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by Stephanie Aglietti Agence France Presse KIGALI, Rwanda (AFP) — Rwandans began voting Friday in a presidential election widely expected to return strongman Paul Kagame to office for a third term at the helm of the small east African nation. Across the country dubbed “the Land of a Thousand Hills,” voters trooped to polling stations covered in the blue, yellow and green colours of the national flag to cast their ballots in the third election […]
by Heather Scott Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The sanctions that President Donald Trump is poised to slap on China for stealing intellectual property from United States firms should earn broad support, allowing him to rebuild a power base in Congress sapped by the recent battle over health care. The administration is expected very soon to announce actions against China for failing to protect industrial and trade secrets of US companies, a […]
DUBAI, UAE (Reuters) — A massive blaze was engulfing one of the world’s tallest residential buildings in Dubai early Friday (August 4), residents said, but authorities said the tower had been evacuated and no injuries were reported. Flames shot up the sides of the Torch tower in the upscale Marina district in the second blaze at the building since 2015, with burning debris flying down the sides of the building. Residents and eyewitnesses have been posting […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (CCTV) — Serbia is seeing its hottest summer in five years, according to experts with the country’s national meteorological observatory. Temperatures surpassed 38 degrees Celsius in three days this summer, and the heat wave this week has brought temperatures up to over 42 degrees Celsius. “In this heat wave, we expect even higher temperatures. On Friday and during the weekend, in most places we expect 39 and 40 degrees [Celsius], and locally, it […]
by Yanan Wang Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — Finger-pointing over North Korea’s flourishing weapons program has pushed the world’s two biggest economies toward a high-stakes impasse, but observers warn that Trump-style outbursts are no way to get China to bend to the United States’ will. Washington and Beijing have long traded blame over the failure to rein in the North, but a breakthrough in missile technology has raised the specter of a strike […]
DURHAM, North Carolina (Reuters) — A Hypochlorite spill in the pool pump room at the YMCA in Durham, North Carolina, sent 23 people to local hospitals on Wednesday (August 2), authorities said. Many of the injured were taken to the hospital for breathing difficulties, an NBC affiliate station reported. Among the injured were six children who were reported to be in serious condition, according to local news outlets. A lifeguard detected a strong odor coming […]
https://youtu.be/e1szlPL8a0s CHONGQING MUNICIPALITY, southwest China (CCTV) — Torrential rain and strong winds hit various parts of southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality on Wednesday. The downpour and strong winds disrupted traffic and flooded roadside shops in urban areas of Chongqing. Some vehicles were left trapped in the flood. The local police force implemented traffic control measures at some of the worst-hit road sections to stop drivers from driving dangerously in the flooded areas.
OAKLAND, California (AFP) — Firefighters responding from various units worked quickly to extinguish a vegetation fire near Grizzly Park in Oakland on Wednesday (August 2). Firefighters said the fire had reached a two-alarm status in scale, but that no structures of lives were in danger. The fire was partially contained by late afternoon, a local CBS affiliate reported, citing a local fire department responding to the blaze. Crews were at the scene fighting the blaze […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysia has seized elephant tusks and pangolin scales from Africa worth almost a million dollars, an official said Wednesday, highlighting the country’s role as a hub for smuggling rare animal parts. The contraband was found in two separate raids in the cargo terminal of Kuala Lumpur’s main international airport on Sunday, customs officials said. In the first raid, authorities found 23 ivory tusks, weighing 75.7 kilograms (167 pounds) with an […]
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — A man opened fire at the Chinese consulate in Los Angeles on Tuesday (August 1) morning and then took his own life, police said. There were no other injuries in the shooting, which took place at about 6 a.m. before the consulate was open for the day, said Officer Michael Lopez of the Los Angeles Police Department. Police say “Numerous rounds impacted the Chinese consulate,” and that the man was […]
by Jung Ha-Won Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea’s latest missile test has extended the range of its weapons to much of mainland United States and raised a new fear in the South: would Washington protect Seoul when that could put American cities in danger? The US is security guarantor for the democratic and capitalist South, where 28,500 US troops are stationed to defend it from Pyongyang after the 1950-53 Korean […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — After a lifetime of public service by the side of his wife Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip will finally retire on Wednesday at the age of 96. The Duke of Edinburgh will attend a parade of Royal Marines at Buckingham Palace, the last of 22,219 solo public engagements since she ascended to the throne in 1952. He has attended countless more events with the queen, now 91, but both have […]
