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by Dario Thuburn Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday turned down a request by British lawmakers to appear before them to respond to concerns about data privacy as the European Union set a deadline for the US social media giant to respond to its own questions. Zuckerberg instead offered to send one of his deputies as the US company comes under new pressure from the EU to […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday spoke with European leaders about working together to counter China’s alleged unfair trade practices, the White House said. The move comes as Washington and the European Union are at loggerheads over Trump’s decision earlier this month to slap steep tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel “discussed joining forces to counter China’s unfair economic practices and illegal acquisition of intellectual […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday the alliance was expelling seven Russian diplomats to show that Moscow faces “costs and consequences” over a nerve agent attack on a former spy in Britain. Stoltenberg announced the maximum size of the Russian mission to NATO would also be slashed by a third, from 30 to 20, as part of international measures to punish Russia over the poisoning of Sergei Skripal. “I have today […]
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — Polls opened in Egypt on Tuesday for the second day of a presidential election incumbent Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to win easily against a little-known rival. Few voters could be seen at one polling station which opened at 9:00 am (0700 GMT) in Cairo. Authorities have been urging Egyptians to participate in the three-day vote, hoping for a high turnout despite what is seen as a foregone conclusion. Sisi’s sole […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China said on Tuesday it would release information on rumors that Kim Jong Un or another high-level North Korean official paid a visit to Beijing “in due course.” Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a regular briefing she had “no information for the moment. Information will be published in due course.” © Agence France-Presse
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A train thought to be carrying a senior North Korean official left Beijing station Tuesday, Japan’s Kyodo News reported, with speculation rife that the North’s leader Kim Jong Un was making a surprise visit. It was not clear if Kim was aboard, Kyodo added, after the reported arrival Monday from Pyongyang of a special train met in Beijing by an honor guard. © Agence France-Presse
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday blamed the mall fire that killed at least 64 people in the Siberian city of Kemerovo on “criminal negligence” as he visited the site two days after the tragedy. At least 64 people, many of them children, died when a blaze raged through the busy shopping center in the industrial city on Sunday, one of the deadliest fires recorded in Russia over the past century. Putin […]
MADRID, España (Eagle News Service) — Carles Puigdemont se mantendrá en prisión mientras tramita la petición de entrega a España. Esto lo ha decidido el tribunal regional en Schleswig-Holstein de Alemania, un día después de que el ex-presidente fuese arrestado por rebelión mientras intentaba volver por carretera desde Dinamarca a Bélgica, donde reside desde que se evadió. El arresto fue en cumplimiento de una euroorden de detención emitida por el Tribunal Supremo español. Aparte de Puigdemont, que ha pasado […]
by Kyoko Hasegawa Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A Japanese official at the heart of a cronyism and cover-up scandal that has dented Shinzo Abe’s popularity said Tuesday that the prime minister’s office was not involved in falsifying documents. In hotly awaited parliamentary testimony beamed live on national television, Nobuhisa Sagawa said only his office took part in altering key documents relating to a controversial land sale. “This is an issue only for […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Japanese media reported on Monday that a train possibly carrying a high-level official from North Korea has arrived in Beijing, sparking speculation that the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, may have been aboard. The Kyodo news agency, citing unidentified sources close to the matter, said the visit — if confirmed that it was a North Korean official — would likely be to improve ties between North Korea and China. Kim has […]
by Anuj Chopra with Jamil Nasser in Sanaa Agence France Presse RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — A military coalition led by Saudi Arabia on Monday threatened retaliation against arch-foe Iran, accusing the Shiite power of being behind a barrage of Yemeni rebel missile attacks on the kingdom. Saudi forces said they intercepted seven missiles on Sunday, including over the capital Riyadh, in a deadly escalation that coincided with the third anniversary of the coalition’s intervention […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia joined the United States and other British allies in expelling two Russian diplomats Tuesday in response to a nerve agent attack on a double agent in England. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the pair were “undeclared intelligence officers” and had seven days to leave. “This decision reflects the shocking nature of the attack, the first offensive use of chemical weapons in Europe since World War II, involving a highly lethal […]
