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LOS ANGELES , United States (AAFP) — US actor Michael Jace gunned down his wife in front of their children at their Los Angeles home after taunting her over her request for a divorce, a court heard Tuesday. April Jace was able to stagger away after being hit in the back, only for her husband to shoot her twice more, Deputy District Attorney Tannaz Mokayef told the trial in LA. “You like to run so […]
Ukraine said on Tuesday (May 24) that seven of its servicemen had been killed in the past twenty four hours as a result of increased attacks by pro-Russian rebels, the highest reported daily casualty figure since August. International efforts are under way to end a conflict that has contributed to the worst tensions between Moscow and the West since the Cold War. A ceasefire signed in February 2015 has failed to quell all fighting in […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) 5/24/2016 -The San Francisco judge handling the possible trial of Volkswagen in the emissions cheating scandal said Tuesday that there had been “substantial progress” toward a final settlement. Judge Charles Breyer said the German automaker was “on track to meet the court deadline” of June 21 for a deal with the government and car owners who sued Volkswagen for billions of dollars. In a hearing in the federal district court, […]
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — Egyptian forensics officials collected DNA Tuesday from relatives of EgyptAir MS804 victims to help identify body parts retrieved from the Mediterranean, where the crash killed 66 people, the airline said. Investigators are still searching for Airbus A320’s two black boxes on the seabed as they seek answers as to why the aircraft came down early on Thursday. “Body parts arrived at the morgue yesterday and other body parts arrived the day […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) 5/24/2016 -Toyota and Volkswagen announced separate partnerships Tuesday with rideshare companies Uber and Gett, in the latest such moves by major carmakers. Japan’s Toyota and ridesharing titan Uber said they had entered into a memorandum of understanding to explore collaboration, starting with trials in countries where ridesharing is expanding. “Through this collaboration with Uber, we would like to explore new ways of delivering secure, convenient and attractive mobility services to […]
by Robin MILLARD LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Paul McCartney said he began drinking heavily and almost quit music altogether after The Beatles broke up, in an interview due to air this week. The music icon, now 73, admitted turning to alcohol to cope with the strain of leaving the Fab Four in April 1970, according to extracts of a BBC radio interview released Tuesday. “I was breaking from my lifelong friends, not knowing whether […]
by Jérôme CARTILLIER Jerome TAYLOR HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — President Barack Obama urged communist Vietnam on Tuesday to abandon authoritarianism, saying basic human rights would not jeopardise its stability, after Hanoi barred several dissidents from meeting the US leader. In a sweeping speech, which harked back to the bloody war that defined both nations but also looked to the future, Obama insisted that “upholding rights is not a threat to stability”. Vietnam ruthlessly cracks down […]
Two legendary U.S. coins, one of them more than 200 years old, are expected to bring a total as high as $27 million (USD) when they hit the auction block on Tuesday (May 24) in New York City, according to Sotheby’s. An 1804 Draped Bust Silver Dollar is estimated to sell for $10 million to $15 million and an 1822 Capped Head Left Half Eagle is estimated to sell for $8 million to $12 million. […]
U.S. stocks powered higher on Tuesday as investors got comfortable with the possibility of an interest rate hike soon. Financial and tech stocks led the way. After the closing bell, Hewlett Packard Enterprise announcing it will spin off its enterprise services unit and merge it with CSC. HPE also reported quarterly revenue that was better than expectations. Toll Brothers’ stock surged after the homebuilder’s quarterly revenue rose nearly 31 percent. Best Buy shares dropping. The […]
Defending Copa America champions Chile were on the field for training on Tuesday (May 24) ahead of next month’s tournament. Chile is hoping to repeat last year’s victory, their first-ever Copa America title on home soil, with a new coach at the helm, Juan Antonio Pizzi. Pizzi has kept much of last year’s team intact and midfielder Francisco Silva said it could bode well for Chile’s chances. “The base [of players on the Chilean team] […]
Brazil’s interim President Michel Temer said on Tuesday (May 24) he would seek a constitutional amendment to curb public spending as his government unveiled a raft of austerity measures to reduce a record fiscal deficit and regain investor confidence. Temer, a centrist who took over from leftist President Dilma Rousseff two weeks ago after she was suspended pending an impeachment trial, told congressional leaders that the amendment would limit growth in primary government spending before […]
Some migrants who left the squalid tent city near Greece’s border with Macedonia on Tuesday (May 24) during the first major evacuation of the makeshift camp refused to stay in the new camps they were taken to by authorities. At the Oreokastro camp near the city of Thessaloniki, migrants already living there shouted at new arrivals not to get off the buses because of conditions there, a Reuters witness said. One bus eventually left with […]
