BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — The man killed by an explosion at a bar in the southern German city of Ansbach late on Sunday was the one who set off the blast, local police said. At least 12 other people were injured in the explosion, which went off close to a bar in the city centre at around 10:00 pm (2000 GMT). Some 2,500 people were gathered nearby for an open-air music festival, which local media […]
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Democrats in disarray on eve of convention to nominate Clinton
(REUTERS) — The head of the Democratic Party resigned on Sunday (July 24) amid a furor over embarrassing leaked emails, hoping to head off a growing rebellion by Bernie Sanders supporters on the eve of the convention to nominate Hillary Clinton for the White House. Lingering bitterness from their heated primary campaign erupted after more than 19,000 Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails, leaked on Friday, seemed to confirm Sanders’ frequent charge that the party […]
Democratic Party chair resigns in wake of email leak
PHILADELPHIA, United States (AFP) — Embattled Democratic Party chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz said Sunday she is resigning, following a leak of emails suggesting an insider attempt to hobble the campaign of Hillary Clinton’s rival in the White House primaries Bernie Sanders. Wasserman Schultz will step down at the end of the Democratic National Convention, she said in a statement on the eve of the confab in Philadelphia that is set to anoint Clinton as the […]
SE Asia deadlocked as S. China Sea split deepens
by Martin ABBUGAO Annabel SYMINGTON VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) — Southeast Asian nations were deadlocked Sunday about how to confront China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea as pressure from Beijing again drove a wedge between countries on the region’s toughest security challenge. Their gathering in the Laos capital is the first time regional players — including China and the United States — have met en masse since a UN-backed tribunal delivered a hammer blow […]
Blast at German bar ‘deliberate’: local authorities
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — An explosion which killed at least one person at a bar in the southern German city of Ansbach on Sunday night was set off on purpose, local authorities told AFP. “The explosion was set off deliberately,” said Michael Siefener, a spokesman for the regional interior ministry, adding that authorities were trying to establish the exact cause. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
China builds massive seaplane: state media
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China has completed production of the world’s largest amphibious aircraft, state media has said, the latest effort in the country’s program to wean itself off dependence on foreign aviation firms. The state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) unveiled the first of the new planes, dubbed the AG600, Saturday in the southern port city of Zhuhai, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The aircraft, which has a maximum range of 4,500 […]
One dead, 11 injured by blast in German city of Ansbach: report
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — One person was killed and 11 injured by an explosion at a restaurant in the southern German city of Ansbach on Sunday night, DPA reported, citing local police. Officers have cordoned off the centre of the Bavarian city and rescue services are on the scene, the news agency reported, although details of what caused the explosion are still unclear. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
Political analyst, Prof. Richard Heydarian talks about the South China Sea Tribunal Ruling
German-Iranian gunman kills nine in Munich, then himself: police
(REUTERS) An 18-year-old German-Iranian gunman who apparently acted alone opened fire near a busy shopping mall in Munich on Friday evening, killing at least nine people in the third attack on civilians in Western Europe in eight days. As authorities sought to piece together the circumstances of an attack behind which they had found no immediate evidence of an Islamist motive, Munich police said they would hold a 0930 GMT (5.30 am ET) news […]
12 candidates for UN chief to be informed of straw poll results: Security Council president
CCTV — The president of the United Nations (UN) Security Council told reporters Thursday that all the 12 announced candidates for the post of UN chief will be informed of the outcome of the first round of a secret straw poll by the 15-nation council. Ambassador Koro Bossho of Japan, this month’s president of the Security Council, made the statement less than two hours after the polling started at 10:00 at the UN headquarters, New […]
Twitter reaction to Trump acceptance speech
CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — The following is a selection of reaction on Twitter to New York billionaire Donald Trump’s speech on Thursday accepting the Republican Party nomination for president: Bernie Sanders, former candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination @BernieSanders Trump: “I alone can fix this.” Is this guy running for president or dictator? Laura Ingraham, conservative host of the Laura Ingraham Show @IngrahamAngle This is @realDonaldTrump broadening the base of the GOP. The inner […]
Vote Trump for equal pay and childcare, says Ivanka
by Jennie MATTHEW CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — Ivanka Trump stepped out as a potent surrogate for her father on Thursday promising he would be a compassionate leader who would fight for women’s rights and affordable childcare. The 34-year-old businesswoman and mother of three, a loyal fixture on her dad’s campaign trail, introduced the 70-year-old mogul as he accepted the Republican nomination for president that few imagined ever possible. “My father not only has the […]
