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by Jerome CARTILLIER RALEIGH, United States (AFP) — With just over two weeks to go before Americans vote for a new president, a new poll released Sunday shows Hillary Clinton has widened her lead over Donald Trump, who is now in jeopardy in traditionally Republican states. The Democratic former secretary of state leads the Manhattan real estate mogul among likely voters by 50 percent to 38 percent in a four-way contest with two minor party […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A man escaped with cuts to his leg Monday after a shark crashed into his board while he was surfing near popular tourist spot Byron Bay in eastern Australia. Beaches in the area, some 800 kilometres (500 miles) north of Sydney, were closed for at least 24 hours after the early morning encounter, with the victim taken to hospital by a friend. “It is believed that the shark emerged from under […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP)–A group of 26 hostages freed from nearly five years in the hands of Somali pirates touched down in Kenya on Sunday, with both tears and smiles marking the end of their ordeal. “Am so, so happy. Really, am so, so happy. For UN, for Mr John (negotiator), for all the world. Thanks to you all,” said one of the hostages, Sudi Ahman. The relief of the men was palpable, with some unable to […]
(Reuters) Another woman has come forward to accuse Republican candidate for President Donald Trump of inappropriate conduct on Saturday (October 22.) Jessica Drake, an adult film industry actor and director held a news conference in Los Angeles to say she had an encounter with Trump at a golf tournament in Lake Tahoe a decade ago. Drake said Trump offered her money and the use of his private jet to spend time with him, which […]
by Reinnier Kaze Yaoundé, Cameroon | AFP | — At least 60 were killed when a packed passenger train derailed between Cameroon’s two main cities, a hospital source in the capital Yaounde said Saturday, giving a new toll the day after the accident. Almost 600 people were injured when the train, travelling from Yaounde to the economic hub of Douala, came off the rails near the central city of Eseka at around midday Friday. […]
BEIJING, China | AFP | — China has slammed the US for sailing a warship near disputed territory in the South China Sea, saying the move was a “serious illegal act” and “deliberately provocative”. In a statement on its website late Friday night, the country’s defence ministry said two Chinese naval vessels warned off a US ship after it entered “Chinese territorial waters” near the Paracel Islands, known as Xisha in Chinese. China controls […]
GUANGDONG, China (CCTV) — Huge waves of more than 10-meters tall lashed the wharf in Shanwei, Guangdong Province of south China, as Haima, the 22nd typhoon of the year, landed on Friday afternoon. Live video footage shows the scene like that in a disaster film, when titan cranes at the wharf were smashed and shaken by the monstrous waves. Meanwhile, in Huizhou Prefecture, local authorities have ordered the closure of all scenic spots, evacuated tourists to […]
KIRKUK, Iraq (AFP) — Suicide attackers stormed the site of a power plant being built by an Iranian company in Dibis in northern Iraq on Friday, killing at least 16 people, the mayor and security officials said. “Three suicide bombers attacked the power plant at around 6:00 am (0300 GMT), killing 12 Iraqi administrators and engineers and four Iranian technicians,” Dibis mayor Abdullah Nureddin al-Salehi told AFP. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit western Japan Friday, the US Geological Survey said, but there was no tsunami risk. The quake, at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres (six miles), struck shortly after 2:00 pm (0500 GMT) in Tottori prefecture. Initially, the USGS had pegged the quake’s magnitude at 6.6 before downgrading it. Public broadcaster NHK quoted local officials as saying they had received reports that a house collapsed in the […]
Italy (AFP) — “It is not a job. It’s a passion, a real sickness!” says Giovanni Sacchetto, hunting for white truffles with his dog Dora in the woods around Alba in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. And he’s not alone. The region is home to some 4,000 truffle-hunters, and even more dogs who have been trained to sniff them out. https://youtu.be/aA6Y0oNeyYg
Japan (AFP) — Carlos Ghosn, the head of Japan’s number two automaker Nissan, will become chairman of struggling Mitsubishi Motors, five months after throwing a lifeline to the scandal-hit firm https://youtu.be/BJx0VavPUtg
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Suddenly, it seems America is crawling with nasty women. Female unpleasantness as a tongue-in-cheek rallying cry is on T-shirts, in memes and in tweets galore — a furious backlash mocking Donald Trump’s latest insult of Hillary Clinton. Trump’s dis — “such a nasty woman” — came during one of his interruptions of his Democratic rival in Wednesday’s final presidential debate. Social media lit up as women came to Clinton’s defense. […]
