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by Yussel Gonzalez © Agence France-Presse MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Few people know gate “N” at Mexico City’s airport but three times a week it is the arrival point for the latest group of Mexican immigrants deported by the United States. Waiting to meet them is Adan Jacome. Jacome, 45, goes to the terminal to offer the support of a group of immigrants also repatriated to Mexico, and who are the brains behind “Deportados Brand,” a small […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Gangsta rapper turned entertainment icon Snoop Dogg has joined the cast of long-gestating “Star Trek” parody “Unbelievable!!!!!,” the production announced on Thursday. The West Coast hip-hop legend will co-star as Major LeGrande Bushe opposite co-producer Nichelle Nichols, who played communications officer Nyota Uhura in the original NBC series and six of the movies. Snoop — real name Calvin Broadus — will also serve as an executive producer on the […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The US subsidiary of South Korea’s LG Electronics warned retailers on Wednesday that it will raise prices of its washing machines following import duties imposed by the Trump administration this week. It was the first concrete reaction to the trade measures announced this week that have angered US trading partners. “As a result of the trade situation, we will be initiating pricing actions,” Thomas Yoon, executive vice president of […]
by Shaun Tandon Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Elton John announced Wednesday that he is retiring from touring, with the consummate showman saying he wants to devote himself to his children — but after a final, massive swing around the world. The 70-year-old British entertainer, revealing his plans at a gala New York event, said he planned to “go out with a bang” with a global tour that will open on September […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — SpaceX on Wednesday test-fired its Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time in a launch pad experiment aimed at giving its main engines a trial workout before blasting off in the coming days. Touted as the “world’s most powerful rocket,” the Falcon Heavy is designed to one day carry crew and supplies to deep space destinations such as the Moon and Mars. “Falcon Heavy hold-down firing this morning was good. […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Russia rejected Tuesday fresh US accusations that it bears responsibility for recent chemical attacks by the Syrian government, calling instead for a new “truly impartial” international investigation. During a last-minute United Nations Security Council meeting he called, Russian envoy Vassily Nebenzia lashed out at American Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for having “hastily accused the Syrian — as they call it — ‘regime’” of the reported attack in Eastern […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday said Russia bore responsibility for recent chemical attacks by the Syrian government, which Moscow backs in the country’s civil war. “Only yesterday more than 20 civilians, most of them children, were victims of an apparent chlorine gas attack,” Tillerson said of the reported attack in Eastern Ghouta that left its victims struggling to breathe. “Whoever conducted the attacks, Russia ultimately bears responsibility for […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Most stock markets around the world pushed higher Tuesday on investor relief over the end of the US government shutdown, dealers said. Leading bourses in Asia climbed more than one percent, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq finished at records for the third straight day. “A resolution to the US government shutdown has helped boost Asian and European indices,” said IG analyst Joshua Mahony. “However, with a short-term solution in place, […]
by Douglas Gillison Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump begins 2018 making good on his aggressive “America First” trade agenda, with China as a primary target. As he prepares to mingle this week with global leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a traditional cheerleader of free trade, Trump has again ruffled feathers from Beijing to Berlin after imposing steep tariffs on imported washing machines and solar panels. And major decisions […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Netflix shares raced higher in after-hours trade Monday as the streaming television giant reported better-than-expected gains in its global subscriber base and a quarterly profit that nearly tripled from a year ago. In its fourth quarter report, Netflix said it added 8.3 million new subscribers to bring its total paid membership base to 110.6 million. Net profit in the quarter surged to $186 million from $67 million a year earlier as […]
by Michael Mathes Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Hundreds of thousands of US federal employees were forced to stay home without pay Monday after lawmakers failed to reach an agreement on ending a government shutdown before the start of the work week. Although leaders of President Donald Trump’s Republican Party and the opposition Democrats said progress had been made in a weekend of talks, they pushed back a scheduled late-night Sunday […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)US President Donald Trump on Saturday said opposition Democrats were more concerned with “illegal immigrants” than the military or the country’s border security after lawmakers failed to agree a stop-gap spending deal. “Democrats are far more concerned with Illegal Immigrants than they are with our great Military or Safety at our dangerous Southern Border,” he wrote in an early morning tweet. “They could have easily made a deal but decided to play […]
