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by Thomas URBAIN Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The Manhattan cycle path where a truck attack killed eight people reopened on Thursday, as New Yorkers and tourists flocked back to the much-loved spot to reject fear and relish in the city’s trademark diversity. Floral tributes remain in honor of the 20 victims, the eight who died and the 12 injured when an Uzbek immigrant allegedly inspired by the Islamic State group […]
by Simon Sturdee with Alfons Luna in Barcelona © Agence France-Presse MADRID, Spain (AFP) — A large chunk of Catalonia’s deposed government was behind bars Thursday after a Spanish judge ordered their detention pending probes into their role in the region’s independence drive, prompting fresh street protests. Carles Puigdemont, dismissed last week as Catalan president by the Spanish government and who has since been holed up in Belgium, meanwhile was facing a possible EU arrest warrant after […]
by Pierre Rochiccioli and Clare Byrne © Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — The brother of a French jihadist who shot dead seven people, including three Jewish schoolchildren, in 2012, received a 20-year jail term Thursday for terrorism in the first trial arising out of a wave of attacks by homegrown radicals. Abdelkader Merah, the older brother of infamous Toulouse “scooter killer” Mohamed Merah, was convicted of being part of a terrorist conspiracy but cleared of having […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Jerome “Jay” Powell, the Republican former investment banker tapped by President Donald Trump to replace Janet Yellen at the helm of the US Federal Reserve, could be the richest person to ever fill the role. Trump’s choice of Powell — who is not a trained economist — represents a departure from longstanding precedent, but also sends a signal to markets that the White House intends to maintain a measure of continuity with […]
United States President Donald Trump will prioritize issues in the Korean peninsula, especially North Korea’s nuclear threat, in his visit to China. President Trump will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping. China is hoping that the US can provide a guide to solve the Korean peninsula problem. President Donald Trump will visit Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines from Nov. 5 to Nov. 14 — his first official visit to Asia as the […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) – South Korean police will restrict public rallies near the country’s presidential palace during Donald Trump’s first visit as head of state, a report said Thursday, reducing his chances of being exposed to opposition. It is the first time that Seoul has imposed limits on public gatherings since President Moon Jae-In, a former human rights lawyer, took power in May, according to the Yonhap news agency. Organizers of around 50 protests — mostly […]
by Glenda KWEK Agence France-Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) – The United Nations called on Australia to stop a “humanitarian emergency” unfolding at a detention center in Papua New Guinea on Thursday, urging an end to a tense days-long stand-off between refugees and authorities. The Manus Island camp, set up to hold and process asylum-seekers under Australia’s harsh immigration policy, was officially closed Tuesday after it was ruled unconstitutional by PNG’s Supreme Court. But some 600 men have […]
SITTWE, Myanmar (AFP) – Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrived on her first visit to conflict-battered northern Rakhine State on Thursday, an official said, an unannounced trip to an area that has seen most of its Rohingya Muslim population forced out by an army campaign. Suu Kyi, a nobel laureate who leads Myanmar’s pro-democracy party, has been hammered by the international community for failing to use her moral power to speak up in defence of the Rohingya. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Three people were fatally shot at a Walmart store in Colorado on Wednesday evening, police said, in a country that is struggling with frequent deadly gun violence. There are “(3) confirmed dead,” the Thornton Police Department said on Twitter, raising an earlier toll after a woman whom it earlier announced was transported from the scene died. “There is currently NO one in custody,” said the department, appealing for “anyone with […]
LUCKNOW, India (AFP) — The death toll from an explosion at a coal-fired power plant in northern India has risen to 26, the government said Thursday, as 10 more people died of their injuries. Several more victims are being treated for critical injuries sustained Wednesday when a boiler pipe burst at a plant run by India’s largest state-owned power utility in Uttar Pradesh state. A list prepared by the state government showed 26 people had died, though […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un a rare message, Pyongyang’s official news agency reported Thursday, in his first public communication with his wayward neighbour for more than a year. The note signalled a possible improvement in their strained relationships, which has soured over Pyongyang’s growing weapons ambitions even though Beijing is its longtime ally and economic benefactor. Xi’s message, dated Wednesday, was sent in response to congratulations […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) – Papua New Guinea will not force out the hundreds of refugees refusing to leave an Australian detention camp, a senior military official said Thursday, as the tense standoff entered the third day. The Manus Island detention center, established to hold and process asylum-seekers under Canberra’s strict immigration policy, was officially handed over to PNG’s navy on Wednesday. Authorities were due to close the camp Tuesday after it was declared unconstitutional by […]
