SEOUL, (APP/AFP) – North Korea said Saturday it had successfully tested an engine designed for an inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) that would “guarantee” an eventual nuclear strike on the US mainland. It was the latest in a series of claims by Pyongyang of significant breakthroughs in both its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes. Outside […]
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N. Korea says successfully tested ballistic missile engine
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2,500 GE workers protest in Paris against restructuring
PARIS, (APP/AFP) – At least 2,500 European employees of General Electric (GE) protested in Paris on Friday against the US industrial conglomerate’s restructuring plans, which include 6,500 job losses throughout the continent. The demonstrators came to the French capital from throughout Europe with 700 from Germany and hundreds more from Italy, Poland, Belgium and France […]
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Spain fines journalist over arrest photograph under ‘gag law’
MADRID, (APP/AFP) – A Basque magazine said one of its journalists had been fined 601 euros ($685) under Spain’s controversial “gag law” for posting photographs of a police raid on Twitter “without permission”. The pictures show the arrest in March of Basque activist Noroa Ariznabarreta who had refused to appear in court over a 2007 […]
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Madagascan PM denies resignation claim
ANTANANARIVO, (APP/AFP) – Madagascar’s presidency on Friday announced the resignation of Prime Minister Jean Ravelonarivo after weeks of political conflict, a claim swiftly denied by the head of government who said he planned to step down in the future. Ravelonarivo and President Hery Rajaonarimampianina have been in conflict over issues including the poor condition of […]
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Israel pledge to admit Ethiopians defuses political row
JERUSALEM, (APP/AFP) – Israel is to admit hundreds more Ethiopian migrants with family in the Jewish state, the ruling party said, resolving a political crisis that had threatened to bring down the government. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party said on Thursday night it had agreed with its partners in the vulnerable coalition government that […]
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UK launches Tata Steel fraud probe: report
LONDON, (APP/AFP) – Britain’s Serious Fraud Office has launched a criminal investigation into Indian giant Tata Steel, which is seeking to sell its UK operations, the Daily Telegraph reported Friday. The newspaper, which cited well-placed sources, said police were probing allegations that Tata staff in Britain may have falsified certificates detailing the composition of its […]