AUSTIN , (APP/AFP): President Barack Obama made a pilgrimage Friday to SXSW — the tech world’s Davos and Woodstock rolled into one — making a government recruitment pitch even as he fanned a row over encryption. Obama traveled to Austin, Texas, ostensibly to open a “pipeline” of programmers, developers and other tech whiz kids to […]
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China bank lending plummets in February despite loosening
BEIJING, March 12, (APP/AFP): China’s bank loans plunged in February from January, the central bank said, despite government efforts to encourage lending to keep the world’s second-largest economy from slowing. New loans extended by banks slid to 726.6 billion yuan ($112 billion), the People’s Bank of China said late Friday, a massive drop from January’s […]
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UN inquiry to probe attack at UN South Sudan camp
UNITED NATIONS, United States, March 11, (APP/AFP) -A high-level board of inquiry will investigate how United Nations peacekeepers responded to an attack at their camp in South Sudan where tens of thousands of civilians were sheltering, a UN spokesman said Friday. Gunmen in army uniforms stormed the camp in the northeastern town of Malakal on […]
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Five men held in France for attacking Calais migrants
LILLE, France, March 11, (APP/AFP) – Five men were detained in France on Friday on suspicion of attacking migrants in the port town of Calais while posing as police officers, prosecutors said. The suspects, aged from 18 to 48, had been questioned since Wednesday and have been remanded in custody. They are accused of attacking […]
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Trump scraps Chicago rally because of security concerns
WASHINGTON, March 12, (APP/AFP): Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump scrapped a rally Friday in Chicago citing security concerns, as protesters scuffled with Trump supporters. In a statement Trump said that “for the safety of all of the tens of thousands of people that have gathered in and around the arena, tonight’s rally will be postponed […]
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Security Council endorses steps to combat sexual exploitation by UN peacekeepers
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 12 (APP): The United Nations Security Council has endorsed special measures recommended by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to prevent and combat sexual exploitation and abuse by UN peacekeepers. Through a resolution adopted on Friday by a vote of 14 in favour, with one abstention (Egypt), the Council specifically endorsed the decision of the […]