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SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A woman was fatally mauled by a huge shark — described by witnesses as larger than their boat — near the western Australian city of Perth on Sunday. The attack on the woman off the northern Perth suburb of Mindarie comes just two days after a surfer died after having his leg bitten off by a shark along the same coastline. Western Australia state police said the woman — reported to […]
(Reuters) SYDNEY: A powerful earthquake measuring 6.0 magnitude struck on Monday morning about 128 kms (79.54 miles) southeast of New Zealand’s remote Kermadec Islands in the South Pacific, the United States Geological survey said. The shallow temblor, which occurred at a depth of 10 kms (six miles), did not trigger a tsunami warning, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said. The USGS revised the quake’s magnitude down to 6.0 after initially saying it was 6.4.
by Benjamin Carlson BEIJING, China (AFP) — President Xi Jinping said China and the US needed to trust each other more as both sides sought to minimize tensions over the South China Sea at the opening Monday of key annual talks in Beijing. China claims nearly all of the strategically vital sea despite competing claims by several Southeast Asian neighbors, and has rapidly built artificial islands suitable for military use. Washington has responded by sending […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton defeated her rival Bernie Sanders in Puerto Rico’s Democratic primary Sunday, US networks projected, bringing her to the brink of victory in their long-fought battle for the party’s presidential nomination. With 29 percent of the island territory’s districts reporting, former secretary of state Clinton was ahead with 62.5 percent of the vote, compared to 37.1 percent for Sanders, according to CNN. Victory in debt-hobbled Puerto Rico marked a […]
Resident of flood-affected areas around Paris, like Longjumeau, a suburb about 24 kilometers (15 miles) to the south of the capital, started a major clean-up on Sunday (June 5) as the water levels subsided. Flooding in central France has killed four people, injured 24 others, and forced thousands to evacuate since the beginning of last week. The worst affected areas lay just to the south of the capital where firemen waded thigh-deep water to rescue […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Tropical Storm Colin formed Sunday in the Gulf of Mexico, churning toward Florida’s west coast, where it is expected to cross before heading into the Atlantic, officials said. Packing sustained winds of 40 miles (65 kilometers) per hour, the storm was about 460 miles southwest of Tampa, Florida, moving northward at nine miles per hour, the National Hurricane Center said.. “Some strengthening is forecast before Colin reaches the coast of […]
People in Switzerland were voting in a referendum on Sunday (June 5) on a proposal to introduce a guaranteed basic income for everyone living in the country, a debate also gaining prominence elsewhere. Even though opinion polls showed the initiative by Basel cafe owner Daniel Haeni and allies has scant chances of victory, public interest in the matter is huge, far beyond Swiss borders. Supporters said introducing a monthly income of 2,500 Swiss francs ($2,563) […]
Voting in Mexico’s regional elections got underway without major incidents, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said on Sunday (June 5). The regional elections pose a major test for the ruling party’s hopes of retaining the presidency in 2018 as discontent over corruption and violence fuels support for the anti-establishment message of a resurgent leftist firebrand. Voters were choosing new governors in a dozen of Mexico’s 31 states, including bastions of President Pena Nieto’s Institutional Revolutionary […]
Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes inaugurated a stretch of the city’s new tramway on Sunday (June 5), exactly two months ahead of the start of the Olympics Games. The Very Light Tramway, or VLT as the tram is known in Rio, was inaugurated in a carnival spirit, with a samba band entertaining as the system’s first passengers. Paes stressed, however, that the Olympics were more than just a celebration. “It is a legacy for the city. […]
Polling firm Ipsos said a quick count of 84.5 percent of sample ballots in Peru’s presidential election showed Pedro Pablo Kuczynski won 50.9 percent of votes compared to Keiko Fujimori’s 49.1 percent in Peru’s presidential election on Sunday (June 5). Polling company GfK said Kuczynski likely won 51.5 percent of votes and Fujimori 48.5 percent with 77 percent of sample ballots counted. Kuczynski waved to supporters gathered in Lima along with his wife Nancy Lange […]
SINGAPORE (AFP) — China on Sunday hit out at US “provocations” and said it does not fear “trouble” over its territorial disputes with neighbors in the South China Sea. “Countries outside should play a constructive role in this regard, not the other way around. The South China Sea issue has become overheated because of the provocations of certain countries for their own selfish interests,” Admiral Sun Jianguo told a security summit in Singapore. Sun spoke […]
by Amal JAYASINGHE COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) — A series of explosions rocked a military ammunition depot on the edge of Sri Lanka’s capital into Monday, sparking huge fires and forcing thousands to flee as debris fell into populated neighborhoods. Police said the explosions at the Salawa military post had diminished in strength but nearby residents were being told to stay away because intermittent blasts were still erupting, 10 hours after the first one was […]
