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(AFP) — Terrorists are planning to kidnap foreigners on a Philippine island popular with tourists, the United States embassy has warned, a month after a foiled abduction attempt by Islamic militants at another tourism hotspot. An advisory from the US embassy in Manila on Tuesday warned Americans to “carefully consider” going to Palawan, naming a World Heritage-listed underground river as one area of specific concern. “The US Embassy has received credible information that terrorist groups […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — New South Korean President Moon Jae-In on Wednesday declared his willingness to visit the nuclear-armed North, moments after taking his oath of office. Tensions are high over the North’s weapons ambitions and Moon — who backs engagement with Pyongyang — said he would work for peace. “If needed I will fly to Washington immediately,” he said. “I will also go to Beijing and Tokyo and even Pyongyang in the right […]
OSLO, Norway (Reuters) — Norway’s King Harald and Queen Sonja were joined by royals from across Europe for their joint 80th birthday dinner at the royal palace in Oslo on Tuesday (May 9) evening. The official celebration kicked off in the afternoon with a drill show by the King’s guards and the public was also invited to the Palace Square to sing for the royal couple. The king’s birthday was on February 21 and Queen […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The State Department issued a sharp warning to Americans Tuesday against travel to North Korea after the arrest of a fourth United States citizen, cautioning against the “serious risk” of lengthy detention and “unduly harsh sentences.” Kim Hak-Song was detained over the weekend for “hostile acts,” the official KCNA news agency said, adding he had worked for the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST). The arrest put the number of […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China has recently tested a new type of guided missile in a northeastern sea near the Korean peninsula, the defense ministry said Tuesday, hours after South Korean elections held amid regional tensions. The test in the Bohai Sea was conducted to “raise the operational capability of the armed forces and effectively respond to threats to national security,” the ministry said in a brief statement. The statement did not say when the […]
by Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired his Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey, the man who leads the agency charged with investigating his campaign’s ties with Russia — a move that sent shockwaves through Washington. The surprise dismissal of Comey, who played a controversial role in the 2016 presidential election, came as he was leading a probe into whether Trump’s aides colluded with […]
by Jung Ha-won Eagle News Service Seoul, South Korea (AFP) — Left-leaning former human rights lawyer Moon Jae-In won South Korea’s presidential election by a landslide Tuesday, sweeping to power and vowing unity after a tumultuous scandal felled the country’s last leader. The ballot was needed after Park Geun-Hye was ousted and indicted for corruption, and took place against a backdrop of high tensions with the nuclear-armed North. Voters were galvanized by anger over […]
by German Campos Agence France-Presse PUEBLA, Mexico – An explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Mexico killed 14 people, including 11 children, authorities said Tuesday. The blast struck Monday night in a rural area of central Puebla state, Diodoro Carrasco, a senior official in the state government, told radio station Cinco Radio. Officials said the tragedy, which wounded 22 people, was the second in just a matter of just months. The state government said in […]
by Jocelyne Zablit Agence France-Presse LOS ANGELES, United States – Hundreds of workers at a nuclear site in the United States state of Washington were ordered to take cover Tuesday after a storage tunnel filled with contaminated material collapsed, but there was no initial indication of a radioactive leak. Employees at the sprawling Hanford Site plant, located about 170 miles (275 kilometers) southeast of Seattle, were sent an early morning alert by management telling them to […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A strong earthquake hit southern Japan on Tuesday, though there was no tsunami warning nor immediate reports of damage or injuries. The magnitude 6.0 quake hit at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) in waters off the island of Miyako in the southern Okinawan chain, according to the United States Geological Survey. Japan’s Meteorological Agency warned of small changes in sea levels but no tsunami. Miyako, with a population of […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korean presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo cast his vote on Tuesday (May 9) in Seoul. Ahn Cheol-soo of the centrist People’s Party was joined by his wife and daughter when he voted at a polling station in Seoul. The vote will end months of leadership vacuum. Park was ousted on charges of bribery and abuse of power in March to become South Korea’s first democratically elected president to be forced […]
by Julien Besset / Catherine Legault Agence France Presse PIERREFONDS, Canada (AFP) — Canada mobilized its army to help thousands of flood victims try to hold back waters and save their homes Monday after the worst flood in half a century struck, but authorities were optimistic that rising water levels would soon crest. Several rivers and lakes have overflowed their banks in Quebec province, between Gatineau in the Canadian capital region and Montreal 200 kilometers (125 miles) […]
