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by Katherine HADDON LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Millions of Britons began voting Thursday in a bitterly-fought, knife-edge referendum that could tear up the island nation’s EU membership and spark the greatest emergency of the bloc’s 60-year history. A record 46.5 million voters were registered to decide Britain’s future in the 28-nation European Union, which was born out of a determination to unite in lasting peace after the carnage of two world wars. Across much […]
Searchers have recovered the body of one of the family members whose sailboat went missing off the Florida coast three days ago, a Coast Guard official said on Wednesday (June 22). A Coast Guard search helicopter found the body and turned it over to local authorities for positive identification, said Captain Gregory Case, the St. Petersburg sector commander. Ace Kimberly, 45, two sons aged 13 and 15, and a 17-year-old daughter were last seen on […]
Scientists will have to do without an ally in the race to combat the Zika virus. A supercomputer named Santos Dumont has been partially switched off in the state of Rio de Janeiro due to government spending cuts. Among other projects, it was meant to be genetically mapping the Zika virus. In the midst of Brazil’s worst recession since the 1930s, funds to Santos Dumont’s home at the National Laboratory of Computer Science have been […]
A passenger train derailed on its way from Kaohsiung to Hualien in Taiwan around at 06:49 a.m. (GMT) on Wednesday (June 22) , leaving at least 2 people injured. The three carriages at the rear of the train, No. 307, derailed between the Fuyuan and Guangfu stations. In the video that was shared by Ruisui villager Lin Guo-Ding with Reuters, the last carriage is seen almost overturned. According to Lin who happened to be at […]
South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se on Thursday (June 23) called for help from a nuclear suppliers group to solve North Korea’s nuclear issue. The delegation of the 48-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) gathered in Seoul to attend the annual plenary meeting. The NSG aims to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons by restricting the sale of items that can be used to make those arms. It was set up in response to India’s first […]
Gunmen in southern Nigeria have killed a local driver and kidnapped as many as seven people, at least three of whom are Australian citizens and one an Australian resident, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Thursday (June 23) There was some initial confusion over the number of victims and nationalities of those involved, as police in Nigeria gave conflicting accounts. The workers, two of whom police said later escaped, were contractors for cement company […]
An executive at Volkswagen Group’s South Korean subsidiary arrived at a Seoul court on Thursday (June 23) for a hearing on whether he will be arrested in connection with the cheating of emissions tests. The executive, who requested to be known by his surname, Yoon, is accused of manipulating engine software in Volkswagen’s gasoline-powered Golf 1.4 TSI at the request of the headquarters, a person with direct knowledge of the probe told Reuters. A South […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived in Havana late Wednesday (June 22) night ahead of the signing of an agreement between Colombia’s government and leftist FARC rebels. The two sides are slated to sign an agreement to end hostilities with a definitive ceasefire on Thursday (June 23). After more than three years of fraught talks in the Cuban capital, the agreement brings into sight an end to a conflict that […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — In one of the most extraordinary scenes in years on the US House floor, Democrats staged a dramatic sit-in Wednesday, demanding that the Republican-led Congress address gun violence following the Orlando nightclub massacre. The lawmakers’ action, which earned praise from President Barack Obama, signaled what is likely to be a protracted election-year battle over firearms — perennially a hot-button campaign issue in the United States. “We have to occupy the […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has hailed the successful test of a powerful new medium-range missile, saying it poses a direct threat to US military bases in the Pacific, state media reported Thursday. Kim, who personally monitored Wednesday’s Musudan missile test, said it was a “great event” that significantly bolstered the North’s pre-emptive nuclear attack capability, the official KCNA news agency reported. “We have the sure capability to attack in […]
by Michael Mathes WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump takes his first international trip since presumptively clinching the Republican presidential nomination, jumping out of the US political frying pan and into the “Brexit” fire by arriving in Scotland Friday. The New York celebrity billionaire is scheduled to attend the ceremonial re-opening of his Trump Turnberry golf course on the very day that the British will wake to learn whether they have voted to remain […]
MANILa, Philippines (AFP) — China is using its fishing fleets with armed escorts to bolster maritime claims in disputed territory, a senior US State Department official warned Wednesday, calling China’s behaviour “disturbing”. The comments came after Indonesian warships fired warning shots and detained a Chinese-flagged fishing boat and seven crew near the Natuna Islands in the South China Sea last week, in actions slammed by Beijing. “I think it’s a disturbing trend to see Chinese […]
