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by Michael Mathes Jennie Matthew CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — Vanquished presidential challenger Ted Cruz stunned the Republican National Convention Wednesday by thumbing his nose at Donald Trump, refusing to endorse the party’s 2016 nominee and urging Americans to “vote their conscience.” Cruz received a standing ovation as he took the stage, but cheers turned to boos when it became clear the US senator from Texas did not come to Cleveland to back his former […]
CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — Indiana Governor Mike Pence accepted the Republican vice presidential nomination at a tumultuous party convention in Cleveland Wednesday, describing his running mate Donald Trump as a “good man.” “I am deeply humbled by your confidence,” Pence told delegates, still reeling from a night of high drama and political infighting over Trump’s anointment as the party’s White House candidate. Pence, 57, said he “joined this campaign in a heartbeat” because Republicans […]
US and Australian troops plan to step up training so they are “fully prepared” to answer challenges in the Pacific, US Vice President Joe Biden says amid rising tensions over Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea.
by Brigitte DUSSEAU CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — They demand her imprisonment, paint her as above the law, and warn her election would trigger the Apocalypse — the Republican National Convention’s collective hatred of Hillary Clinton has proven an intoxicating unifier. Republicans may be split over whether to support Donald Trump, the brash billionaire whom the Republican Party elevated to its presidential nominee on Tuesday, and who has consistently blasted Clinton as “Crooked Hillary.” But […]
MIAMI ,United States (AFP) — A previously unknown species of meat-eating dinosaur from 80 million years ago has been unearthed in Argentina, adding to the dino family known as the “Giant Thieves,” researchers said Wednesday. The fossil found in Patagonia — an area rich in bone discoveries from the Late Cretaceous Period — is named Murusraptor barrosaensis and may reveal more about the origins of the group known as the megaraptorids, according to the study […]
by Ivan Couronne CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — Ted Cruz was addressing a crowd on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on Wednesday when he was upstaged by Donald Trump yet again. Thanking his supporters more than two months after he withdrew from the primaries — his White House bid felled by Trump — the Texas senator was speaking in an open-air restaurant on Lake Erie a few miles (kilometers) from the […]
by Stuart WILLIAMS with Fulya OZERKAN and Frank ZELLER in Istanbul ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday declared a three-month state of emergency, vowing to hunt down the “terrorist” group behind last week’s bloody coup attempt. He has accused followers of his arch-enemy, US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, of being behind the coup, which has led to a wave of some 50,000 arrests and sackings of suspected conspirators. The state of […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwanese lawmakers and fishermen headed to an island in the disputed South China Sea Wednesday to protest at an international tribunal ruling which undermined Taipei’s claims there. Eight lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party and the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) boarded a military plane to the Taiwan-controlled Taiping island in the Spratlys archipelago. Five fishing boats decorated with Taiwanese flags and banners reading “Protect fishing rights, safeguard sovereignty” also set sail […]
by Nicolas REVISE Laurent BARTHELEMY WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States gathered its allies in the coalition fighting the Islamic State group Wednesday and agreed on a plan to corner the jihadists in their final bastions. US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told reporters that an accelerated military effort would soon see the group pushed back to Raqa in Syria and Mosul in Iraq. And US officials said donor countries had pledged a total […]
GIBRALTAR, United Kingdom (AFP) — A British nuclear submarine docked in Gibraltar on Wednesday after it collided with a merchant vessel off the coast of the territory located on Spain’s southern tip, Britain’s defense ministry said. “The submarine suffered some external damage but there is absolutely no damage to her nuclear plant and no member of the ship’s company was injured in the incident,” the ministry said in a statement. “We are in contact with […]
CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — Police arrested 17 people Wednesday outside the Republican National Convention in Cleveland after protesters tried to burn American flags. Two officers were assaulted and suffered “minor bumps and bruises,” Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams said. Two people were arrested on felony counts and 15 others on misdemeanor charges. “There are people that don’t want to just protest,” Williams said. “Their only reason for being here is disruption, disorder and chaos.” […]
CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — A Trump staffer apologized Wednesday for using remarks by Michelle Obama in a speech delivered by Melania Trump at the Republican National Convention that ignited a deeply embarrassing plagiarism row. The speech from the ex-model, watched by millions on television on Monday night, amounted to a nightmarish start for the convention and subjected her husband’s presidential campaign to withering scrutiny. Melania Trump had “always liked” the Democratic first lady and […]
