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by Nova Safo Agence France Presse CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — A Texas inmate convicted of the murder of a prison guard was executed late Thursday after the US Supreme Court denied a last-minute appeal. Robert Pruett, 38, maintained his innocence until the end, in the 1999 fatal stabbing of prison guard Daniel Nagle, even though other inmates testified against him. Pruett was executed at 6:46 p.m. (2346 GMT), about an hour after his […]
by Andrew Beatty Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Donald Trump will unveil a more aggressive strategy to check Iran’s growing might Friday, withdrawing presidential backing for a landmark nuclear deal and targeting the country’s missile program and militia proxies. During a White House speech at 12:45 pm (1645 GMT), Trump is expected to declare a 2015 deal, which curbed Iran’s nuclear program in return for massive sanctions relief, is no longer in the US national […]
by Adam Plowright with Dave Clark in Washington and Mike Smith in Jerusalem Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — The United States and its ally Israel said Thursday they were pulling out of the UN’s culture and education body, in a move that underlined Washington’s drift away from international institutions. The US decision, announced in Washington, follows years of tension at the organization which it accused of having an “anti-Israel bias.” “This decision was not taken lightly, […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — The media has “exaggerated” the number of Rohingya refugees fleeing an army crackdown, Myanmar’s commander-in-chief said Thursday, in a brash rebuttal of accusations of ethnic cleansing by his forces. Some 520,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar’s western Rakhine state since August 25, when the military launched a sweeping campaign against militants from the Muslim minority. The crackdown has been so intense that the UN on Wednesday accused Myanmar of trying to purge its entire Rohingya […]
by Julie Charpentrat with Glenn Chapman in San Francisco Agence France-Presse SANTA ROSA, United States (AFP) — More than 200 fire engines and firefighting crews from around the country were being rushed to California on Wednesday to help battle infernos which have left at least 23 people dead and thousands homeless. “This is a serious, critical, catastrophic event,” California fire chief Ken Pimlott told reporters. “We’re not going to be out of the woods for […]
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — At least 37 people were killed and another 40 are missing as floods and landslides ravaged northern and central Vietnam, disaster officials said Thursday. Heavy rains lashed swathes of the country this week, with northern Hoa Binh province the hardest hit with 11 dead and 21 missing. “We are mobilizing all forces to search for the missing,” a disaster official in the province told AFP by phone. At least 37 people were killed across […]
by Julie Charpentrat with Glenn Chapman in San Francisco Agence France-Presse SANTA ROSA, United States (AFP) — More than 200 fire engines and firefighting crews from around the country were being rushed to California on Wednesday to help battle infernos which have left at least 21 people dead and thousands homeless. “This is a serious, critical, catastrophic event,” California fire chief Ken Pimlott told reporters. “We’re not going to be out of the woods for […]
ANAHEIM, California (Reuters) — Smoke and flames turned the skies above Anaheim’s Disneyland yellow on Monday (October 9), as a wildfire continued to rage across California. In Anaheim, a city south of Los Angeles and home to the first ever Disney theme park, whole subdivisions of luxury homes were engulfed in flames. On Tuesday (October 10), in southern California, the so-called Canyon Fire 2 has spread to 7,500 acres (3035 hectares) in Orange County, destroying 14 […]
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AFP) — Footage of the North Korean leader’s half-brother being wheeled out of a Malaysian airport on a stretcher after being poisoned was shown at the trial of his alleged killers on Wednesday. Video from airport security cameras also showed Kim Jong-Nam having difficulty walking after the attack, and footage of two women who allegedly murdered him fleeing the scene. Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong and Indonesian Siti Aisyah are accused of murdering […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The US navy on Wednesday sacked two top commanders from a warship that was involved in a deadly collision with a tanker off Singapore, citing a “loss of confidence” in the officers. On August 21, the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain smashed into a tanker as the warship headed to Singapore, tearing a huge hole in the hull. The collision killed 10 sailors and injured five others. That incident came after another […]
KIRISHIMA, Japan (Reuters) — Shinmoe volcano erupted, spewing smoke and ash and affecting residents in the Kirishima area in southwestern Japan on Wednesday (October 11). Video on social media showed thick smoke rising from the volcano. Photographer Naoto Yoshidome had been monitoring the volcano’s activity since Wednesday morning and was documenting the eruption in a live stream. This is the first time in about six years that Shinmoe volcano erupted. It sits as part of […]
PARIS, France (CCTV) — Nearly 400,000 employees from the public sector took to the streets on Tuesday in 90 provinces across France to protest against pro-market President Emmanuel Macron’s reform measures in the public sectors. The country’s nine public sector unions, representing 5.4 million workers at public services, backed the protest call, the first such move in a decade. The reform measures, scheduled to be included in the 2018 Budget Bill, include cutting 120,000 jobs […]
