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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday called for a resumption of talks with China and pledged that “anything” can be on the table for discussion. Relations with Beijing have deteriorated under Taiwan’s first female president, whose China-sceptic Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) took office in May after a landslide victory over the Kuomintang party (KMT). Tsai has refused to accept the concept of “one China”, prompting Beijing to cut off all official […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Africa will come together to battle piracy and illegal fishing for the first time at an African Union maritime security summit that kicks off in Togo on October 15. The continent urgently needs to fight “extremely high stakes” piracy and illegal fishing in its waters by joining forces over policy and working to raise necessary funds, Togo’s Foreign Minister Robert Dussey told AFP ahead of the meeting. Why is this meeting […]
by Hui Min NEO BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — German police on Monday arrested a Syrian man suspected of plotting a jihadist bomb attack, after a massive manhunt lasting almost two days. Security had been stepped up at airports and train stations after Jaber Albakr, 22, went on the run Saturday, when police raided his apartment and found several hundred grams of “an explosive substance more dangerous than TNT”. “We’ve succeeded, really overjoyed: the terror suspect […]
by Stuart WILLIAMS ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Turkey on Monday for talks with counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, pushing forward ambitious joint energy projects as the two sides try to overcome a crisis in ties. Only a few months ago, Putin and Erdogan were exchanging acrimonious accusations over Syria. But the pair are expected to reaffirm their commitment to the planned TurkStream gas pipeline to pump Russian gas under the Black […]
ST. LOUIS, United States (AFP) — A chorus of critics painted Donald Trump as a dictator in the making Sunday, after he threatened to imprison Hillary Clinton if he wins the White House. Trump was called “dangerous,” “unfit” to be president and drew a series of unfavorable comparisons to Venezuela and Russia after he told his rival he would have her jailed if he were victorious in November. “If I win, I’m going to instruct […]
by Michael Mathes St. Louis, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump went toe to toe Sunday in their second presidential debate, clashing over crude remarks by the billionaire Republican — who vowed that if elected he would jail his opponent over her email use as a secretary of state. Here are five key highlights of the showdown: Trump dredges up Bill Clinton Donald Trump went there, big league. After holding his tongue […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — More than 20 people were buried under rubble after four houses collapsed in China on Monday, a local government and state media reported. The buildings caved in during the early hours in Wenzhou in the eastern province of Zhejiang, the Lucheng district government said in a statement. The Xinhua news agency said on social media that an “initial estimate” was that more than 20 people had been buried. The Lucheng government […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged in Bamako on Sunday (October 9) to help Mali stabilise and develop as she began a three-nation tour in Africa her main focus being on how to stem the flow of migrants to Europe. Speaking at a joint news conference with the Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita shortly after landing, she said Mali was a country of transit for migrants, drug traffickers and people smugglers. She said it was vital […]
BADGER CREEK, NORTH EAST OF MELBOURNE, Australia (Reuters) — Wind gusts and storms lashed the Australian state of Victoria on Sunday (October 9), killing one woman and disrupting power supplies to more than 100,000 people. Roughly 120,000 homes were without power across the country’s second-most populous state and Melbourne’s International Airport closed one of two runways, causing significant delays. Falling trees injured several people, with tree branches crashing into houses causing widespread damage. “I heard […]
Ghana’s main opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo launched a blistering attack on the government’s economic record on Sunday (October 9) as he released his party’s manifesto at a mass rally ahead of an election on December 7. Akufo-Addo said President John Mahama had squandered the wealth the country has amassed since it began producing oil in 2010 and is out of touch with people who have struggled economically since he came to power in 2012. “If […]
ST. LOUIS, United States (AFP) — White House hopeful Hillary Clinton backed the establishment of safe zones in Syria on Sunday, along with efforts to investigate Russia for war crimes committed in support of President Bashar al-Assad. In her second presidential debate with Republican rival Donald Trump, Clinton said she supported efforts to probe “war crimes committed by the Syrians and the Russians and try to hold them accountable.” © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
ST. LOUIS, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton on Sunday accused Russia of trying to tilt the 2016 presidential election in Donald Trump’s favor with a series of email hacks. “They’re doing it to try to influence the election for Donald Trump,” Clinton said in a second presidential debate. In response, Trump appeared to reject findings from the intelligence community that Russia was behind the hacks, saying “maybe there is no hacking.” © 1994-2016 Agence […]
