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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – Hundreds of people held a vigil on Wednesday evening for the victims of the London tower block inferno, as anger simmers over the official reaction and the ongoing investigation. Four weeks after a devastating fire ripped through Grenfell Tower in West London, mourners lit candles in an area filled with pictures, flowers and hand-written notes of remembrance. “I know people who have been lost, I know people who have lost […]
by Alfons Luna Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II sought to sweep differences with Spain aside on Wednesday as she hosted a banquet for the country’s King Felipe VI, just hours after he called for a deal on the status of Gibraltar. “With such a remarkable shared history, it is inevitable that there are matters on which we have not always seen eye to eye. “But the strength of our […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) – An undersea earthquake off the coast of North Korea was not caused by a nuclear test, the South’s media reported Thursday. The 5.9-magnitude quake struck about 190 kilometers (120 miles) south-east of the reclusive state’s third largest city, Chongjin, in the early hours of Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. North Korea has staged five nuclear tests — including two last year — and has made a significant […]
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters)– Recording star Kid Rock, an outspoken supporter of Republican President Donald Trump, hinted in a website and through social media messages on Wednesday (June 12) that he intends to run for the United States Senate in 2018. The 46-year-old Michigan native drew attention on Twitter and his Facebook page to a “Kid Rock ’18 for U.S. Senate” website, featuring a photo of the goateed singer-songwriter seated in a star-spangled chair in […]
WASHINGTON D.C. (Reuters) — United States President Donald Trump headed to Paris on Wednesday (July 12) to meet French President Emmanuel Macron. The two leaders will seek to work together on Syria and countering terrorism while avoiding the thorny issues that have divided them. Trump and Macron — both political newcomers who scored upset victories in their presidential elections — have taken very different positions in areas such as climate change and trade. Macron invited […]
WASHINGTON DC, United States (AFP) – United States President Donald Trump said in an interview Wednesday that he has a good relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin after the two met for more than two hours in Hamburg last week. “People said, ‘Oh, they shouldn’t get along.’ Well, who are the people that are saying that? I think we get along very, very well,” Trump told evangelical leader Pat Robertson on the Christian Broadcasting Network. […]
by Ljubomir Milasin / Sabine Wibaux Agence France-Presse Italy’s Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni criticized fellow European Union nations on Wednesday for leaving his country to grapple with the migrant crisis, despite pledges made by France and Germany. Gentiloni met with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Trieste before an annual Western Balkans summit. Italy took in more than 3,500 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya in just the past few […]
by Paul Handley Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON DC, United States (AFP) – High-flying criminal lawyer Christopher Wray took a big step Wednesday toward becoming the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation as he told lawmakers he would resign rather than bow to political interference. Nominated by Donald Trump after the president fired FBI chief James Comey in May, Wray told a confirmation hearing he would be ready to step down as head of the […]
WASHINGTON DC, United States (AFP) – The United States government expressed concern Wednesday about the status of China’s Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo and urged Beijing to release the cancer-stricken democracy activist and his wife so he can receive appropriate medical care. “We remain concerned that both Mr. Liu and his family are unable to communicate with the outside world and that he is not free to seek the medical treatment of his choosing,” White House […]
BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) – A fan of the Colombian football team Millonarios was killed by three fans wearing T-shirts of rival Atletico Nacional, police said Wednesday. The unprovoked assault happened Tuesday night at a bus station in Bogota, police inspector Oscar Solano told Caracol television. Press reports said the man was stabbed and died later in a hospital. “A Bogota family is in mourning because football fans allegedly attacked someone,” Solano said in a […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) – Over nearly a century Disney has exported United States culture across the globe, but the company was astonished to find one slice of Americana wildly popular in China — the turkey leg. The entertainment giant opened its $5.5 billion theme park in Shanghai in June last year, expecting to shift mainly bok choy, Mickey Pork Buns and Minnie Red Bean Buns to hungry customers. “If you go to Disneyland […]
BRASILIA, Brazil (AF) – Former Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was convicted and sentenced on Wednesday to nine and a half years in prison for corruption and money laundering. The term was handed down against Lula over a giant embezzlement and kickbacks scheme centered on state-owned oil group Petrobras, at the heart of a sprawling corruption probe known as “Car Wash.” The judge hearing the case said Lula — an iconic leftist politician […]
