PRAIA (Reuters) – Eleven men were shot dead in Cape Verde on Tuesday, including eight soldiers, a local civilian and two Spanish citizens, the minister of Internal Administration for the archipelago off the African coast said in a statement. The men were killed at a telecommunications site at Monte Tchota, a forested area on Santiago island about 27 km (17 miles) north of the capital, Praia, Minister Paulo Rocha said. “A soldier assigned to the […]
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Snakes, weather add to misery for Idomeni migrants
(Reuters) Weather conditions took a turn for the worse in Idomeni on Tuesday (April 26) with deteriorating living conditions for thousands of migrants stuck at Greece’s makeshift border camp. Following two days of heavy rainfall, gale force winds swept through the overcrowded camp, tearing and toppling tents. Temperatures dropped to 15 degrees celsius overnight. Aid organisations have repeatedly said that living conditions at the sprawling tent city are appalling. A lack of hygiene facilities, shortages […]
Venezuela enforces public sector leave on three weekdays
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuela’s government Tuesday announced enforced leave for public sector workers from Wednesday to Friday, meaning they will only work two days a week in efforts to tackle an electricity shortage. “There will be no work in the public sector on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, except for fundamental and necessary tasks,” Vice President Aristobulo Isturiz said in a television broadcast. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
U.S. warns of ‘other’ options if North Korea continues nuclear, missile tests
(Reuters) The United States warned on Tuesday it would consider “other” options, which could include new sanctions or security steps, if North Korea continued nuclear and ballistic missile testing.South Korea’s Yonhap news agency earlier said North Korea appeared to be preparing a test-launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile, after what the United States described as the “fiery, catastrophic” failure of a launch attempt this month. It is widely expected to conduct a fifth nuclear test […]
England’s junior doctors stage first ever all-out strike
Junior doctors in England’s National Health Service staged their first ever all-out strike on Tuesday (April 26), walking out on both emergency and routine care. They are locked in an increasingly bitter dispute with the government and Health Minister Jeremy Hunt’s threat to impose a new contract on them. Talks have broken down in the row over working hours and pay, with the main sticking point payment for weekend work. A government source told the […]
Protesters break into Finnish-Russian nuclear site
Anti-nuclear protesters on Tuesday (April 26) broke into a construction site for a nuclear reactor to be supplied by Russia’s state-owned nuclear firm Rosatom, choosing the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster for their demonstration. Police estimated that close to 50 protesters gathered near the Fennovoima site in northern Finland and around 40 were detained. One group broke into the site while others lay down on the road leading to the site’s entrance, police […]
Tension in Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa, West Bank checkpoint
Israeli security forces scuffled with Muslim worshippers outside Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque on Tuesday (April 26), after removing Jewish worshippers who violated visitation rules from the volatile site. In a video obtained by Reuters, Israeli security could be seen pushing a small crowd of Muslim worshippers who were angry at the violation and by the presence of the Jewish visitors at the site. Israeli media reported that the tension began when Jewish visitors laid on the […]
Big Ben to fall silent for months during repairs
London (AFP) – Big Ben will fall silent for several months while the iconic London clock tower next to the Houses of Parliament undergoes “desperately” needed repairs next year, officials said on Tuesday. The bell, whose chimes feature on British radio broadcasts, will be silenced as part of the £29 million (37 million euros, $42 million) repairs. The work will repair the clock faces and mechanism, cracks in the tower’s masonry and corrosion in the […]
North Korea reportedly readies another missile test launch
SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea appears to be preparing a test-launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said on Tuesday, after what the United States described as the “fiery, catastrophic” failure of the first attempt. Separately, President Barack Obama said the United States is working on defending itself and its allies against potential threats from what he called an “erratic” country with an “irresponsible” leader. On April 15, the North failed […]
Hong Kong’s Filipino domestic workers vote to clean up back home
by Kate BARTLETT HONGKONG, China (AFP) — Twerking, selfie-taking, picnicking and performing impromptu dance routines — Hong Kong’s 180,000-strong community of Filipino workers fill the city’s public spaces on Sundays, their day off, to relax and party. But for the past few weeks the colourful gatherings have turned political, as the Philippines heads towards an election in which its migrant workers could swing a tight race. Bands thrash out rock ballads backing their favourite […]
Japan warship visits Philippines as China sea row festers
SUBIC Bay, Philippines (AFP) — A Japanese warship sailed into a Philippine port near disputed South China Sea waters on Tuesday in another sign of deepening security ties between the World War II foes to counter Beijing. Tensions in the South China Sea — through which one-third of the world’s oil passes — have mounted in recent years since China transformed contested reefs into artificial islands capable of supporting military facilities. The Japanese destroyer Ise […]
Cold blooded murder Canadian PM cries against Abu Sayyaf’s beheading of its captive
QUEZON City, Philippines – Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned the act of the Abu Sayyaf when said group decapitated its Canadian captive five hours after the deadline of the payment of the ransom for said hostages. Trudeau called the act “cold-blooded murder” during his Cabinet retreat in Alberta. According to reports, the Armed Forces of the Philippines found the head in an island in Jolo after the lapse of the deadline. The AFP and […]
