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BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said there were many signs that the crash of a lorry into a bustling Berlin market on Monday was an attack. “I don’t want to use the word ‘attack’ yet, although there are many things pointing to one,” he told public television after at least nine people were killed in the incident. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A US strike against a senior Al-Qaeda leader in Afghanistan in October also killed two other senior operatives, the Pentagon said Monday. The Defense Department had already announced the death of Farouq al-Qahtani, Al-Qaeda’s emir for northeastern Afghanistan, who was killed in the October 23 drone strike in Kunar province. On Monday, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook confirmed the strike also killed Bilal al-Utabi, Qahtani’s deputy, as well as Abd […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — America’s Electoral College Monday confirmed as expected Donald Trump’s election as the 45th president of the United States, unswayed by a last-ditch bid by die-hard opponents to bar the Republican’s path to the White House. Six weeks after his upset victory over the Democrat Hillary Clinton, Trump sailed past the 270 votes needed to make his victory official, according to US media, clearing the way for him to succeed Barack […]
by Deborah Cole Agence France Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — A lorry ploughed into a busy market in central Berlin on Monday, killing at least nine people and hurting 50 more in what police said was a possible terror attack. Ambulances and heavily armed officers rushed to the area after the driver mounted the pavement of the market in a square popular with tourists, in scenes reminiscent of July’s deadly truck attack in the French […]
by Glenn CHAPMAN Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -Mark Zuckerberg’s artificial intelligence-imbued software “butler” — named Jarvis — is now in service, and even plays with his family, the Facebook chief said Monday. Zuckerberg took on the personal project this year, devoting about 100 hours to making a system inspired by the “Iron Man” film character Jarvis as a virtual assistant to help manage his household. “In some ways, this challenge was easier than […]
Agence France-Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) – The Russian ambassador to Ankara was shot dead in a brazen attack by a Turkish policeman in a cultural centre on Monday in what both sides branded an “act of terror.” The assassination, by a sharp-suited gunman shouting “Don’t forget Aleppo”, came after days of protests in Turkey over Russia’s role in Syria and on the eve of a unprecedented meeting of the foreign ministers of Turkey, Russia and […]
by Mariëtte Le Roux Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) – Physicists on Monday announced an important step towards unravelling one of the Universe’s great mysteries: What happened to all the anti-matter created in the Big Bang? A new technique has allowed them to study the behaviour of a single atom of anti-matter under ultraviolet light, a team wrote in the journal Nature. “Imagine you are the first one to look at something about the Universe […]
by Aurélia END Clare BYRNE Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) – A French court on Monday found IMF head Christine Lagarde guilty of negligence over a massive state payout to a tycoon when she was French finance minister but spared her a fine or prison sentence. The ruling was a rare setback in Lagarde’s glittering career but it was not clear how it would affect her position at the International Monetary Fund, whose board was […]
by Fulya OZERKAN and Stuart WILLIAMS Agence France-Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) – A Turkish policeman crying “Aleppo” and “revenge” shot dead Russia’s ambassador to Turkey at an art exhibition in Ankara on Monday, in what Moscow said was a “terrorist act”. Andrei Karlov died of his wounds after the shooting, which occurred on the eve of a key meeting between the Russian, Turkish and Iranian foreign ministers on the Syria conflict. Dramatic television footage showed […]
by Karam al-Masri with Maya Gebeily in Beirut Agence France-Presse ALEPPO, Syria (AFP ) – Thousands of traumatised Syrians left the rebel enclave of Aleppo on Monday under a complex evacuation agreement that will see regime forces exert full control over the battered city. Families had spent hours waiting in below-freezing temperatures, sheltering from the rain in bombed-out apartment blocks and waiting desperately for news on a new wave of departures. The operations resumed on […]
BEIJING, China (Reuters) — The Chinese and U.S. militaries are having “unimpeded” talks about the return of U.S. underwater drone taken by a Chinese naval vessel in the South China Sea last week, China’s foreign ministry said on Monday (December 19). The drone, known as an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), was taken on Thursday (December 15) in waters off the coast of the Philippines, the first seizure of its kind in recent memory. U.S. President-elect […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa announced that key officials of the PNP will receive additional bonus from President Rodrigo Duterte. The additional bonus ranges from Php 50, 000 to Php 400, 000 depending on rank and position. The bonus is a “thank you” from the President himself to show his gratitude to the PNP on its support during his administration’s five-month war against illegal drugs.
