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M6.2 earthquake strikes Italy Accumoli mayor Stefano Petrucci tells RAI a family of four had been buried when their house collapsed, adding that there was no indication they had survived. Amatrice mayor Sergio Pirozzi: “The aim now is to save as many lives as possible. There are voices under the rubble, we have to save the people there.” The earthquake caused damage to towns in three regions – Umbria, Lazio and Marche The […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — At least 10 people are feared dead after a powerful earthquake struck central Italy in the early hours of Wednesday, according to officials cited by local media. The national civil protection agency said it could not give an official toll as rescue efforts were still under way. Deaths were reported in three villages in a mountainous area straddling the regions of Lazio and Marche: Amatrice, Accumoli and Arquata del Tronto. “The […]
By Sarah Nacman Eagle News Service Washington Bureau WASHINGTON DC, USA (Eagle News) — Donald Trump’s campaign chair, Paul Manafort, resigned Friday, adding to a list of recent changes made in key positions of the Republican Presidential Candidate’s campaign. Kellyanne Conway was promoted to campaign manager and Stephen K. Bannon, Breirbart News executive, was placed as the campaign’s CEO. In an interview with WABC’s Rita Cosby, Conway said Manafort’s exit was a mutual decision. […]
by Filippo MONTEFORTE ROME, Italy (AFP) — A powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck central Italy in the early hours of Wednesday, devastating mountain villages and leaving at least five people dead. Numerous buildings collapsed in small communities close to the epicentre of the quake in a remote, thinly-populated area straddling the regions of Umbria, Marche and Lazio. As dawn broke, residents and emergency services were scrambling to rescue people trapped in rubble. Local officials indicated that the […]
> 6.2 earthquake strikes central Italy > At least 6 people dead > Four people are under the rubble, but they are not showing any sign of life > Mayor says at least half the town is gone > Amatrice mayor says people trapped under rubble > RAI quoted police as saying two people were known to have died in the nearby village of Pescara del Tronto > There were 17 reported aftershocks […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — At least three people have died after a powerful earthquake struck central Italy in the early hours of Wednesday, local media reported. The first confirmed victims of a quake which devastated dozens of villages were an elderly couple whose home collapsed at Pescara del Tronto in the Marche region to the east of the epicentre, national broadcaster Rai and other media reported. The AGI news agency said at least one other person […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump on Tuesday stepped up his attacks on Hillary Clinton, accusing her of “Third World”-style corruption over her family’s charitable foundation and calling her unfit to hold office. “It is a total embarrassment if our secretary of state can be bought or bribed or sold,” he told a rally in Austin, Texas after a damaging Associated Press report raised questions about whether donors to the Clinton Foundation paid […]
Nigeria’s air force said it had killed a number of senior Boko Haram fighters and possibly their overall leader in a briefing and statement on Tuesday (August 23). Government planes attacked the Islamist group inside the Sambisa forest in its northeast heartland on Friday (August 19), the air force said, adding that it had only just confirmed details of the impact of the raid. In a briefing to air force personnel Nigeria’s Chief of Air […]
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday (August 24) North Korea’s latest missile launch was “unforgivable” and posed a grave threat to Japan’s security, adding his government had lodged a stern protest against its isolated neighbour. “This poses a grave threat to Japan’s security, and is an unforgivable act that damages regional peace and stability markedly,” Abe told reporters at the prime minister’s residence. North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile off its east […]
Chinese state media reported on Wednesday (August 24) that North Korea fired a submarine-launched missile. The rocket flew about 500 km (311 miles) towards Japan, a show of improving technological capability for the isolated country that has conducted a series of launches in defiance of UN sanctions. “Our news continues: according to Yonhap News, at dawn North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile into the sea to the east of the peninsula, which eventually landed […]
EU Parliament President Martin Schulz lent his support to Colombia’s peace process on Tuesday (August 23) even as he cited a concern over democracy in neighbouring Venezuela. On a visit to Bogota where he met with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, Schulz praised the agreement between Bogota and the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). “We expect this will be a decisive, sustainable and lasting peace process. We believe it will be a good […]
