium and Paris nightspots on November 13, 2015. She said that two […]
by Arman Soldin Agence France-Presse VALLETTA, Malta (AFP) – A rescue boat stranded for nearly a week in the Mediterranean with over 200 migrants docked in Malta Wednesday, after a deal was struck between a group of EU states to take them in. Lifeline, a vessel for the German charity Mission Lifeline, had been waiting for permission to enter a port for six days after rescuing 234 migrants off the coast of Libya last Thursday. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Libyan Ahmed Abu Khattala was sentenced Wednesday in Washington to 22 years in prison for his role in the 2012 Benghazi attack that killed a US ambassador and three others. Prosecutors were unable to convince a jury that Khattala, leader of a militant group who had been photographed watching the attack on September 11, 2012, was directly to blame for the deaths of US Ambassador Christopher Stevens, a second State […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea is carrying out rapid improvements to its nuclear research facility, a monitor said on Wednesday, despite declaring a commitment to denuclearisation of the peninsula at the Singapore summit. The nuclear-armed North’s leader Kim Jong Un promised to “work toward” the goal at a landmark summit in the city-state earlier this month with US President Donald Trump. But the Singapore meeting failed to clearly define denuclearisation or produce […]
Gervin Rovelo Jr. Eagle News Service MADRID, España — El presidente del Gobierno de España anunció el miércoles, el 27 de junio, el arranque de un compromiso que tendrá al país europeo recibiendo más fondos de la Unión Europea para afrontar la migración de refugiados. “Les adelanto que después de las conversaciones ayer con la canciller (alemana, Angela) Merkel y el presidente de la República Francesa, (Emmanuel Macron) España obtendrá más recursos económicos también para reforzar ese […]
Hong Kong, China (AFP) — The death toll from a brazen daylight shooting in a Hong Kong park — reportedly over sharing the inheritance of a US$1 million apartment — rose to two Wednesday after an uncle of the suspect died in hospital, police said. A 44-year-old woman shot four people with a semi-automatic pistol at Quarry Bay Park in eastern Hong Kong Island on Tuesday, a rare gun attack in a city with […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP)–Air New Zealand was Wednesday fined Aus$15 million (US$11 million) by an Australian court for its part in a global air cargo cartel involving major international airlines. The carrier was taken to court by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) over allegations it had agreements with other airlines to fix the price of fuel and insurance surcharges on freight services to and from international airports from 2002 to 2007. “These illegal price-fixing agreements unfairly […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) – A US judge ordered that migrant families separated at the border with Mexico under President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy be reunited within 30 days. For children under five the reunification must take place within two weeks of the order, issued Tuesday by US District Judge Dana Sabraw in San Diego. Sabraw issued the ruling in response to a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) – Items seized from six premises linked to ousted Malaysian leader Najib Razak, including cash, a vast stash of jewellery and luxury handbags, are worth up to $273 million, police said Wednesday. “The total cost of all the items, the retail price, will be touching 910 (million) to 1.1 billion ringgit,” Amar Singh, the police’s head of commercial crime, told a press conference. That is equivalent to $225 million to […]
