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DANANG, Vietnam (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump said Sunday he backs US intelligence agencies who concluded Russia meddled in the 2016 US presidential election, but repeated his trust in the sincerity of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s personal denials. “As to whether or not I believe it or not, I’m with our agencies. I believe in our… intelligence agencies,” Trump told reporters in Hanoi. US intelligence chiefs have told congress Russia meddled in the […]
By Giovanni Pumarada EBC, Florida Bureau (Eagle News) – Every year on November 11, Americans across the United States honor those in the Armed Forces, past and present, by commemorating Veteran’s Day. Cities may host parades or render special services that recognize fallen soldiers who sacrificed their lives defending not only the United States but also other countries who may not enjoy the sames privileges and freedoms that citizens of the US do. But for […]
By Aidan Jones / Jerome Cartillier Agence France Presse DANANG, Vietnam (AFP) — The leaders of the US and China laid out sharply divergent visions for the future of global trade on Friday, with Donald Trump doubling down on his “America First” rhetoric, leaving counterpart Xi Jinping to defend the “irreversible” tide of globalization. Xi, who has emerged as the most powerful Chinese leader in decades, and Trump, whose woes include dismal approval ratings […]
by Robin Millard © Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — On Remembrance Sunday, Prince Charles will lay Queen Elizabeth II’s wreath honouring Britain’s war dead as she watches on — a rare public symbol of the 91-year-old gradually scaling back her duties. It will be a milestone moment in the otherwise imperceptibly slow-motion process, as her eldest son, now 69, increasingly steps up on her behalf. Experts said Britain’s oldest-ever monarch would never consider abdication or […]
by Hugues Jeanneaud © Agence France-Presse TOULOUSE, France (AFP) — A man “deliberately” rammed his car into a group of pedestrians, injuring three Chinese students one of them seriously, near the French city of Toulouse on Friday, authorities said, adding that the attack was not linked to terrorism. The 28-year-old driver, who was arrested immediately afterwards in the city’s Blagnac suburb, “purposefully hit three people” on a crosswalk, Toulouse prosecutor Pierre-Yves Couilleau said. The suspect, a […]
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Several thousand Brazilians demonstrated on Friday as part of a day of national mobilization against government austerity measures, including a labor law that will soon come into effect. Demonstrators were also protesting against a highly-unpopular pension reform project and the wave of privatization recently announced by President Michel Temer’s government. “We must prevent the destruction of our country, the loss of social gains and the threats against democracy,” said Telma de Barros, […]
by Patrick Galey © Agence France-Presse MADRID, Spain (AFP) — The sacked speaker of Catalonia’s parliament left a prison near Madrid on Friday hours after supporters posted her bail of 150 000 euros ($175,000), ending her brief detention over the region’s controversial independence drive. A judge at the Supreme Court in Madrid on Thursday had ordered Carme Forcadell to be held on charges of “rebellion” — which carries a maximum jail term of 30 years — as […]
SANAA, Yemen (AFP) — Air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition left at least three civilians wounded in Yemen’s rebel-held capital Sanaa late Friday, witnesses said. The strikes hit a residential area near the ministry of defence building, which had been targeted just before. “I was sitting at home and heard the first strike hit the ministry of defence. Everyone was afraid. Minutes later, another strike hit my neighbour’s house,” resident Mohammed Aatif said. “My entire house shook,” said […]
(Eagle News) – United States President Donald Trump criticized “unfair trade” practices of some countries which have hurt the US, saying that under his leadership, America would no longer tolerate unfair trade deals and theft of intellectual property that would put the US economy in jeopardy. In his speech before the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Da Nang Vietnam, Trump repeated his policy of putting America first, in the same way that […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — The death toll climbed to six people on Friday after the corner section of a nine-storey residential building collapsed in the provincial city of Izhevsk, officials said. “There are three injured and six dead,” said the health ministry in the Udmurtia region of which Izhevsk is the capital. The sixth body was discovered earlier Friday, an emergencies ministry official told AFP. “A woman has been found in the building’s basement,” the […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China on Friday said it will further open the country’s financial markets to foreign firms, a key demand from the United States and Europe which have long complained about the strict limits on access to the giant economy. The announcement came after Donald Trump’s state visit to Beijing during which the US leader called for a more level playing field for American companies and measures to reduce a massive trade […]
U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Vietnam for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit on Friday (November 10). Vietnam is the fifth leg of Trump’s Asia trip, coming after the U.S. President’s visit to China where he held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Trump and other APEC leaders, including Xi and Ruissian President Vladimir Putin, will meet on Friday in the Vietnamese seaside resort of Danang. But Trump will not hold a […]
