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TRIPOLI, Libya (AFP) — Between 90 and 100 migrants were missing after their makeshift boat sank in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya, the country’s navy said late Tuesday. The inflatable boat was carrying more than 100 people when it went down, according to navy spokesman Ayoub Kacem, who said rescuers had saved just 17 people, including some women. Survivors clung to the vessel for hours before help arrived. The boat sank off the […]
Take a glimpse behind the Rose Parade 2018 held in Pasadena, California. Allen and Eva Basallaje of EBC Los Angeles cover this Southern California New Year’s tradition.
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Mudslides unleashed by a ferocious storm demolished homes in southern California and killed at least 13 people, police said Tuesday. Authorities said the bodies were discovered in mud and debris during rescue operations in Montecito, northwest of Los Angeles. “We are saddened to report that this incident so far has resulted in 13 confirmed fatalities, as result of the storm that came through our area last night,” Santa Barbara County […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The French government said Tuesday it would lower the speed limit on two-lane highways to 80 kilometers per hour from 90 kilometers (55 miles) per hour, hoping to reverse an alarming rise in road deaths in recent years. Several previous governments had toyed with the idea as a means of reducing highway deaths, which reached nearly 3,500 in 2016, but backed off in the face of widespread public opposition. About 55 […]
by Mark Ralston Agence France Presse ZERMATT, Switzerland (AFP) — Heavy snowfall has cut off many villages and resorts across the Alps, trapping some 13,000 tourists at Zermatt, one of Switzerland’s most popular ski stations, officials said on Tuesday. Helicopters spent two hours airlifting some of those stranded to nearby villages, while others remained stuck in the resort for a second day running after snow blocked road and rail links. In the Pyrenees, a skier […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Washington welcomed North Korea’s invitation to South Korea’s Winter Games on Tuesday, suggesting the outing could show Pyongyang what awaits if it agrees to give up nuclear weapons. The long-standing Korean rivals agreed that Pyongyang’s delegation could head south for next month’s Olympics a formal talks in the demilitarized zone on their border. The breakthrough, after months of diplomatic tension, could be seen as a blow for Washington’s efforts to […]
by Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump weighed in Tuesday on fevered speculation about a potential 2020 White House bid by Oprah Winfrey, saying she probably would not run against him, but if she did, he would win. “I’ll beat Oprah,” Trump said of the Oscar-nominated actress and talk show host. “I like Oprah,” he said, noting that he had appeared on her long-running afternoon program. “I […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump’s former White House strategist Steve Bannon has stepped down from Breitbart News, the conservative news outlet announced Tuesday, still roiled in controversy over incendiary remarks about the president quoted in a new book. The announcement comes just days after the 64-year-old news executive at the provocative right-wing site publicly split with Trump over explosive comments he made about the president’s fitness for office and members of his […]
JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son has been caught on tape seemingly drunk outside a strip club talking about a key natural gas deal, leading to political fallout on Tuesday. The audio recording of Yair Netanyahu, who has been the subject of controversy in the past, was aired by Israel’s Channel 2 television late Monday. On the recording, said to be from 2015, Yair Netanyahu, now 26, can be heard speaking with […]
by Paul Handley Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US government announced Monday the end of a special protected status for about 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants, a move that threatens with deportation tens of thousands of well-established families with children born in the United States. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced the end of the “temporary protected status” (TPS) granted to Salvadorans already in the United States in 2001 when two major earthquakes rocked […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North and South Korea held their first talks for two years Tuesday, stirring hopes of a tentative rapprochement between the bitterly divided neighbors. Tensions soared last year as the North made rapid progress on its banned nuclear weapons programmes, while US President Donald Trump engaged in an increasingly bellicose verbal scrap with Pyongyang’s leader Kim Jong-Un. Here are some key moments in the decades-long standoff between the two Koreas: War […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — The leader of North Korea’s delegation to the first official talks between Pyongyang and Seoul for more than two years hoped for “precious” results from the discussions, he said as the meeting began Tuesday. “Let’s present the people with a precious new year’s gift,” Ri Son-Gwon told South Korean unification minister Cho Myoung-Gyon in Panmunjom, the truce village in the Demilitarised Zone that divides the peninsula. © Agence France-Presse
