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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump congratulated Emmanuel Macron on his victory in France’s presidential election on Sunday. Trump had backed neither Macron nor his far-right rival Marine Le Pen ahead of the vote’s second round. “Congratulations to Emmanuel Macron on his big win today as the next President of France,” he tweeted. “I look very much forward to working with him!” However, Trump had earlier hinted that Le Pen should benefit […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — German police on Sunday evacuated 50,000 people from the northern city of Hanover in one of the country’s largest post-war operations to defuse World War II era bombs. Residents in a densely populated part of the city were ordered to leave their homes for the operation, planned since mid-April, to remove several recently discovered unexploded bombs. Authorities had expected to remove as many as five bombs but as the day developed […]
PARIS, France (Reuters) — Marine Le Pen supporters were divided on Sunday (May 7) after the far-right candidate lost the French presidential election to centrist Emanuel Macron. While some were soundly disappointed by the defeat, others saw the historic result for the far right party as a reason to celebrate. The president of the National Front youth division, Gaetan Dussausaye compared the election campaign to David facing Goliath given all the opposition that he said […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea has detained another US citizen for committing “hostile acts,” it said Sunday, its second arrest of an American in a fortnight with tensions high between Pyongyang and Washington. The arrest of Kim Hak-Song means that the North now is holding four US citizens, with the two countries at loggerheads over Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile ambitions. Kim was detained on Saturday, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Emmanuel Macron, 39, who won the second round of the French presidential election on Sunday, according to estimates, will be one of the world’s youngest leaders. Here is a look at those who were still a little wet behind the ears when they attained high executive office: Young leaders Hungary: Viktor Orban became prime minister in 1998 at the age of 35. He left office in 2002 but took over again […]
by Adam PLOWRIGHT / Clare BYRNE Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Pro-European centrist Emmanuel Macron promised Sunday to heal France’s divisions after crushing far-right leader Marine Le Pen in a pivotal presidential election that has given him a large but fragile mandate for change. At 39, the pro-EU former investment banker will become France’s youngest-ever leader but faces a huge challenge to enact his programme while trying to unite a fractured and demoralised […]
As the French people decide who will be their next president between young centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen in their election today, May 7, 2017, Philippine Ambassador to France, Her Excellency Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro has long warned the Filipinos in France to anticipate the impact of this electoral change. “This country is a very good host, an excellent and generous host to our people,” the Ambassador explained. “Until when will […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Thai police said Saturday they were hunting for suspected human smugglers who deserted 35 Myanmar nationals in southern Thailand, a key stop on a regional trafficking route. The 28 men and 7 women were found in Thailand’s Nakhon Si Thammarat province on Friday without passports or proper visas, provincial police commander Wancha Akepornpich told AFP. They were bound for Malaysia where they had been promised work on rubber and palm plantations. […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese courts have sentenced 19 government officials and one business leader to prison for up to 20 years for their roles in a landslide which killed more than 70 people. The disaster occurred in Shenzhen, a southern boom town bordering Hong Kong, at the end of 2015 when soil illegally piled some 160 meters (500 feet) high at an old quarry site turned to mud during heavy rains. Three local courts […]
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — Hamas’s former chief in Gaza, Ismail Haniya, has been elected overall head of the Palestinian Islamist group, succeeding Khaled Meshaal, its official media announced Saturday. Haniya, seen as a pragmatist within the movement, is expected to remain in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian enclave run by Hamas since 2007, unlike Meshaal who lives in exile in Doha and has completed the maximum two terms in office. “The Hamas Shura Council […]
by Guy JACKSON / Joshua MELVIN Agence France-Presse PARIS, France – Emmanuel Macron sought to cement his status as favourite for the French presidency Friday on the last day of campaigning before this weekend’s run-off election while his far-right rival Marine Le Pen was targeted by protesters on a visit to a cathedral city. Pro-European centrist Macron and anti-immigration candidate Le Pen have offered starkly different visions for France during a campaign that has been […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea on Friday accused the Central Intelligence Agency of plotting with South Korea to assassinate leader Kim Jong-Un, amid soaring tensions in the flashpoint region. The CIA and Seoul’s Intelligence Services have “hatched a vicious plot” involving unspecified “biochemical substances” to kill the hermit state’s young leader during public ceremonial events in Pyongyang, the Ministry of State Security said. For the CIA “assassination by use of biochemical substances including radioactive […]
