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SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Embattled cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab said Monday that it is asking a federal court to overturn a ban on its products being used by US agencies. Allegations that Moscow-based Kaspersky, which sold more than $600 million of anti-virus software globally in 2015, knowingly or unknowingly helped Russian intelligence steal top-secret information from the US have effectively killed its business here and hurt its worldwide reputation. Kaspersky said it […]
by Kathryn Elsesser Agence France Presse DUPONT, United States (AFP) — An Amtrak passenger train traveling on a new route for the first time derailed Monday in Washington state, killing “multiple” people as cars plunged off a bridge onto a busy highway at the height of morning rush hour, officials said. The train, which was carrying 78 passengers and five crew, derailed in DuPont about halfway between Tacoma and the state capital Olympia on a […]
by Alfons Luna with Daniel Silva in Madrid Agence France-Presse BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — Campaigning hit fever pitch on Monday in Catalonia, just three days before a pivotal election aiming to break the deadlock in Spain’s worst crisis in decades. The regional vote on Thursday pits leaders of the wealthy northern region’s separatist movement against candidates who want to stay part of a unified Spain, with neither side showing a willingness to back down. Some of the […]
by Carole Landry Agence France-Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The United States on Monday vetoed a draft UN resolution rejecting President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, after all 14 other Security Council members backed the measure. The veto cast by US Ambassador Nikki Haley highlighted Washington’s isolation over Trump’s announcement that the US embassy will be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, effectively ignoring Palestinian claims on the city. The shift […]
MUMBAI, India (AFP) — Fire tore through a sweet shop in the Indian city of Mumbai before dawn Monday, sparking a building collapse which killed 12 sleeping workers, authorities said. Four others were injured but some saved their lives by scrambling out seconds before the collapse. Fire crews and other rescuers saved many trapped workers but 12 died of their injuries, said Tanaji Kamble, spokesperson for Mumbai’s disaster management cell. “The casualties could have been […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The world’s busiest airport, in the US city of Atlanta, said early Monday that power had been restored after an outage left passengers in the dark and affected hundreds of flights. “Power has been restored on all concourses,” the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport said on its Twitter account, about 11 hours after first reporting an electrical disruption. Giving an idea of how many people were affected, the airport added: “5,000+ meals […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A woman has been pulled alive from an abandoned Australian mine shaft where she was trapped in searing heat for two days until a drone found her, police said Monday. The 26-year-old vanished from her home in Lightning Ridge on Friday after going for a walk, sparking a large-scale search and rescue operation. She apparently tripped and fell down the eight-meter (26-foot) deep shaft, police said, surviving despite daytime temperatures of more than […]
SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) — A mudslide that buried much of a village in southern Chile has killed 11 people while another 15 are still missing, authorities said Sunday. The tragedy struck a picturesque village of Villa Santa Lucia in the southern Los Lagos (Lakes) region where heavy rain triggered mudslides that swallowed up most of the homes in the village of 300. Ten families have been evacuated, Onemi added. The town was unable to vote […]
by Marc BRAIBANT Agence France Presse MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — Toronto’s homicide unit has taken over a probe into the “suspicious” deaths of Canadian pharmaceutical billionaire Barry Sherman and his wife Honey, police said Sunday after finding they had died of strangulation. “The cause of death for both deceased was ligature neck compression,” Toronto police said in a statement following post-mortem investigations of the bodies of the 75-year-old chairman of the board of Apotex and […]
DUBLIN, Ireland (AFP) — The union representing Ireland-based Ryanair pilots suspended upcoming strike action on Sunday after the no-frills airline agreed to talks. The Irish carrier on Friday offered to recognise unions for the first time after pilots in Ireland, Britain, Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal threatened walkouts, throwing Christmas travel plans into chaos. The airline said Saturday it was prepared to meet representatives from Impact, to which the Irish Airline Pilots’ Association (IALPA) is […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US Senator John McCain will miss a key vote on the Republican tax bill, further narrowing the already-thin margin of support for the controversial measure, US media reported Sunday. The legislation, which will slash corporate taxes as well as cutting those for individuals, has been criticized as primarily benefiting the wealthy. The measure is President Donald Trump’s last shot at a major legislative accomplishment in his first year in office. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Atlanta’s airport, the busiest in the world, was hit by a power outage on Sunday that caused hundreds of flights to be delayed or canceled. “Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport sustained a power outage shortly after 1:00 pm today,” the airport said in a statement. The Federal Aviation Administration announced that it had put a “ground stop” on flights inbound for Atlanta, meaning they are held at the airports from which […]
