LONDON, July 3 (APP/AFP): The British government on Monday gave squabbling leaders of Northern Ireland’s main parties more time to revive the province’s power-sharing executive after last Thursday’s deadline passed without a deal. Britain’s Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire, who has been facilitating the talks, told parliament that “a deal remains achievable” but warned the […]
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UK gives more time for N.Ireland power-sharing talks
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Vehicle hits pedestrians near Boston airport: police
NEW YORK, July 3, (APP/AFP) – A vehicle plowed into pedestrians near Boston’s international airport on Monday, causing several injuries on the eve of the Independence Day holiday in the United States, police said. Police, paramedics and the fire department responded to the incident near the taxi pool at Logan International Airport where several pedestrians […]
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N.Korea to make ‘important announcement’ after missile launch: Yonhap
SEOUL, July 4, (APP/AFP) – North Korea will make an “important announcement” on Tuesday following its launch of a ballistic missile, the South’s Yonhap news agency reported. The announcement would come at 3:00 pm Pyongyang time (0630 GMT), Yonhap said, citing the North’s state radio station. The North has ambitions to build an intercontinental ballistic […]
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Supreme Court backs martial law in southern Philippines: spokesman
MANILA, Philippines, July 4, (APP/AFP) – The Philippines’ Supreme Court on Tuesday endorsed President Rodrigo Duterte’s enforcement of martial law across the southern third of the country, which he said was necessary to defeat Islamic State group-backed militants. An overwhelming majority of the justices dismissed a petition by opposition lawmakers calling for Duterte’s military rule […]
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N.Korean missile altitude estimated at over 2,500 km: Japan
TOKYO, July 4 (APP/AFP): North Korea’s latest missile launch on Tuesday reached an altitude that “greatly exceeded” 2,500 kilometres (1,550 miles), Japan’s defence ministry said, with analysts saying it was within the theoretical range of an inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM). “The missile is estimated to have reached the altitude that greatly exceeded 2,500km, flew for […]
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Turkish Airlines CEO says US to lift laptop ban on July 5
ANKARA, July 4, (APP/AFP) – Turkish Airlines chief executive Bilal Eksi said he expected the ban on large electronic devices from the cabin of US-bound flights from certain countries to be lifted on July 5. “We expect the electronic device ban applied to American flights to be lifted on Wednesday July 5,” Eksi said on […]