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by Park Chan-Kyong Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Jong-Un boasted of North Korea’s ability to strike any target in the US after a second ICBM test that weapons experts said Saturday could even bring New York into range -– in a potent challenge to President Donald Trump. China condemned the test but US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Beijing and Moscow bore “unique responsibility” for the growing threat posed by […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia’s foreign ministry on Friday announced counter measures in response to tough new sanctions proposed by the United States, ordering Washington to reduce its diplomatic staff. Moscow ordered the US to reduce its diplomatic presence in Russia to 455 diplomats and staff and also barred it from using a Moscow summer house and storage facility. The ministry said that this was in response to the passing of a new bill on […]
SAVONLINNA, Finland (Reuters) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday (July 27) that Russia was ready to cooperate with neutral countries that bordered the Baltic Sea like Finland which is not part of the NATO military alliance. Speaking on an official visit to Finland, Putin said an ongoing joint naval exercise with China in the Baltic Sea was a threat to nobody. Putin, speaking at a news conference with his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto, […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain will try to keep as many aspects of its European Union membership in place as possible during a transition period of up to three years after Brexit, finance minister Philip Hammond said on Friday. But Hammond told BBC radio that EU nationals would have to register with the authorities starting from the expected departure date of March 2019 as the government comes up with a new immigration system. “Many […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China said it was on high alert to statements from countries “playing up” tension in the South China Sea after Britain said it planned to send a warship to the disputed waterway next year to conduct freedom of navigation exercises. Britain would increase its presence in the waters after it sent four British fighter planes for joint exercises with Japan in the region last year, Defense Minister Michael Fallon said on […]
by Michael Mathes Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States Republicans failed spectacularly Friday in their latest effort to dismantle Obamacare, leaving the party shocked and in disarray and signaling the potential death knell for President Donald Trump’s dream of repealing his predecessor’s health reforms. The vote — held in the dead of night — came down to the wire, with the decisive moment resting with Senator John McCain, recently diagnosed with […]
by Josep Lago with Diego Urdaneta in Madrid Agence France Presse BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — A commuter train slammed into the end of the platform during the morning rush hour at a busy station in the Spanish city of Barcelona on Friday, leaving 54 people injured, emergency services said. One person was seriously injured, 19 were injured “less seriously” including the driver and 34 were lightly injured, local emergency services said on Twitter. The regional […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (July 28) – World Hepatitis Day is celebrated every 28th of July to raise people’s awareness about the risk of hepatitis, which is one of the leading causes of death globally. Hepatitis alone is responsible for 1.34 million deaths per year. Eighty percent of liver cancer cases in the world are also caused by the hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C. With “Eliminate Hepatitis” as this year’s theme, the World Health Organization (WHO), […]
by Khurram Shahzad Agence France Presse ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP) — Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from public office over long-running corruption allegations, a decision that ousts him from the premiership for the third time in a chequered political career. “He is disqualified as a member of the parliament so he has ceased to be holding the office of Prime Minister,” Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan told the packed courtroom in Islamabad. […]
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — At least 20 people were injured Friday in a train accident at a station in the center of the Spanish city of Barcelona, civil protection services said. The regional train was arriving at the busy Francia station from Sant Vicenc de Calders, a spokesperson for the civil protection services said. “No one was killed but there are 20 injured, we don’t know how seriously.” Regional authorities said there were at […]
CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — With the United States Supreme Court denying a last-minute appeal late Thursday, Texas executed a convicted murderer who had claimed an ill-prepared attorney had botched his case and had relied on Wikipedia for research. Lawyers for TaiChin Preyor had made a last-ditch effort to save their client by asking the US Supreme Court to intervene just hours before he was scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection. But […]
by Miwa Suzuki Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s hawkish defense minister on Friday said she had resigned over a long-brewing scandal involving the handling of military documents, in a political blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Abe, who has seen his popularity plummet in recent weeks over a series of controversies, immediately apologized to the nation over the saga. “I decided to resign as defense minister,” Tomomi Inada told a press conference. […]
