PARIS, June 3, (APP/AFP) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed Saturday to go “above and beyond” the Paris Agreement on climate change, as he met French President Emmanuel Macron following the controversial US decision to quit the deal. Two days after US President Donald Trump sensationally announced plans to withdraw from the pact on […]
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India vows to ‘go beyond’ Paris accord, adding pressure on Trump
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Syria’s Assad says war’s ‘worst is behind us’
DAMASCUS, June 3, (APP/AFP) – Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has said the worst of his country’s six-year war “is behind us” after a string of advances by his forces backed by key ally Russia. In recent months, Assad’s troops and allied fighters have retaken territory across the country, including recapturing all of Aleppo city in […]
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SpaceX blasts off cargo using recycled spaceship
MIAMI, June 4 (APP/AFP) – SpaceX on Saturday blasted off a shipment of food and supplies for the astronauts living at the International Space Station using for the first time a vessel that had flown before. The refurbished Dragon cargo capsule soared into space aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at 5:07 pm (2107 GMT) from […]
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Police dealing with ‘major incident’ on London Bridge: official
LONDON, June 4 (APP/AFP) – Police are dealing with a “major incident” on London Bridge, Transport for London said on Saturday, after witnesses reported seeing a van mounting the pavement and hitting pedestrians. “Police are dealing with a major incident and all routes are being diverted,” the transport agency said on Twitter. The London Ambulance […]
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Police dealing with ‘major incident’ on London Bridge: official
LONDON, June 4 (APP/AFP) – Police are dealing with a “major incident” on London Bridge, Transport for London said on Saturday, after witnesses reported seeing a van hitting pedestrians after mounting the pavement. “Police are dealing with a major incident and all routes are being diverted,” the transport agency said on Twitter, as the London […]
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Police say responding to third incident in London
LONDON, June 4 (APP/AFP) – Police said they were responding to a third incident in Vauxhall in south London on Tuesday following reports of a van hitting pedestrians on London Bridge and stabbings at nearby Borough Market. Police said armed officers had responded to the incident in Borough Market and “shots have been fired”.