OAK FOREST, United States, July 23, (APP/AFP): Her hands slowed by rheumatoid arthritis, 71-year-old Marietta Crowder stands in front of her paper target, steadies her gun and pulls the trigger. Shots are fired in quick succession. Crowder is perhaps not the typical patron of a gun club. But she is one of seven women learning […]
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In Chicago, women worried about violence join gun club
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China cashing out as mobile payment soars
BEIJING, July 23, (APP/AFP):Yang Qianqian holds out her smartphone to scan a barcode on the mobile of a vendor selling fresh fruit and vegetables at a bustling outdoor market in Beijing. The dance student is part of an explosion in the use of mobile payment platforms in China as consumers increasingly take out phones instead […]
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Mideast Quartet expresses concern over Jerusalem violence
WASHINGTON, July 23, (APP/AFP): The Middle East diplomatic quartet expressed concern Saturday about escalating violence in Jerusalem and called on all sides to “demonstrate maximum restraint.” The Quartet comprises the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations. The envoys of the four countries “strongly condemn acts of terror, express their regret for […]
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Flood-hit New Zealand braces for more rain
WELLINGTON, July 23, (APP/AFP): Flood-hit regions of New Zealand were warned to expect more wild weather Sunday after a deluge forced evacuations and emergency declarations in parts of South Island. The military was called in to help as some towns experienced three times their average monthly rainfall in just two days, topping 250 millimetres (10 […]
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Kosovo charges four for killing two UN police officers
PRISTINA, July 21, (APP/AFP) – An EU prosecutor in Kosovo indicted four ethnic Albanians for the 2004 killing of two UN police officers and the attempted murder of two others, a press release said Friday. The victims were killed in a roadside ambush on March 23, 2004, while on patrol in a near the northern […]
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Chinese FM to visit Thailand, Philippines
BEIJING, July 21 (APP/Xinhua): Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will pay official visits to Thailand and the Philippines on Monday and Tuesday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang announced Friday. Wang is making the visits at the invitation of his Thai counterpart Don Pramudwinai and his Philippine counterpart Alan Peter Cayetano.