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North Korea fires second missile after first launch fails – South Korea

(REUTERS)  North Korea launched what appeared to be a second intermediate-range Musudan missile on Wednesday morning after another launch hours earlier failed, South Korea’s military said. It was not immediately clear if the second launch, about two hours after the first, was successful. The first missile was launched from the east coast city of Wonsan, a South Korean official said, the same area where previous tests of intermediate-range missiles were conducted, possibly using mobile launchers. […]

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Brexit would be ‘act of self-harm’: EU Commission chief

ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker warned Britain Tuesday that voting to leave the EU would be “an act of self-harm” that would endanger everything Europeans had worked together to achieve. “To turn your backs on your neighbors and retreat into isolation would go against everything that Europe and the UK stand for,” Juncker said during an address to Greek business leaders in Athens, adding: “To leave would be an act of […]

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Brexit battle on knife edge in last 48 hours

  LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – by David Williams Financier George Soros warned of a Black Friday plunge in sterling if Britain votes to quit the EU as new polls showed a razor-tight race 48 hours ahead of the referendum. The man who made a fortune by betting against the pound in the so-called Black Wednesday of September 1992 said that a rejection of the European Union would deliver a major financial shock. Britain, the world’s […]

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EU agrees anti-tax evasion deal

  BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) – The European Union agreed a raft of anti-tax evasion measures Tuesday that would make it harder for multinationals to shift profits to countries with lower taxes, but critics said they were too watered down. The proposals were agreed on provisionally by the EU’s 28 finance ministers on Friday, following major revelations in the Panama Papers and LuxLeaks scandals of tax schemes enjoyed by big banks, companies and wealthy individuals. Final holdouts […]

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Five nations deploy aircraft to battle deadly Cyprus fires

NICOSIA, Cyprus  (AFP) – Five foreign governments deployed aircraft to Cyprus on Tuesday to help battle the island’s worst forest fires in years, which have claimed the lives of two firefighters and blighted swathes of countryside. France and Italy were the latest countries to send planes to assist more than 300 firefighters attempting to put out the blazes which have ran amok as the island swelters under temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit). Two British, […]

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Brussels police find fake suicide bomb vest on suspect

by Alex PIGMAN BRUSSELE, Belgium (AFP) — A man with a fake suicide belt was arrested after a bomb scare at a shopping centre triggered a major anti-terror operation in central Brussels on Tuesday, federal prosecutors said. Belgium remains on a high state of alert after Islamic State-claimed bomb attacks in March left 32 dead at the airport and on the metro. Tuesday’s incident began at about 6:30 am (0430 GMT) after a report of a […]

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Anti-terror operation underway at Brussels shopping center after bomb alert

by Alex PIGMAN BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — An anti-terror operation was under way at a shopping center in central Brussels on Tuesday, Belgian prosecutors told the Belga News agency, adding that one suspect had been arrested. Prime Minister Charles Michel was holding an emergency meeting with members of his security cabinet, Belgian media reported. The incident began at about 6:30am (0430 GMT) Tuesday after a report of a man acting suspiciously near the City 2 […]

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At least three dead in Japan landslides, floods

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — At least three people have died and three are missing after landslides and floods hit an area of Japan that was recently battered by major earthquakes, officials said Tuesday. Rescue workers are searching for three people in southern Kumamoto prefecture, where nearly 2,000 residents were already forced to evacuate their homes after two huge earthquakes in April. The 6.2-magnitude and 7.0-magnitude tremors were followed by more than 1,700 aftershocks, which broke […]

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Car that crushed actor Yelchin under recall over gear issue

by Frankie TAGGART LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The car that fatally crushed “Star Trek” actor Anton Yelchin had been under recall over fears that it could roll off without warning, it emerged on Monday. Friends discovered the Russian-born actor pinned against a brick mailbox pillar and security fence at his California home by his Jeep Grand Cherokee in the early hours of Sunday. Investigators said the actor, who was just 27, had momentarily […]

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US Senate rejects gun control measures after Orlando

by Ivan Couronne WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Following the Orlando club massacre, the Republican-controlled US Senate voted down four measures Monday aimed at reducing gun violence, confirmation of the issue’s toxicity especially during 2016’s heated election climate. With a month to go before Republicans and Democrats formally nominate their White House hopefuls, lawmakers failed to cross the aisle and compromise on one of the most sensitive hot-button issues in America. Senators, nevertheless seeking to […]

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British citizen try to kill Trump: US authorities

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A 19-year-old man arrested over the weekend for trying to kill Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Las Vegas is a British citizen, US authorities said Monday. Natalie Collins, a spokeswoman for the US Attorney’s Office in Las Vegas, told AFP that Michael Sandford was ordered held without bond following his arrest on Saturday at the Trump rally. He had tried to grab a police officer’s gun in an […]

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Four dead as heatwave grips western US

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — At least four people have died from the blistering heat that has gripped the western United States and sparked wildfire warnings across the region, authorities said Monday. The dead were three hikers and a mountain biker who succumbed to the heatwave in Arizona on Sunday, where record-breaking temperatures were reported in some areas. Larry Subervi, spokesman for the Phoenix fire department, said one of the victims was an experienced […]

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