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by Carole Landry with Hwang Sunghee in Seoul Agence France Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) The US has accused North Korea of “begging for war” and pushed for the “strongest possible measures” on Pyongyang following its sixth and most powerful nuclear test. As world powers scramble to react to the latest grave step in the North’s rogue weapons program, South Korea launched major live-fire naval drills to warn its isolated neighbour against any […]
VIDOR, Texas (Reuters) — Aerial footage provided by a drone showed widespread flooding still affecting portions of Texas on Monday (September 4). Video of Vidor, Texas showed homes and businesses still surrounded by water and trucks slowly moving through substantial flooding. Portions of Texas were edging toward recovery from the devastation left by Hurricane Harvey, a storm that dumped some 50 inches (125 cm) of rain on the low-lying Gulf coastal region after coming ashore […]
XIAMEN, China (AFP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the two countries should pursue “healthy, stable bilateral ties”, state media reported Tuesday in the wake of a protracted border standoff. The exchange, mentioned in a brief dispatch by China’s official Xinhua news agency, apparently occurred on the sidelines of the just-concluded summit of BRICS emerging economies hosted by China. © Agence France-Presse
https://youtu.be/q3YD3vaI6Q8 LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A massive fire described as the biggest in the history of Los Angeles was raging Saturday, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate their homes. Mayor Eric Garcetti told reporters the blaze, which broke out Friday and lit up the hills surrounding the northern suburb of Burbank overnight, had already burnt 5,000 acres (2,000 hectares), adding: “In terms of acres involved this is probably the largest fire in L.A. […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A Japan Airlines flight bound for New York made an emergency landing at a Tokyo airport Tuesday due to engine trouble apparently caused by a bird strike, the company said. The Boeing 777 plane carrying 233 passengers and 15 crew members took off from Tokyo’s Haneda airport at 11:00 am (0200 GMT) but returned to land an hour later. Footage shown by public broadcaster NHK showed the plane safely landing at […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea’s navy held major live-fire drills Tuesday to warn the North against any provocations at sea, it said, two days after Pyongyang’s biggest nuclear test to date. The drills, conducted in the East Sea (Sea of Japan), involved the 2,500-ton frigate Gangwon, a 1,000-ton patrol ship and 400-ton guided-missile vessels, among others, the Navy said in a statement. “If the enemy launches a provocation above water or under water, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump on Monday told his South Korean counterpart Washington was willing to approve arms sales worth “many billions of dollars” to Seoul following Pyongyang’s test of what it said was a miniaturized hydrogen bomb. President Trump “provided his conceptual approval for the purchase of many billions of dollars’ worth of military weapons and equipment from the US by South Korea,” said the White House, without providing […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Hurricane Irma surged to a dangerous Category Four storm Monday as it churned toward the Leeward islands, sparking alarm and alerts from the Caribbean to Florida, which declared an emergency. The National Hurricane Center said at 2100 GMT that the storm was packing top sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h). “Additional strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours,” the NHC warned. “On the forecast track, the center of […]
by Sara Hussein Agence France Presse BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Syria’s army battled the Islamic State group on the edges of Deir Ezzor Monday, seeking to break the siege of a government enclave and oust the jihadists from a key stronghold. The jihadist group has already lost more than half of its nearby bastion of Raqa to attacking US-backed forces, and the loss of Deir Ezzor city and the surrounding oil-rich province would leave it […]
by Carole Landry with Hwang Sunghee in Seoul Agence France Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The United States on Monday launched a bid at the United Nations Security Council to quickly slap the “strongest possible measures” on North Korea in response to its sixth and most powerful nuclear test, but China and Russia argued that diplomatic talks were needed to address the crisis. US Ambassador Nikki Haley said Washington will present a new […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China said on Monday it had lodged an official protest with its ally North Korea following Pyongyang’s largest-ever nuclear weapons test. The massive explosion, which Pyongyang claimed was a miniaturized hydrogen bomb, has put the region on edge and raised questions about how Beijing will respond to its neighbor’s latest provocation. China “launched stern representations with the person in charge of the DPRK embassy in China”, foreign ministry spokesman Geng […]
KASHMIR, India (AFP) — Government forces in Indian-administered Kashmir killed two suspected rebels in a gun battle on Monday, police said, and a manhunt was under way for more militants in the disputed Himalayan territory. Soldiers and special counterinsurgency police forces surrounded a neighborhood in Sopore, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from the main city of Srinagar, after receiving a tip-off that armed militants were hiding there, triggering a firefight. “Two militants killed in an encounter […]
