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(REUTERS) Facebook Inc’s Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg called on Brazilians to demand his company’s WhatsApp messaging service never be blocked again after an appeals court on Tuesday overturned the application’s second suspension in five months. In a post in English on his Facebook page, the U.S. billionaire and Facebook founder urged Brazilians to gather outside Congress in the capital Brasilia at 6 p.m. (1700 EDT) on Wednesday to rally in favor of legislation that would […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — Most of the 100,000 residents of the Canadian city of Fort McMurray were ordered to leave town late Tuesday as a fire swept through the oil sands region, in Alberta province’s largest ever evacuation. “All of Fort McMurray is under a mandatory evacuation order,” Alberta emergency services announced, after previously indicating that the northern edge of the fire was “growing rapidly.” The airport was still open. “Be patient, drive safely and please […]
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) — Alphabet Inc’s Google unit has agreed to buy 100 plug-in hybrid minivans from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV to expand its self-driving vehicle testing program, the two companies said on Tuesday (May 03) — in the most advanced partnership to date between Silicon Valley and a carmaker. The vehicles will not be offered for sale to the public. Unlike prior testing in which Google bought Toyota Motor Corp vehicles […]
(REUTERS) Alberta is racing to evacuate thousands of people as an uncontrolled wildfire burns near Fort McMurray, in the heart of Canada’s oil sands region, forcing residents to flee north to safety on Tuesday. Alberta appealed for help from other provinces and Ottawa to help fight the fire and airlift people from the city. Local authorities issued a mandatory evacuation order for all of Fort McMurray, which affects the city’s 80,000 residents. The 2,650-hectare (6,540-acre) […]
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (Reuters) — A man hijacked a Washington D.C. bus on Tuesday (May 3) and drove it into a gas station, killing a pedestrian in an incident that was over in less than three minutes, police said. The bus driver tripped an alarm and fled the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority vehicle after the man attacked him with a weapon, police said. “It’s very uncharacteristic for someone to try and take a […]
by Jennifer GONZALEZ COVARRUBIAS MEXICO City (AFP) — Mexico City businesses warned Tuesday that traffic restrictions have cost them more than $300 million since April as authorities banned nearly half of vehicles again due to high smog levels. It was the second time since last month that the government kept 40 percent of the city’s 5.5 million vehicles off the streets because air pollution exceeded acceptable limits. The government imposed temporary rules on April 5 […]
(Reuters) Filipinos have scoffed and slurped to show their backing for Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte ahead of next week’s presidential elections. The maverick mayor of the southern city is leading the “Gulp Poll” conducted by convenience store chain 7-Eleven, which has asked customers at their 1,650 outlets across the country to pick soda cups with images of their favorite presidential candidate. The popularity of Duterte’s blue cup has mirrored two opinion polls last week […]
by Thomas WATKINS WASHINGTON , United States (AFP) — The killing of a Navy SEAL by Islamic State fighters highlights the increasing risks US troops face in Iraq and Syria as they inch ever closer toward the jihadists’ front lines. IS fighters on Tuesday used suicide bombers and firepower to blast their way past Kurdish peshmerga forces that US troops were supporting north of Mosul in northern Iraq. The fallen SEAL had been visiting a […]
(Reuters) Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, announced on Tuesday (May 3) in Indianapolis, after losing the Indiana primary to his rival Trump that he “will be suspending his campaign.” “From the beginning I’ve said that I would continue on as long as there was a viable path to victory. Tonight I’m sorry to say, it appears that path has been foreclosed,” Cruz said Republican front-runner Donald Trump swept to a commanding victory in Indiana, putting […]
(Reuters) Islamist militants in the southern Philippines released a video that purports to show three hostages pleading for help and a masked militant vowing to behead them if the group’s demands are not met. “I’m appealing to Canadian government, the Filipino government, friends, family, anybody who can possibly help us. If the demand is not met, we will be executed like our friend John was a few days ago.” the hostage who identified himself as […]
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) — Medical error is the third largest cause of death in the United States, according to an analysis published Wednesday in the medical journal BMJ. In 2013, at least 250,000 people died not from the illnesses or injuries that prompted them to seek hospital care but from preventable mistakes, according to the study. That number exceeds deaths from strokes and Alzheimer’s combined, and is topped only by heart disease […]
WASHINGTON , United States (AFP) — Newly minted Republican presumptive front runner Donald Trump predicted Tuesday he would win the 2016 presidential race against his Democratic challenger, likely to be Hillary Clinton. “We’re going to win in November, and we’re going to win big and it’s going to be America first,” Trump said after he won the Indiana primary and his chief rival Senator Ted Cruz dropped out of the race. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
