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https://youtu.be/t5qqc0TSDBU by Simon Sturdee VIENNA, Austria (AFP) — Austria’s government was licking its wounds Monday after a historic debacle that saw the opposition anti-immigrant far-right triumph in a presidential ballot two years before the next scheduled general election. According to preliminary results, Norbert Hofer of the Freedom Party (FPOe) came a clear first with 36 percent of the vote, while candidates from the two governing parties failed to even make it into a runoff on […]
Langtang in Nepal is now little more than a graveyard. The once tranquil mountain village was obliterated last April when a massive earthquake shattered a glacier, raining tonnes of ice, snow and rock down into the valley below, where hundreds of bodies still lie buried. (Courtesy AFPTV)
Photo credits: Rueda Rey and SCAN International (Eagle News) – In response to the recent earthquakes that hit Japan, the Iglesia Ni Cristo has extended its assistance to the quake-affected regions, particularly in the island of Kysuhu. “Aid to Humanity” or “Lingap sa Mamamayan” activities were held in Kumamoto City in Kyushu where INC volunteers distributed emergency relief packages consisting of bottled water, canned goods, noodles, cookies, coffee, tea, toiletries and diapers. INC Executive Minister […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — US President Barack Obama has sharpened his warnings about Britain’s reduced global influence should it quit the EU, warning it could take 10 years to reach a UK-US trade deal. Obama said Britain would have “less influence globally” if it votes to leave the European Union in the June 23 referendum on membership of the 28-country bloc. The president was speaking in a BBC television interview broadcast on Sunday, the final […]
North Korea said on Sunday a submarine-launched ballistic missile test it conducted under the supervision of leader Kim Jong Un had been a “great success” that provided “one more means for powerful nuclear attack”. The launch is the latest in a recent string of North Korean demonstrations of military might that began in January with its fourth nuclear test and included the launch of a long-range rocket the next month. The tests have increased tension […]
Beijing, China (AFP)—A fire caused by an explosion at a facility storing chemicals and fuel that rocked the Chinese city of Jingjiang was finally put out on Saturday, 16 hours after it started, state media said. The initial blast, which took place Friday morning, recalled huge explosions caused by improper storage of chemicals in the northern city of Tianjin last August, when at least 165 people were killed and fears were raised of toxic contamination. […]
Istanbul, Turkey (AFP)— Angela Merkel and top European Union officials travel to Turkey on Saturday for a high-stakes visit which will see them walk a diplomatic tightrope between keeping Ankara sweet over a crucial migrant deal and taking a stand on European values. European Council head Donald Tusk, European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans and the German chancellor will visit a refugee camp at 1100 GMT in Gaziantep on the Turkish-Syrian border. They hope to […]
LONDON, ENGLAND, United Kingdom (Reuters) — Guy Hamilton, who directed four James Bond films, has died aged 93, according to media reports. Former 007 actor Roger Moore posted a tweet saying he was “incredibly, incredibly saddened to hear the wonderful director Guy Hamilton has gone to the great cutting room in the sky. 2016 is horrid”. Hamilton directed Moore in “Live and Let Die” and “The Man with the Golden Gun”. He also directed Scottish […]
The death toll from Ecuador’s devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake rose to 602 people on Friday, as dozens of aftershocks shook cities and towns around the country, spooking residents but causing no further damage. Saturday’s quake, the worst in nearly seven decades, injured 12,492 people and left 130 missing, emergency management authorities said in a bulletin. Survivors were shaken again late on Thursday night when a powerful 6.0 magnitude quake struck off Ecuador’s coast about 100 […]
Every year the Queen celebrates two birthdays, with her actual birthday on 21 April and her official birthday on a Saturday in June. Celebrations of her official birthday this year take place from 10-12 June. Prime Minister David Cameron said the Queen had been “a rock of strength for our nation” and the Commonwealth, as he and fellow politicians paid tribute in the House of Commons. Queen’s 90th: What’s happening and when? 21 April – […]
PARIS, France (AFP) Friday 4/22/2016 – Najim Laachraoui, one of the Brussels airport suicide bombers, has been identified by several Frenchmen held hostage by Islamic State in Syria as one of their prison guards, sources close to the investigation said. According to one of the sources, four French journalists kidnapped in Syria in 2013 and 2014 had identified a guard known as “Abou Idriss.” One of these journalists, Nicolas Henin, “formally identified” Abou Idriss as Najim […]
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) Friday 4/22/2016 – A suicide bomber targeted Shiite worshippers at a Baghdad mosque after Friday prayers, killing at least six people, security and medical officials said. The attack in southwest Baghdad also wounded at least 25 people, the officials said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but the Islamic State jihadist group carries out frequent suicide bombings targeting Shiites, whom it considers heretics. IS overran swathes of territory north and […]
