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By Julia Benarrous with Sebastian Smith in Washington HOUSTON, TX (AFP) — A resurgent Joe Biden seized the momentum in the race to become the Democratic challenger to President Donald Trump with a string of Super Tuesday victories, including key prize Texas, against rival Bernie Sanders. Sanders, a 78-year-old leftist who wants to reshape America’s economy, had been the clear leader and was looking for a knock-out blow on the most consequential voting day on […]
by Ammu KANNAMPILLY / with Hakim HASAS in Kunduz Agence France Presse KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — The US launched an airstrike against Taliban fighters to defend Afghan forces Wednesday, an American military spokesman said, as violence spirals after a string of deadly attacks by the insurgents, throwing the country’s nascent peace process into grave doubt. News of the airstrike in southern Helmand province — the first in 11 days — came hours after US […]
by Hakim HASAS Agence France Presse KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (AFP) — Taliban militants killed at least 20 Afghan soldiers and policemen in a string of overnight attacks, government officials told AFP Wednesday, hours after US President Donald Trump said he had a “very good” chat with their political chief. The militants have ramped up violence against Afghan security forces in recent days, ending a partial truce put in place during the run-up to a landmark […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Former vice president Joe Biden established a strong lead over Senator Bernie Sanders in the Super Tuesday contests to pick the Democratic challenger to President Donald Trump this November. Among the 14 states at play, US networks have so far projected seven wins for Biden, with his string of victories in the country’s south demonstrating his strong support among African Americans, according to exit polls. Leftist Sanders has three victories […]
by Joel Olatunde Agoi with Aminu Abubakar in Kano LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) — Mustapha Abdullahi spent his childhood in constant hunger “roaming the streets for food” in his village in northern Nigeria, unsure when his next meal would arrive. Like many living in areas where opportunities are scarce, he knew he had to move. When he turned 12 he traveled south to Nigeria’s commercial megacity, Lagos. “I came to Lagos to look for money,” Abdullahi, […]
by Françoise KADRI ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italy, which does not make face masks, is getting 800,000 of them from South Africa but needs at least 10 million more, a top Italian civil protection official told AFP on Tuesday. “We received 400,000 from South Africa (on Monday) and will receive as many” on Wednesday, Civil Protection Department director Luigi D’Angelo said in a telephone interview. He said the supplies are being delivered to Rome’s Fiumicino […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italy on Tuesday reported a jump in the number of deaths from the novel coronavirus to 79, with more than 2,500 people infected — the most of any country in Europe. The civil protection agency said 27 people had died since Monday. The number was up on the 18 deaths reported over the preceding 24-hour span, from Sunday to Monday. Most of the deaths — 55 — have been recorded in […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Joe Biden has won the Democratic primary in Tennessee and Oklahoma, US media projected, bringing to five his number of wins in the crucial Super Tuesday contests to pick a challenger to take on President Donald Trump. The states send 64 and 37 delegates to the party’s convention, respectively, and the victories underscore a strong start to the night for the centrist former vice president over his leftist rival, Senator […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea reported 142 more novel coronavirus cases Wednesday, a significantly lower increase than the day before, taking its total to 5,328 — the largest in the world outside China. Seoul had reported 851 new cases on Tuesday, its biggest daily case increase to date, with South Korean President Moon Jae-in declaring “war” against the deadly virus. Four more people had died, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Eight Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies are facing administration action for taking or sharing graphic photos of the Kobe Bryant crash scene, authorities said. “We identified the deputies involved, they came to the station on their own and had admitted they had taken them and they had deleted them,” Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said in interviews with several broadcast outlets on Monday. “And we’re content that those […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Spanish officials reported the country’s first coronavirus death on Tuesday, a man who died last month in the eastern region of Valencia. “It is a patient who died on February 13,” regional health officer Ana Barcelo Chico told journalists, adding that post-mortem analysis had come back “positive”. © Agence France-Presse
BURLINGTON, United States (AFP) — Joe Biden was projected to win the Virginia primary and Bernie Sanders triumphed in his home state of Vermont as polls closed in the first of 14 states voting Tuesday to pick a Democratic challenger to President Donald Trump. The leftist Sanders had been expecting a comfortable Super Tuesday win in his home state, with 16 delegates up for grabs, but centrist Joe Biden hoped to stall his momentum nationwide […]
