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LONDON United Kingdom (AFP) — One person has been arrested after a vehicle hit pedestrians in north London, injuring several people, police said Monday, as Muslim leaders said worshippers were mown down after leaving a mosque. Police said in a statement there were “a number of casualties,” adding that they were called to reports of “a vehicle in collision with pedestrians” at 00:20 am (2320 GMT). “We have been informed that a van has run […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The United States Navy on Monday identified all seven sailors killed after their destroyer was partially flooded following a collision with a container ship off Japan’s coast at the weekend, confirming their deaths for the first time. The crew were reported missing after Saturday’s predawn collision, triggering a major US-Japanese search operation, with divers scouring damaged areas of the destroyer. On Sunday, US authorities tacitly acknowledged there were no survivors as […]
by Thomas Cabral with Brigitte Hagemann in Lisbon Agence France-Presse PEDRÓGÃO GRANDE, Portugal (AFP) — Raging forest fires in central Portugal have killed at least 61 people, many burnt to death in their cars, the government said Sunday, in the country’s worst such disaster in recent history. Authorities declared three days of national mourning as more than 800 firefighters and 260 vehicles battled the blaze, which also left 62 people injured, amid scenes of devastation. The […]
A vehicle has hit pedestrians in the Finsbury Park area of north London and several people are injured, police said on Monday. One person has been arrested after the incident on Seven Sisters Road in Finsbury Park, which was near a mosque. “There are a number of casualties being worked on at the scene. There has been one person arrested,” police said in a statement. BBC quoting the Metrropolitan Police said police officers and other […]
by Thomas Cabral Agence France Presse PENELA, Portugal — Raging forest fires in central Portugal have killed at least 57 people, most of whom burnt to death in their cars, and injured scores of others, the government said Sunday. Nearly 600 firefighters and 160 vehicles were dispatched late Saturday to tackle the blaze, which broke out in the afternoon in the municipality of Pedrogao Grande, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Coimbra, before spreading fast […]
YOKOSUKA, Japan (AFP) — A number of missing American sailors have been found dead in flooded areas of a destroyer that collided with a container ship off Japan’s coast, the US Navy said Sunday. Seven sailors had been missing for more than 24 hours after the accident that caused heavy damage to the USS Fitzgerald, caving in part of its right side and flooding berthing spaces and the radio room. “A number of […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) –The President of Vanuatu, Baldwin Lonsdale, has died of a heart attack, the Vanuatu Daily Post reported Saturday. He was 67. Lonsdale, who sacked his government two years ago over a massive corruption scandal, passed away in the Pacific island nation’s capital of Port Vila. “National Flag is at half mast early this morning. His body is reportedly at the Vila Central Hospital,” the newspaper said. Former Vanuatu MP Sela Molisa […]
by Thomas Urbain Agence France Presse NORRISToWN, United States — A United States judge declared a mistrial Saturday in Bill Cosby’s case with the jury deadlocked on whether the disgraced star drugged and molested a woman in 2004, as prosecutors vowed to seek a retrial. It was a stunning development — and a momentary victory — for the 79-year-old pioneering black entertainer who risked spending the rest of his life in prison if convicted of […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A total of 58 people are presumed dead after the devastating fire in a London tower block, police chief Stuart Cundy told reporters on Saturday. “We’ve worked tirelessly to establish how many people we believe were in Grenfell Tower on the night and at this point in time we are unable to say that they are safe or well,” he said. “There are 58 people who we have been told […]
by Harumi Ozawa and Shingo Ito Agence France Presse YOKOSUKA, Japan (AFP) — The United States and Japan were conducting a major search operation Saturday to find seven missing American sailors after their navy destroyer collided with a Philippine-flagged container ship, crushing the side of the military vessel. Planes, boats and helicopters scoured the seas off Japan’s Pacific coast in a bid to find the crew who disappeared in the predawn accident, which also left […]
MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu held talks in Saudi Arabia on Friday with King Salman, continuing efforts to resolve the Gulf’s biggest diplomatic crisis in years. Diplomatic sources told AFP that “the meeting was positive,” but there were no specifics. Riyadh, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and others severed diplomatic and economic ties with Qatar almost two weeks ago, accusing Doha of supporting groups, including some backed by Iran, “that […]
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuba’s government on Friday criticized new restrictions on ties with the United States that were announced by Donald Trump, but reiterated its willingness to hold “respectful dialogue” with Washington. “The government of Cuba denounces the new measures toughening the embargo” imposed on the island nation since 1962, according to a statement read on state television. However, Havana “reiterates its willingness to continue the respectful dialogue and cooperation” that has taken […]
