The pilot of a small plane was killed on Sunday (June 19) after his aircraft crashed onto Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) commuter rail tracks in Hayward southeast of San Francisco. Local media said the pilot was the only person on board when it crashed shortly before noon local time. The plane was described as a Piper PA23 single engine aircraft and local media said fire crews were able to quickly contain the blaze at […]
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14 children drown in Russia lake tragedy
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — At least 14 children on a summer camp in northeast Russia drowned when their boats capsized in a storm on a lake, investigators said Sunday. The accident happened overnight on Lake Syamozero, close to the border with Finland, according to Vladimir Markin, a spokesman for Russia’s investigative committee. “The investigators have finished examining the bodies of the 14 victims. They said that they were all born between 2002 and 2004. There […]
Gun store owner accidentally shot dead during weapons class
The owner of a gun store in Ohio was accidentally killed on Sunday (June 19) when a weapon that was being used during a concealed carry class in a nearby room discharged and struck him in the neck. Police said 64-year-old James Baker of the Kayjay Gun Shop in Monroe Township was seated when the gun was accidentally discharged while someone in the classroom was practicing malfunction drills. Police said he was pronounced dead at […]
Elite South Korean cyber warriors train for battle with North
In one college major at Seoul’s elite Korea University, the courses are known only by number, and students keep their identities a secret from outsiders. The Cyber Defense curriculum, funded by the defense ministry, trains young keyboard warriors who get a free education in exchange for a seven-year commitment as officers in the army’s cyber warfare unit – and its ongoing conflict with North Korea. North and South Korea remain in a technical state of […]
Investigators begin examining EgyptAir black boxes
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — Investigators have begun examining the black box flight recorders of an EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean last month, hoping to establish the cause of the disaster, authorities said Sunday. The Airbus A320 operating Flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo disappeared from radar screens between the Greek island of Crete and the north coast of Egypt on May 19. Sixty-six people were on board. A vast search operation was launched, […]
Trump says he is open to racial profiling
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump said Sunday he is open to racial profiling, touching another raw nerve on the issue of race in America. African-Americans, Latinos, Muslims and other minorities in the United States have complained bitterly for decades about the practice in which police use a person’s race, religion, national origin or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting them of committing a crime. Trump, the free-talking presumptive Republican presidential nominee, came close to […]
Chicago man shot and killed while live streaming
by Nova SAFO CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — Just a day after an extremist attacked a French police couple and broadcast himself inside their home on Facebook Live, a man in Chicago was shot and killed while video streaming on the social network this week. Wednesday’s shooting, taking place just a few days after the Orlando, Florida massacre at a gay nightclub, was a stark depiction of the gun violence that has plagued the United […]
Second black box recovered from EgyptAir crash site
by Haitham El-Tabei CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — Search teams on Friday recovered the second flight recorder of an EgyptAir plane from the bottom of the Mediterranean that could prove vital in establishing the cause of the crash. Flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo disappeared from radar screens in the eastern Mediterranean last month with 66 people on board, and a vast search operation has since scoured swathes of sea off Egypt’s northern coast. Egyptian investigators […]
Obama condemns ‘heinous murder’ of British MP
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Barack Obama condemned Friday the “heinous” murder of Jo Cox, as he offered condolences to the British lawmaker’s widower and praised her “selfless service.” Obama called Brendan Cox while traveling on the Air Force One presidential plane, a day after the MP was “brutally murdered,” the White House said. Jo Cox was shot and killed in a ferocious attack in the northern English village of Birstall. Police are investigating […]
Cameron holding Brexit vote ‘to blackmail’ Europe: Putin
SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (AFP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron is holding a referendum on EU membership to “blackmail” and “scare” Europe, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Friday. “Why has he set up this referendum? To blackmail Europe? Or to scare it? What is the purpose if he himself is against” Britain leaving the European Union, Putin said during a meeting with representatives of news agencies, including AFP. “It’s not our business, it is the […]
Putin says accepts U.S. is sole superpower, dilutes Trump praise
(REUTERS) President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he accepted the United States was probably still the world’s sole superpower and he was ready to work with whoever won the presidency, but didn’t want to be told how to live by Americans. Putin’s comments follow a rocky period in U.S.-Russia relations, which have been undermined by disagreements over issues such as Ukraine and Syria. Putin reiterated criticism of what he said was the misguided role […]
Clinton’s lead over Trump slips after Florida shooting: Reuters/Ipsos poll
(REUTERS) Donald Trump chipped away at Hillary Clinton’s lead in the presidential race this week, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Friday, as the candidates clashed over how to respond to the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The poll, conducted from Monday to Friday, showed Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, with a 10.7 point lead among likely voters over Trump, her likely Republican rival in the November presidential election. That’s down from […]
