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STAMMBACH, Germany (Reuters) – Thirty-one people were injured, some seriously, when a coach burst into flames after colliding with a lorry on a motorway in the German state of Bavaria on Monday (July 3), police said. There were 48 people on the bus at the time of the crash, according to a police Twitter. A police spokesman told broadcaster n-tv that 17 people were unaccounted for and he expected several had died.
by Laurent Thomet, with Laurent Barthelemy in Washington Agence France Presse BEIJING, China — Chinese President Xi Jinping told United States counterpart Donald Trump on Monday that Sino-US relations have been hit by “negative factors” in a phone call following days of US actions that have vexed Beijing. Trump held separate calls with Xi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that focused on tensions on the Korean peninsula, but China’s foreign ministry said Xi also […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party suffered a historic defeat in an election in the Japanese capital on Sunday (July 2), signalling trouble ahead for the premier, who has suffered from slumping support because of a favouritism scandal. On the surface, the Tokyo Metropolitan assembly election was a referendum on Governor Yuriko Koike’s year in office, but the dismal showing for Abe’s party is also a stinging rebuke of his […]
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (Reuters) – A United States Senate delegation headed by Senator John McCain met Pakistan’s army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Sunday (July 2). The army’s media wing said in a press release that the officials and delegates discussed the regional security situation including Afghanistan and security cooperation between Pakistan and the US. McCain has said there could be “no peace” in Afghanistan or the rest of the region without Pakistan’s cooperation, as […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) – North Korea has a last chance to engage in dialogue with the outside world, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Monday (July 3) during a meeting with former United States president Barack Obama, Moon’s office said. Obama is visiting Seoul this week to speak at a forum hosted by South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo newspaper, where, earlier on Monday, he said North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weapons had “done nothing […]
WASHINGTON DC, United States (AFP) – The United States and Japan are united in their efforts to clamp down on North Korea’s “growing threat,” as the regime ramps up its nuclear drive and other belligerent efforts, the White House said Sunday. During a phone call, President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe “reaffirmed that the United States-Japan Alliance stands ready to defend (against) and respond to any threat or action taken by North […]
SOUTHERN Israel, Israel (Reuters) — Potash and fertilizer producer Israel Chemicals (ICL) said on Sunday (July 2) it cannot estimate the level of damage caused to the company or the environment by a spill at its fertilizer plant in Israel’s Negev desert. Large amounts of highly acidic wastewater poured into the desert on Friday (June 30) when a wall of an evaporation pool partially collapsed at the Rotem Amfert facility, according to Israel’s Ministry of […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China on Sunday announced the launch of a powerful rocket designed to carry communication satellites into orbit had been “unsuccessful”, in a glitch for the country’s ambitious space programme. The Long March-5 Y2, Beijing’s second heavy-lift rocket, blasted off at 7:23 pm (1123 GMT) Sunday from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in the tropical island province of Hainan “Abnormity was detected during the flight of the rocket,” the Xinhua news agency […]
AVIGNON, France (Reuters) – Eight people were wounded in a shooting in front of a mosque in the southern French city of Avignon in an incident police consider to be a settling of scores rather than a militant attack, a source close to the investigation said on Monday (July 3). A local resident who witnessed the scene but did not want to disclose his name said that a car pulled up with four people in […]
MADISON COUNTY, New York (Reuters) — A powerful storm system in Madison County, in central New York state, flooded streets and toppled over power lines and trees on Saturday (July 1). Roadways turned dangerous for motorists after water and debris filled the streets, local media reported, citing the Madison County Sheriff’s Office. Several thousand residents lost power that was eventually restored by night time.
BEIJING, China (AFP) – The passage of a United States warship close to a disputed island in the South China Sea was a “serious political and military provocation,” Beijing said, one that could further strain relations between the superpowers The destroyer, the USS Stethem, sailed less than 12 nautical miles from tiny Triton Island in the Paracel Islands archipelago, which is claimed by China as well as Taiwan and Vietnam, a US official told AFP. […]
CHINA (Reuters) – Rescue work has been underway as heavy rain has triggered floods in parts of east, central and southern China and it continues to batter these areas. On Saturday, Xiushui County of east China’s Jiangxi Province was pummeled by rain and floods. Many roads were blocked and houses destroyed. Traffic police were working in waist-deep water to help recover partially submerged cars and rescue trapped residents. A landslide destroyed a road in Xiushui, […]
