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NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — The death toll from severe monsoon flooding across India has risen to at least 76, officials said Monday, with eight people killed in the past day in the worst-hit states. Heavy rain in Gujarat has claimed 11 lives since Saturday as the monsoon intensified across the western state. “Seven of these died in the last 24 hours and at least four others are still missing,” Pankaj Kumar, a Gujarat government official, told AFP. Arunachal Pradesh […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — Thousands of people fled their homes in western Canada over the weekend as strong winds fanned forest fires that have ravaged British Columbia province for more than a week. The inferno’s progress prompted authorities to take new emergency measures, ordering the evacuation of 24,000 people in the region including the town of Williams Lake which is home to some 11,000 people, reported public broadcaster CBC. Some 60 percent of affected residents […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s military will be given greater power to act during terror attacks, the prime minister said Monday, following a review of security forces’ responses to a spate of local and international incidents. Among a raft of changes, police will no longer have to wait until they have exhausted their capacity to call on the army during a terror attack, while special forces will be embedded in law enforcement agencies for better […]
by Leila Macor Agence France-Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) – In Miami, Madrid and across Latin America Venezuelans living abroad enthusiastically cast ballots in a vote organized Sunday by the opposition that sought to undermine unpopular President Nicolas Maduro. “I feel like a liberator!” exclaimed Monica Rodriguez in Miami, the city with the biggest expatriate Venezuelan population and one of 500 worldwide to host a poll. The 44-year-old, pushing her baby in a carriage, was […]
by Michael Mathes Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON DC, United States (AFP) – Mike Pence is the loyal wingman, the ever-discreet figure who rises above the Washington fray. But as the Russia scandal encroaches ever further on Donald Trump’s White House, the vice president is also walking a political tightrope. The 58-year-old former governor of Indiana is currently the man closest to the United States presidency — either as Trump’s immediate successor should his term end prematurely, […]
by Anna Maria Jakubek Agence France-Presse WARSAW, Poland (AFP) – Chanting democracy slogans, several thousand people rallied in Warsaw on Sunday in demonstrations against controversial new court reforms they see as a threat to judicial independence. Protesters waved European Union and Polish flags and shouted “we will defend democracy” at an afternoon demonstration in front of the parliament, which this week passed legislation that critics say gives the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party power […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korea proposed military talks with North Korea, the first since 2015, and a halt to hostile activities near the inter-Korean border, the South’s vice defense minister said on Monday (July 17), after a series of missile tests by the North in recent weeks. Vice Defense Minister Suh Choo-suk told a news briefing that the South had asked Pyongyang to restore military communication lines as a response to the proposal. The […]
By Alfred Acenas and Ron Hamilton EBC Hawaii Bureau HONOLULU, Hawaii (Eagle News) —At least three people were killed after a massive fire hit a high-rise in Honolulu on Friday, July 14. Honolulu Fire Department Chief Manuel P. Neves confirmed that three individuals were found on the 26th floor of the Marco Polo, one of Honolulu’s largest condominium buildings, also a familiar landmark just outside Waikiki. This was after the structure was hit by a […]
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuban President Raul Castro on Friday said that Donald Trump’s hardline stance towards the country marks “a setback” in relations with the United States after ties were gradually restored in 2015. “The announcements made by the current president… mean a setback in bilateral relations,” Castro said in remarks, broadcast on state television, at the closing of the first session of Cuba’s Parliament. Castro criticized Trump’s partial rollback of his predecessor Barack […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — European Union leaders would accept tightening up immigration rules to accommodate Britain, so the option of the UK staying in the bloc should remain open, former prime minister Tony Blair said Saturday. More than a decade of mass immigration from the EU under freedom of movement rules was a major factor in the referendum that saw Britons vote to leave the EU. David Cameron as prime minister sought reform but […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Friday he cannot confirm whether or not Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, after reports from Syria that the jihadist leader had been killed. “If we knew, we would tell you — right now, I can’t confirm or deny it,” Mattis said. “Our approach is we assume he’s alive until it’s proven otherwise, and right now I can’t prove it otherwise.” The Britain-based […]
