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A workshop in the Lebanese capital Beirut is giving children a lesson in French etiquette. ‘Les Petits Diplomates’ is an idea conceived of in France for children aged 8-12, and brought to Lebanon through ‘Château Marianne’, a group that imports French concepts to Lebanon. Joumana Piglowski, who co-founded the ‘Château Marianne’ and trains the children, says it gives the young ones valuable skills. “Children play games or do role play all the time – they […]
(Reuters) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday (March 8) defended China’s activities in the South China Sea, hinted at inviting Japan to a commemorative World War II military parade and said progress has been made on the Sino-Indian border dispute. At a news conference on the sidelines of China’s annual National People’s Congress, Wang defended his government’s controversial policy of reclamation on disputed isles in the South China Sea which has sparked regional […]
The Philippines on Thursday (March 5) said it was verifying reports that a sunken World war II Japanese warship was discovered off the coast in the central Philippines. A team led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has found the sunken Japanese warship Musashi, one of the largest battleships ever built, where it was sunk during World War Two off the coast of the Philippines, the billionaire said on Wednesday (March 4). Presidential Spokesperson Sonny Coloma […]
The United States (US) ambassador to South Korea is already in a stable condition after being attacked by a South Korean with a fruit knife in Seoul during a breakfast forum (Reuters) –U.S. ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert was slashed in the face by a Korean assailant at a breakfast forum in the capital early on Thursday (March 5), police and a witness said, but was not seriously wounded. Lippert, 42, was bleeding from […]
Armed with a secret diet, a man in Ukraine is aiming to be placed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the owner of the world’s longest eyelashes.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was grateful for the warm reception he received by the U.S. Congress on Tuesday (March 03) for a speech in which he warned of dangers in negotiating a nuclear deal with Iran. “I was very moved by the attention and the responses to the speech from both sides of the aisle. And, it was very clear to me and it was clear in that hall to anyone who […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the United States about accepting a nuclear deal with Iran, likening Tehran to Islamic State in a much anticipated speech before lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday (March 3). “The battle between Iran and ISIS doesn’t turn Iran into a friend of America. Iran and ISIS are competing for the crown of militant Islam. Both want to impose a militant Islamic empire first on the region and then on the […]
(Reuters) – An earthquake measuring 6.4 magnitude struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no reports of damage or casualties. The quake was 37 km (23 miles) deep and centred 179 km (111 miles) offshore. It was felt by people on land but there was no panic, Indonesia’s disaster agency said. There was no word on a tsunami. Indonesia, badly hit by the Indian Ocean […]
Indonesian authorities confirmed they have transferred two convicted Australian drug traffickers on Wednesday (March 4) to a maximum security prison ahead of an upcoming execution that could happen in the near future. Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan were transferred under armoured truck through a heavily guarded process from the Kerobokan prison in Bali, where both served at least eight years of a jail term. “Today is the transfer day for two of them. We already […]
Democrats scrambled on Tuesday (March 3) to contain the fallout from revelations that their favored 2016 presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton’s used a personal email account during her term as secretary of state — a possible violation of federal law. Her bypassing of official communications at the State Department fed a political narrative that Republicans want to use to damage Clinton, that the wife of former President Bill Clinton is obsessed with secrecy and has something […]
Indonesian authorities transferred two convicted Australian drug traffickers on Wednesday (March 4) to a maximum security prison inNusakambangan Island of central Java province. The prisoners were transferred despite pleas for mercy from the government ofAustralia. The executions threaten already fragile relations between at times uneasy neighbours Australia and Indonesia. Australians Myuran Sukumaran, 33, and Andrew Chan, 31, were transferred with tight security of ten armed security personnel for each person. The prisoners are among 11 […]
Federal agents raided about 20 Southern California locations on Tuesday (March 03) suspected of involvement in “maternity tourism” schemes offering travel and lodging services to pregnant foreign women seeking to give birth in the United States, U.S. immigration officials said. Authorities say the so-called maternity hotels targeted in the sweep catered largely to women from China who paid $15,000 to $50,000, depending on services provided, in hopes of obtaining U.S. citizenship for their children. The […]
