MEXICO CITY, Sept 23, (APP/AFP): Mexican rescuers worked through the night Saturday in a desperate last-ditch search for survivors of an earthquake that killed nearly 300 people, hoping to defy experts who say the chances of finding life in the rubble after 72 hours are bleak. That 72-hour-mark beyond which hope is considered futile expired […]
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Anxiety as Mexico mounts last-ditch search for quake survivors
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Iran tests new missile
TEHRAN, Sept 23, (APP/AFP) – Iran said on Saturday that it had successfully tested a new medium-range missile. State television carried footage of the launch of the Khoramshahr missile, which was first displayed at a high-profile military parade in Tehran on Friday. It also carried in-flight video from the nose cone. The broadcaster gave no […]
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Thai junta says police helped Yingluck escape
BANGKOK, Sept 23, (APP/AFP) – Thailand’s deputy junta leader has accused three police officers of helping sneak ex-prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra out of the country last month, a vanishing act that stunned the kingdom. Yingluck, whose government was toppled by the military in 2014, has not been seen since August 25, when she failed to […]
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Dam fails in Puerto Rico, 70,000 told to evacuate
SAN JUAN, Sept 23, (APP/AFP): Some 70,000 people were ordered to evacuate their homes Friday after a rain-swollen dam in Puerto Rico failed in the latest disaster caused by Hurricane Maria. With the death toll from the storm at 33 across the Caribbean, the National Weather Service office in San Juan issued a flash flood […]
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War of words ratchets up between Kim and Trump
WASHINGTON, Sept 22, (APP/AFP): An escalating war of words between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un ratcheted up a notch on Friday as the US president dubbed North Korea’s leader a “madman,” a day after the reclusive regime hinted it may explode a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean. Hours earlier, in a rare personal attack, […]
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Trump launches foul-mouthed tirade against anthem protesters
LOS ANGELES, Sept 23, (APP/AFP) – Donald Trump on Friday launched a foul-mouthed tirade at NFL players who protest the playing of The Star-Spangled Banner at games, urging team owners to “fire” athletes who take a knee or raise a fist during the anthem. Speaking at a Republican rally in Alabama, the American president drew […]