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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says he sees Brexit as an ‘enormous opportunity’ to tighten up trade relationships between Colombia and the United Kingdom, during a joint presser with British Prime Minister Theresa May. https://youtu.be/unnUH7N_v4w
by Sarah Benhaida with Ali Choukeir in Baghdad GOGJALI, Iraq (AFP) — Jihadist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi called on his fighters to resist as Iraqi forces were poised Thursday to enter the city of Mosul where he declared a “caliphate” two years ago. The appeal was made in an audio recording released on the Internet and purported to be by the elusive leader of the Islamic State group, his first message this year. “Do not […]
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (AFP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced nearly $8 billion in aid, loans and investment to promote development and reconciliation in Myanmar after talks with its de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi. https://youtu.be/Zad0nIhBAFI
https://youtu.be/9uzUaDogNmc SUAL, Philippines | AFP | — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday personally saw off 17 Vietnamese fishermen who had trespassed in Philippine waters, after ordering their release in a gesture of friendship towards Hanoi. Duterte ordered the release of the 17 men, who were apprehended aboard three fishing boats on September 8, after visiting Vietnam, a fellow member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). At a send-off ceremony, Duterte told diplomats and […]
The residents of Tangiers are working to bring new life to the neglected streets of the Moroccan port’s old city. Wall paintings, colorful facades and flowery alleyways are brightening up the centuries-old medina ahead of the COP22 climate talks in Marrakesh from November 7 to 18. https://youtu.be/thBdpgnoph8
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Barack Obama implicitly criticized FBI director James Comey Wednesday, insisting US investigations should not operate based on “innuendo” or “incomplete information.” Obama’s remarks in an interview with website NowThisNews were his first public comments since Comey’s announcement Friday that the FBI had discovered a new trove of emails that might or might not be pertinent to an earlier probe of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton’s handling of classified information. […]
Beirut’s National Museum has opened its basement of ancient treasures for the first time in four decades to let the public see its stunning array of funerary art, including the world’s largest collection of anthropoid sarcophagi. https://youtu.be/IbggeLkIflY
No suprise from the the U.S. Federal Reserve. It kept interest rates unchanged in its last meeting before the presidential election. The Fed signaled, however, it could hike interest rates in December. The U.S. central bank did say the economy continues to improve and job creation is solid. Plus, inflation has gone up a bit since earlier this year. The big unknown: U.S. presidental elections. In September, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said that an interest […]
Facebook Inc reported a 55.8 percent rise in quarterly revenue on Wednesday (November 2), beating analysts’ estimates, as its mobile-advertising sales soared. Mobile ad revenue accounted for 84 percent of Facebook’s total advertising revenue of $6.82 billion in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with 78 percent a year earlier. Analysts on average had expected total ad revenue of $6.71 billion, according to research firm FactSet StreetAccount. Facebook, whose shares were up 1 percent […]
An elephant wearing a fitted electronic collar begins to wake up as its tranquilizer is reversed by vets at the Amboseli National Park on November 2, 2016. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is collaring two young male elephants from the Amboseli region to better understand their migration routes. As Kenya’s population increases dramatically every year more land traditionally used by elephants as routes is being populated and developed and elephants have been impacted. […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook on Wednesday delivered another blockbuster earnings performance, showing solid growth in mobile ad revenues as the social network expands into new services. While Facebook topped Wall Street expectations in the quarter, shares dove more than eight percent to $116.54 after an earnings call during which executives warned that revenue growth should be more tempered next year and that the company planned to invest heavily in engineers and data-centers for […]
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AFP) — Bolivia has detected its first three cases of microcephaly caused by the Zika virus, local media reported Wednesday, citing health authorities. Two babies were born with the birth defect in September and a third in October, said the director of the public health service for the department of Santa Cruz, Aida Aguilera, quoted by local newspaper El Dia de Santa Cruz. She said the eastern region had registered 127 cases […]
