PARIS, (APP/AFP): France said Tuesday it wanted to halt thorny EU-US trade talks as President Francois Hollande said there would be no deal at least until after President Barack Obama leaves office in January. Junior trade minister Matthias Fekl said there was “no more political support in France” for the talks because US negotiators were […]
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France rules out imminent EU-US trade deal, wants talks halted
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Russian hackers attack two US voter databases: reports
WASHINGTON,(APP/AFP): Russian-based hackers may have been responsible for two recent attempts to breach US voter registration databases in two states, raising fears Moscow is trying to undermine November’s presidential election, US media said Monday. The incidents led the FBI to send a “flash alert” to election officials earlier this month, asking them to watch for […]
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Last chemical weapons stocks shipped out of Libya: officials
TRIPOLI, (APP/AFP): Libya has shipped the last of its chemical weapons stocks out of the country on a Danish vessel, under a UN-backed plan to eliminate the arsenal, officials said Tuesday. A senior security official told AFP the stocks were shipped to Germany on Saturday from the port of Misrata under the supervision of the […]
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Design flaws led to deadly Brazil mine disaster: report
SYDNEY, (APP/AFP) – Design flaws and a series of problems over six years led to the collapse of a mine dam and the loss of 19 lives in Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, mining giant BHP Billiton said Tuesday. A technical report commissioned by the world’s biggest miner and Brazil’s Vale — the co-owners of the […]
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Brazil police fire tear gas at impeachment protesters
SAO PAULO, (APP/AFP): Police fired tear gas late Monday to disperse demonstrators who lit fires in the street of Sao Paulo to protest the looming impeachment of suspended president Dilma Rousseff. Riot police and trucks dispersed several thousand protesters on the main Paulista avenue in the center of the country’s economic capital. The protest came […]
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Some 6,500 migrants rescued off Libya: coastguard
ROME, (APP/AFP): The Italian coastguard said it had coordinated the rescue on Monday of about 6,500 migrants off of Libya in one of its busiest days of life-saving in recent years. Dramatic images showed migrants wearing life jackets jumping off one of their boats into the Mediterranean and swimming toward rescuers. “The command centre coordinated […]