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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 […]
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) — Thousands of Zimbabwe nurses who were sacked after they went on strike for better wages have been told to return to work by their union, in a bid to allow fresh negotiations with the government. Some 15,000 nurses fighting for better work conditions walked out of public hospital wards last Monday, paralyzing major hospitals resulting in patients being turned away. Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, dismissed them a day after, accusing them of […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi Arabia was finalizing regulation for the use of recreational drones, state media said Sunday, after a toy aircraft sparked security alarm as it hovered close to royal palaces in Riyadh. “The regulation for the use of remote controlled drones is in its final stages,” the Saudi Press Agency said, citing the interior ministry. Until the new guidelines are adopted drone enthusiasts must obtain police permission to fly their devices in […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — The family of a Myanmar policeman who testified in court that two Reuters reporters had been set up was evicted from their police housing a day after his evidence, his wife said. Deputy police Major Moe Yan Naing, a prosecution witness, surprised the Yangon courtroom on Friday by describing how his colleagues were ordered by a senior officer to “get” reporter Wa Lone by handing him sensitive documents at a meeting. The […]
by Sebastien Berger © Agence France-Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s promise to build “socialist economic construction” in his nuclear-armed but impoverished and isolated country could herald more Chinese-style economic reforms, according to analysts — but he will never explicitly say so. Alongside the declaration Saturday that the North had completed the development of its nuclear arsenal and no more atomic or missile tests were needed, Kim proclaimed that the […]
by Mushtaq Mojaddidi © Agence France-Presse KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — A suicide bomber killed at least 31 people and wounded dozens outside a voter registration centre in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, the health ministry said, 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. “It […]
