LONDON (AP) — The new U.S. Embassy in London, criticized last week by President Donald Trump as too expensive and poorly located, opened its doors to the public Tuesday for the first time. The gleaming embassy, in the formerly industrial Nine Elms neighborhood in south London, replaces the...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s public broadcaster mistakenly sent an alert warning citizens of a North Korean missile launch and urging them to seek immediate shelter, then retracted it minutes later, days after a similar error in Hawaii. NHK television issued the message Tuesday on its internet and...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, yesterday stressed the need for Nigerians to learn from the civil war fought in the country decades ago in order to avert another war. He said Nigerians were not happy with the direction the country was going under the All Progressives Congress (APC) while...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An exiled Qatari royal family member once promoted by Saudi Arabia amid its ongoing dispute with Doha appeared in an online video Sunday claiming he’s being held against his will in the United Arab Emirates, an allegation denied by an Abu Dhabi official. The …...
PRAGUE (AP) — Czech President Milos Zeman failed to win re-election during the first round of a presidential election Saturday and will face a runoff in two weeks against the former head of the country’s Academy of Sciences. Zeman and Jiri Drahos advanced to a second round of voting because …...
Peru (AP) — A giant Christ statue in Peru’s capital that was donated by a construction company at the center of Latin America’s largest corruption scandal was damaged Saturday in a fire, days before Pope Francis is set to arrive in the South American nation. Peruvians awoke to find …
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WASHINGTON (AP) — With Russia in mind, the Trump administration is aiming to develop new nuclear firepower that it says will make it easier to deter threats to European allies. The plan, not yet approved by President Donald Trump, is intended to make nuclear conflict less likely. Critics argue...
A passenger train carrying people home after the holidays slammed into a truck in rural South Africa on Thursday, killing at least 18 people and injuring about 260 others, authorities said. Officials said the truck driver allegedly tried to cross the tracks just ahead of the oncoming …
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33 die in Congo flooding after heavy rain 33 die in Congo flooding after heavy rain 33 die in Congo flooding after heavy rain KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Authorities in Congo say at least 33 people have died amid flooding in and around the capital of Kinshasa. …
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A suicide bomber killed at least 20 people when he detonated an explosive belt at a funeral northeast of the Iraqi capital on Monday, security officials said.
The attack in Muqdadiyah, which was hit by revenge attacks on homes and mosques after a January suicide bombing at a popular cafe, also...
Beijing has overtaken New York as the city with the highest number of billionaires for the first time, a new report by China-based firm Hurun says.
A total of 100 billionaires are now living in the Chinese capital, compared with 95 in New York, the report said.
Shanghai, China’s centre of...
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