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Surprise tornado hits Nassau, Bahamas.

By: Tenny Tamulong, Eagle News Service, Florida Bureau Video Courtesy of Dwayne Saunders (Bahamas Resident) Nassau, Bahamas (Eagle News) – A tornado formed only a few steps from Bay Street, which is the main business hub of the area. Severe, heavy rainfall began at 3:30PM accompanied by continuous thunder and lightning. Radar forecasts predict clusters of heavy showers and thunderstorms associated with a surface trough across the Northwest Bahamas…. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX_vHAJwcV8[/embedyt] Boaters were warned to seek […]

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Olympics: Winter sports explained

PARIS, France (AFP) — A record 102 gold medals will be awarded in 15 sports disciplines at the Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea from February 9-25. AFP takes a brief look at the medal events and how those sports disciplines work. Alpine skiing Alpine skiing is divided into speed events and technical events. The downhill and super-G, run over one leg, provide the speed while the giant slalom and slalom, held over two […]

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Facebook to compensate N. Irish teen

BELFAST, United Kingdom (AFP) — Facebook has settled a legal case involving naked photos posted on the social media platform of a Northern Irish teenager, the lawyer for the victim confirmed to AFP on Wednesday. Pearse McDermott, who has been representing the teenage girl, said they reached a confidential agreement with the US tech titan. “Facebook has agreed to pay the costs of the action,” he said. The girl had sued the company for damages, […]

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Qatar says Saudi-led boycott amounts to ‘economic warfare’

DOHA, Qatar (AFP) — Qatar on Wednesday said a Saudi-led boycott, now in its eighth month, amounted to “economic warfare” as Doha plans to seek compensation for those hit by the sanctions. “This is economic warfare,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Lulwa al-Khater said at a press briefing. Khater said the energy-rich emirate would “not leave a stone unturned” in legally pursuing claims for businesses. Tensions have escalated in the Gulf since Saudi Arabia, the United Arab […]

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North Korea’s ‘army of beauties’ set to invade South

by Hwang Sunghee Agence France-Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — With their good looks and sharp moves, North Korea’s female cheerleaders are a marked contrast to the regime’s menacing nuclear ambitions. Dubbed the “army of beauties” in South Korea, the young North Korean women — mostly in their late teens or early 20s — have attracted huge publicity whenever they have been sent to the South. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s future wife Ri Sol-Ju […]

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Rescuers search for victims as California mudslide toll hits 15

by Javier Tovar Agence France Presse MONTECITO, United States (AFP) — Rescuers used dogs and helicopters to search for victims on Wednesday of powerful mudslides which left at least 15 people dead in a southern California community that is also home to major celebrities including Oprah Winfrey. Heavy rains on Tuesday sent rivers of waist-high mud and debris flowing from the hills into Montecito and other towns in Santa Barbara County northwest of Los Angeles, […]

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Teen shot dead in food truck looting in Venezuela

CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — A 19-year-old Venezuelan was shot dead Wednesday when hundreds of people looted trucks carrying flour and chicken in the western city of Guanare, as the oil-rich but impoverished country faces desperate food shortages. According to police and military reports obtained by AFP, the unrest began when about 1,000 people looting the trucks started fighting among themselves. Jose Materan, 19, received two gunshot wounds and died in hospital, where three others were […]

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US Republicans unveil immigration bill, Trump demands wall funds

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US Republican lawmakers on Wednesday unveiled an immigration package that would tighten border security, end chain migration and fund President Donald Trump’s border wall, while shielding nearly a million so-called “Dreamers” from deportation. The legislation was introduced just minutes after Trump said that any legislation that protects such undocumented immigrants would need to fund a wall along the US-Mexico border — one of the primary pledges of his 2016 presidential […]

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US immigration agents raid 7-Eleven stores

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US immigration agents raided nearly 100 7-Eleven convenience stores around the country Wednesday, sending a warning to businesses not to hire illegal immigrants, officials said. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested 21 undocumented immigrants in the raids of 7-Eleven franchises in 17 states and the capital, they said, amid a broad crackdown by the year-old administration of President Donald Trump. “Today’s actions send a strong message to US […]

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Ecuador seeks mediator to resolve Assange standoff: minister

by Jordi Miro Agence France Presse QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — Ecuador is seeking a mediator to resolve the standoff with Britain on the future of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in its London embassy since 2012, the South American country’s foreign minister said Tuesday. Foreign Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa said the South American country was looking at the possibility of a “third country or a personality” stepping in to settle the […]

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Trump, Moon signal openness for talks with N. Korea

by Thomas Watkins with Hwang Sunghee in Seoul Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump is open to the US holding talks with North Korea “under the right circumstances,” the White House said Wednesday after South Korean President Moon Jae-In signaled a willingness to sit down with Kim Jong-Un. Signs of a potential cooling following months of red-hot tensions on the Korean Peninsula came the day after North Korea reached a […]

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Surrender or be shot in the face, senior US soldier tells IS

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US troops and their allies will shoot Islamic State jihadists in the face, beat them to death with shovels or drop bombs on them if they don’t surrender, the US military’s most senior enlisted member has said. In an eyebrow-raising set of postings on social media Tuesday, Command Sergeant Major John Troxell warned that IS members who refuse to quit will be dispatched with “extreme prejudice,” including via a small […]

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