WASHINGTON,(APP/AFP) – Ever since the IMF participated in the first Greek bailout six years ago, the stinging suspicion has been that the Fund is under Europe’s thumb. Now the International Monetary Fund is again under pressure to come to the aid of Athens, providing likely fodder for critics. Europe forged an 86 billion euro ($96 […]
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New Greek bailout finds IMF in a political bind
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New Tokyo governor says defying party secured win
TOKYO, (APP/AFP) – Tokyo’s new governor Yuriko Koike on Monday credited her landslide victory to having stood up to the powers that be in Japan’s ruling party who didn’t want her to run. Koike, 64, was elected Tokyo’s first female governor in the Sunday vote, winning more than 2.9 million votes, far outpacing the nearly […]
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Police seek man in Texas shooting that killed one
WASHINGTON, (APP/AFP) – Police in Texas said Sunday they were seeking a person of interest in an overnight shooting that killed a young woman and wounded four other people. The Austin Police Department said it was seeking Endicott McCray, a slender 24-year-old black man. Police across the country, and especially in Texas, remain on edge […]
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Taiwan apologises to indigenous people for first time
TAIPEI, (APP/AFP) – President Tsai Ing-wen formally apologised to Taiwan’s indigenous people for their centuries of suffering on Monday, the country’s first ever leader to do so. Tsai, the island’s only leader with aboriginal blood, will personally head a committee to investigate past injustices as part of government efforts to ease tensions with the native […]
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N. Korea hacked into emails of Seoul officials: report
SEOUL, (APP/AFP) – Seoul prosecutors believe North Korea hacked into the email accounts of dozens of South Korean government officials this year — the latest in a series of suspected cyber-attacks by Pyongyang — the South’s Yonhap news agency reported Monday. Investigations showed 56 people — including officials at the foreign, defence and unification ministries […]
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Greece arrests pro-refugee activists for disrupting mass
ATHENS, (APP/AFP) – Greek police on Sunday arrested 26 anarchists who disrupted an Orthodox church service in northern Thessaloniki to protest against the eviction of refugees from disused buildings, a police source said. The activists ran into the city’s cathedral, scattering leaflets that read “Solidarity with the refugees”, before they were taken into custody by […]