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BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — At least 47 people were injured when a passenger train crashed into a freight train near the western German city of Duesseldorf on Tuesday, prompting a large rescue operation. At least three of the passengers were “badly hurt” while the vast majority suffered light injuries, the Meerbusch fire department said on Twitter, giving the overall toll. The train was carrying 155 people. It was not immediately clear what caused the accident, which happened […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US Justice Department announced Tuesday that it is reviewing the legality of “bump stocks,” two months after a man shot down 58 concert-goers from a Las Vegas hotel window using the devices. The Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — which regulates firearms but not gun accessories — will determine whether the devices, which make a semi-automatic weapon perform like an automatic weapon, are illegal. “Possessing firearm […]
RABAT, Morocco (AFP) — Morocco’s King Mohammed VI on Tuesday warned US President Donald Trump against moving the American embassy to the contested city of Jerusalem. Trump informed Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas by phone of his intention to move the embassy from Tel Aviv, Abbas’s office said Tuesday. In an open letter to the American president, the Moroccan king expressed his “deep personal concern” and “the great concern felt by Arab and Muslim states and peoples” over […]
BASTIA, France (AFP) — One man was killed and two people were injured on Tuesday morning in a shooting at an airport on the French island of Corsica, emergency service workers told AFP. The shooting took place in a car park near the entrance of Bastia airport in the north of the Mediterranean island, leaving one man dead with a gunshot to the head, another with several bullet wounds and a third with minor injuries. […]
SANAA, Yemen (AFP) — Clashes in the Yemeni capital have killed at least 234 people and wounded 400 since December 1, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Tuesday. “Now we have 400 wounded reported and 234 dead,” Sanaa-based ICRC spokeswoman Soumaya Beltifa told AFP, in reference to fighting between Huthi rebels and forces loyal to Ali Abdullah Saleh — who was himself killed on Monday. Strongman Saleh had on Saturday bypassed his […]
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AFP)– A doctor and a pizzeria owner were sentenced by a Costa Rican court Monday for recruiting poor people to sell their kidneys for transplants to foreigners, mainly Israelis. The Costa Rican doctor found guilty of conducting illegal transplants, Francisco Mora Palma was jailed for 12 years under the verdict reached by a panel of three judges in the capital San Jose. A Greek businessman, Dimostenes Katsigiannis, was ordered imprisoned for eight […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi Energy Minister Khaled al-Faleh said Monday that oil producing nations could start discussing in June when to raise output, though OPEC is expected to maintain curbs until it clears a global glut. OPEC and its partners agreed last week to keep a lid on output for all of 2018, a strategy that aims to reduce a global excess in supply that has pushed oil prices lower and left a […]
by Philippe Rater Agence France Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The United Nations has dispatched an envoy to North Korea for a rare visit aimed at defusing tensions over Pyongyang’s intercontinental ballistic missile launch, as the US and South Korea began joint military exercises condemned by Kim Jong-Un’s regime. The unusual visit by Jeffrey Feltman, which begins Tuesday and runs to Friday, comes less than a week after North Korea test-fired a ballistic […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US Supreme Court said Monday that the government could fully enforce a revised ban on travelers from six mainly Muslim countries pending appeal, backing President Donald Trump in the year-long battle over the controversial measure. The court stayed October rulings from two lower courts that had blocked implementation of the ban on visitors from Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen while legal challenges to it continued. The third […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday spoke to US counterpart Donald Trump and expressed concern about designating Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the Elysee palace said. “The French president has expressed his concern at the possibility of the United States unilaterally designating Jerusalem as capital of the state of Israel,” a statement said, referring to a phone call between the two leaders. Any such decisions must be “within the framework of negotiations […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific said Monday that one of its air crews spotted what they believed to be the missile fired by North Korea last week, as they flew between the United States and the southern Chinese city. The North fired an intercontinental ballistic missile believed capable of hitting the US mainland last Wednesday. A statement from Cathay said a flight crew had that day sighted “what is […]
By Jennifer Madamba EBC Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO, CA (Eagle News) -Sacramento State hosted its first ever TEDx event, TEDxCSUS, on Friday, November 17th. TEDx is an independently organized TED event with a program organized by the local community where people can share “Ideas Worth Spreading”. The theme of the TEDx event at Sacramento State was “Boomerang”. TEDxCSUS featured speakers from the Sacramento area as well as people from different parts of the world to talk […]
