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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Rescuers Sunday ended their search of a Taiwan building partially toppled by a 6.4-magnitude earthquake as the last trapped pair were presumed dead, bringing the final death toll to 17. Thousands of emergency workers had combed through rubble at the foot of the 12-storey Yun Tsui apartment block since the quake struck the eastern city of Hualien late Tuesday. It was left leaning at around a 50-degree angle by the quake, […]
by Anna Malpas with Thibault Marchand in Moscow Agence France Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — A Russian passenger plane carrying 71 people crashed near Moscow on Sunday minutes after taking off, killing everyone on board in one of the country’s worst ever aviation disasters. Investigators said the Antonov An-148 plane went down in the Ramensky district on the outskirts of Moscow at 2:48 pm (1128 GMT) after taking off from Domodedovo airport in the capital. […]
by Jung Hawon Agence France Presse SEOUL, United States (AFP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in sat next to the powerful sister of the North’s leader Kim Jong Un at a concert in Seoul by musicians from Pyongyang, as conservative protesters burned the North’s national flag outside Sunday. The show was the final set-piece element of the North Korean delegation’s landmark visit, the diplomatic highlight of the Olympics-driven rapprochement between the two halves of the […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis cast doubt Sunday on whether North Korea’s charm offensive at the Winter Olympics would lead to a lasting rapprochement between Pyongyang and Seoul. “Clearly it is too early to say… if that is going to have any traction once the Olympics are over,” Mattis said. “In the midst of all of this, he (North Korean leader Kim Jong Un) ran a military parade that highlighted […]
(Eagle News) — John Morris and Kaitlyn Lawes of Canada defeated Magnus Nedregotten and Kristin Skaslien of Norway 8-4 in Sunday’s Semifinal match advancing them to the event’s first ever Gold Medal Match. It seemed to be a close match at first with Norway equalizing in the 3rd end. Canada then took the lead scoring one in the 4th end and stealing two in the 5th end. Norway showed some hope scoring two points in […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP)– A Russian passenger plane carrying 71 people crashed outside Moscow on Sunday after taking off from the capital’s Domodedovo airport, officials and local media said. The Antonov An-148 plane operated by the domestic Saratov Airlines was flying to Orsk, a city in the Urals, and crashed in the Ramensky district on the outskirts of Moscow. Russian news agencies reported 65 passengers and six crew were on board and all were feared dead. […]
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — The top decision-making body of South Africa’s ruling ANC will meet on Monday following days of talks over President Jacob Zuma’s expected departure from office, a party spokeswoman said Sunday. “An NEC (national executive committee) meeting is scheduled for tomorrow in Pretoria,” ANC spokeswoman Khusela Diko told AFP, declining to reveal the meeting’s agenda. South Africa’s president-in-waiting Cyril Ramaphosa has said negotiations should be concluded within days. But Zuma, whose presidency has […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong police said Sunday they were investigating a deadly bus accident that left 19 people dead and scores more injured, with the bus driver arrested for dangerous driving. The double-decker bus overturned Saturday evening near the town of Tai Po in the northern New Territories, flipping onto its side and appearing to smash into a lamppost. Nineteen people were killed and 65 people were injured, some critically, according to local police. […]
(Eagle News) – Women’s Hockey kicked off the the opening games of the 2018 Winter Olympics with fans giving a standing ovation for the hometown Korea team as they took the ice for pre-game warm-ups. The telecast of the home opener of Korea versus Switzerland showed that fans filled the Kwandong Hockey Centre to cheer on a unified Korea team. This was the first time that North and South Korea combined to form a […]
ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — Eleven Turkish soldiers were killed on Saturday, including two military personnel when a helicopter was downed, in the bloodiest day in Ankara’s offensive against a Kurdish militia in northern Syria. On January 20, Turkey launched a military operation against the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia in the Afrin region, backing Syrian rebels with air strikes and ground troops. “At this stage, we can say that one out of two helicopters was downed. […]
by Jonah Mandel © Agence France-Presse JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — Israel attacked what it said were Iranian positions inside Syria on Saturday in “large-scale” raids after one of its warplanes was targeted by Syrian air defences and crashed. Following the most serious confrontation between arch foes Israel and Iran since Syria’s civil war began in 2011, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to prevent Tehran from establishing a threatening military presence in the Arab state. Israel’s raids came […]
by Ben Sheppard © Agence France-Presse JOHANNESBURG , South Africa (AFP) — South Africa’s political impasse deepened on Saturday with no resolution to extended talks over President Jacob Zuma’s expected departure from office after his own party called for him to resign. Cyril Ramaphosa, the president-in-waiting, and the ruling ANC party have said negotiations should be concluded within days, but have given no details about how Zuma will be eased out of power. The stalemate has left […]
