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by Maureen Cofflard Agence France Presse LONDON, Unitede Kingdom (AFP) — houting “Killers!” and “We want justice,” dozens of people stormed the town hall in London’s richest borough on Friday, accusing the authorities of ignoring the plight of the victims of the Grenfell Tower block blaze. Three days after fire ripped through the 24-storey block, killing at least 30 people, residents are desperate for answers — and for the bodies of their loved ones, many […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A United States Navy destroyer collided with a Philippine-flagged container ship off the coast of Japan early Saturday, leaving seven crew members from the American vessel unaccounted for, the Japanese Coast Guard said. The collision between the guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald and the ACX Crystal took place southwest of Yokosuka, Japan at about 2:30 am Saturday (1730 GMT Friday), the US Navy and Japan’s coastguard said. The Navy also […]
by Catherine Boitard Agence France-Presse ATHENS, Greece – As Greece’s government Friday welcomed a long-delayed bailout agreement, analysts warned the deal throws responsibility back on the struggling country to pull itself out of crisis. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said the agreement — hammered out by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and eurozone finance ministers — opens the way to a “final exit to the crisis.” Reached Thursday, the deal averted another summer of Greek […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesperson Steffen Seibert on Friday expressed “deep sorrow over a great German and a great European” on news that Helmut Kohl had died. Merkel’s chancellery chief-of-staff Peter Altmaier said that “we owe an infinite debt to Helmut Kohl: for our freedom, for our unity, for our Europe.”
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Germany’s longest serving post-war leader, Helmut Kohl, the father of German reunification and an architect of European integration, died Friday at the age of 87. Kohl, a passionate European, helped long-divided Germany navigate the traumatic transition to a reunified country, and later worked with France’s Francois Mitterand to put Germany at the core of the European project. Tributes poured in for the man former United States president George H.W. Bush hailed […]
by Dario Thuburn Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — At least 30 people have been confirmed killed and dozens more are feared dead in the London tower block fire, police said on Friday, as firefighters continued searching for bodies amid outrage over the use of cladding blamed for spreading the flames. “We know that at least 30 people have died as a result of this fire… I do believe the number will […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A man with a knife has been arrested outside the British parliament on Friday, police said, adding that there were no reports of any casualties. “The man — aged in his 30s — was arrested on suspicion of possession of a knife,” London’s Scotland Yard police headquarters said in a statement. © Agence France-Presse
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The United Nations said Friday that Islamic State group jihadists may be holding more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians as human shields in the Old City of Mosul. Iraqi forces are fighting to retake Mosul from IS, after the jihadist group overran the city in 2014, imposing its brutal rule on its inhabitants. The United Nations refugee agency’s representative in Iraq Bruno Geddo said IS had been capturing civilians in battles outside of […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — The United States-led coalition battling the Islamic State group said Friday it could not confirm the death of the jihadists’ leader following reports by the Russian army that he might have been killed. “We cannot confirm these reports at this time,” said US Army Colonel Ryan S. Dillon, spokesman for the coalition’s Operation Inherent Resolve in Syria and Iraq. The Russian army said earlier that it hit IS leaders in an air […]
XUZHOU CITY, China (Reuters) — Authorities in the eastern Chinese city of Xuzhou said on Friday (June 16) that the chief suspect in a blast outside a kindergarten that killed eight people and wounded more than 60 others used a “homemade” explosive device, state media reported. The suspect was identified by authorities as 22-year-old “Mr. Xu”, Vice Chief of Jiangsu’s Provincial Department of Public Security, Pei Jun, said at a news conference aired by state […]
President Duterte has been praised by Brazilian Ambassador to the Philippines, his excellency Rodrigo Do Amaral Souza for his campaign against drug users. He said, just like the Philippines, Brazil is struggling to stop the drug problem in their country. The Brazilian Ambassador visited Eagle Broadcasting Corporation for a courtesy visit. He said the visit was significant because the station is important in letting the world know about Brazil. He said, despite the geographical distance […]
by Nova Safo Agence France Presse CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — Doctors treating Otto Warmbier, the United States student released by North Korea in a coma this week, said Thursday the 22-year-old had suffered severe brain damage, as his father lashed out at the reclusive regime. Warmbier experienced extensive tissue loss in all regions of the brain, doctors said, but he showed no signs of physical trauma and medical tests offered no conclusive evidence […]
