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by Jason Ryan / with Chris Lefkow in Washington Agence France Presse CHARLESTON, United States (AFP) — More than a million people were ordered Monday to evacuate the path of Hurricane Florence as the powerful Category 4 storm packing winds of 140 miles (220 kilometers) per hour bore down on the East Coast of the United States. “This is one of the worst storms to hit the East Coast in many years,” President Donald Trump […]
(Eagle News) – It is the not only Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte who is vocal in the opposition and criticism of the International Criminal Court, as the United States on Monday, Sept. 10, issued its strongest criticism and opposition to investigations by the Hague-based international court. White House National Security Advisor John Bolton called the ICC “outright dangerous” and even threated to ban, prosecute and arrest judges and officials of the ICC who would enter the […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China’s top legislator voiced hope that North Korea and the United States will implement their nuclear summit agreement as he met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Chinese state media said Monday. Li Zhanshu, sent by President Xi Jinping to attend North Korea’s 70th anniversary parade on Sunday, said China was committed to the goal of denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, the Xinhua news agency said. “We have high regards […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — A supply ship towing a long floating boom designed to corral ocean plastic has set sail from San Francisco for a test run ahead of a trip to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The ambitious project by The Ocean Cleanup, a Dutch non-profit group, hopes to clean up half of the infamous garbage patch within five years when all systems are deployed. After five years of preparation and […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A 14-year-old suspected of having raped and killed a woman in her eighties in the US city of Baltimore was charged as an adult with murder, authorities said Friday. Tyrone Harvin, who turned 14 last month, is accused of attacking 83-year-old Dorothy Mae Neal at her home and leaving her for dead. She died in hospital on August 30. “We can tell you without even checking our records this is […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States on Friday recalled its envoys to three Latin American countries that recently switched diplomatic ties from Taiwan to China, saying it would hold consultations with the diplomats. The move comes after Washington accused Beijing last month of destabilizing cross-Strait relations and engaging in a campaign of “political interference” by poaching Taiwan’s allies in the western hemisphere. “The Department of State has called back the US Ambassador […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — New York prosecutors are subpoenaing each Catholic diocese in the state as part of investigations into clerical abuse after at least 1,000 victims were recently identified in neighboring Pennsylvania. All eight Catholic dioceses have either been or are in the process of being subpoenaed by New York’s state attorney general, confirmed Dennis Poust, spokesman for the New York State Catholic Conference. There are an estimated seven million Catholics across […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump praised North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday for reportedly expressing faith in him. “Kim Jong Un of North Korea proclaims ‘unwavering faith in President Trump.’ Thank you to Chairman Kim. We will get it done together!,” Trump wrote on Twitter. Kim restated his commitment to denuclearizing the Korean peninsula Thursday. South Korean National Security Advisor Chung Eui-yong delivered a letter Wednesday to Kim from […]
by John BIERS Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Marco Saavedra had just graduated from college in 2011 three years after the global financial crisis erupted and just as the Occupy Wall Street movement was picking up steam. Like many in his generation, Saavedra faced slim pickings for jobs after college, a fate that has left millennials with a wealth gap that economists fear they won’t ever recover. It has also left […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump left the door open Wednesday to meeting with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly — even as the United States ramps up the pressure on a regime it accuses of destabilizing the Middle East. “It’s possible, anything is possible,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked about the possibility of a face-to-face with Rouhani during the gathering later […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — A revamped continental trade deal must include a dispute resolution mechanism, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday, pushing back on US demands to get rid of binational panels to challenge anti-dumping and countervailing duties. “We’ve said from the very beginning that we need a dispute resolution mechanism like Chapter 19 and we will hold firm on that,” Trudeau said in Vancouver on the eve of the resumption of talks […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Tropical Storm Gordon gained strength as it moved steadily toward the US Gulf Coast Tuesday, on track to make landfall just east of New Orleans with hurricane force winds. Authorities declared a state of emergency in the “Big Easy” — devastated in 2005 by mega Hurricane Katrina — as well as in Mississippi, and encouraged people living outside its levee system to evacuate voluntarily. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center […]
