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MURMANSK, Russia (AFP) — Russia on Saturday unveiled the world’s first floating nuclear power station at a ceremony in the port of the far northern city of Murmansk where it will be loaded with nuclear fuel before heading to eastern Siberia. Built in Saint Petersburg, the Akademik Lomonosov arrived in Murmansk on Thursday where it was moored in the port and presented to the media on Saturday. Constructed by the state nuclear power firm […]
by James Pheby with Robin Millard in London Agence France Presse WINDSOR, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle became husband and wife in a star-studded Windsor Castle ceremony on Saturday, filled with traditional pomp and modern twists — and watched the world over. The new Duke and Duchess of Sussex exchanged vows at the altar in St. George’s Chapel in an emotional event that brought the biracial US TV star […]
by James Pheby with Robin Millard in London Agence France Presse WINDSOR, United Kingdom (AFP) — US TV star Meghan Markle joined Britain’s Prince Harry at the altar on Saturday wearing a flowing white dress in front of a star-studded congregation as tens of thousands of fans cheered in the street and millions watched around the world. Harry and the bride’s mother Doria Ragland looked visibly moved and the couple held hands as they […]
Helicopters were rushed in to rescue four trapped residents after lava flowing from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano isolated a cluster of homes, local officials said late Friday, one day after the volcano erupted and shot a huge plume of ash miles (kilometers) into the sky. Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim wrote on Twitter that “fast moving lava from Fissure 20 has crossed Pohoiki Rd near Malama Ki Place,” near the Puna forest reserve. The lava […]
Meghan Markle and her mother leave Cliveden House hotel in a car to head to St George’s Chapel for Meghan’s wedding with Prince Harry on Saturday, May 19, 2018. (Agence France Presse video)
by Robin Millard Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Saturday will be a fun-filled occasion but run with military precision, as per British royal tradition. The wedding service will be followed by a carriage procession, a lunchtime reception and an evening party. Here are details of the day’s programme: — 9:00 am (0800 GMT): Some 2,640 people including charity workers, community leaders and […]
by James Pheby with Robin Millard in London Agence France Presse WINDSOR, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain’s Prince Harry and US TV star Meghan Markle tie the knot on Saturday in front of celebrity guests and tens of thousands of fans in a ceremony beamed around the world that will combine traditional pomp and modern twists. Well-wishers camped overnight to secure the best spots to watch the newlyweds, who will marry in Windsor Castle […]
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — A Cuban airliner with more than 100 people on board crashed Friday after takeoff from Havana with many feared dead. Here is a list of the worst air accidents in Latin America over the past three decades: – November 28, 2016, COLOMBIA – A British Aerospace 146 belonging to Bolivian charter company LaMia crashed into the Colombian mountains at 3,300 meters (10,827 feet) altitude. It claimed the lives of 71 people, […]
by Alexandre Grosbois Agence France Presse HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — A Cuban state airways plane with more than 100 people on board crashed shortly after taking off from Havana Friday, leaving a mass of twisted and smoldering fuselage, as the country’s president warned many people were feared dead. Mexico’s government said the plane carried a Mexican crew. Cuban state media reported that three people had been pulled alive from the mangled wreckage and were […]
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP)–Three people have been pulled alive from the wreckage of a Cuban airliner which crashed after takeoff Friday with 104 passengers aboard, and are in a critical condition in hospital, state media said. The country’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel, who visited the crash site, warned earlier that many people were feared dead.
Ten people were killed and another 10 injured when a student opened fire Friday at a high school in Texas, the state’s governor said. “It’s with a very heavy heart that I can confirm that as of this time, there have been 10 lives that have been lost, and another 10 that have been wounded,” Governor Greg Abbott told a news conference. The shooting took place as classes were beginning for the day at Santa […]
