TOKYO, (APP/AFP) – The Japanese city of Nagasaki on Tuesday marked 71 years since its destruction by a US atomic bomb, with its mayor lauding a visit by US President Barack Obama to Hiroshima earlier this year. A bell tolled as thousands of people, including ageing survivors and relatives of victims, observed a minute’s silence […]
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Nagasaki marks 71st atomic bombing anniversary
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Japan PM says will take emperor’s remarks ‘seriously’
TOKYO, (APP/AFP): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday that his government would take “seriously” Emperor Akihito’s hint at a possible future abdication. “I will seriously consider the remarks of the emperor to the people,” Abe said, after historic remarks by the 82-year-old monarch who said he was concerned that weakening health may make it […]
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Japan emperor to address nation after abdication reports
TOKYO, (APP/AFP) – Japan’s Emperor Akihito is set to make a rare address to the nation on Monday in remarks widely expected to signal that the 82-year old monarch wishes to abdicate — something that hasn’t happened in two centuries. Speculation about the emperor’s future emerged last month with reports he had told confidantes that […]
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Rebels turn tables on regime as IS loses Syria bastion
BEIRUT, (APP/AFP) – Militants and rebels captured strategic military positions on the edges of Syria’s second city Aleppo on Saturday, turning the tables on Russian-backed regime forces besieging the city. To the northeast, a Western-backed alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters scored a major victory against the Islamic State group in the town of Manbij […]
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Trump, seeking to end Republican row, backs House speaker
WASHINGTON, (APP/AFP) – Donald Trump reversed course Friday and endorsed House Speaker Paul Ryan for re-election, seeking to end deep divisions within the Republican Party and stem his presidential campaign’s bleeding after several self-inflicted wounds. Trump also threw his support behind Senator John McCain of Arizona and Senator Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, two lawmakers […]
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Toll in northeast India market attack jumps to 15
NEW DELHI, (APP/AFP) – The death toll from an attack in India’s northeastern Assam state, where gunmen opened fire on a busy market, jumped to 15 on Saturday as three more people succumbed to their injuries. The dead included a militant from a faction of the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), which has […]