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WASHINGTON D. C., United States (CCTV/Reuters) — Important progress has been made in talks on a UN resolution on the nuclear issue of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday. Wang made the statement at a joint press briefing after he met with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington, D.C. Wang said China does not accept the DPRK’s nuclear missile program and does not recognize the […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Indian police said Wednesday they had arrested two students wanted in a sedition case that has sparked major protests after the pair gave themselves up following nearly two weeks on the run. Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya surrendered to police at midnight on Tuesday after a court refused to grant them protection from arrest over a rally at their university where a group allegedly shouted anti-India slogans. Student union leader Kanhaiya Kumar was […]
HONG KONG, China (Reuters) — Political tensions in Hong Kong are hurting the economy, said the city’s financial secretary in his annual budget speech on Wednesday (February 24), as he rolled out a multi-billion dollar package of sweeteners to bolster growth hit by a slowdown in China. In unusually blunt comments for a budget address, John Tsang said “political volatility” was threatening to undermine the economy and warned disputes would intensify ahead of legislative elections […]
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AFP) — Bolivia’s President Evo Morales has lost his bid to seek a fourth term, his first direct election defeat since taking office in 2006, according to official results released Tuesday. Morales, 56, has been in power for a decade, thanks largely to support from indigenous groups and grassroots organizations in one of the Americas’ poorest countries. While refusing to concede until the very end, Morales has promised to respect the official results […]
LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump stormed to victory in Tuesday’s Republican caucuses in Nevada, giving the billionaire businessman his third straight victory in the race for the White House. Projections on TV networks gave Trump 46 percent of the vote, with senators Marco Rubio of Florida and Ted Cruz of Texas trailing some 20 points behind. “We will be celebrating for a long time tonight,” Trump told cheering supporters in a victory speech. The […]
LOUISIANA, United States (Reuters) — Several tornadoes lashed southern Louisiana and Mississippi on Tuesday (February 23), killing at least three people and injuring more than 30 others as the storms destroyed homes and businesses and toppled a water tower, weather and emergency officials said. One of the hardest-hit areas was the Mississippi River hamlet of Convent, Louisiana, where most of the estimated 160 mobile homes at the Sugar Hill RV Park were demolished, the Advocate […]
Kathmandu, Nepal (AFP)—A passenger plane went missing in a mountainous area of Nepal early Wednesday with 21 people on board, the airline said. Tara Air said rescue helicopters had been deployed to search for the Twin Otter aircraft, which lost contact with air traffic control eight minutes after it left the western town of Pokhara in the morning. “A plane that took off from Pokhara for Jomsom this morning is out of contact,” Tara Air […]
La Paz, Bolivia (AFP)—Bolivia’s President Evo Morales has lost his bid to seek a fourth term, his first direct election defeat since taking office in 2006, according to official results released Tuesday. Morales, 56, has been in power for a decade, thanks largely to support from indigenous groups and grassroots organizations in one of the Americas’ poorest countries. While refusing to concede until the very end, Morales has promised to respect the official results of […]
SUVA, Fiji (AFP) — The death toll from the Fiji super-cyclone hit 42 on Wednesday, officials said, with fears it will rise further as relief teams reach isolated communities. “42 Fijians now confirmed dead — disaster officials continue to deploy team to help those affected across Fiji,” government spokesman Dan Gavidi tweeted. The acting head of the Red Cross’s Pacific office Ahmad Sami said more fatalities were coming to light as data came in from remote communities. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Apple is battling the US government over unlocking devices in at least 10 cases in addition to its high-profile dispute involving the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino attackers, court documents show. The existence of other court fights supports Apple’s argument that the legal case in California is about more than a single iPhone. Apple provided a list of cases where it is opposing the US Justice Department’s requests in a […]
Washington, United States (AFP)—China has deployed fighter jets to the same contested island in the South China Sea to which it also has sent surface-to-air missiles, US officials said Tuesday. Citing two unnamed US officials, Fox News said US intelligence services had spotted Chinese Shenyang J-11 and Xian JH-7 warplanes on Woody Island in the disputed Paracel Islands chain over the past few days. Navy Captain Darryn James, a spokesman for US Pacific Command, confirmed […]
ROHTAK and HANIPAT, HARYANA, India (Reuters) — A week-long protest by India’s Jat community, a rural caste, has left a trail of destruction in Rohtak city, in the country’s northern Haryana state. The protesters gutted several showrooms of automobile companies. They also attacked shopping malls and looted and destroyed shops. A school building was torched and several buses parked in the premises were destroyed. Rohtak was one of the worst affected districts in the state, after demonstrations […]
