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https://youtu.be/YR05zUwdo5c LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — More than two million people flooded the streets of US cities on Saturday in a peaceful day of women-led protests a day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, according to estimates from march organizers. At the main “Women’s March on Washington” organizers told AFP they estimated the turnout at half a million, with huge crowds joining sister marches around the country — and tens of thousands more […]
w by Michael Mathes WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Perched atop a high metal fence to escape the crush of a massive crowd, Erica Orr surveyed the sea of pink-clad women that had converged on downtown Washington and shook her head in pride and disbelief. “It’s an indescribable feeling,” the 20-year-old college student from Michigan said of finding herself on Saturday in the midst of one of the largest demonstrations in recent memory in the […]
https://youtu.be/Mzkb1gHt8-A WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump Saturday accused the media of downplaying the turnout at his inauguration by focusing on empty spots on Washington’s National Mall, insisting against all evidence that he drew 1.5 million people. “I made a speech. I looked out, the field was, it looked like a million, million and a half people,” he told CIA staff during a visit to the agency’s headquarters on his first full […]
PENNE, Italy (AFP) — Emergency workers on Saturday pulled four more survivors from the ruins of an Italian hotel buried under an avalanche three days ago, after the “miracle” rescue of a woman and four children on Friday. Two women and a man were pulled out around 3:00 am (0200 GMT) and another man was extracted soon after dawn from the ruins of the Rigopiano hotel in the mountains of central Italy. The latest operations […]
Three Indonesian fishermen have gone missing in waters off the southern Philippines, Manila said Saturday, an area that has seen repeated kidnappings for ransom by Islamist militants. Authorities said the three Indonesians went missing on Wednesday in waters bordering the Philippines and Malaysia but the circumstances of their disappearance were still unknown. “They are missing but we don’t have confirmation yet on who took them and where they were taken,” regional military commander Major General […]
NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) — Drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman appeared in a U.S. court on Friday (January 20) after his surprise extradition from Mexico and pleaded not guilty to charges that he ran the world’s largest drug-trafficking organization during a decades-long criminal career. El Chapo (Spanish for “Shorty”), who twice made dramatic escapes from Mexican prisons and was one of the world’s most wanted drug lords, was accompanied by two court-appointed lawyers […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (Reuters) — Protesters in Mexico City used boxes to build a makeshift wall outside the US embassy on Friday (January 20) to protest plans from US President Donald Trump to build a border wall. He has vowed to move fast on construction which he claims its southern neighbor will pay for. But protesters in Mexico disagreed. “We are against the construction of the wall and we’re marching because the Mexican government has […]
BANJUL, Gambia (Reuters) –Gambia’s longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh, who refused to accept his election defeat last month, announced in the early hours of Saturday (January 21) that he was stepping down as leader after 22 years at the helm of the tiny West African nation. Appearing on state television channel GRTS, Jammeh said he wished to avoid dragging the country into a conflict as regional armies amassed to enforce rival Adama Barrow’s election win. “As […]
by Thomas WATKINS Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Retired Marine general James Mattis was sworn in Friday as US defense secretary, praising intelligence agencies and calling for stronger ties with allies in a break from positions taken by President Donald Trump. Mattis was confirmed by a 98-1 vote earlier Friday in the first action taken by US senators after Trump took the oath of office, and was sworn in by Vice President […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order aimed at limiting the “burden” of the Obamacare health law that the incoming US leader has vowed to repeal. During the signing in the Oval Office, Trump’s chief of staff Reince Priebus described the order as aimed at “minimizing the economic burden” of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, “pending repeal.” Doing away with Barack Obama’s signature domestic achievement is a top […]
by Carlos HAMANN / Thomas WATKINS WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Masked, black-clad protesters carrying anarchist flags smashed windows and scuffled with riot police Friday in downtown Washington, blocks away from the route of the parade in honor of newly sworn-in President Donald Trump. Washington police arrested more than 90 people over acts of vandalism committed on the fringe of peaceful citywide demonstrations being held against Trump’s inauguration. Just before the parade was due […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump placed the battle against Islamic extremism at the heart of his foreign policy as he took office on Friday, vowing to work with allies to destroy the jihadist threat. “We will reinforce old alliances and form new ones and unite the civilized world against radical Islamic terrorism, which we will eradicate completely from the face of the earth,” he declared. © 1994-2017 Agence France-Presse
