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by Emmanuel Duparcq and Ahmad al-Rubaye Agence France Presse MOSUL, Iraq (AFP) — Iraqi forces are facing increasingly difficult fighting and a rising number of suicide attacks, including some by female bombers, in the final stages of the battle for Mosul, commanders said Monday. Following recent suicide bombings by two girls, security forces in the Old City were seen ordering civilians to remove some of their clothing before approaching to guard against the threat. More […]
by Omar Hasan with David Harding in Doha Agence France Presse KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AFP) — Qatar on Monday responded to a list of demands from Saudi Arabia and its allies after they agreed to give a defiant Doha another 48 hours to address their grievances. Details of the response were not immediately available, but a Gulf official told AFP that Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani had delivered it during a short […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — China’s United Nations ambassador on Monday warned of “disastrous” consequences if world powers fail to find a way to ease tensions with North Korea which he said could “get out of control.” Ambassador Liu Jieyi made the remarks a day after United States President Donald Trump spoke by phone with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the threat posed by North Korea’s missile and nuclear tests. “Currently tensions are high […]
by Ralf ISERMANN Agence France-Presse MUNICH, Germany (AFP) – Up to 18 people were feared killed Monday in one of Germany’s worst road accidents after a tour bus carrying pensioners burst into flames in a collision with a trailer truck, police said. “Thirty passengers were taken to hospitals, some with serious injuries. The others are believed to have died in the burning tour bus,” which had been carrying 48 people, police said in […]
by Gabriel BOUROVITCH Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) – A project to build a nuclear plant at Hinkley Point in Britain will overrun by £1.5 billion ($1.95 billion, 1.71 billion euros) and may face further delays, its main supplier said Monday. EDF, the state-run French company that has the lion’s share of the controversial scheme, made the announcement after a long review. EDF is part of a French-Chinese consortium that was awarded the […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) – Rainstorms have triggered floods across central and southern China, forcing hundreds of thousands of people from their homes and leaving more than two dozen dead or missing, state media reported Monday. At least eight people were killed and a further nine were unaccounted for in the southern Guangxi region as of Sunday, Xinhua news agency said, citing local authorities. Thousands of hectares of cropland were inundated and 600 houses collapsed in […]
TEXAS, United States (Reuters) – The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft was released from the International Space Station on Monday (July 3) in preparation for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean with over 4000 pounds (1814 kg) of cargo and experimental samples. Images from NASA showed a robotic arm detaching from the ISS and navigating the separation in preparation for the Dragon’s return to Earth. Astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer commanded the release of the […]
PARIS, France (AFP) – PARIS, France (AFP) – A 23-year-old man has been charged with plotting to assassinate President Emmanuel Macron at France’s Bastille Day parade, a judicial source said Monday. The self-described nationalist, who was arrested last Wednesday, told investigators he wanted to kill Macron at the July 14 national day parade in Paris, a source close to the investigation said. He said he also wanted to attack “Muslims, Jews, blacks, homosexuals,” the source […]
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Speaking at a rare special seating of parliament called to defend the government’s integrity, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Monday (July 3) he wanted to avoid suing his brother and sister for defamation over allegations that he had abused his power in a dispute with them over what to do with their late father’s house. The bad blood between the heirs of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s first prime minister, […]
PARIS, France (Reuters) – The European Union’s commissioner for migration, Dimitris Avramopoulos, said the bloc was willing to help ease the pressure for Italy, who has appealed to the EU for help in taking in African migrants. Italy has even raised the possibility of closing its ports to humanitarian rescue ships to pressure EU partners, sources familiar with the matter said. Italy has brought in over half a million boat migrants since 2014, and a […]
(REUTERS) – China’s aircraft carrier “Liaoning” and its formation have been conducting trans-regional training since it set out from east China’s Qingdao on June 25. The formation is made up of the aircraft carrier and destroyers Jinan and Yinchuan, frigate Yantai, and a squadron of J-15 fighter jets and helicopters. The training mission aims at strengthening coordination among the vessels and improving the skills of the crew and pilots in different marine environments. Xu Ying, […]
Jeff Horn “looks like a pumpkin” after fight, noted a former Australian heavyweight champ (Eagle News) — International sports celebrities including basketball star Kobe Bryant, football quarterback Aaron Rodgers, and two former boxing heavyweight champs hit the score of boxing judges after Filipino boxing great Manny Pacquiao lost his World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title in a controversial unanimous decision to Australia’s Jeff Horn on Sunday, July 2. Bryant posted a tweet with the […]
