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by Ola Cichowlas Agence France Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian authorities on Monday denounced what they called “flagrant violations” of safety norms that led to the deaths of 64 people, many of them children, in a fire at a busy shopping mall in an industrial city in Siberia. Investigators and witnesses said emergency exits were locked shut — notably at a multiplex cinema where children were watching cartoons — and alarm systems were not […]
by Sebastian Bronst with Daniel Bosque in Barcelona Agence France-Presse NEUMÜNSTER, Germany – A German court on Monday kept former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont in custody pending possible extradition to Spain to face “rebellion” charges. Puigdemont will “remain in detention for the time being, until a decision is made concerning the extradition procedure,” the regional court in Kiel, northern Germany, announced a day after Puigdemont was arrested. The former Catalan leader’s detention in Germany, which […]
by Dave Clark with AFP bureaus in London and Brussels Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States – The United States joined Britain’s allies in Europe and around the world Monday in expelling scores of suspected Russian spies in an unprecedented response to a nerve agent attack. At least 114 alleged agents working under diplomatic cover were ordered out by 21 governments, dwarfing similar measures in even the most notorious Cold War spying disputes, and marking a […]
by Sebastian Smith Agence France-Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – A Brazilian court on Monday rejected former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s latest appeal against a corruption conviction that could see him imprisoned for 12 years, and doom a bid to return to power in October elections. The three judges at the lower appeals court in Porto Alegre unanimously turned down Lula’s appeal, which had been made on technical grounds, of his conviction and […]
VARNA, Bulgaria (AFP) — Fourteen European Union countries announced Monday they are to expel a total of 30 Russian diplomats in a coordinated international response to the nerve agent attack on a former spy in Britain. Germany, France and Poland led the way in Europe with four expulsions each, while across the Atlantic, the White House announced it was throwing out 60 alleged spies and closing the Russian consulate in Seattle. An EU source […]
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AFP) — Mozambique police said on Monday that a pick-up truck ploughed into a crowd of party-goers at the weekend killing 23 people, many of whom were teenagers. The speeding vehicle ignored orders from traffic police, hit an obstacle and veered into the local carnival in the working-class Luis Cabral neighbourhood of Maputo in the early hours of Sunday morning. “The driver was speeding when he did not obey the signal from […]
by Anna Malpas Agence France Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — A total of 64 people some of them children perished in a fire that ravaged a busy shopping mall in an industrial city in Siberia, as rescue teams Monday struggled through piles of charred rubble to recover bodies. Russian television showed images of thick black smoke pouring out of the Winter Cherry shopping centre in the city of Kemerovo, which also houses a sauna, […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain on Monday urged Iran to stop sending weapons into Yemen and instead use its influence to end the conflict, as the Saudi-led coalition’s military intervention enters its fourth year. Saudi Arabia has been leading an aerial bombing campaign in support of the government and against the Iranian-backed Huthi rebels. The United Nations has found Tehran in violation of an arms embargo on Yemen by failing to block supplies of […]
At least 37 people were killed when a fire ripped through a busy shopping centre in an industrial city in western Siberia, with scores more reported missing, including children. Images on Russian television showed thick black smoke pouring out of the Winter Cherry shopping centre in the city of Kemerovo, which also houses a sauna, a bowling alley and a multiplex cinema and was packed with people on Sunday afternoon. “At this time, we […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The Sydney Opera House, the Eiffel Tower and Moscow’s Red Square were among the world landmarks to go dark Saturday, as part of a global campaign to raise awareness about the impacts of climate change. Earth Hour, which started in Australia in 2007, is being observed by millions of supporters in 187 countries, who turned off their lights at 8:30 p.m. local time in what organizers describe as the world’s […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — North Korea poses a “real threat” whose solution will require international co-operation, former US President Barack Obama said Sunday on a visit to Japan. Obama also said the US needed to ensure there was a defense system in place to protect countries in the region from a potential attack from North Korean missiles. “North Korea is a real threat” and has developed a weapons program and delivery system that “poses a […]
by Ian Timberlake Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Student organizers of gun control rallies that drew hundreds of thousands to US streets vowed Sunday there will be no let-up in their campaign for reform. The nationwide protests on Saturday were by far the largest in nearly two decades, part of a reignited gun control debate sparked by last month’s killings at a Florida high school. “This is not the end. This is […]
