WASHINGTON, April 24 (APP/AFP): US presidential frontrunners Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump seek to deliver knockout blows against their rivals in Tuesday’s five high-stakes primaries, with pressure mounting to wrap up the nomination races and pivot toward the general election battle. Don’t expect the challengers to buckle just yet. The extraordinary 2016 race has tested […]
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Trump, Clinton aim to seal deal in Tuesday primaries
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N. Korea tests submarine-launched missile
, SEOUL:(APP/AFP): North Korea on Saturday tested what appeared to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile in the Sea of Japan, the South Korean defence ministry said. “North Korea launched a projectile which was believed to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) around 6:30 pm (0930 GMT) in the East Sea (Sea of Japan) near the […]
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Twelve arrested after clashes at Paris youth protest
PARIS, (APP/AFP): Twelve people were arrested overnight in Paris during clashes between the police and anti-government demonstrators following the nightly “Nuit Debout” sit-in, police said. Police fired teargas to disperse a group of around 100 people who tried to break through police lines around the Place de la Republique, where protesters have been holding nightly […]
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Separate US shootings in two states leave 13 dead
WASHINGTON, (APP/AFP): Eight members of one family, including a teenager, were shot dead in rural Ohio on Friday, just before gunmen killed five people in Georgia. In Ohio, seven bodies were found at three houses close to each other and an eighth was later found at a separate site, Sheriff Charles Reader told reporters. The […]
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New aftershocks jolt Ecuador still reeling from quake
PEDERNALES, Ecuador, (APP/AFP): New aftershocks rattled Ecuador on Friday and hopes of finding survivors in the rubble all but evaporated, nearly a week after a huge earthquake that killed more than 600 people and injured thousands. A 6.0-magnitude quake struck just off the coast of northwest Ecuador around 10:00 pm Thursday (0300 GMT Friday), the […]
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Eight killed in execution-style US shootings
WASHINGTON, (APP/AFP): Eight members of one family, including a teenager, were executed with a bullet to the head in rural Ohio on Friday. Seven bodies were found at three nearby homes and an eighth was later found at a fourth site, Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader told reporters. The victims were “all adults except for […]