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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Exiled Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui and Steve Bannon Tuesday implicated China in the seemingly accidental death of tycoon Wang Jian, accusing Beijing of murdering, imprisoning and torturing its own people on a massive scale. The two men used a news conference held amid tight security in a five-star New York hotel to announce that they were going to use a $100 million fund set up by Guo to investigate […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia is expected to release the only female member of the “Bali Nine” heroin-trafficking gang from prison on Wednesday after serving 13 years in a case that caused a diplomatic furore. Australian Renae Lawrence, 41, was arrested in 2005 when authorities caught her with 2.6 kilograms (5.7 pounds) of heroin strapped to her body as she tried to fly out of the international airport on the holiday island of Bali. She […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US health officials warned consumers Tuesday not to eat any romaine lettuce and to throw away any they might have in their homes, citing an outbreak of E. coli poisoning. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued the warning against all Romaine lettuce just two days before the Thanksgiving holiday, when American families gather and feast together. “Consumers who have any type of romaine lettuce in their home […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — J.R. Smith, who helped the Cleveland Cavaliers win the 2016 NBA title, will no longer play for the league-worst Cavs as they try to rebuild after losing superstar LeBron James. The Cavaliers announced that Smith, a 33-year-old guard, “will no longer be with the team as the organization works with JR and his representation regarding his future.” The move comes hours after the release of an interview with Smith by […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Washington on Tuesday said Beijing continued to foster the theft of American technological know-how, with officials there exacerbating matters in recent months. The renewed accusations from President Donald Trump’s administration come as markets grow pessimistic that the world’s two largest economies can resolve their burgeoning trade war any time soon. In an update to a report issued in March, the Office of US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said Tuesday that […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Global stocks plunged Tuesday as a sharp downward trend in the technology sector hit valuations hard and the Dow gave up all its gains for the year. In Europe and Asia, there was much talk about the surprise arrest of Carlos Ghosn, boss of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance, and stocks in the three companies plunged, while Wall Street suffered a second big decline. Analysts at Capital Economics forecast the tech […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Tuesday for an obscenity-laced response to a heckler during a loss Saturday at Dallas. The violation, technically, for directing inappropriate language toward a fan, took place with 61 seconds remaining in the first quarter of the Mavericks’ 112-109 victory over the reigning NBA champions. A cell phone video of the confrontation obtained by TMZ Sports showed […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Joel Embiid scored 33 points and grabbed 17 rebounds to power Philadelphia over the Phoenix Suns 119-114 on Monday, keeping the 76ers the NBA’s only unbeaten team at home. The 24-year-old Cameroonian 7-footer made 12-of-23 shots from the floor and added three steals as the Sixers improved to 9-0 at home and 12-7 overall despite trailing 62-57 at half-time. “It was good,” Embiid said. “We can’t be taking possessions off. […]
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — One person was killed on Tuesday and 49 others were injured, five seriously, when a train derailed near Barcelona due to a landslide caused by heavy rains, emergency services and Spain’s rail operator said. Two carriages of a convoy of six came off the tracks at 6:15 am (0515 GMT) near the town of Vacarisses, 35 kilometers (20 miles) northeast of Barcelona, emergency services said on Twitter. Of the 133 people […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk has announced he is changing the name of his monster rocket BFR, aimed at carrying people to the Moon and possibly one day to Mars, to “Starship.” BFR has long been the unofficial name of the rocket, which is still under development. The letters were initially presumed to stand for “Big Fucking Rocket,” before company executives began formally referring to it as “Big Falcon Rocket.” […]
by Yemeli ORTEGA Agence France Presse TIJUANA, Mexico (AFP) — Huge metal or concrete barricades and walls of concertina wire went up Monday on both sides of a bustling US-Mexico border crossing as a caravan of US-bound Central American migrants pours into Tijuana, the last stop before California. US authorities went so far as to briefly close the San Ysidro Port of Entry altogether — it is one of the busiest land border crossings in […]
by Rob Woollard Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao said Tuesday he hopes to be reunited with long-time trainer Freddie Roach for his January bout against Adrien Broner but admitted he had not spoken to the veteran cornerman about renewing their partnership. Pacquiao ended a 16-year association with Roach ahead of his victory over Lucas Matthyse in Kuala Lumpur in July, breaking up one of boxing’s most […]
