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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Bernie Sanders on Tuesday won the Democratic presidential primary in Rhode Island, US networks projected — a victory that prevents rival Hillary Clinton from a clean sweep in the night’s five nominating contests. Clinton is the projected winner of the primaries in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. The contest in Connecticut was so far too close to call. On the Republican side, frontrunner Donald Trump swept all five primaries in the […]
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) Wednesday 4/27/2016 – Brazil’s outbreak of Zika — which has been linked to the devastating microcephaly birth defect in newborns — has topped 91,000 cases, health officials said on Tuesday. Between January 3 and April 2, 91,387 suspected cases of Zika were reported, with a disproportionate share (30,286) in the poorer northeast of the country, the Health Ministry said. Three people have died of the mosquito-borne virus, it said. Despite a flurry of research, very […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canada will not pay ransoms for the release of its citizens held hostage overseas, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday after the gruesome killing of a Canadian in the Philippines. “Canada does not and will not pay ransom to terrorists, directly or indirectly,” Trudeau said, vowing instead to hunt down and prosecute hostage-takers. His comments come after Trudeau delivered the grim news on Monday that Canadian John Ridsdel had been killed […]
WASHINGTON,United States (AFP) — Democratic presidential front runner Hillary Clinton on Tuesday scored her third primary win of the night over rival Bernie Sanders in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania, US networks projected. Clinton — the former secretary of state, first lady and US senator — also won in Maryland and Delaware, according to US networks. The nominating contests in Connecticut and Rhode Island were still up for grabs. On the Republican side, frontrunner […]
MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Tuesday expressed its condolences to the Canadian government and the family of mining executive John Ridsdel, who was killed by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG). Ridsdel was among the four hostages who were abducted by ASG bandits on September 21 last year from the Holiday Ocean View resort on Samal Island, Davao del Norte. Also seized were Canadian Robert Hall, Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad, and Filipina Marithes Flor. “We extend our […]
SAN FRANCISCO , United States (AFP) — Twitter shares nosedived Tuesday after a quarterly update showed little change in its user base and the messaging platform delivered weaker-than-expected revenue growth. The company posted a loss for the first quarter of 2016 of $80 million, compared with a loss of $162 million in the same period a year ago. Revenues meanwhile jumped 36 percent year-over-year to $595 million. But in a key metric in the fast-evolving […]
https://youtu.be/SnETfFwTZFU Credit: Fred Garet Katherine Spencer / AFP Videographics / AFP (AFP) — The long road to the White House involves several key steps. Each state holds elections to choose delegates for the Democrat and Republican National Conventions, where each party names their presidential candidate. Pre-selection of a candidate involves either: -a caucus, which is a local meeting organised by each party -or a primary, which is a state-wide vote where candidates are directly elected […]
WASHINGTON ,United States (AFP) — The US military is now conducting cyber attacks on the Islamic State group, a general said Tuesday as the Pentagon looks to accelerate the fight against the jihadists. A US-led coalition has been striking IS fighters in Iraq and Syria since August 2014, and officials have long stated the importance of using cyber techniques such as overloading IS networks to limit the group’s communications and ability to reach potential new […]
LOS ANGELES,United States (AFP) — Los Angeles Clippers star Chris Paul faces an indefinite injury layoff with a broken hand while Blake Griffin will miss the rest of the season, the NBA team announced Tuesday. A statement on the Clippers website said Paul, who broke his hand against the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday, had undergone surgery to repair the fracture. “Paul will be out indefinitely,” the Clippers said in an injury update. Another statement […]
WASHINGTON,United States (AFP) — Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump on Tuesday scored major wins in the Pennsylvania, Maryland and Connecticut primaries, US networks projected, while Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton drew first blood in Maryland. Trump and Clinton were expected to do well in the night’s five contests, which also include votes in Delaware and Rhode Island. The two are looking to move even closer to locking up the nominations of their respective parties. Should Clinton […]
PRAIA (Reuters) – Eleven men were shot dead in Cape Verde on Tuesday, including eight soldiers, a local civilian and two Spanish citizens, the minister of Internal Administration for the archipelago off the African coast said in a statement. The men were killed at a telecommunications site at Monte Tchota, a forested area on Santiago island about 27 km (17 miles) north of the capital, Praia, Minister Paulo Rocha said. “A soldier assigned to the […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Oil prices rose sharply Tuesday, gaining a lift from speculation that Saudi Arabia is planning to cut back drilling as the market worries about excessive global supplies. The market, already heading higher from the start of trade, “seems to have got an extra boost from a report out of Nabor Industries’s earnings call,” said Bob Yawger of Mizuho Securities. Yawger said the drilling company “claimed the Saudis have plans […]
