KINSHASA, July 25, (APP/AFP) – Two Agence France-Presse (AFP) journalists were briefly detained and maltreated in the Democratic Republic of Congo capital Kinshasa on Tuesday by three men who presented themselves as military intelligence officers. After arriving to conduct an interview with the head of Kinshasa’s main hospital — as part of coverage of a […]
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AFP journalists seized by DR Congo military
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Thousands of Canadians return home after wildfires
OTTAWA, July 25, (APP/AFP) – About half of the more than 40,000 people who were evacuated from their homes because of raging wildfires in western Canada have been allowed to return, as the government on Tuesday promised emergency aid. For nearly three weeks, the forest fires have plagued British Columbia province, from the border with […]
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Hezbollah a ‘menace’ to entire Middle East: Trump
WASHINGTON, July 25 (APP/AFP): US President Donald Trump called the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah a threat to the entire Middle East on Tuesday, accusing it and Iran of fueling a humanitarian disaster in Syria. “Hezbollah is a menace to the Lebanese state, the Lebanese people and the entire region,” Trump said at a joint press […]
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US Senate votes to open debate on Obamacare repeal
WASHINGTON, July 25, (APP/AFP) – The US Senate voted Tuesday to proceed with a debate on Republican plans to repeal Barack Obama’s health care reforms, thanks to a tie-breaking vote on the divisive issue from Vice President Mike Pence. The vote was a victory for President Donald Trump, who had warned his party’s senators that […]
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Swiss police arrest man wanted for chainsaw attack
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, July 25, (APP/AFP) – Swiss police on Tuesday tracked down and arrested a man believed to have carried out a chainsaw attack in an office building which left several injured, local media said. The ATS news agency said the man, identified as Franz Wrousis, 51, was detained late Tuesday in Thalwil, a town […]
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Venezuelan police break up anti-government rally with tear gas
Venezuelan police break up anti-government rally with tear gas CARACAS, July 22, (APP/AFP) – Police on motorcycles fired tear gas Saturday to break up an opposition march on the Venezuelan Supreme Court to press demands that President Nicolas Maduro leave office, as months of sometimes deadly anti-government demonstrations showed no signs of abating. The rally […]