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UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — A war with North Korea is avoidable, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday, urging direct talks between key powers on dismantling Pyongyang’s nuclear program. Guterres said recent moves by South and North Korea to ease tensions were important, but he added: “let’s not forget that the essential problem is yet to be solved.” “I believe war is avoidable,” Guterres told reporters, but he added: “I am not yet sure […]
by Roberto Cortijo Agence France-Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Alberto Fujimori, Peru’s pardoned former president who was until recently serving a 25-year sentence for human rights abuses, was discharged from hospital Tuesday after receiving treatment for cardiac arrhythmia. Fujimori, 79, was hospitalized at the end of last year and treated for various ailments. “He is under careful medical observation,” his doctor Alejandro Aguinaga told AFP. Aguinaga said Fujimori was given a Holter monitor that records “everything that […]
DETROIT, United States (AFP) — Ford on Tuesday projected 2017 earnings below the level expected by analysts and said results this year would be even lower. The second-biggest US car company forecast adjusted earnings per share of $1.78, five cents below analyst expectations, according to data released ahead of a presentation by Ford chief financial officer Bob Shanks at the Deutsche Bank auto conference Tuesday night. Ford blamed “external headwinds” including high commodity costs and unfavorable exchange rates […]
by Jerome Cartillier Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump is expected to remain physically fit for the duration of his presidency and has “no cognitive issues whatsoever,” according to full results from his first medical examination released Tuesday. Trump’s critics have openly questioned his mental health, and an explosive book on his presidency published earlier this month described aides as having doubts about his fitness for office. “All data indicates the president is healthy […]
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — The two largest pro-independence parties in Catalonia said Tuesday they had agreed to nominate sacked regional leader Carles Puigdemont for president, despite his self-imposed exile in Belgium and Madrid’s insistence he cannot rule remotely. The separatist ERC and Puigdemont’s Together for Catalonia party reached an accord to support him “as a candidate for president of the Catalonia region,” a joint statement said. The central government in Madrid has warned it would maintain direct […]
by Dave Clark Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States held back $65 million meant for the United Nations relief agency for Palestinians on Tuesday, two weeks after President Donald Trump threatened future payments. State Department officials insisted the decision was not taken to pressure Palestinian leaders, but because the US wants other countries to help fund a reformed UNRWA. But the call came after a behind-the-scenes tussle between hawks who want to cut […]
by Tanja Vujisic Agence France-PresseKOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Kosovo – Prominent Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic was shot dead in a brazen drive-by shooting on Tuesday that risked fanning ethnic tensions in the volatile region. The killers struck on the very day that Belgrade and Pristina resumed EU-moderated talks on normalising ties after a hiatus of more than a year. Both Serbian and Kosovo Albanian officials refrained from explicitly accusing each other of being behind the killing as the international […]
by Clare Byrne with Katy Lee in Paris Agence France-Presse CALAIS, France –President Emmanuel Macron vowed Tuesday that France would no longer allow migrant camps like the notorious “Jungle” as he defended a tougher line on immigration that has attracted sharp criticism from some of his allies. In a closely watched speech in Calais, Macron promised a more orderly immigration policy with zero tolerance for camps like the Jungle, the squalid shantytown near the northern city’s port […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) – Nestle said Tuesday it has agreed to sell its US candy business to Italy’s Ferrero for CHF 2.7 billion ($2.8 billion/2.3 billion euros) in cash as the Swiss food giant shakes up its product portfolio. Ferrero, known for its Tic Tac, Nutella and Ferrero Rocher brands but which has traditionally preferred organic growth to acquisitions, will now be picking up Crunch, Butterfinger and Baby Ruth from Nestle. The sale will make Ferrero the third-largest confectionary […]
by Catherine Marciano Agence France Presse SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) — Pope Francis on Tuesday opened his visit to Chile by asking forgiveness for child sexual abuse scandals that have rocked the Catholic Church in the South American country. “I cannot begin to express the pain and shame that I feel over the irreparable harm caused to children on the part of Church ministers,” the 81-year-old pontiff said. “I would like to join with my […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte rapped Rappler for its “fake news” citing its latest report accusing Presidential Assistant Christopher “Bong” Go of allegedly intervening in the acquisition of warships by the Philippine Navy, and called the online news site as a “fake news outlet.” “Sumobra kayo. You are not only throwing toilet paper. You are throwing s— at us!” said an angry President Duterte as he faced the media in Pasay City on […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque denied that the Duterte administration influenced the decision of the Securities and Exchange Commission in revoking Rappler’s registration. “He had nothing to do with this decision. He was not even aware that this decision was coming up,” Roque said. Roque also said that the commissioners of the SEC were all appointees of former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III. “It’s [a decision made] by individuals who […]
