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CASTRIES, Saint Lucia (AFP) — The residents of Dominica have “lost all what money can buy and replace” after Hurricane Maria pounded the tiny Caribbean island, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said early Tuesday. Maria, a monster Category Five storm with winds of 160 miles (257 kilometers) per hour, made landfall on Dominica around 0115 GMT Tuesday. The hurricane was traveling on a path along eastern Caribbean islands still reeling from Irma. “Initial reports are of widespread […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) – It’s been dubbed the Super Bowl of diplomacy, the Oscars of world statesmanship: the UN General Assembly kicks off on Tuesday with US President Donald Trump in the spotlight as he makes his first address to the 193-nation body. Here are a few fun facts about this year’s gathering: Who’s coming There are 90 heads of state, five vice presidents, 39 heads of government, three deputy prime ministers and 52 ministers. At […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Philippine Government Response Team reported to Secretary Alan Peter S. Cayetano that the remaining 23 Filipino nationals on the British Virgin Islands together with nine (9) and 17 kababayans from Anguilla and Sint Maarten, respectively, arrived safely in San Juan, Puerto Rico today, 18 September 2017. The repatriates from the three islands are housed in one hotel in San Juan, under the purview of the Government’s Response Team. A total of […]
LONDON, England (Reuters) — London Fire Brigade said on Monday (September 18) it was responding to a large fire at a warehouse and storage units on White Hart Lane in Tottenham district in North London. Social media users shared a video from the scene where 20 fire engines and around 120 firefighters were working, according to the London Fire Brigade. Station manager Sam Kazmanli described said the fire was large and had produced a lot […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan will Tuesday deploy an additional missile defense system on its northern island of Hokkaido, a defense ministry spokesman told AFP, days after North Korea launched a missile over the island. “We are deploying a PAC-3 system at about noon” to a base of the nation’s Ground Self-Defense Force in the southern tip of Hokkaido, said Kensaku Mizuseki. According to local officials, Japan has already deployed the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump warned Monday that Venezuela is “collapsing,” suggesting the United States may take additional steps to restore democracy. Trump told Latin American allies gathered on the fringes of the United Nations General Assembly that President Nicolas “Maduro defied his own people” and was guilty of “disastrous rule” that may necessitate further punitive measures. “The Venezuelan people are starving. Their country is collapsing,” he said. Washington has already slapped sanctions […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea bitterly denounced new sanctions on its economy as “vicious, unethical and inhumane” and warned the measures would only accelerate progress on its nuclear weapons program, state media reported Monday. The angry statement from Pyongyang’s foreign ministry came as the crisis surrounding the reclusive state was set to dominate the annual UN gathering of world leaders. The UN Security Council last week imposed a new raft of sanctions on […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Works began Monday to boost security at the Eiffel Tower as an anti-terrorism measure, city hall said, with bulletproof glass walls set to go up around the world’s most visited monument. The changes come after a string of jihadist attacks in the French capital over the past two years in which more than 200 people have died. A bulletproof glass wall will be installed around the monument’s gardens under the 30-million-euro […]
MADRID, Spain (Reuters) — The Spanish foreign ministry said on Monday (September 18) it had asked North Korea’s ambassador to leave Spain before the end of the month due to his country’s repeated refusals to renounce its nuclear weapons program. “Today, the North Korean ambassador was summoned and was told of the decision to consider him as a persona non grata, therefore he must stop working and abandon the country before Sept. 30,” the foreign […]
WASHINGTON,United States (AFP) — The United States has “many” military options against North Korea, including some that don’t put Seoul at risk, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Monday. His comments come after President Donald Trump’s administration ramped up pressure on North Korea on Sunday, warning Pyongyang will be “destroyed” if it refuses to end its “reckless” nuclear and ballistic missile drive. “There are many military options, in concert with our allies, that we will take […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Maria rose in power Monday to become an “extremely dangerous” Category Four hurricane as it barreled toward the Caribbean island of Dominica, the US National Hurricane Center said. “The eye and the intense inner core is expected to pass near Dominica in the next few hours,” the Miami-based NHC said in its 2100 GMT bulletin. Maria, coming two weeks after Hurricane Irma cut a path of destruction through the Caribbean, […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping committed to “maximizing pressure on North Korea,” the White House said Monday, amid an escalating crisis over Pyongyang’s ballistic and nuclear weapons programs. In a phone call the two men discussed “North Korea’s continued defiance of the international community and its efforts to destabilize Northeast Asia,” the White House said. “The two leaders committed to maximizing pressure on North […]
