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TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) –About 100 people took part in a disaster training drill in downtown Tokyo on Friday (March 10), a day before the sixth anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and subsequent nuclear crisis. Participants were able to experience walking through a plastic tent filled with yellow smoke, get hands-on training using automated external defibrillators (AEDs), and receive free emergency rations. “I participate every year. I was surprised at the number of available automated […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korean President Park Geun-Hye was fired by the country’s top court on Friday, as it upheld her impeachment by parliament over a wide-ranging corruption scandal. The unanimous decision brought months of political turmoil to a climax and triggers a new presidential election, to be held within 60 days. Park’s actions had “seriously impaired the spirit of… democracy and the rule of law,” said constitutional court chief justice Lee Jung-Mi. […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Two men shot dead two people and seriously injured a third on Thursday at a cafe in Basel, north-west Switzerland, police said as they hunt for the suspects. “Two men came into Cafe 56” around 8.15 pm local time (1915 GMT) “and fired several rounds of shots,” police said in a statement, without providing information on a possible motive. “Two customers were killed. Another is in a critical condition.” The assailants […]
UNITED NATION, United States (AFP) — Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney on Thursday urged Iraq to agree to a UN investigation of atrocities committed by the Islamic State group and bring those responsible for crimes to justice. Clooney, who represents Yazidi women who escaped from IS enslavement, was addressing UN member-states for the second time in six months to appeal for action to prosecute IS militants. “Why is it that nothing has been done?” Clooney […]
by Laurent BARTHELEMY Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States turned up the heat on the Islamic State group Thursday, sending an additional 400 US troops into Syria to support an offensive to retake Raqa, the jihadists’ de facto capital. The administration also announced a high level meeting on March 22 of the 68 countries in the US-led coalition to discuss plans to accelerate IS’s defeat. The announcements in Washington come […]
DUSSELDORF, Germany (AFP) — Attackers wielding axes injured five people at the main train station in the west German city of Duesseldorf late Thursday, local police told AFP. Two suspects were arrested, said police, who warned that others may have fled the scene. No details were given of those arrested or their possible motives. “People travelling were injured by the assailants’ axes,” the police said, adding that it was unclear exactly how many attackers were […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – A US congressional panel surpassed 24 straight hours of debate Thursday on Republican plans to kill Obamacare, highlighting deep divisions over the proposed health reforms. Lawmakers from Republican President Donald Trump’s party hold a majority in both chambers of Congress, but many of those same lawmakers oppose the proposed legislation. After 18 marathon hours of debate the House Ways and Means Committee early Thursday became the first panel to approve […]
by Usman SHARIFI Agence France-Presse KABUL, Afghanistan -The Islamic State group claimed a spectacular assault on Afghanistan’s largest military hospital that bore the hallmarks of the Taliban, prompting officials to voice misgivings as IS’s nascent presence in the country dwindles. IS claimed via its propaganda agency Amaq that its fighters dressed as doctors stormed the Sardar Daud Khan hospital in Kabul on Wednesday, reportedly killing around 50 people — hours after the Taliban denied responsibility. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump has offered former Utah governor Jon Huntsman the position of US Ambassador to Russia, amid investigations into Russian meddling in the US presidential race last year, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. Trump made the offer this week, the Post said, citing a White House official not authorized to discuss the move for now. Huntsman has indicated that he will accept the post, the official said Wednesday, the […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — A Frenchwoman with Down’s Syndrome will realize a “dream” by presenting the prime time weather bulletin on French television next week, an advocacy group for the disabled said Wednesday. Melanie Segard, 21, will begin training for the broadcast next Tuesday at the studios of public television station France 2, UNAPEI said in a statement. Segard has scored more than 200,000 “likes” on Facebook in less than two weeks since the association […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Around 40,000 protesters took to the streets of Madrid on Wednesday to mark International Women’s Day and call for an end to domestic violence. Gathered in the central square, the protesters carried posters reading “Justice” and “We are not all here” — in reference to victims of violence who have lost their lives. Municipal officials estimated at least 40,000 people had rallied in Madrid, and smaller protests were held in Barcelona […]
SAN JOSE PINULA, Guatemala (AFP) — The death toll from a fire in a government-run children’s shelter in Guatemala rose to 20 late Wednesday after a girl aged around 14 succumbed to burns, the hospital treating her said. All those killed in the blaze at the Virgin of the Assumption facility outside Guatemala City were teenage girls between 14 and 17 years old, officials said. The fire broke out early Wednesday in the wing housing […]
