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NICE, France (AFP) — An AFP reporter had to shield his face from the flying debris as he watched a truck plough at full-speed into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice on Thursday night, leaving at least 60 people dead. “It was absolute chaos,” said the AFP correspondent, who was among the crowd gathered to watch the fireworks for France’s national day on the beachfront Promenade des Anglais. “We saw people hit and bits […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — French President Francois Hollande was heading back to Paris early Friday for crisis talks, his office said, after a van drove into a crowd in the resort of Nice in what a local official said was a “major criminal attack”. “He is coming back to Paris and will go directly to Place Beauvau to the crisis cell,” the presidency said. Hollande had been in the southern city of Avignon on a […]
NICE, France (AFP)–Up to 30 people were on Friday feared dead and around 100 injured in an “attack” in the French Riviera resort of Nice after a truck ploughed into a crowd of people leaving a Bastille Day firework display, city officials said. Witnesses described hearing gunfire, although this was not immediately confirmed by the authorities with images on social media showed casualties lying in the street, some being tended by paramedics. The incident comes as […]
JUBA, South Sudan (AFP) by Peter MARTELL with Michael O’HAGAN in Nimule, Uganda A heavily-armed Ugandan military convoy crossed into South Sudan on Thursday to evacuate citizens trapped in the capital Juba as fears persist that days of fierce fighting might reignite despite a ceasefire. The United Nations has warned of tension and the possibility of fresh fighting in Juba, where a ceasefire has held since late Monday. President Salva Kiir on Thursday called on […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) – Yemen’s government threatened Thursday to boycott UN-brokered peace talks, on the eve of their expected resumption in Kuwait, unless Iran-backed rebels commit to the terms of a United Nations resolution. The UN said however that it still had not been informed of any boycott from any side while affirming that the talks were scheduled to resume on Friday after a two-week break. More than two months of negotiations between President Abedrabbo […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)– California regulators on Wednesday rejected a plan by Volkswagen to fix some 16,000 diesel vehicles involved in the carmaker’s costly emissions-cheating scandal. The measures proposed by Volkswagen for recalling its 3-liter diesel cars were “incomplete, substantially deficient and fall far short of meeting the legal requirements,” the California Air Resources Board said in a letter to the automaker. Authorities would “continue the on-going technical discussions” with Volkswagen to “ensure a legally and technically […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Philippines is set to raise the issue of the historic ruling on the South China Sea or West Philippine Sea maritime dispute at the Asia-Europe Summit, known as ASEM, in Mongolia. Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay will attend the said summit which begins tomorrow, July 15. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs Said Secretary Yasay will discuss within the context of ASEM’s agenda the Philippines’ peaceful and […]
The Philippines stock market is outshining most other emerging markets this year, despite the country’s weak economic status and involvement at the heart of the South China Sea dispute. As Tara Joseph reports, the country’s tough talking new president is boosting hopes for reform.
Eagle News) — Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop urged China and the Philippines to follow the South China Sea permanent court of arbitration ruling.
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang echoed the call of the department of foreign affairs for restraint and sobriety after the permanent court of arbitration in The Hague ruled in favor of the Philippines’ arbitration case against China in the territorial dispute over the West Philippine Sea. ”If I had any comments, this is basically, like I said, we are going by the official statement released by the dfa secretary. And basically it is that […]
Eagle News — Trekkies gather in London as Chris Pine, Idris Elba, Zachary Quinto and the rest of the “Star Trek Beyond” cast attend the film’s UK premiere.
Eagle News — Aminado ang China na hindi nito isinasantabi ang posibilidad na magdeklara ng Air Defense Identification Zone o ADIZ sa West Philippine Sea o South China Sea. Ito’y makaraang ibaba ng Permanent Court of Arbitration ang desisyon na nagsasabing walang basehan ang pag-angkin ng China sa mga pinag-aagawang teritoryo sa West Philippine Sea. Sinabi ni Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin na magdedesisyon sila kung magdedeklara ng ADIZ, depende sa mga banta. Ayon […]
