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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump has rolled out fresh sanctions against North Korea-linked shipping assets, hailing the package as the “heaviest sanctions ever” levied on the Pyongyang regime. Trump used a speech to conservatives just outside Washington to step up his campaign of “maximum pressure” designed to force North Korea to roll back its weapons programs. “We imposed today the heaviest sanctions ever imposed on a country before,” Trump claimed at […]
by John BIERS Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – Just two days before the school shooting in Florida revived the US gun control debate, debt-plagued gun maker Remington Outdoor announced it will file for bankruptcy. The financial woes of the more than 200-year-old company illustrate a paradox of the Trump era: weapon manufacturers miscalculated, ramping up production in anticipation of a Hillary Clinton presidency that would drive sales of those fearing increased gun control. Instead, […]
by with Carole Landry at the United Nations / Hasan Mohamed © Agence France-Presse DOUMA, Syria (AFP) — Syrian regime air strikes and artillery fire hit the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta for a sixth straight day Friday killing 38 civilians, as world powers struggled to reach a UN deal to stop the carnage. More than 460 civilians, including over 100 children, have been killed in nearly a week of bombardment that has been one of the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump’s former campaign deputy Rick Gates pleaded guilty Friday to fraud and lying, pledging to assist special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s probe into alleged campaign collusion with Russian interference in the 2016 election. Gates was the third former Trump aide to agree to cooperate in exchange for reduced charges by Mueller, who is also examining whether the president illegally sought to obstruct the probe. The plea deal in […]
by Leila Macor with Chris Lefkow in Washington Agence France Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) — A police officer will be stationed at every public school in Florida, the state’s governor announced Friday as part of a plan to improve security following last week’s deadly high school shooting. President Donald Trump repeated his call, meanwhile, for arming some of America’s teachers and claimed the controversial proposal was increasingly drawing support. The push to make […]
By Alfred Acenas and Reina Robles EBC Hawaii Bureau KAPOLEI, HAWAII (Eagle News Service) – Heavy rains and flash floods that drenched the Hawaiian Islands the day before did not stop the members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) or Church of Christ in Hawaii from conducting their outreach Evangelical Mission at Kapolei Regional Park in West Oahu on Monday, February 19, where they also invited public officials in the event. Brother Reynaldo M. […]
by Michael Mathes Agence France Presse NATIONAL HARBOR, United States (AFP) — Florida college student Sarah Gibson renewed her National Rifle Association membership with a credit card swipe at a conservative conference Thursday, days after a deadly school shooting in her state triggered soul-searching about America’s gun violence. “I don’t think guns are the problem, they’re in fact the answer,” the 20-year-old said. “When you have more security and you have more people carrying (firearms), […]
Egie Asis Eagle News Service MADRID, España— Miles de jubilados tomaron las calles de la capital el jueves para exigir lo que según ellos son pensiones “dignas.” Fuentes policiales cifraron entre 3.000 y 4.000 los manifestantes que intentaron acercarse al Congreso de los Diputados para protestar el estado de las pensiones. Este año, sube un 0.25%, una cifra que consideran insuficiente dada la inflación. Los manifestantes igual reclaman que en los Presupuestos Generales del Estado se destine […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s embattled deputy leader Barnaby Joyce was accused of sexual harassment Friday, as pressure mounted on him to quit as the controversy over an affair with a now-pregnant former aide showed no sign of abating. Joyce, whose National Party rules alongside Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s Liberals, has been front-page news in Australia for two weeks since it emerged he had left his wife of 24 years for his younger former media […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — Police have seized nearly 400 kilos of cocaine from the Russian embassy in Buenos Aires and arrested several members of a drug trafficking gang, Argentina’s security minister announced Thursday. Patricia Bullrich told a press conference that the drugs discovered in an annex of the embassy had a street value of around 50 million euros (about $62 million). “A gang of narco-criminals was trying to use the diplomatic courier service of […]
by Andrew Beatty with Michael Mathes in National Harbor, Maryland Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — America’s powerful gun lobby on Thursday accused its critics of exploiting a deadly Florida school shooting for political gain, as President Donald Trump responded to demands for tougher regulation with a deeply controversial call to arm teachers. National Rifle Association chief Wayne LaPierre hit back at what he called “the shameful politicization of tragedy,” fighting a rearguard […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Tiger Woods said he was “very pleased” with an even-par 70 in the first round of the Honda Classic that left him four shots behind clubhouse leader Alex Noren of Sweden on Thursday. Woods called it the best ball-striking round of his latest comeback, which has included a tie for 23rd at Torrey Pines last month and a missed cut at Riviera in Los Angeles last week. “I’m very pleased,” […]
