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KOLKATA, India – At least 10 people were killed on Thursday and 150 were feared trapped when a flyover under construction collapsed in the Indian city of Kolkata, two police officials said. Firefighters and residents were trying with their bare hands to rescue those trapped under the wreckage of the metal-and-cement structure that came down in a teeming commercial district. A Reuters witness said paramedics at the scene had worked to free people from a […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — More than $4.5 million of tens of millions recently stolen from Bangladesh and funneled into Philippine casinos was recovered Thursday, as a lawmaker in Manila said almost half the haul could still be salvaged. On February 5, unidentified hackers shifted $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank’s account with the US Federal Reserve to a nondescript bank in Manila, and then to the casinos where the trail went cold. Representatives for […]
by Andrew BEATTY WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Barack Obama opened a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping with a promise of “candid” discussion over Beijing’s suspected military buildup in the South China Sea. “We will have candid exchanges about areas where we have differences, issues like human rights, cyber and maritime issues,” Obama said as he sat across the conference table from his Chinese counterpart. US officials have expressed concern that […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A suspected gunman has died after a shooting at a bus station in the US state of Virginia Thursday that injured three people, police said. The suspect died in a hospital following the mid-afternoon incident in Richmond, Virginia, State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said in a statement. A trooper he allegedly shot at the city’s Greyhound bus station has been hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, she added. Two civilians were also […]
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, United States – A raging fire spread to four residential apartment buildings in New York City’s Brooklyn neighborhood on Tuesday (March 29) injuring at least 5 people and leaving dozens homeless, said the Fire Department of New York (FDNY). “We have damage to five buildings. This is fifth alarm, there’s over 200 of our members here tonight. We’ve had five injuries, not serious injuries to civilians. Many people are homeless unfortunately […]
TARPON SPRINGS, FLORIDA, United States – Local media reported more than a dozen residents of a mobile home community in Tarpon Springs in Florida were forced to move on Wednesday (March 30) after the ground caved in forming a large sinkhole. The 60-foot wide sinkhole had formed just some feet away from some of those mobile homes, NBC News reported. Officials said they were aware of the growing hole some weeks ago when work on […]
GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN, United States (Reuters) — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said on Wednesday (March 30) that women who end pregnancies should face punishment if the United States bans abortion, triggering a torrent of criticism from both sides of the abortion debate, including from his White House rivals. After MSNBC broadcast a clip of an interview with Trump, the billionaire rowed back his remarks, first saying that the abortion issue should be handled by states and […]
London, United Kingdom (AFP)—Britain will team up with the United States and European partners to exchange its nuclear waste for material to be used in the fight against cancer, Prime Minister David Cameron will announce Thursday. The British leader is expected to unveil the plan at a two-day international summit in Washington aimed at ensuring that nuclear material in the world’s roughly 1,000 atomic facilities is secured. The deal will see Britain send waste from […]
LARNACA,Cyprus – Egypt’s ambassador to Cyprus said on Tuesday (March 29) that the hijacker appears to have been motivated by nothing more than a family feud and that all passengers were safe. “The whole operation was going very well, from the very beginning, early in the morning around probably 8 o’clock until now, we were co-ordinating between the Egyptian and the Cypriot authorities,” said ambassador Hussein AbdelKarim Tantawy Mubarak. “I think the hijacker is something […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico – Mexican Senators hung an anti-Trump banner outside Mexico City’s Senate on Tuesday (March 29) as part of a campaign to stir pride in Mexicans amidst fears that criticism of the country and its people by U.S. Republican front runner Donald Trump is creating an atmosphere of anti-Mexican rhetoric. Troubled by Trump’s successes in U.S. primaries, the campaign using #mxcontratrump (#mxagainsttrump) was launched by Senate leader Miguel Barbosa of the leftist Party […]
TOKYO,Japan (Reuters) — Thousands of people protested in front of the Japanese parliament on Tuesday evening (March 29), on the day laws loosening the limits of Japan’s pacifist constitution on its military took effect. Surveys showed the public remained divided over a change that allows Japanese troops to fight overseas for the first time since World War Two. The protesters held placards that read “Protect the constitution” and “Protect the lives of self-defense force personnel.” […]
by Philippe SIUBERSKI / Michelle Fitzpatrick RUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Brussels airport said it would not reopen on Wednesday despite drills to test resuming partial services after the suicide bombings that struck its departure hall and a metro train, as Belgium lowered the death toll to 32. Zaventem airport has been closed since twin bombings wrecked the departure hall on March 22, in coordinated suicide attacks that were claimed by the Islamic State group and […]
