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HONG KONG, China (AFP) – by Dennis Chong One of China’s most powerful officials said he would listen to political demands from Hongkongers in a conciliatory start to a visit Tuesday that has stirred anger in a city resentful of Beijing’s tightening grip. The three-day trip by Zhang Dejiang, who chairs China’s communist-controlled legislature, is the first by such a senior official in four years and comes as concerns grow in semi-autonomous Hong Kong that its […]
FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) – A group of German businessmen and academics are taking the European Central Bank to court over its controversial bond-buying programme, their lawyer said on Tuesday. A complaint against the ECB’s corporate sector purchase programme was filed at Germany’s highest court, the Constitutional Court, on May 12, a court spokesman told AFP. The business leaders argued that the central bank was “going beyond its mandate” in purchasing corporate bonds as part of its […]
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) – Attacks including an Islamic State group suicide bombing killed at least 25 people in Baghdad Tuesday, the latest in a series of deadly blasts to hit Iraq’s capital, officials said. The attacks also wounded at least 71 people, officials said. The deadliest attack hit the Shaab area in northern Baghdad, killing at least 15. Interior ministry spokesman Saad Maan said it was carried out by a female suicide bomber, while a police […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — Thick smoke and a risk of flare-ups are delaying residents’ return to fire-ravaged Fort McMurray in Canada, the province of Alberta’s premier said Monday. “There’s active fire growth on all fronts surrounding the community and a number of hotspots within the town,” Premier Rachel Notley told a nationally televised press conference. Elsewhere in the province new forest fires broke out over the weekend for a total of 15 separate blazes, three […]
The Iglesia Ni Cristo held a worldwide blood donation and bone marrow registration. As our Eastern Canada Bureau reports — donating blood is just one of the many ways the Iglesia Ni Cristo can show their love and care for their neighbors.
NEW DELHI , India (AFP) — Five low-caste villagers have died trying to revive an unused well in a parched region of northern India, police said Tuesday, as the country reels under one of the worst droughts on record. The five men, from India’s lowest Dalit caste, were killed by toxic gas in the pit of the well in Haryana state’s Jind district on Monday when they went in to clean it. “The well had […]
BELMOPAN, Belize (AFP) — Belize has joined the growing number of Latin American nations grappling with the Zika virus, after the health ministry confirmed the country’s first known case. Authorities said Monday the infected person resides in Belize City, adding that efforts would be taken to prevent the virus from spreading. “An immediate investigation was launched and several actions were simultaneously initiated to minimize and contain a potential outbreak,” a health ministry statement said. The […]
BEIJING , China (AFP) — The mayhem of China’s Cultural Revolution will never be repeated, state-run media said Tuesday, breaking their silence after the 50th anniversary of its start saw little state-sanctioned discussion. May 16 marked half a century since the 1966 internal Communist party declaration of the movement, which left chaos in its wake and transformed China’s political landscape. The Communist party restricts discussion of the period to prevent undermining the legitimacy of its […]
by Sophie MIGNON WAGENINGEN , Netherlands (AFP) — Establishing a human colony on the Moon and travelling to Mars has been the stuff of dreams since the dawn of the space age. But these visions face many hurdles. How can humans survive for months or years in the ultra-hostile environment of space? What, for instance, will they eat? Agricultural researchers at a Dutch university say they are taking the first steps towards providing an answer. […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Catholic Pope Francis has ruled out seeking the fast-track resignation of a French cardinal accused of failing to inform the authorities about an alleged paedophile priest, the French newspaper La Croix reported on Tuesday. In an interview with the Catholic daily on Monday, the pope said it would be “contradictory, imprudent” to seek Cardinal Philippe Barbarin’s resignation at this stage. “We will see after the end of (any) trial. But (to seek […]
TORONTO, Canada — Our Canada bureau was able to interview someone from Mississauga who formed a coalition called Coalition Contra-Dayaan.
SYDNEY , Australia (AFP) — An 18-year-old man was arrested in Sydney on Tuesday over an alleged “imminent” terror plot, as police raided properties in Melbourne in a separate counter-terrorism operation, officials said. Australian Federal Police claimed the teenager was scouting possible sites in Sydney to undertake an attack while at the same time trying to acquire a firearm. In February he had been stopped at Sydney airport as he attempted to leave for Syria, […]
