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UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — North Korea on Wednesday delivered a rare statement at the United Nations Security Council, accusing the United States of attaching “unjust” conditions to its offer of talks on Pyongyang’s military programs. Deputy Ambassador Kim in Ryong said it would be a “fatal miscalculation” by countries to believe that the latest sanctions imposed by the council will deter North Korea from developing its nuclear forces. “Their mean and indiscreet act […]
WASHINGTON DC, United States (Reuters) – Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday (June 27) said a meeting between Senate Republicans and President Donald Trump on healthcare was helpful as he expressed optimism the Senate would eventually pass a bill to repeal Obamacare. “I think the meeting was very helpful,” McConnell said as he left the meeting at the White House. “I think everyone around the table is interested in getting to yes … because […]
NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) – Around 30,000 honey bees swarmed on a ledge at One Times Square, where the New Year’s Eve ball drop happens, in New York on Tuesday (June 27). Andrew Coté, a fourth generation beekeeper of andrewshoney.com, was called to the rescue and used a vacuum to suck up the bees. “The bees weren’t colonizing,” Coté said. “The bees were on a nearby hotel and they were probably not very well […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Toshiba said Wednesday it has not yet reached a deal to sell its prized chip business to a consortium of United States, Japanese and South Korean investors, as the troubled conglomerate holds a shareholder meeting. The sale, reportedly worth some 2.0 trillion yen ($18 billion), is seen as crucial for the cash-strapped company to plug massive losses at its US nuclear division, Westinghouse Electric. Last week, Toshiba said it has entered […]
(Reuters) – A former Massachusetts pharmaceutical company executive was sentenced to nine years in prison on Monday (June 26) after being convicted of racketeering and fraud charges for his role in a deadly United States meningitis outbreak in 2012. Barry Cadden, the co-founder and former president of the now-defunct New England Compounding Center, was convicted in March of those crimes by a federal jury in Boston but cleared of the harshest charges he faced, second-degree […]
SYRIA (Reuters) – The White House said on Monday (June 26) it appears the Syrian government is preparing for another chemical weapons attack. It warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad he and his military would “pay a heavy price” if it conducts such an attack. The White House statement said preparations by Syria were similar to those undertaken before an April 4 chemical attack that killed dozens of civilians and prompted President Donald Trump to order […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may be preparing a chemical weapons attack that would result in the “mass murder” of civilians, the White House said Monday, warning the regime would pay a “heavy price” if it goes ahead. The White House said the preparations were similar to those undertaken by the Assad regime ahead of an apparent chemical attack on a rebel-held town. Washington launched a strike against a Syrian airbase […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump declared Monday that ties between Washington and New Delhi had “never been stronger” after holding his first talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. As Modi hailed the US as his country’s primary partner in its rapid social and economic transformation, Trump paid tribute to the Indian leader for overseeing growth rates which are faster than any other major economy in the world. “The relationship […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday urged United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to prevent “provocations” against Syrian government forces, the foreign ministry said. In a phone call initiated by Tillerson, Lavrov “called on Washington to take steps to prevent provocations against Syrian government forces carrying out operations against terrorists,” it said in a statement. The communique was issued after Israel said it had fired on Syrian regime positions […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — US-led coalition air strikes on two Syrian provinces targeting jihadists have killed 472 civilians over the past month, a monitor said Friday, more than double a previous 30-day toll. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the period between May 23 and June 23 saw the highest civilian death toll in coalition raids for a single month since they began on September 23, 2014. Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said 222 […]
WYOMING, United States (Reuters) – Grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park will be stripped off Endangered Species Act safeguards this summer, United States Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced on Thursday (June 22), in a move conservation groups vowed to challenge in court. Dropping federal protection of Yellowstone’s grizzlies formally proposed in March 2016 under the Obama administration was based on the agency’s findings that the bears’ numbers have rebounded sufficiently in recent decades. The […]
(Reuters) – The man charged with stabbing an airport police officer in Michigan unsuccessfully attempted to purchase a gun before the attack, which is being investigated as an act of terrorism, federal officials said on Thursday (June 22). The suspect, Amor Ftouhi, 49, of Quebec, Canada, has been charged in federal court with violence at an international airport for stabbing Jeff Neville, an officer at the Bishop International Airport in Flint, in the neck on […]
