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by Olivia HAMPTON WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Four police officers were killed and seven others wounded by snipers in chaotic scenes in Dallas during a protest against police shootings of black men, with a suspect warning that bombs were planted throughout the city center. City Police Chief David Brown said two snipers shot at “police officers from elevated positions during the protest/rally.” A civilian was also wounded. Police were continuing to exchange gunfire with […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing will not take a “single step back” in the contested South China Sea, state-run media said Friday, despite reports of US naval patrols close to its artificial islands ahead of a tribunal ruling in the dispute. Beijing asserts sovereignty over almost all of the strategically vital waters in the face of rival claims from Southeast Asian neighbours, and has rapidly turned reefs into artificial islands capable of hosting military planes. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Dallas police exchanged gunfire early Friday with a suspect in a deadly shooting that has killed four officers who warned negotiators there were “bombs all over the place” in downtown Texas, officials said. “The suspect that we are negotiating with that has exchanged gunfire with us over the last 45 minutes has told our negotiators that the end is coming, and he is going to hurt and kill more of […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US Federal Aviation Administration restricted airspace over Dallas after gunmen shot at least 11 police officers in the Texan city, killing four during a protest over police shootings of black men. “No pilots may operate an aircraft in the areas covered by this NOTAM,” the FAA Notice to Airmen read. “Only relief aircraft operations under direction of Dallas Police Department are authorized in the airspace.” The restrictions, which are […]
(Reuters) Super typhoon Nepartak hit eastern Taiwan early on Friday, driving thousands of people from their homes, disrupting power supply and forcing the cancellation of more than 500 flights, emergency authorities said. Television broadcast images of strong wind and torrential rains brought by the year’s first typhoon, whose approach had prompted Taiwan and neighboring China to batten down the hatches. As many as 15,400 people were evacuated from their homes in preparation for the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)– A fourth police officer was killed and two suspected snipers were in custody after a protest late Thursday against police brutality in Dallas, authorities said. One suspect had turned himself in and another who was in a shootout with SWAT officers was also in custody, the Dallas Police Department tweeted. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Four police officers were killed, at least seven were wounded and a civilian was also hurt late Thursday when two snipers opened fire during a protest in Dallas against police racial bias, authorities said. City Police Chief David Brown said two gunmen shot at “police officers from elevated positions during the protest/rally”, sparking an intense search for at least two suspects, adding that they had threatened to plant a bomb. The […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Super Typhoon Nepartak lashed Taiwan with powerful winds and torrential rain as it made landfall Friday, injuring dozens and forcing more than 15,000 to evacuate their homes as the island cancelled hundreds of flights and shut offices and schools. Packing gusts of up to 198 kilometres per hour (123 miles per hour), it landed at Taimali township in eastern Taitung county shortly before 6:00 am (2200 GMT Thursday) and was […]
BEIJJING, China (AFP) — The deployment of a US missile defense system in South Korea would “seriously damage” regional security in northeast Asia, China said Friday, adding it strongly opposed the move. The deployment of the THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defence) system announced by the US and South Korea would “seriously damage the strategic security interests of countries in the region including China”, Beijing’s foreign ministry said in a statement posted online. “China strongly […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — At least 35 have been killed in a landslide in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region, state media reported Thursday. The landslide caused by heavy rain hit a village in the Kunlun Mountains, burying houses and their occupants in the early hours of Wednesday. By Thursday night 35 bodied had been pulled from the debris, according to the official Xinhua news agency. A rescue operation was underway, but efforts were being hindered by […]
by Daniel WOOLLS WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Like a victorious general, Donald Trump visited Capitol Hill Thursday to meet with Republican lawmakers scrambling to put up a united front behind him as the party convention nears. But in a sign of the bad blood, if not outright disgust, that Trump still stirs as the presumptive presidential nominee, some key lawmakers found reasons to skip the meetings, one with House members and another with senators. […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — The US and South Korea announced Friday that they had reached an agreement to deploy an advanced missile defence system in the South in the face of growing threats from the North. The two allies began talks on deploying the US THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defence) system to the Korean peninsula in February when the North launched a long-range rocket following a fourth nuclear test in January. “Based on these […]
