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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A 19-year-old man was seriously injured, and may have lost a foot, after landing on what appeared to be an amateur explosive or firework in New York’s Central Park on Sunday, officials said. The incident comes as authorities step up security over the US Independence Day weekend, especially at airports and other transport hubs. “We have no evidence that this is related to terrorism,” NYPD deputy chief John O’Connell […]
by Jung Ha-Won SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — At $100,000 a head, the puppies frolicking around the fenced lawn in western Seoul don’t come cheap — but at least their owners know exactly what they are getting. The lawn belongs to the Sooam Biotech Research Foundation, a world leader in pet cloning that has run a thriving commercial business over the past decade catering to dog owners who want to live with their pets forever […]
Russian art lovers get a chance to experience the charm of the Middle East as a top gallery in Moscow exhibits works of contemporary Iranian painters and sculptors. Installations made of glass and paper, highlighted with touches of golden foil take visitors to contemporary Tehran. “Extension.ir” exhibition brings together Iranian artists from the generation raised in the 1980s after the Islamic Revolution in 1979. The walls of the gallery have been decorated with portraits of […]
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — Search teams have recovered more human remains from the EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean in May, the Egyptian-led investigative committee said Sunday. The search vessel John Lethbridge “retrieved all the human remains that were mapped at the crash location,” the Egyptian Aircraft Accident Investigation Committee said in a statement. After delivering the remains in Alexandria, the vessel will return to the crash location “to conduct a new thorough scan […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (July 4) – I watched the first Independence Day film in the cinema back when I was twelve years old (do the math). As a child, I’m already a fan of science fiction, a trait that I did not manage to outgrow, and Independence Day was like a special treat for me – inspiring my imagination for extraterrestrial life and the possibility of inter-galactic civilization. As the years passed, and having seen […]
Kellogg Co is offering a grrrr-eat new spot for cereal-lovers, with the opening of its first cereal cafe in New York City’s Times Square. The maker of Frosted Flakes and Rice Krispies said a bowl of cereal at the cafe, which opens July 4, will cost anywhere between $6.50 (USD) and $7.50 and can be eaten in or taken out. There are plans to launch a delivery service later in the year, the Battle Creek, […]
New Zealand Customs and Police say they have seized 35 kilogrammes of cocaine brought into the country inside a diamante-encrusted horse head. “There is a significant organised crime group offshore that will be responsible for this and who have now lost a whole lot of money,” said National Organised Crime Manager, Detective Superintendent Virginia Le Bas in Auckland on Saturday (July 2). The discovery was made in May with the airfreight package delivered to an […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The champion Cleveland Cavaliers will pay a league-high $54 million luxury tax for last season for going over salary cap limits on their title-team payroll, ESPN said Sunday. Owner Dan Gilbert will have to send the league a check for salary overruns in the championship season that brought Cleveland its first sports champion since 1964. Seven teams in all exceeded the $84.7 million tax threshold for last season, the […]
In a telephone interview aired on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday (July 3), Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said she was “pleased to have the opportunity to assist” the Federal Bureau of Investigation into the use of her private email server. “It was something I had offered to do since last August. I’d been eager to do it and I was pleased to have the opportunity to assist the department in bringing it’s […]
by Olivia HAMPTON WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton says she was “pleased” to speak with the FBI about her use of personal email while serving as secretary of state, but refused to discuss reports that she will not face charges. In an interview aired Sunday, Clinton acknowledged it was unwise for her husband to meet with America’s top law enforcement officer, with the encounter coming in the midst of the FBI investigation that […]
by Guy JACKSON PARIS, France (AFP) — France will have the perfect opportunity to avenge their defeat to Germany in the 2014 World Cup when they take on their old foes in the Euro 2016 semi-finals on Thursday, according to star striker Olivier Giroud. “It will be a great match, we have a lot of desire to get our own back for the World Cup,” Giroud said after his two goals helped France thrash Iceland […]
The death of World War Two concentration camp survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel was mourned on Sunday (July 3) by family and friends at a New York City synagogue, who honored his commitments to his loved-ones as well as his life-long fight for millions of Holocaust victims. Wiesel, 87, died on Saturday at his home in New York City. The private funeral will be followed by a public memorial at a later date, the […]
