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by Michael Mathes NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton embarks Monday on a campaign swing across battleground states, bringing traveling press aboard her plane for the first time as she seeks to regain momentum against her White House rival Donald Trump. Clinton, the Democratic nominee, will attend events with working families in Cleveland, Ohio and Hampton, Illinois celebrating Labor Day, the US holiday that traditionally kicks off the fall campaign season and the […]
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AFP) — Floods and landslides caused by a tropical depression have damaged or affected some 70 homes and schools and trapped around 200 people in the Mexican resort town of Acapulco, authorities said Sunday. Torrential rains which began Saturday morning caused 33 rock and landslides on interstate highways and the Ayutla-Cruz Grande federal highway, Guerrero state authorities said. The downpour also caused a road to collapse in central Acapulco, sending two cars falling […]
By Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton PAWNEE, Oklahoma (Reuters) – One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded in Oklahoma rattled the area northwest of Pawnee on Saturday, fuelling growing concern about seismic activity linked to energy production, a federal agency said. The magnitude 5.6 quake, which was felt from South Dakota to Texas, prompted the closure of some 35 wastewater disposal wells in the area, officials said. It shallow quake struck 9 miles (14 km) northwest of […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) — Bangladesh hanged a wealthy tycoon and top financial backer of its largest Islamist party late Saturday for war crimes, dealing a massive blow to the group’s ambitions in the Muslim-majority nation. Mir Quasem Ali, a key leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was executed after being convicted by a controversial war crimes tribunal for offences committed during the 1971 independence conflict with Pakistan. The 63-year-old was hanged at the Kashimpur high […]
(Reuters) — Hangzhou is looking like a ghost town, as authorities have closed down shops and ramped up security checks to ensure its first-ever G20 summit passes off perfectly As of Friday (September 3), highways around the G20 venue were virtually empty except for a few cars. Reuters journalists were warned by men who identified themselves as “neighbourhood watch volunteers” not to film in a residential area not far from the G20 venue. In […]
LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AFP) – by Florian Plaucheur and Celia Lebur Two people died early Friday following overnight clashes in Gabon, witnesses said, raising to five the number killed in violence that erupted after President Ali Bongo was declared victor of a disputed election. In the 48 hours since the results were announced huge crowds of angry supporters, some of whom torched the parliament, have taken to the streets. Bongo’s government launched a fierce crackdown, with […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – by Douglas Gillison The US labor market slowed precipitously in August but continued a six-year streak of monthly job creation, according to figures released Friday by the Labor Department. The economy added 151,000 new positions for the month, a sharp drop from July’s revised total of 275,000 new non-farm positions and also well below analyst expectations. Leading up to Friday’s disclosure, markets had been intently awaiting the new numbers as […]
DUBLIN, Ireland (AFP) – by Douglas DALBY Ireland’s fragile minority government agreed Friday to recommend an appeal against the EU’s tax ruling on Apple but said it was recalling parliament early to debate the issue. The deal overcomes a split in cabinet surrounding the 13 billion euros ($15 billion) plus interest that the EU says Apple owes in back taxes, putting Ireland at the centre of a row between Europe and the United States. Apple […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) – by Max DELANY Lambasted for brutally crushing dissent, Uzbekistan’s President Islam Karimov kept a stranglehold on power for over 25 years — even at the expense of his own daughter. The veteran leader, 78, whose death was officially announced on Friday several days after he suffered a stroke, played Russia, China and the West off against one other to avoid total isolation as he steered his strategic state out of the […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Hurricane Hermine swept onto Florida’s Gulf coast early Friday with winds and heavy rain causing flooding and cutting power to tens of thousands of people, with officials warning of “life threatening” conditions. The Category One storm made landfall around 1:30 am local time (0530 GMT) near St Marks, just south of Florida’s capital Tallahassee, with 80 mile (130 kilometer) per hour winds extending 45 miles from the hurricane’s eye, the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Melania Trump, the wife of US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, on Thursday sued two media outlets that alleged she worked as an escort in the 1990s. Filed in a Maryland court, the suit is against Mail Media, Inc. which publishes the Daily Mail Online, and Webster G. Tarpley, who publishes a blog. A Slovenian ex-model, Melania is seeking damages to the tune of $150 million. “These defendants made several […]
(Eagle News)– Aside from leaders of Southeast Asian nations, Foreign Affairs spokesman Charles Jose on Friday revealed that President Rodrigo Duterte will hold face-to face meetings with leaders of Australia, India, Japan, Laos, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, United States, and Vietnam at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Laos. Concerns such as the President’s war on drugs and West Philippine Sea dispute are likely to be discussed at the summit. Earlier, Duterte reiterated […]
