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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 […]
Shenyang, China (AFP) — The Chinese hospital caring for cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo has decided to invite United States, German and other foreign experts to treat him in China following international pressure to let him go abroad. The legal bureau of Shenyang — the northeastern city where Liu is being treated — said in a statement Wednesday the invitation was made “at the request” of Liu’s family. China has faced global calls to give the democracy […]
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 […]
HONG KONG, China (Reuters) – New Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam struck a conciliatory tone on Wednesday (July 5) and vowed to improve ties with the legislature, but she suggested fresh reforms to bring greater democracy to the Chinese city would not be tabled anytime soon. Lam, in her first week in office, spent about an hour answering lawmakers’ questions in an especially arranged meeting, where the mood appeared less hostile compared with sessions involving […]
SONGYUAN, China (Reuters) – At least five were killed and 89 others were injured in a gas pipeline explosion in northeastern China, state media reported on Wednesday (July 5), the second deadly incident of its kind this week. The blast occurred at 2:45 p.m. (0645 GMT) on Tuesday (July 4) in Songyuan city in Jilin province, state broadcaster CCTV said. It did not name the owner of the pipeline. CCTV-carried mobile phone footage showed black […]
CHINA (Reuters) – Floods triggered by a continuous bout of heavy rain have killed 27 people with 8 missing in central China’s Hunan Province, local authorities announced Tuesday. The floods have also affected over 11 million people and caused a direct economic loss of nearly 29.5 billion yuan, according to the latest data released by Hunan Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters at a press briefing. The heavy rain, which started on June 22, […]
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 […]
by Max Delany with Sebastien Berger in Seoul Agence France Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — North Korea’s declaration of a successful first intercontinental ballistic missile test on Tuesday triggered a joint appeal from China and Russia for a military freeze to try and lower soaring tensions between Pyongyang and the United States. The launch came as Americans prepared to mark Independence Day and it sparked a Twitter outburst from President Donald Trump who urged China […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia and China on Tuesday called for a simultaneous freeze on North Korean nuclear and missile tests and military exercises by the United States as tensions ratcheted up on the peninsula. “The two sides propose that the DPRK (North Korea) as a voluntary political decision declares a moratorium on testing nuclear explosive devices and ballistic rocket launches, and the US and South Korea refrain from carrying out large-scale joint exercises,” their […]
by Tran Thi Minh Ha Agence France Presse Officials in Vietnam’s traffic-choked capital Hanoi vowed on Tuesday to banish motorbikes by 2030 to ease environment and congestion woes, a decision that swiftly divided a city where two-wheelers are the main means of transportation. Hanoi is famed for legions of motorbikes — sometimes stacked with entire families or overloaded with deliveries — that clog roads in a fast-growing city with limited public transportation. There are […]
North Korea says it has successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile — a watershed moment in its push to develop a nuclear weapon capable of hitting the mainland United States. The video also shows photos of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un excitedly cheering while watching the missile test. North Korean state TV declared the ICBM test-firing a success. A news presenter announced, “Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Hwasong-14 test firing, success!” as the Korean Central […]
by Layal Abou Rahal with Ahmad Mousa in Mosul Agence France Presse BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — United States-backed forces have penetrated the heavily fortified heart of jihadist bastion Raqa for the first time, in a key milestone in the war against the Islamic State group in Syria. Air strikes by the US-led coalition battling IS punched two holes in the mediaeval wall surrounding the Old City of Raqa, allowing fighters of the Syrian Democratic […]
