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Reuters — Superhero franchise reboot “Spider-Man: Homecoming” spun its magic on the United States box office, landing at the top spot in it’s first weekend. The film, which sees Tom Holland slide into the iconic Spidey suit previously donned by Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, pulled in an estimated $117 million according to Boxofficemojo.com. Last weekend’s number one film, “Despicable Me 3” slid into second place with an estimated $34 million. Third place belonged to […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Floyd Mayweather has asked United States authorities for more time to pay his 2015 tax bill, the year of his money-spinning mega-fight with Manny Pacquiao, filings showed Monday. Mayweather, who is coming out of retirement to fight UFC star Conor McGregor next month, has requested he be allowed to settle his 2015 taxes after he is paid for his August 26 bout. The McGregor fight is expected to net […]
WASHINGTON DC, United States (AFP) – US President Donald Trump said Sunday he wanted to work “constructively” with Russia, including on cyber security, despite confronting Vladimir Putin over alleged meddling in last year’s American elections. While ruling out easing sanctions so long as the two countries remain at odds over Syria and Ukraine, Trump said it was time for US-Russia relations to move forward, even though members of his own party said he should […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US Missile Defense Agency said Friday it would soon test an anti-ballistic missile system, days after North Korea demonstrated its arsenal was capable of striking parts of Alaska. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to be tested is designed to intercept and destroy short-, medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles during their final phase of flight. The MDA said the test against a ballistic missile target would be […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — United States warplanes have flown over the disputed South China Sea, the US Air Force said Friday, a move aimed at asserting freedom of navigation rights in the hotly-contested area. The flights come as both US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend the G-20 meeting in Hamburg. A US B1-B bomber and two F-15 fighters with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force departed Guam’s Andersen Air Force Base and […]
HAMBURG, Germany (AFP) — Russia and the United States have agreed to a ceasefire in southwest Syria starting from midday on Sunday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced Friday. “Today in Amman Russian, American and Jordanian experts… agreed on a memorandum of understanding to create a de-escalation zone” in the regions of Daraa, Quneitra and Sweida, Lavrov said. “There will be a ceasefire in this zone from midday Damascus time on July 9.” Lavrov was […]
WASHINGTON DC, United States (Reuters) – The United States is increasingly concerned that a dispute between Qatar and other Arab states is at an impasse and could drag on for a long time or intensify, the US State Department said on Thursday (July 6). “We remain very concerned about that ongoing situation between Qatar and GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries,” State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert told a briefing. “We’ve become increasingly concerned that that dispute […]
by Carole Landry / with Park Chan-Kyong in Seoul Agence France Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The United States led a push at the United Nations Security Council Wednesday for tougher sanctions on North Korea, while warning the isolated regime’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile had drastically narrowed the path for diplomacy. In a hard-hitting address to the council, US Ambassador Nikki Haley said Tuesday’s ICBM test had made “the world a […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States is prepared to work with Russia on the establishment of “no-fly zones” in Syria, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday. In a wide-ranging statement issued two days ahead of President Donald Trump’s first face-to-face with Vladimir Putin, Tillerson said Russia had a “special responsibility” to help stabilize the war-ravaged country. “The (US) is prepared to explore the possibility of establishing with Russia joint mechanisms […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (Reuters) – United States Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly met with Mexico’s Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray in Mexico City on Wednesday (July 05), ahead of an anticipated meeting between Mexan President Enrique Pena Nieto and US President Donald Trump. Trump and Nieto are expected to meet on the sidelines of the upcoming G20 Summit in Germany, nearly six months after the first official meeting between the two leaders was canceled following […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) – A South Korean military spokesperson on Wednesday (July 5) said a joint missile drill it conducted earlier in the day with the United States army showed that both countries’ forces would “never tolerate any kind of provocation from North Korea.” North Korea on Tuesday (July 4) said it had conducted an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, which some experts believe had the range to […]
SEOUL, North Korea (AFP) — North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile is capable of carrying a “large, heavy nuclear warhead” that can survive re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere, its official news agency said Wednesday. The device, launched on Tuesday in a watershed moment for Pyongyang’s weapons ambitions, was capable of reaching Alaska, according to outside experts. The Korean Central News Agency quoted leader Kim Jong-Un, who personally oversaw the test, as having inspected the Hwasong-14 missile and […]
