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ALICANTE, Spain (AFP) — Spain captain Sergio Ramos risked creating tensions with his national teammates over Catalonia’s independence drive when he said Thursday the Spanish king’s TV address was “impeccable.” King Felipe VI’s speech Tuesday dismayed many Catalans as he described the separatist ambitions as “illegal” and made no mention of those hurt in police violence when they tried to vote in the banned weekend referendum. Real Madrid veteran Ramos said he believed the king’s […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) – Two people were killed in northern Germany Thursday as fierce winds toppled trees onto cars, while the intense storm also forced the cancellation of many train services. Police in Hamburg said a woman was killed when a tree fell on her car, while first responders brought another woman to the hospital with serious injuries. A truck driver was killed by a falling tree on the main road in northeastern state Mecklenburg-Western […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Spain’s Constitutional Court on Thursday ordered the suspension of a planned session in Catalonia’s parliament at which separatist leaders have called for the region to declare independence. Judges “ordered the suspension of the plenary that has been called for Monday in the (Catalan) parliament” while it hears an appeal lodged against it, a spokeswoman said, as the court confirmed the ruling in a written statement.
by Nova SAFO Agence France-Presse CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — In a diverse Chicago neighborhood where dozens of languages are spoken, two police officers are visiting a McDonald’s restaurant. They have a jug of coffee in hand and are offering a friendly ear, willing to listen to anyone who wants to have a chat. Welcome to “Coffee with a Cop” day, an initiative held Wednesday in Chicago and across the United States for police to […]
LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — A shooter opened fire on a concert in Las Vegas, killing 58 people and wounding nearly 500 in a 10-minute barrage of gunfire. Here is a timeline of the attack and the law enforcement response released by Las Vegas Sheriff Joseph Lombardo: —10:05 pm: Shooter Stephen Paddock opens fire on the concert. —10:12 pm: Two officers arrive on the 31st floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel and say the […]
by Maya Gebeily Agence France-Presse “Don’t close your eyes. Stay awake!” the anti-jihadist Syrian fighter yelled at his injured comrade as a Humvee whisked them across the Islamic State group’s former stronghold Raqa. With the battle drawing closer to the city center, the distance to the nearest medical facilities is lengthening, making its increasingly difficult to keep injured fighters and civilians alive. The military vehicle carrying the wounded Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter whipped around […]
KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) – A surge of failed Afghan asylum seekers “forcibly” returned from Europe are at risk of torture, kidnapping and death in war-torn Afghanistan, Amnesty International said Thursday. Almost 9,500 Afghans went back to their homeland in 2016 after their applications for asylum in Europe were rejected, compared with nearly 3,300 a year earlier, the human rights group said. The figure covers asylum seekers who were detained and then deported from European countries, and those […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Emergency workers pulled the last victim’s body Wednesday from the rubble of Mexico’s September 19 earthquake, officials said, as the country turned to rebuilding after a disaster that claimed more than 360 lives. After 15 days of searching, workers found the final victim’s body beneath the mountain of rubble left by the collapse of a seven-story office building in Mexico City’s hard-hit Roma district, tweeted the interior ministry official overseeing […]
by Daniel Bosque and Michaela Cancela-Kieffer Agence France Presse Will Catalonia’s separatist leaders go ahead with a unilateral declaration of independence? What would Madrid’s reaction be, and what are the consequences? Independence declaration on Monday? It is all down to Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont. He’s the one who decides when to press the “nuclear button” of an independence declaration. Such a move could come after the publication of the final results of the independence […]
by Cyril Julien Agence France-Presse The girlfriend of the Las Vegas shooter said Wednesday she had no idea he was planning the attack, describing her boyfriend as a “quiet, caring man” as President Donald Trump declared the United States a nation in mourning. In her first public comments over the shooting at a country music concert that left 58 dead and more than 500 injured, Marilou Danley said she had hoped for a quiet future […]
by Marianne Barriaux with Roland Lloyd Parry in Madrid Agence France-Presse BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) – Spain’s government defiantly rejected calls for mediation Wednesday over Catalonia’s push for independence, which the country’s king warned was endangering national stability. As the European Union urged dialogue to ease the standoff between separatists in the northeastern region and Madrid, Catalan leaders said they could unilaterally declare independence as early as Monday. The tone of the crisis sharpened with Catalonia’s president denouncing […]
by Michael Mathes Agence France-Presse US congressional Republicans turned their focus to tax reform Wednesday, but they face a similar hurdle that doomed President Donald Trump’s failed efforts to repeal Obamacare: rebels within his own party. With Trump still lacking a major legislative accomplishment in his first nine months in office, Republican leaders are hustling to pass tax reform by December. The House of Representatives shifted from the disastrous health reform bid and launched into […]
