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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan will Tuesday deploy an additional missile defense system on its northern island of Hokkaido, a defense ministry spokesman told AFP, days after North Korea launched a missile over the island. “We are deploying a PAC-3 system at about noon” to a base of the nation’s Ground Self-Defense Force in the southern tip of Hokkaido, said Kensaku Mizuseki. According to local officials, Japan has already deployed the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump warned Monday that Venezuela is “collapsing,” suggesting the United States may take additional steps to restore democracy. Trump told Latin American allies gathered on the fringes of the United Nations General Assembly that President Nicolas “Maduro defied his own people” and was guilty of “disastrous rule” that may necessitate further punitive measures. “The Venezuelan people are starving. Their country is collapsing,” he said. Washington has already slapped sanctions […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei index rose past 20,000 for the first time in six weeks on Tuesday after Wall Street edged up to a new record close and a weak yen lifted exporters. The bellwether Nikkei 225 index climbed 1.12 percent, or 223.25 points, to 20,132.75 in early trade, breaching the barrier of 20,000 for the first time since early August. The broader Topix index was up 1.01 percent, or 16.58 points, […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency has filed criminal charges against former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and several others over the P6.4-billion drug shipment that slipped through Customs via express lanes in May. PDEA filed charges for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act, particularly for conspiracy to import illegal drugs and for protecting or coddling drug traffickers against Faeldon and others from the BOC —BOC directors Milo Maestrecampo and Neil Anthony Estrella; intelligence officers […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea bitterly denounced new sanctions on its economy as “vicious, unethical and inhumane” and warned the measures would only accelerate progress on its nuclear weapons program, state media reported Monday. The angry statement from Pyongyang’s foreign ministry came as the crisis surrounding the reclusive state was set to dominate the annual UN gathering of world leaders. The UN Security Council last week imposed a new raft of sanctions on […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Works began Monday to boost security at the Eiffel Tower as an anti-terrorism measure, city hall said, with bulletproof glass walls set to go up around the world’s most visited monument. The changes come after a string of jihadist attacks in the French capital over the past two years in which more than 200 people have died. A bulletproof glass wall will be installed around the monument’s gardens under the 30-million-euro […]
MADRID, Spain (Reuters) — The Spanish foreign ministry said on Monday (September 18) it had asked North Korea’s ambassador to leave Spain before the end of the month due to his country’s repeated refusals to renounce its nuclear weapons program. “Today, the North Korean ambassador was summoned and was told of the decision to consider him as a persona non grata, therefore he must stop working and abandon the country before Sept. 30,” the foreign […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Britain led world powers Monday in warning Myanmar of potential action if leader Aung San Suu Kyi does not move to end a campaign against the Rohingya minority. Hours before Suu Kyi delivers a national address Tuesday, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson called a meeting on the crisis on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Johnson, at the meeting attended by US Ambassador to […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Global stocks ran the table on Monday, rising in New York, Europe and Asia on a mix of optimism, resilient oil prices and renewed calm on the Korean peninsula. Wall Street eked out fresh record closes in advance of this week’s Federal Reserve meeting, which is expected to announce a drawdown of its massive bond holdings, sending bond yields higher. Despite Friday’s North Korea missile test, the second in […]
WASHINGTON,United States (AFP) — The United States has “many” military options against North Korea, including some that don’t put Seoul at risk, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Monday. His comments come after President Donald Trump’s administration ramped up pressure on North Korea on Sunday, warning Pyongyang will be “destroyed” if it refuses to end its “reckless” nuclear and ballistic missile drive. “There are many military options, in concert with our allies, that we will take […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Maria rose in power Monday to become an “extremely dangerous” Category Four hurricane as it barreled toward the Caribbean island of Dominica, the US National Hurricane Center said. “The eye and the intense inner core is expected to pass near Dominica in the next few hours,” the Miami-based NHC said in its 2100 GMT bulletin. Maria, coming two weeks after Hurricane Irma cut a path of destruction through the Caribbean, […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping committed to “maximizing pressure on North Korea,” the White House said Monday, amid an escalating crisis over Pyongyang’s ballistic and nuclear weapons programs. In a phone call the two men discussed “North Korea’s continued defiance of the international community and its efforts to destabilize Northeast Asia,” the White House said. “The two leaders committed to maximizing pressure on North […]
