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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — A car bomb exploded near a market in a Shiite area of north Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people, security and medical officials said. The blast, which hit the Sadr City area at around 10 am (0700 GMT), also wounded 35 people, the officials said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but the Islamic State group often carries out bombings in Baghdad and elsewhere, especially […]
by Michel COMTE EDMONTON , Canada (AFP) — There was a rush on pillows at Canada’s largest fire evacuation center Tuesday as many who fled wildfires in Alberta province’s oil region looked forward to their first good sleep in days. It will be at least two weeks before Fort McMurray residents can return home, but the damage now appears to be less than anticipated with 90 percent of structures still standing. And several of the […]
A South African falconer in Dubai’s desert is shaking up the ancient sport of falconry, marrying one of Arabia’s most cherished customs with the cutting edge world of drones and tiny cameras. Few foreigners are accepted into this traditional realm, which served as a means of survival in the barren wastes before the era of abundant oil and glassy skyscrapers. But tour operator and trainer Peter Bergh has honed his skills for more than a […]
by Michael Mathes WASHINGTON , United States (AFP) — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump cruised to victory in two more states Tuesday, while Bernie Sanders beat rival Democrat Hillary Clinton in West Virginia to bolster his argument for remaining in the race. The substantial wins in West Virginia and Nebraska according to early results put Trump ever closer to clinching the 1,237 delegates he needs to be declared the party’s nominee at its convention […]
(REUTERS) — Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff said on Tuesday (May 10) that the country was going through a decisive moment as the Brazilian leader looks to the Supreme Court in a last-ditch attempt to stay in office a day before the Senate will likely vote to try her for breaking budget laws. Attorney General Eduardo Cardozo, the government’s top lawyer, asked the Supreme Court to annul impeachment proceedings arguing they were politically motivated and had […]
NEW YORK , United States (AFP) — An assailant stabbed at least four people, killing two, Tuesday at a home and a shopping mall in the US state of Massachusetts before an off-duty security officer shot the suspect to death, police said. The suspect first stabbed two people at a home in Taunton, south of Boston. Police said he may have been involved in a car crash in that area prior to the stabbings. Shortly […]
BEIJING , China (Reuters) — China’s foreign ministry expressed anger on Tuesday (May 10) after a U.S. navy warship carried out a freedom of navigation operation near a disputed reef in the South China Sea. Ministry spokesman Lu Kang told a daily news briefing in Beijing that the ship illegally entered the waters without China’s permission and that the move threatened peace and stability. “I have to point out, this action by the U.S. side […]
By Jonah Grace Lopez Eagle News Service, Canada bureau ALBERTA, Canada (Eagle News) – On May 10, coinciding with the 130th birth anniversary of the Late Brother Felix Y. Manalo, whom the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) members believe to be God’s Last Messenger, some 200 church members drove almost three hours from Edmonton to Lac la Biche in Alberta, Canada where some 2000 relief good bags were handed out. Many of […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — The US on Tuesday sailed a warship close to a disputed South China Sea reef Beijing has built up into an artificial island, officials said, prompting China to express “dissatisfaction and opposition”. Guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence navigated within 12 nautical miles of the Fiery Cross Reef, occupied by China and also claimed by Vietnam, Taiwan and the Philippines, the Pentagon said. “This operation challenged attempts by China, Taiwan, and […]
WASHINTON, United States (AFP) — The US Federal Bureau of Investigation suspects the computer hacking theft of $81 million from Bangladesh’s central bank was in part an inside job, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Quoting sources familiar with the matter, the Journal said FBI agents investigating the case “have found evidence pointing to at least one bank employee acting as an accomplice.” But it added that “a handful of others” may have also aided […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States said Tuesday it was keen to work with whoever wins the presidential election in the Philippines, after Rodrigo Duterte claimed victory. “We look forward to working with and congratulating the winner,” State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau said, after the 71-year-old firebrand declared himself the winner of Monday’s voting. Trudeau stressed that official results had not yet been confirmed, but said the United States would work with whichever […]
OTTAWA , Canada (AFP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit the fire-scarred city of Fort McMurray on Friday, as he hailed the work of first respondents who evacuated the oil hub of 100,000. “All Canadians say congratulations to the brave first respondents who have been there to do extraordinary work in Fort McMurray,” Trudeau said in the House of Commons. He hailed lawmakers for being “strongly engaged on the ground supporting their fellow […]
