WASHINGTON, (APP/AFP) – Protesters threw rocks and fired shots in a second night of violence in a tense neighborhood of Milwaukee following the deadly police shooting of an armed black man. Police dressed in riot gear moved in on the Sherman Park neighborhood around 11:00 pm on Sunday (0400 GMT Monday) to disperse an angry […]
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Second night of violence in Milwaukee after police shooting
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Japan, S. Korea strike conciliatory note on war anniversary
TOKYO, (APP/AFP) – Tokyo and Seoul struck a conciliatory note Monday on the anniversary of the end of World War II, with South Korea’s president calling for a “future-oriented” relationship and Japan’s prime minister denouncing the “horrors of war”. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual donation to a controversial Tokyo war shrine but again […]
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European stocks steady at open
LONDON, (APP/AFP): European stock markets stabilised at the start of trading on Monday, with London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index essentially flat at 6,914.43 points. In the eurozone, Frankfurt’s DAX 30 was almost unchanged at 10,719.14 points, while the Paris CAC 40 added nearly 0.1 percent to open at 4,503.65 compared with the close on Friday.
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Hong Kong and Shanghai stocks end higher
HONG KONG, (APP/AFP): Chinese stocks rose Monday on hopes the government will soon launch a scheme to link trading on the Shenzhen exchange with the Hong Kong bourse. The Hang Seng Index advanced 0.73 percent, or 165.60 points, to 22,932.51. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index jumped 2.44 percent, or 74.53 points, to 3,125.20 while the […]
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Magnitude 5.6 quake hits off northern Japan
TOKYO, (APP/AFP): A magnitude 5.6 undersea earthquake struck Japan Monday off the coast of Fukushima prefecture, though there were no immediate reports of damages. The quake struck at about 4:00 pm (0700 GMT) at a depth of some 28 kilometres (17 miles), the US Geological Survey said. There was no threat of a tsunami from […]
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Turkish Chief of General Staff to attend Cabinet meeting
ANKARA , (APP/Anatolia): Turkish Chief of General Staff, Gen. Hulusi Akar, will make a presentation regarding the July 15 coup attempt at the Council of Ministers on Monday in the capital, Ankara. The ministerial cabinet, which is to set to be held at the Presidential Complex will be chaired by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The […]