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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — The US has flown two supersonic heavy bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force against Pyongyang, staging the first night-time joint aviation exercises with Japan and South Korea. Two B-1B Lancers based in Guam flew a mission in the vicinity of the Sea of Japan late Tuesday, the US Pacific Air Forces said in a statement. “Flying and training at night with our allies in a safe, […]
MONTERREY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexican security forces used lethal force Tuesday to put down a prison riot in clashes that left at least 13 inmates dead, authorities said. Unrest at the prison in Cadereyta in northeastern Nuevo Leon state broke out in the morning and was put down. But it flared again later as inmates started fires that sent up huge columns of black smoke visible from far away. One prisoner died in that fire. Prisoners then took […]
CCTV — Parts of north and northwest China have experienced heavy snows and low temperatures in the past few days. A heavy snow hit Jingtai County in northwest China’s Gansu Province on Sunday and Monday, disrupting normal life and causing losses to farmers. The temperature plummeted eight to ten degrees Celsius as accumulated snow reached 25 centimeters in the county. “The snow came earlier this year. It was very heavy. You can see it has […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed an appeal that had blocked a now-expired version of Donald Trump’s anti-immigration decree. The decision was mostly a symbolic victory to the Republican president because the legal context had become outdated; the second version of the decree prohibited for 90 days entry into the United States to travelers from six Muslim-majority countries. The March 6 decree, opposed by the states of Maryland and […]
by Daniel Bosque with Patrick Galey in Madrid © Agence France-Presse BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — Spain’s government prepared to hold crisis talks on Wednesday after Catalan leaders signed a suspended declaration of independence and called for negotiations with Madrid. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will chair an emergency cabinet meeting in response to Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont’s announcement on Tuesday that he had accepted “the mandate of the people for Catalonia to become an independent republic” following a banned […]
by Ola Cichowlas Agence France Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Saudi King Salman swept into Moscow with a vast entourage for a first ever visit that underscored Russia’s growing power in the Middle East, despite deep differences between the two oil giants over Syria. The Saudi king brought 1,500 people to Moscow and had a plane fly in fresh food supplies from Riyadh every day during his four-day visit last week, the first by a […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean computer hackers have stolen hundreds of classified military documents from South Korea including detailed wartime operational plans involving its US ally, a report said Tuesday. Rhee Cheol-Hee, a lawmaker for the ruling Democratic party, said the hackers broke into the South’s military network in September last year and gained access to 235 gigabytes of sensitive data, the Chosun Ilbo daily reported. Among the leaked documents was Operational Plans […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday refused to tell a radio station whether she would back EU membership in another referendum, as she leads her country out of the bloc. “I don’t answer hypothetical questions,” May told LBC radio station when asked how she would vote if a Brexit referendum were held now. The prime minister said she had “good reasons” when she backed European Union membership in the 2016 vote, […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an end to the death penalty Tuesday, insisting it has “no place in the 21st century.” He urged member-states that still execute convicts to join the 170 countries that have halted or abolished the practice, warning that the risk of a miscarriage of justice is an “unacceptably high price” to pay. “I want to make a plea to all states that continue this […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Former US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle on Tuesday said they were “disgusted” by the growing allegations of sexual misconduct by Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, a longtime Democratic Party donor. “Michelle and I have been disgusted by the recent reports about Harvey Weinstein. Any man who demeans and degrades women in such fashion needs to be condemned and held accountable, regardless of wealth or status,” they said in […]
by with Dave Clark in Washington, Stuart Williams and Fulya Ozerkan Agence France-Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed Tuesday that Turkish officials will boycott the US ambassador, deepening one of the worst rifts in decades between the NATO allies. Erdogan said Turkey no longer regarded outgoing envoy John Bass as the US representative to Turkey after American missions in the country stopped issuing visas. The dispute erupted last week when Turkey arrested a […]
by Daniel Bosque with Patrick Galey in Madrid Agence France Presse BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — Catalan leaders signed a declaration of independence from Spain on Tuesday but immediately put it on hold and called for talks with Madrid on the country’s worst political crisis in decades. As Spain headed into the unknown, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy was to chair an emergency cabinet meeting early Wednesday to discuss the central government’s response. In a speech to […]
