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SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — Shanghai soared more than one percent Monday as Chinese trading floors reopened after a long break while other Asian markets were mixed following last week’s surprising fall in US jobs. Geopolitical concerns also returned on worries North Korea will test another long-range missile and US President Donald Trump’s remarks suggesting that talking to Kim Jong-Un’s regime was a waste of time and “only one thing will work”. And the Turkish lira […]
by Alastair HIMMER Agence France Presse SUZUKA, Japan (AFP) — A rampant Lewis Hamilton has fired a warning to Formula One’s baby-faced new generation of drivers, telling them he’s still the man to beat. The Briton took a giant step to a fourth world title by steering his Mercedes to victory in Japan on Sunday, opening a 59-point lead over Sebastian Vettel with just four races left this season. With Vettel’s Ferrari seemingly cursed by […]
by Daniel Silva and Diego Urdaneta Agence France-Presse BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) – Pressure mounted on Monday against Catalan plans to declare independence after hundreds of thousands of protesters rallied to defend Spanish unity. The protests followed days of soaring tensions after police cracked down on voters during a banned October 1 Catalan independence referendum, prompting separatist leaders to warn they would unilaterally break away from Spain in days. Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, who has yet to […]
COX’s BAZAR, Bangladesh (AFP) – At least 12 people died and scores were missing Monday after a boat packed with Rohingya refugees — many of them children — capsized, the latest tragedy to strike those fleeing violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Coast guard and border guard officials said the boat was overloaded with about 100 people when it sank late Sunday in the mouth of the Naf river that separates Myanmar from Bangladesh. Border […]
by Alfons LUNA Agence France Pressse BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — In Spain the sight of countless red and yellow national flags was usually only seen at football stadiums — until Catalonia’s independence drive fanned the fires of patriotism this week. Despairing at what they see as dangerous Catalan nationalism, Spaniards opposed to secession wrapped themselves in the flag and demonstrated this weekend, chanting, “I am Spanish, Spanish, Spanish”. Catalan separatist leaders have threatened to declare […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump Sunday sent Congress his immigration legislation priorities, including building a controversial border wall, speeding up deportations and dramatically increasing the number of officials involved in enforcement. The administration tied these priorities to Democrats’ desire to provide legal protection to some 800,000 immigrants known as “Dreamers” who came to the country illegally as children and were covered by an amnesty brought by former President Barack Obama that […]
ALABAMA, United States (Reuters) — Resident of the southern U.S. states of Alabama and Mississippi woke up on Sunday (October 8) to asses the damage left overnight by Hurricane Nate as its winds rapidly weakened. Nate’s maximum sustained winds dropped to 45 miles per hour (70 km per hour) as it moved northeast into Alabama, prompting the National Hurricane Center to end its tropical storm warning for the region east of the Alabama-Florida border on […]
by Clara WRIGHT Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — People, it seems, have never been so afraid of their food -– and, say some experts, an obsession with healthy eating may paradoxically be endangering lives. Twenty-nine-year-old Frenchwoman Sabrina Debusquat recounts how, over 18 months, she became a vegetarian, then a vegan — eschewing eggs, dairy products and even honey -– before becoming a “raw foodist” who avoided all cooked foods, and ultimately decided to […]
Reuters — “Blade Runner 2049” won the North American box office over the weekend (October 6-8), netting $31.5 million in ticket sales,— far short of the $45 million many expected it to make. Idris Elba and Kate Winslet’s “The Mountain Between Us,” brought in $10 million, knocking horror film”It” into the third place spot at the box office, according to boxofficemojo.com. “It,” the latest adapation of the Stephen King novel, netted $9.65 million in it’s […]
by Céline CORNU Agence France Presse ROME, Italy (AFP) — As balconies bristle with tree branches and sunshine dapples the leaves of thousands of plants, two apartment buildings in the heart of Milan have almost disappeared under lush forest. The brainchild of Milanese architect Stefano Boeri, the Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forest) uses more than 20,000 trees and plants to adorn the high-rise buildings from top to bottom – a project now being exported all over […]
WASHINGTON, United States (Reuters) — The Turkish embassy in Washington said on Sunday (October 8) it suspended all non-immigrant visa services at all Turkish diplomatic facilities in the United States, after U.S. missions reduced visa services in Turkey. “Recent events have forced the Turkish government to reassess the commitment of government of the United States to the security of Turkish mission facilities and personnel,” the statement by the embassy in Washington said. The decision came […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May will tell the European Union on Monday that “the ball is in their court” as her divided government resumes Brexit negotiations in Brussels. She will use a speech in the House of Commons to urge both sides to show “flexibility” in seeking a deal on Britain’s withdrawal from the EU, her Downing Street office said. “A new, deep and special partnership between a sovereign United […]
