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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Workers at Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have installed a device to remove nuclear fuel from a meltdown-hit reactor nearly seven years after the crisis was sparked by a tsunami, a spokesman said Monday. The plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), said it started putting a crane on the roof of unit No. 3 on Sunday to extract a total of 566 rods from its fuel pool. It […]
by Siavosh Ghazi with Shwan Mohammed in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq Agence France Presse TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — More than 200 people were killed and hundreds more injured when a 7.3-magnitude earthquake shook the mountainous Iran-Iraq border triggering landslides that hindered rescue efforts, officials said Monday. The quake hit 30 kilometres (19 miles) southwest of Halabja in Iraqi Kurdistan at around 9.20 pm (1820 GMT) on Sunday, when many people would have been at home, the US Geological […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — Three US aircraft carrier strike groups exercised together in waters off the east coast of South Korea on Sunday (November 12) in a rare show of force as President Donald Trump visits Asia with warnings about the nuclear threat from North Korea. The drill included the USS Nimitz, the Ronald Reagan, the Theodore Roosevelt and their accompanying warships, the first time three U.S. aircraft carrier strike groups have exercised together […]
by Anna Maria Jakubek Agence France Presse WARSAW, Poland (AFP) — Carrying Polish flags and throwing red smoke bombs, tens of thousands of people on Saturday joined a march in Warsaw organized by far-right nationalists to mark independence day, while counter-protesters rallied against fascism. The annual march also attracted a considerable number of supporters of the governing conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party to honour the reestablishment of Poland’s independence in 1918. This year’s slogan […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Several hundreds of people rallied in Brussels on Sunday to back the independence push in Catalonia, slam the EU and demand Spain release jailed regional officials. Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, who is in self-imposed exile in Belgium, was a no-show at the demonstration that included pro-independence European Parliament members and several members of the exiled regional government. “Democracy in Spain is not only sick, it is practically dead,” Spanish MEP Josep-Maria […]
by Alfons Luna Agence France Presse BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Sunday he wanted to return to a “democratic and free” Catalonia as he aimed to rally support for a unified Spain on his first visit to the turbulent region since it declared independence. A day after hundreds of thousands of people marched in Barcelona to demand the release of separatist officials detained over their independence drive, Rajoy called on […]
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica “(AFP) — A strong earthquake, measuring 6.5 according to a US seismological agency, rocked Costa Rica late Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The quake occurred at 8:28 pm local (0228 GMT) on the Central American country’s Pacific coast, at a depth of 20 kilometers (12 miles), close to the popular tourist beach town of Jaco. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue a tsunami alert. […]
by Francesco Fontemaggi Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — In the face of widespread “atrocities” against ethnic Rohingya people in Myanmar, the United States has been cautiously stepping up pressure on that country’s army, while taking care to avoid endangering the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi. As the US takes a more active role in the region — several American delegations have passed through in recent weeks — Secretary of State […]
by Shwan Mohammad Agence France Presse SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq (AFP) –At least 135 people were killed and hundreds more injured when a 7.3-magnitude earthquake shook the mountainous Iran-Iraq border triggering landslides that were hindering rescue efforts, officials said Monday. Footage posted on Twitter showed panicked people fleeing a building in Sulaimaniyah, northern Iraq, as windows shattered at the moment the quake struck late Sunday, while images from the nearby town of Darbandikhan showed major walls and […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro insisted on Sunday that his cash-strapped country would “never” default, as he prepared to meet with creditors in Caracas to discuss rescheduling part of the country’s massive $150 billion debt. “Never, default will never reach Venezuela,” he declared on his weekly television show. “Our strategy is to renegotiate and refinance all the debt.” Maduro pointed to ongoing negotiations with his allies China and Russia, to which Venezuela […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Saad Hariri pledged on Sunday he would return to Lebanon from Saudi Arabia “very soon,” in his first television interview since his shock resignation as prime minister eight days ago. In an exclusive interview from Riyadh with his party’s Future TV, Hariri brushed aside rumours that he was under de facto house arrest in Saudi Arabia. “I am free here. If I want to travel tomorrow, I will,” Hariri told journalist […]
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq (AFP) — A 7.3-magnitude quake which struck the Iran-Iraq border late Sunday has killed 30 people on the Iranian side, a senior official said on state television. “For the moment, we have 30 deaths in different cities,” Mojtaba Nikkerdar, the deputy governor of Kermanshah province said, underscoring that the toll could rise. The earlier count had stated seven fatalities. In Iraq, officials said the quake had killed six people in Sulaimaniyah province and injured […]
