International

Liberian president says democracy ‘under assault’

MONROVIA, Liberia (AFP) — Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said Tuesday that democracy was “under assault” in her nation as several political parties accuse the electoral commission of fraud, delaying the selection of her successor. A runoff vote also due on Tuesday was supposed to represent Liberia’s only democratic transfer of power in seven decades, securing Sirleaf’s legacy as she steps down after 12 years, but the process has now been indefinitely delayed. “At this moment our […]

Axed Catalan leader slams EU for ‘helping’ Spanish PM

by Toni Cerda with Daniel Bosque in Barcelona Agence France-Presse BRUXELLES, Belgium (AFP) — Catalonia’s sacked leader on Tuesday slammed the European Union for backing Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in his bid to quash secession, after calling on pro-independence parties to unite for next month’s regional election. “Will you accept the result of the Catalan referendum or will you continue to help Mr Rajoy in his coup d’etat?” Carles Puigdemont, who was dismissed by Madrid last […]

The Color Factory supercharges senses

SAN FRANCISCO (Eagle News) – People have traveled near and far to experience San Francisco’s most “Instagrammable” museum in the city, The Color Factory. Originally opened in August 2017, the museum was extended twice due to popular demand. The exhibit is currently sold out through November but those who were able to experience it were in for a color treat. With 15 different color experiences come 15 unique photo opportunities to liven up anyone’s social […]

American Shalane Flanagan wins 2017 New York City Marathon

By Tennie Sumague EBC New York Bureau NEW YORK (Eagle News) – Undaunted by last week’s terrorist attacks in Lower Manhattan, over two million people came to cheer on 50,000 runners at the 47th New York City Marathon on Sunday. For the first time in four decades, an American woman won the event as Shalane Flanagan crossed the finish line, outracing three-time defending champion Mary Keitany of Kenya with a time of 2 hours, 26 […]

US first lady Melania Trump meets South Korean students to promote sports for girls

SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — U.S. first lady Melania Trump attended a launch event on Tuesday (November 7) to encourage increased participation of girls in sports programs ahead of the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. She arrived in South Korea earlier in the day for a two-day trip, where U.S. President Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in are expected to discuss North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats. Melania Trump said boys and […]

Family dispute may have sparked Texas church shooting

  by Nova Safo Agence France Presse SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, United States (AFP) — A family dispute may have sparked the rampage by a US Air Force veteran who killed 26 people with an assault rifle in a small-town church even though he was legally prohibited from buying guns, officials said Monday. Ten people remained in critical condition a day after Devin Patrick Kelley, a 26-year-old private security guard, burst into the rural Baptist church during […]

Two children dead after a car ploughs into their classroom in Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) — Two eight-year-old boys were killed and another three children were badly hurt after a car crashed into a classroom in Sydney on Tuesday (November 7), Australian police said. A sport utility vehicle smashed through the wooden wall of the school in Sydney’s west around 9.45 a.m.(2245 GMT Monday), where 24 primary-age children were in class with their teacher, police said in a statement. Five children were rushed to hospital, including the […]

Who’s great again? Trump faces ‘king of China’ Xi

BEIJING, China (AFP) — Xi Jinping and Donald Trump have one thing in common — they both want to make their nations great again. But while China’s leader is on the rise, the US president arrives in Beijing laden down with heavy baggage. Xi will roll out the red carpet for Trump when his five-nation Asia tour takes him to China on Wednesday, bringing the leaders of the world’s top-two economies together for the third […]

Trump arrives in Seoul, to “figure out” North Korea with S. Korea’s Moon

  SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — US President Donald Trump arrived in Seoul Tuesday vowing to “figure it all out” with his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-In, despite the two allies’ differences on how to deal with the nuclear-armed North. As tensions over Pyongyang’s weapons program have soared, the US president has traded personal insults and threats of war with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, but the South’s capital and its 10 million inhabitants would […]

Special sauce and tricky prawn on Trump’s South Korea menu

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A special sauce more than a century older than the United States will be on the menu for Donald Trump at his state banquet in Seoul on Tuesday — along with a diplomatically tricky prawn. The dinner, at the Blue House compound next to a former royal palace, includes a beef rib dish accompanied by a gravy made with an “exquisite, 360-year-old soy sauce,” said a spokesman for Seoul’s presidential […]

Siberian tiger attacks zoo keeper in Russia’s Kaliningrad

KALININGRAD, Russia (Reuters) — A Siberian tiger called Typhoon attacked a female zoo keeper in Kaliningrad on Sunday (November 5) when she came into the enclosure to feed the animal. The incident happened at noon when the zoo was full of visitors. Why the tiger and the woman were both in the enclosure at the same time, was unclear. The animal attacked her and pushed her on the ground. Terrified eyewitnesses tried to distract the […]

Apple tax avoidance plan laid bare in leaked documents

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Apple shifted much of its offshore wealth in the face of a tax crackdown on a haven it had in Ireland, according to reporting Monday on the Paradise Papers on the iPhone maker’s tax strategy. After the US technology colossus stated publicly in 2013 that it was paying its proper share of taxes, it moved the bulk of its untaxed overseas cash to the Channel Islands jurisdiction Jersey, the […]