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by Michael Mathes PADUCAH , United States (AFP) — No Democratic presidential candidate has won Kentucky since 1980 except Hillary Clinton’s husband Bill, but she is treating the state as an opportunity to appeal to a demographic that has consistently snubbed her: working-class white men. The Bluegrass State holds its Democratic primary on Tuesday, and Clinton’s rival Bernie Sanders is gunning for a victory here like his one last week in neighboring West Virginia, as […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday vowed cooperation with French investigators probing payments allegedly made to help Tokyo secure the 2020 Olympics. “I have instructed the education and sports minister to fully cooperate in the investigation,” Abe told lawmakers in parliament, Jiji Press reported. “Education and sports minister (Hiroshi) Hase told the Japanese Olympic Committee and the former bid committee to cooperate in the investigation,” Abe was quoted as saying. […]
by Maria Isabel SANCHEZ SANTO DOMINGO , Dominican Republic (AFP) — Dominican Republic incumbent leader Danilo Medina seemed destined for a sweeping victory in the country’s presidential election Sunday, according to early official results, in a vote marked by long lines, technical difficulties and staff walkouts. With just over a quarter of the results in, Medina had won 61.7 percent of the vote, according to preliminary figures released by government election authorities. If the results […]
LONDON , United Kingdom (AFP) — A tip from a CIA spy to authorities in apartheid-era South Africa led to Nelson Mandela’s arrest, beginning the leader’s 27 years behind bars, a report said on Sunday. Donald Rickard , a former US vice-consul in Durban and CIA operative, told British film director John Irvin that he had been involved in Mandela’s arrest in 1962 which was seen as necessary because the Americans believed he was “completely under […]
BEIJINg, China (AFP) — China on Sunday accused the US of deliberately distorting the facts in a report on the Asian giant’s defence policy, warning Washington it had “severely damaged” trust between the superpowers. The Pentagon on Friday said Beijing had been building up military facilities on reefs and islets in a bid to assert its claims to the contested waters of the South China Sea. China’s military has also been using “coercive tactics” to […]
MADRID , Spain (AFP) — Thousands took to Madrid’s streets on Sunday to mark the fifth anniversary of the birth of Spain’s Indignados movement, which shook the country’s political system and sparked “occupy” movements around the world. Crowds marched through the Spanish capital to the beat of drums, holding banners proclaiming: “Indignados, united or defeated!”, “Unemployed on the march!” and “European Union of people, not nations!”. Thousands also gathered in the city’s central Puerta del […]
MANILA, philippines (AFP) — Communist guerrillas killed three Philippine soldiers in the first fatal clash since a newly-elected president offered to restart stalled peace talks, the military said Sunday, May 15. The soldiers were on the central island of Negros on Saturday investigating reports that New People’s Army guerrillas were extorting money from villagers when they clashed with about ten rebels, leaving three soldiers dead and two wounded, a military report said. The violence comes just […]
by Alexander MARTINEZ CARACAS , Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro owes his rule to his leftwing predecessor, the late Hugo Chavez, and he’s not about to let anybody forget it. He often gives speeches in front of portraits of Chavez, whom he calls “the eternal commander,” speaks of continuing the “Chavismo” brand of socialism, and wears the red shirts or caps that are the emblematic color of Chavez’s “Bolivarian revolution.” The props are […]
PARIS , France (AFP) — French astrophysicist Andre Brahic, one of the discoverers of Neptune’s rings, died in Paris Sunday at the age of 73, his publisher Odile Jacob said. “He was a brilliant character… extraordinarily warm, profound and authentic ,a great scholar and also a storyteller, a writer,” said Jacob, who was close to Brahic. An expert on the solar system, in 1984 he launched a programme which led to the discovery, with US […]
by Fawaz al-Haidari ADEN , Yemen (AFP) — A suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State group and a second blast killed 47 police Sunday in the Yemeni port of Mukalla where a year of Al-Qaeda rule ended last month, medics said. It was the second attack in days claimed by IS in the city of 200,000 people that was recaptured by government forces from the rival jihadists of Al-Qaeda with US backing. The suicide […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Barack Obama on Sunday criticized the populist campaign of Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump, decrying “anti-intellectualism” and noting that “ignorance is not a virtue.” Obama did not specifically name the brash New York real estate developer during his remarks at a university graduation ceremony in New Jersey, but it was clear he was referring to the candidate who is running on a slogan of “Make American Great Again!” The […]
Baghdad, Iraq (AFP)—Suicide attackers broke into a gas plant north of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least seven people and setting fire to gas tanks, officials said. The attack on the Taji plant, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of the capital, took place around 6 a.m. (0300 GMT). Eight suicide bombers broke into the gas plant and blew up a car bomb at one of its entrances, interior ministry spokesperson Saad Maan said […]
