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PYONGYANG, DPRK (Reuters) — Gasoline supply in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has been limited since the past week and the gas price has almost doubled, causing long lines to form at the few opened gas stations on Tuesday. The gas supply shortage in Pyongyang the capital started from April 19, when a gas station mainly serving foreigners closed in the morning. Only vehicles with diplomatic plates can get fuel. Most gas stations remained […]
BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) — Indigenous people and police clashed near the congressional building in Brazil’s capital city on Tuesday (April 25) during a protest against farmers’ encroachment on reservations. Officers fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters, whose bodies were painted and dressed in colorful headdresses, while some tribe members shot arrows in return. The demonstration was peaceful until police blocked some of the indigenous people from climbing a ramp that led into the […]
by Frankie Taggart with Paul Handley in Washington Agence France Presse A United States judge on Tuesday blocked an executive order by President Donald Trump that could deny billions of dollars to so-called sanctuary cities as punishment for harboring illegal immigrants. Dealing a fresh setback to Trump’s pledged crackdown on undocumented residents, Judge William Orrick of San Francisco’s federal court issued a preliminary injunction barring any attempt to implement the January 25 executive order. “Federal […]
by Delil Souleiman with Rouba El Husseini in Beirut Agence France-Presse AL-MALIKIYAH, Syria – Turkish warplanes killed more than two dozen Kurdish fighters Tuesday in strikes in Syria and Iraq, where the Kurds are key players in the battle against the Islamic State group. Turkey said it had carried out the strikes against “terrorist havens,” vowing to continue acting against groups it links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). In northeast Syria, strikes targeting […]
by Simon Sturdee Agence France-Presse VIENNA, Austria – Iran and major powers met Tuesday in Vienna to review adherence to their 2015 nuclear deal as uncertainty grows about the landmark accord’s future under United States President Donald Trump. The regular quarterly meeting heard, as Washington confirmed last week, that Iran is sticking to its side of the deal with the US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany, diplomats said. The accord saw Tehran drastically curb its […]
by Maria Isabel Sanchez Agence France-Presse CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela’s opposition vowed no letup Tuesday in its bid to remove leftist President Nicolas Maduro from power even as more protesters were shot dead in an increasingly violent political crisis. Maduro’s center-right rivals planned to push on with a wave of street protests that have seen 26 people killed this month in clashes involving protesters and security forces. In the latest unrest, public prosecutors said a 23-year-old man died […]
by Nova Safo Agence France-Presse Former United States president Barack Obama returned to the public spotlight Monday, saying he hopes to spend the next phase of his life helping to “prepare the next generation of leadership.” After three months off, Obama — looking rested and sporting a coat with no tie — broke his silence in his adopted hometown of Chicago, speaking to a packed auditorium of more than 400 high school and college students at the […]
DIGITAL NEST|Newark, New Jersey By: Tennie Sumague, New York Bureau April is known as cherry blossom season and the best place to see a plethora of trees in its splendor? Not in Washington D.C. but in Newark, New Jersey. Only 40 minutes away by train from New York Penn Station, one can travel to Newark Penn Station and take the New Jersey Light Rail to Branch Brook Park, the first county park and home to […]
by Sébastien Blanc Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) –The southern state of Arkansas, rushing to execute several inmates before a lethal drug expires next week, put to death two inmates late Monday, the first double execution in the United States in 17 years. Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said that Jack Jones and Marcel Williams, both sentenced to death in the 1990s, were executed by lethal injection after higher courts rejected their final legal […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Nuclear-armed North Korea on Tuesday marked a military anniversary with a conventional firing drill, reports said, as the South announced joint naval exercises with a United States aircraft carrier in the flashpoint region. Speculation had mounted that Pyongyang could carry out a sixth nuclear test or another missile launch to mark 85 years since the founding of its army. But no such event — which usually happens in the morning […]
TOKYO , Japan (Reuters) — Representatives of the United States, South Korea and Japan spoke to reporters on Tuesday (April 25) after holding trilateral talks regarding the evolving situation in North Korea. Joseph Yun, the United States Special Representative for North Korea Policy, said that member countries that have signed United Nations Security Council’s resolutions have a critical role to play. He also highlighted the importance of China’s role. Kim Hong-kyun, the Republic of Korea’s Special […]
by Hugo Olazar Agence France Presse ASUNCION, Paraguay — Dozens of suspected Brazilian gangsters blasted into a secure vault containing millions of dollars in southeastern Paraguay on Monday, leaving a policeman dead in what officials called the “robbery of the century.” Some 50 gunmen with explosives and military-grade weaponry left the city of Ciudad del Este looking like a war zone after a two-hour overnight assault on a security firm and police headquarters, authorities and […]
