Bolivian President Evo Morales oversaw on Sunday (June 19) the first meeting of the Silala Defence Council as Bolivian authorities prepared a strategy for its case against Chile over the disputed Silala River. Early in June, Chilean officials submitted documentation to start formal legal proceedings over the Silala river, asking the International Court of Justice to declare it “an international watercourse” and granting Chile usage rights. President Evo Morales responded by saying he will counter-sue […]
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‘Finding Dory’ sets animated film record on opening weekend
“Finding Dory,” the sequel to “Finding Nemo,” racked up a record-setting $136.2 million this weekend at the North American box office, making it the largest debut for an animated film. The story picks up a year after the events of 2003’s “Finding Nemo,” and sees Dory, a chatty blue tang fish with short-term memory loss, living in the peaceful ocean habitat alongside Nemo the clownfish and his father Marlin. Also making a strong debut was […]
Britain’s rival EU camps resume campaign as polls show momentum for ‘In’
(REUTERS) Campaigning for Britain’s vote on EU membership resumed on Sunday after a three-day hiatus prompted by the killing of a pro-EU lawmaker, but pledges of a more respectful tone were quickly tested by a fresh row over immigration. Three opinion polls ahead of Thursday’s vote showed the ‘Remain’ camp recovering some momentum, although the overall picture remained one of an evenly split electorate. The killing of Jo Cox, a 41-year-old mother of two young […]
One dead after small plane crashes into rail tracks near San Francisco
The pilot of a small plane was killed on Sunday (June 19) after his aircraft crashed onto Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) commuter rail tracks in Hayward southeast of San Francisco. Local media said the pilot was the only person on board when it crashed shortly before noon local time. The plane was described as a Piper PA23 single engine aircraft and local media said fire crews were able to quickly contain the blaze at […]
14 children drown in Russia lake tragedy
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — At least 14 children on a summer camp in northeast Russia drowned when their boats capsized in a storm on a lake, investigators said Sunday. The accident happened overnight on Lake Syamozero, close to the border with Finland, according to Vladimir Markin, a spokesman for Russia’s investigative committee. “The investigators have finished examining the bodies of the 14 victims. They said that they were all born between 2002 and 2004. There […]
Flash floods kill 24 in Indonesia, thousands of homes damaged
(REUTERS) Flash floods and landslides killed 24 people in Indonesia’s Central Java province, officials said on Sunday, forcing residents to evacuate to safer areas as torrential rains damaged thousands of homes. Rescue teams searched for 26 others who remained missing after the region, among the most densely populated parts of the country, saw heavy rainfall overnight. “Heavy rain has caused floods and landslides in 16 regencies in Central Java,” Sutopo Nugroho, spokesman for the national […]
Gun store owner accidentally shot dead during weapons class
The owner of a gun store in Ohio was accidentally killed on Sunday (June 19) when a weapon that was being used during a concealed carry class in a nearby room discharged and struck him in the neck. Police said 64-year-old James Baker of the Kayjay Gun Shop in Monroe Township was seated when the gun was accidentally discharged while someone in the classroom was practicing malfunction drills. Police said he was pronounced dead at […]
Elite South Korean cyber warriors train for battle with North
In one college major at Seoul’s elite Korea University, the courses are known only by number, and students keep their identities a secret from outsiders. The Cyber Defense curriculum, funded by the defense ministry, trains young keyboard warriors who get a free education in exchange for a seven-year commitment as officers in the army’s cyber warfare unit – and its ongoing conflict with North Korea. North and South Korea remain in a technical state of […]
Zika infections in Puerto Rico increasing steadily: officials
(REUTERS) Zika infections in Puerto Rico appear to be increasing rapidly, top U.S. health officials said on Friday, raising concerns for dozens if not hundreds of cases of microcephaly. Puerto Rican health officials on Friday reported that 1,726 people in the U.S. commonwealth have been infected with Zika, including a total of 191 pregnant women. That is up from a total of 1,501 total infections and 182 infections in pregnant women a week ago. […]
Bezos’ Blue Origin launches fourth launch-and-land rocket test
Jeff Bezos’ space transportation company Blue Origin on Sunday (June 19) successfully launched and landed for the fourth time a suborbital rocket capable of carrying six passengers. The New Shepard rocket and capsule blasted off from a launch site in West Texas and landed minutes later back at a landing pad. The capsule, which was flying autonomously, parachuted to a nearby site. “Successful mission,” Bezos declared on Twitter. The founder of Amazon.com has said that […]
Investigators begin examining EgyptAir black boxes
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — Investigators have begun examining the black box flight recorders of an EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean last month, hoping to establish the cause of the disaster, authorities said Sunday. The Airbus A320 operating Flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo disappeared from radar screens between the Greek island of Crete and the north coast of Egypt on May 19. Sixty-six people were on board. A vast search operation was launched, […]
Trump says he is open to racial profiling
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump said Sunday he is open to racial profiling, touching another raw nerve on the issue of race in America. African-Americans, Latinos, Muslims and other minorities in the United States have complained bitterly for decades about the practice in which police use a person’s race, religion, national origin or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting them of committing a crime. Trump, the free-talking presumptive Republican presidential nominee, came close to […]
