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The U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday (October 18) transported a pregnant manatee rescued from Massachusetts waters to SeaWorld in Florida for the further rehabilitation. A U.S. Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry air crew from Air Station Cape Cod safely delivered the animal from a temporary location, the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut, where she had spent some time after her rescue. The 800-pound pregnant manatee was rescued from the cold waters of Falmouth, Massachusetts by staff […]
Brazilian President Michel Temer met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday (October 19) seeking to lure Japanese investments back home where the country faces deep recession. He said there was “much potential” in investing in the country’s airport, oil and gas sectors. Temer, making the first visit to Japan by a Brazilian head of state in 11 years, aims to repair ties frayed by his predecessor Dilma Roussef, who twice cancelled official visits […]
Dozens of pro-Beijing lawmakers walked out of the Hong Kong legislature on Wednesday (October 19) to prevent the swearing-in of two pro-independence activists, setting the scene for a new constitutional crisis in the Chinese-controlled territory. The topic of independence has long been taboo in the former British colony, now governed under the “one country, two systems” principle since its return to Communist-ruled China in 1997. The government failed in an unprecedented legal attempt to halt […]
REUTERS — The water surged up to the level of house windows in Socastee, South Carolina on Monday (October 17) as the Waccamaw river crested at nearly 17.9 feet (5.45 meters) breaking a flood record set in 1928, NBC said. As Hurricane Matthew hit the area causing severe flooding in North Carolina the Waccamaw river is now bringing more flood waters into a flooded South Carolina, according to NBC. North Carolina emergency officials have estimated […]
REUTERS — A wildfire burning out of control in Colorado has already claimed at least 13,000 acres. Fire crews and other responders have been on the scene in Custer County battling what’s being called the “Junkins Fire.” Evacuations are underway as firefighters are dealing with high winds that are keeping the blaze fast moving. In additional to scorching swathes of forest and brush, authorities said the fire has burned four structures. As of 2300GMT the […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia | AFP | — Saudi Arabia on Tuesday executed a member of the royal family for murder, in a rare case involving one of the thousands of members of the House of Saud. Prince Turki bin Saud al-Kabir was put to death in the capital Riyadh for shooting dead Adel al-Mahemid, a Saudi, during a brawl, the interior ministry said in a statement. Kabir was the 134th local or foreigner put to […]
PYONGYANG, North Korea (Reuters) — North Korea held a congress of its Red Cross Society on Tuesday (October 18) in Pyongyang. Video provided by KCNA, which Reuters cannot independently verify, showed North Korean officials and foreign delegations were seen attending the congress at the People’s Palace of Culture in Pyongyang. Delegations from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Danish, Finnish and British Red Cross, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Barack Obama Tuesday congratulated the next UN chief Antonio Guterres on his recent election, pledging that the US would continue to work closely with the world body. In the phone call Obama stressed to the former Portuguese president, who will become the new secretary general of the United Nations on January 1, the importance of UN reform efforts, including “ensuring effective and accountable peacekeeping.” “The President pledged our […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — The twitter account of Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders was hacked on Tuesday, his ministry said, just hours after EU ministers failed to agree on a trade deal with Canada due to opposition by Belgium. “The personal twitter account of MFA Didier Reynders was hacked. The recent messages that are published on this account are not his,” the Belgian ministry of foreign affairs said in a tweet. The posting by Reynders […]
by Andrew BEATTY with Michael MATHES in Colorado Springs WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday slapped down Donald Trump’s claim that the 2016 presidential race is rigged, telling the Republican nominee to “stop whining” and get on with his campaign. In language usually used to scold a moody teenager, Obama discarded diplomatic decorum and skewered the mogul from the Rose Garden in front of visiting Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. Trump […]
by W.G. Dunlop with Ahmad al-Rubaye in Al-Shura and Colin Bertier in Arbil QAYYARAH, Iraq (AFP) — Tens of thousands of Iraqi forces were making gains from the Islamic State group in Mosul Tuesday in an offensive US President Barack Obama warned would be a “difficult fight”. With the crucial battle in its second day, Iraqi commanders said progress was being made as fighters pushed on two main fronts against the jihadists’ last stronghold in […]
Qionghai, China (CCTV) — Typhoon Sarika brought gale and heavy downpour to Qionghai City of south China’s island province of Hainan Tuesday morning. According to local observatory, the maximum rainfall reached 236 millimeters in the town of Huishan within three hours from 05:00 to 08:00. The gale triggered huge waves in the sea. Sarika, the 21st typhoon of the year, made landfall at 09:50 Tuesday in the town of Hele in Wanning City, around 50 […]
