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by Ben Dooley DONGGUAN, China (AFP) — US presidential candidate Donald Trump has pledged to bring long lost American manufacturing jobs back from China. But he may be too late — even for products that bear his family name. A Chinese company that makes shoes for his daughter’s fashion line is moving production to Africa, where labour is much cheaper. The billionaire tycoon has frequently accused China of stealing US jobs through unfair trade practices […]
by Kerry Sheridan / with Daniel Woolls in Washington MIAMI, United States (AFP) — The United States began evacuating coastal areas on Wednesday as Hurricane Matthew churned toward the Bahamas, after killing at least 14 people in the Caribbean in a maelstrom of wind, mud and water. Haiti’s presidential election, scheduled for Sunday, was postponed after Matthew blasted the impoverished nation, knocking out a key bridge providing access to the country’s south where […]
(REUTERS) Typhoon Chaba battered southern parts of South Korea on Wednesday (October 5) with violent winds and heavy rains, leaving at least six people dead, according to media reports, and flooding the country’s main port, industrial cities and major factories. Video posted on social media websites and provided to Reuters showed muddy floodwaters rushing down streets, carrying cars and debris. Overnight, the storm ripped through the southern island of Jeju, where 26 flights were cancelled […]
Typhoon Chaba hits South Korea, bringing heavy rains that swelled rivers to bursting point, flooding city streets and forcing mass flight cancellations. The typhoon left six persons dead and at least four missing after triggering flashfloods in the southern coast of the country.
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea cleaned up Thursday after Typhoon Chaba lashed its southern coast with powerful winds and heavy rains that triggered flash floods and left six people dead and four missing. The violent storm passed over the southern tip of the Korean peninsula on Wednesday, pummelling the port of Busan — the country’s second-largest city — and the industrial city of Ulsan. In Ulsan, a man drowned near his apartment […]
by Andrew BEATTY Dave Clark WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The White House accused Israel of a betrayal of trust Wednesday, in an unusually sharp rebuke over its plans to build hundreds of new settlement homes deep in the West Bank. Days after Obama approved a $38 billion Israeli military aid package and attended former president Shimon Peres’s funeral in Jerusalem, the White House railed at the construction of 300 housing units on land “far […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — The Haitian authorities have postponed presidential and legislative elections originally set for Sunday because of the havoc caused by Hurricane Matthew, election officials said Wednesday. The impoverished Caribbean nation’s last elections, in 2015, were canceled amid violence and massive fraud, leaving the country stranded in political limbo ever since. The president of Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council, Leopold Berlanger, said a new date for elections would be announced by next Wednesday at […]
by Ivan Couronne / Dave Clark WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — With Barack Obama’s presidency coming to a close and US policy for Syria at an impasse, Vladimir Putin’s Russia has stepped up efforts to secure its ally Bashar al-Assad in power. US officials fear the Kremlin is racing to consolidate its gains in Syria before a new, possibly tougher administration takes charge, but there is little sign of a clear new policy emerging. On […]
Americans across the U.S. Southeast fled the coastline, stocked up on groceries and queued for gasoline on Wednesday (October 5) as President Barack Obama and state governors urged millions to evacuate or brace for a potentially devastating Hurricane Matthew. Matthew pummeled the Bahamas and took aim at the United States as the fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade appeared likely to hit Florida with powerful winds, storm surges and heavy rain late on Thursday, […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Authorities issued storm and heavy rain warnings on Wednesday as powerful typhoon Chaba barrelled toward Japan, after it hit a South Korean resort island causing flight cancellations and flooding streets. The violent storm was moving north-northeast off the Tsushima islets chain near Japan’s southern Kyushu, packing gusts of up to 180 kilometres (110 miles) per hour, Japan’s weather agency said. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued warnings for gusts, heavy rains, high […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump’s running mate Mike Pence on Tuesday said the United States should attack Syrian government targets if Russia continues to support its campaign to retake Aleppo. “If Russia chooses to be involved and continue… in this barbaric attack on Aleppo, the United States of America should use military force to strike the targets of the Assad regime,” the Republican vice presidential candidate said, referring to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad […]
Italy’s coastguard said nine corpses were recovered in operations in which 6,055 people were rescued off Libya Monday, three years to the day after 366 people died in the sinking that first alerted the world to the Mediterranean migrant crisis. https://youtu.be/vkGB9D1_v0Q
