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Washington, United States (AFP)—In a rare public rebuke of two of Washington’s closest allies, United States President Barack Obama has hit out at British Prime Minister David Cameron and former French leader Nicolas Sarkozy over their roles in Libya after the fall of the Moamer Kadhafi regime. Cameron became “distracted” and Sarkozy wanted to promote his country during the 2011 North Atlantic Treaty Organization-led military intervention in Libya, Obama said in an interview with The […]
MANILA, Philippines (Reuters) — The Philippine military said on Friday (March 11) they will not negotiate with the Islamist militants who abducted two Canadians, a Norwegian, and a Filipino woman. A video posted on a Facebook page linked to Philippine Islamists showed the hostages appealing for their governments to accept the demands of the militants and were given a one month deadline or face execution. The four were kidnapped from a beach resort on […]
by Jean-Louis de la Vaissiere VATICAN City (AFP) — Many words, little action: three years after Pope Francis’s election, victims of priest sex abuse are bitter and disappointed, accusing the Church of having failed to punish guilty clerics and end a culture of complacency on the issue. The recent Australian Royal Commission hearings of Vatican number three George Pell and a preliminary criminal probe into accusations that Lyon’s archbishop, Philippe Barbarin, covered up for a paedophile […]
by Peter MARTELL Nairobi, Kenya (AFP) — The many ways people have died during South Sudan’s two-year civil war are well-documented, but the number killed is unknown. Men, women and children have been shot, speared, burned, castrated, hung, drowned, run over, suffocated, starved and blown up, their corpses abandoned where they fell, bulldozed into mass graves or, in at least one case, eaten in ritual cannibalism. But the UN has stuck to a guesstimate of 10,000 […]
KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA, United States (Reuters) — Democrat Bernie Sanders on Thursday (March 10) called on his supporters to turn out in large numbers for next week’s primary, during a campaign stop in Kissimmee, Florida. “I believe that if there is a large voter turnout, if you come out, and your friends and family and neighbors come out, we are going to win here in Florida,” Sanders said. The U.S. senator credited his surprise victory in Michigan […]
TOKYO, Japan (CCTV) — Japan is making plans to totally revitalize the country’s northeast within the next five year, after the region suffered from an earthquake-triggered tsunami in 2011. Takagi Tsuyoshi, the country’s minister for reconstruction, made the pledge during an interview early March. It has been five years since the tsunami knocked out the key cooling functions at the Daiichi nuclear power complex, causing multiple meltdowns in its reactors and leading to the worst […]
Beijing on Thursday accused Tokyo of interfering in the South China Sea after Manila said it would lease five Japanese military plans to patrol areas it claims in the heavily disputed waters. Beijing claims almost all of the strategically vital South China Sea, and is embroiled in a separate row with Tokyo over disputed islands in the East China Sea that has seen relations between the Asian powers sour badly in recent years. Philippine President […]
Tokyo, Japan (AFP)—Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday said Japan “cannot do without” nuclear power, as he spoke on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the devastating Fukushima disaster. On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 undersea earthquake off Japan’s northeastern coast sparked a massive tsunami that swept ashore, leaving about 18,500 people dead or missing. The wall of water also caused the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl when reactors melted down at […]
by Park Chan-Kyong SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea looked to ratchet up already elevated tensions on the Korean peninsula still further Thursday, firing a pair of short-range missiles and announcing the liquidation of all remaining South Korean assets on its territory. The moves were a direct response to unilateral sanctions announced by South Korea on Tuesday to punish the North for its January nuclear test and last month’s long-range rocket launch. Military tensions […]
BEIJING, China – According to the National Health and Family Planning Commission of China, the country will retain its one-child policy until China records higher standards of living. Last year, China’s population increased by 1 billion. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/QZoYLTJb-d4
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP ) — The United States on Wednesday urged governments to quickly mobilize to prevent a “humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions” from the possible collapse of Iraq’s Mosul dam. Concern has grown in recent months over a possible breach in Iraq’s largest dam, which would unleash a wave as high as 14 meters (45 feet), devastating Mosul and flooding much of the capital Baghdad, with up to 1.5 million people at […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) — Tensions are mounting in Venezuela over water shortages the ruling socialist government has attributed to natural phenomena, whilst the opposition says infrastructure neglect is to blame. The country has been struggling with water rationing since the start of the year, fueling public anger already simmering over a worsening recession, soaring inflation and widespread shortages of medicines and basic goods. Lines of people queuing to buy even toilet paper has become a […]
