WASHINGTON, Oct 19, (APP/AFP) – US President Barack Obama Tuesday congratulated the next UN chief Antonio Guterres on his recent election, pledging that the US would continue to work closely with the world body. In the phone call Obama stressed to the former Portuguese president, who will become the new secretary general of the United […]
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Obama congratulates next UN chief Guterres on appointment
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UN beefs up peacekeeping force in DR Congo capital
UNITED NATIONS, United States, Oct 19 (APP/AFP): The United Nations is moving hundreds of peacekeepers from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to Kinshasa to help deal with a possible outbreak of violence over the postponement of a presidential election, UN officials said Tuesday. About 300 soldiers and police from the MONUSCO force will be stationed […]
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Migrants riot in Spain detention centre
MADRID, Oct 19 (APP/AFP): Dozens of migrants held in a detention centre in Madrid have rioted, climbing on the building’s roof and breaking furniture, a spokesperson for the city’s mayor said. “We don’t know the exact number, 30 or 40. They climbed onto the roof and the police are there attempting to negotiate,” the spokesperson […]
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Rat race: Jakarta offers rewards to catch rodents
JAKARTA, Oct 19 (APP/AFP): The Indonesian capital Jakarta, one of the world’s most overcrowded and polluted megacities, has launched a new bid to rid its streets of vermin — by offering residents $1.50 for every rat they catch. Authorities hope the Rat Eradication Movement will help clean up the teeming city of about 10 million […]
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Mexican airport agents seize $450 million in bonds from US
MEXICO CITY, Oct 19, (APP/AFP) – The Mexican authorities have seized $450 million worth of debt securities at an airport near the capital that were sent from the United States to an unidentified Mexican company, an official said Tuesday. The certificates were sent via a parcel service and found at the Toluca airport marked as […]
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Laos’ Plain of Jars recreated in virtual reality
SYDNEY, Oct 19, (APP/AFP) – Australian archaeologists announced plans Wednesday to recreate Laos’ mysterious Plain of Jars as a three-dimensional virtual reality experience, that could one day see museum visitors walk through remote dig sites. The Plain of Jars, in Laos’ central Xieng Khouang province, is scattered with thousands of stone vessels but scientists have […]