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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) – The body of the assassinated half-brother of North Korea’s leader will be sent to Pyongyang and nine Malaysians freed, Malaysia’s prime minister said Thursday, ending a bitter feud between the two countries. Kim Jong-Nam was poisoned with the lethal nerve agent VX in a brazen Cold War-style assassination on February 13 in Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The murder triggered a diplomatic dispute between Malaysia and North Korea, which expelled each other’s […]
NORTH QUEENSLAND (Reuters) –Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull praised the resilience of residents in Queensland state as he surveyed the damage caused by Cyclone Debbie in Bowen on Thursday (March 30). Cyclone Debbie struck as a category four storm on Tuesday (March 28), smashing tourist resorts, ripping off roofs, bringing down power lines, flattening canefields and flooding coastal regions. Tens of thousands more people were still without power on Thursday in north Queensland, where officials […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — Security was tight in front of the house of South Korea’s ousted leader Park Geun-hye and the Seoul Central District Court on Thursday (March 30) morning as she is set to attend a court hearing to review a warrant seeking her arrest. Police said it mobilized about 2,000 police officers near the court and about 1,200 officers near Park’s house. A South Korean court is set to hold a hearing at 10:30 […]
WASHINGTON D.C., United States (CCTV) — Police in Washington D.C. have fired on a woman after she rammed a police vehicle near the U.S. Capitol and tried to mow down several officers on Wednesday. The woman was then arrested and no injuries have been reported. Police are currently investigating her motive and other details of the incident. “Although preliminary, this incident appears to be criminal in nature with no nexus to terrorism; and in addition, the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (Reuters) — Ivanka Trump said on Wednesday (March 29) she would work in the White House in an unpaid, informal advisory role to the president as she sought to allay ethics concerns about working there. “I have heard the concerns some have with my advising the president in my personal capacity while voluntarily complying with all ethics rules and I will instead serve as an unpaid employee in the White House […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A United States diplomat who allegedly took tens of thousands of dollars in cash and gifts from Chinese intelligence agents was charged Wednesday with lying to investigators over those contacts. The Department of Justice said Candace Marie Claiborne, 60, knew that the two Chinese men she had regular contact with while working for the US State Department in China and other countries were from the Chinese security services, and that the […]
GIBRALTAR, United Kingdom (AFP) — Gibraltar will “be no victim of Brexit” and will adopt to a new reality outside of the European Union, the chief minister of the tiny British territory said Wednesday. Fabian Picardo also vowed to fight any attempt by Spain to gain more control over “the Rock” during negotiations over Britain’s exit from the bloc. “As far as we are concerned, this day brings us nothing to celebrate. But it also […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – The head of the powerful Senate Intelligence Committee warned Wednesday that Russia is interfering in the French election just as it did in the US presidential campaign last year. Senator Richard Burr, who has access to some of the most highly classified US intelligence, said Moscow has shown a clear will and ability to disrupt elections in Western democracies. “What we might assess was a very covert effort in 2016 […]
by Pirate IRWIN Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom – Progress is being made in the war on doping with educational programmes among the measures targetting the prevention of cases such as the ‘institutionalised doping’ in Russia, World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) chief Craig Reedie told AFP. The 75-year-old Scot — who has been in his post since January 2014 — added improved science in detecting doping offences quicker than had been anticipated had also had […]
by Susan NJANJI Agence France-Presse JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – The funeral of celebrated South African anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada on Wednesday was transformed into a rally against President Jacob Zuma, who had been barred from the event. The family of the African National Congress (ANC) stalwart, one of Nelson Mandela’s closest colleagues in the struggle against white minority rule who died on Tuesday aged 87, had asked Zuma to stay away. It was however attended […]
by Maya Gebeily with Delil Souleiman at Tabqa Dam Agence France-Presse BEIRUT, Lebanon – Four Syrian towns are to be evacuated under an agreement between pro-government forces and rebels, in the latest of a series of deals to end crippling years-long sieges. The agreement, brokered by rebel supporter Qatar and regime ally Iran, is expected to involve more than 30,000 people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The deal reached late Tuesday involves Zabadani […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Prime Minister Theresa May said there could be “no turning back” and called for national unity on Wednesday after notifying the European Union of Britain’s intention to end its 44-year membership of the bloc. “This is a historic moment from which there can be no turning back,” she told parliament, adding: “Now is the time for us to come together,” she added.
