WASHINGTON, (APP/AFP) – Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump, looking to revitalize a White House bid that has stumbled in recent days as he looks to a November showdown with Hillary Clinton, on Monday dumped his controversial campaign manager. Trump, 70, has recently taken a hit in the national polls and sparked outrage with comments about […]
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Trump, seeking campaign overhaul, drops top aide
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Three dead as gunfire erupts in C. Africa capital
BANGUI, Centrafrique, (APP/AFP) – Three people were killed and hundreds forced to flee their homes after gunfire broke out Monday in the capital of the Central African Republic. The violence follows the kidnapping of six policemen last weekend, blamed on a rebel group based in the Muslim quarter of Bangui. It was unclear if the […]
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N. Korea rules out US detainees’ release over ‘jabbering’ Bae
SEOUL, (APP/AFP) – North Korea warned Monday that it would not even consider the release of two jailed Americans if former detainee Kenneth Bae keeps “jabbering” about his imprisonment. Bae, a South Korean-born American missionary, was arrested in November 2012 and later sentenced to 15 years’ hard labour on charges of seeking to topple the […]
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Solar Impulse 2 leaves New York, begins Atlantic crossing
NEW YORK, (APP/AFP) – The sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 aircraft set off from New York’s JFK airport early Monday, embarking on the transatlantic leg of its record-breaking flight around the world to promote renewable energy, according to a live feed on the organisers’ website. The flight, piloted by Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard, is expected to […]
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Death toll from Indonesia floods, landslides rises to 43
BANYUMAS, Indonesia, (APP/AFP) – The death toll from landslides and flooding in Indonesia rose to 43 on Monday, an official said, after hundreds of homes were engulfed by surging torrents of mud and rock. Hundreds of rescuers were searching through wrecked houses and mounds of earth for 19 villagers still missing after days of rain […]
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Trump calls for ‘profiling’ of Muslims as response to terrorism
NEW YORK, (APP): Republican presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump, who has proposed a ban on Muslim immigration into the United States and surveillance of mosques, is now calling for “profiling” Muslims as a response to terrorism. “I think profiling is something that we’re going to have to start thinking about as a country,” Trump said […]