China Holds 53 People in Investigation of Deadly Landslide
BEIJING — China's Cabinet said Friday that 53 people are in custody in an investigation into a landslide that killed 73 people and left four others missing in the southern city of Shenzhen last year.The State Council's investigation report said the landslide in which a mountain of construction waste that had been piled up against a hill collapsed during heavy rains onto an industrial park was an "extraordinarily serious production safety accident."The Dec. 20 landslide destroyed 33 buildings a..>> view originalAsia Pacific|Defending David Against the World's Goliaths in International Court
The case brought by the Philippines was the first against China in an international court or tribunal in The Hague, although Beijing has been involved in arbitration connected to the World Trade Organization and has complied with adverse rulings, Mr. Reichler said.For outsiders, China’s absence might seem to make the proceedings easier. In fact, he said, the empty chairs in the elegant chamber in The Hague made it more difficult. “In a case like this, the tribunal wants to get it right. Here yo..>> view originalNorth Korean Defector Surfaces in Pyongyang, Saying He Tried to Abduct Orphans
Photo Ko Hyon-Chol at a news conference in Pyongyang, North Korea’s capital, on Friday. Mr. Ko said he originally fled the country in 2013. Credit Ed Jones/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images SEOUL, South Korea — A man who had defected to South Korea from the North turned up in a government-arranged news conference in the North’s capital on Friday, saying that he was arrested there this year while trying to smuggle orphans out of the impoverished country.The man, Ko Hyo..>> view originalLive Coverage | About 50 Are 'Between Life and Death' Hollande Says
Photo: Eric Gaillard/Reuters; Video: By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS President François Hollande of France, speaking after a visit with victims and staff members at the Pasteur Hospital in Nice, said on Friday that the death toll stood at 84 but that there were about 50 people who were critically wounded, “between life and death.” Mr. Hollande, flanked by Prime Minister Manuel Valls and Health Minister Marisol Touraine, added that the victims included French citizens and foreigners, as well as child..>> view originalBrexit: PM is 'willing to listen to options' on Scotland
Media captionTheresa May and Nicola Sturgeon hold differing views on a second independence referendum Prime Minister Theresa May has told First Minister Nicola Sturgeon she is "willing to listen to options" on Scotland's future relationship with the European Union. But after talks in Edinburgh, Mrs May appeared unwilling to consider a second referendum on Scottish independence. She said people in Scotland sent a "very clear message" in 2014. Ms Sturgeon said blocking a referendum, if it was..>> view originalTexas father and his 11-year-old son reported among the dead in Nice attack
Sean Copeland (left), Maegan Copeland, Brodie Copeland, Austin Copeland and Kim Copeland. (Courtesy of Copeland family) Sean and Kim Copeland had taken the family to Europe for a summer vacation — the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona and exploring the sights in Barcelona in Spain. Then they traveled to Nice on the French Riviera for Bastille Day. It was in Nice that an armed truck driver plowed through a crowd celebrating the French National Day on Thursday night, killing at least 84 people ..>> view originalHow Donald Trump's Call to Declare War on ISIS Would Be Different
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was saying what a lot of Americans were probably thinking following the latest terror attack when he said it is time to declare war on the Islamic State. “I would,” Trump said when asked on Fox News shortly after the attack if he would seek a declaration of war on ISIS. “This is war. If you look at it, this is war.” There is a certain logic to his urge following the French truck massacre that killed at least 84. ISIS surely is at war wi..>> view originalMyanmar Government Criticizes Buddhist Nationalist Group
YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar's government has denounced an influential Buddhist nationalist group after failing earlier to speak strongly against it though others were accusing it of using hate speech and inspiring violence against Muslims.The Ma Ba Tha organization's charismatic leader, the monk Wirathu, responded Wednesday by calling the country's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, a "dictatorial woman."The Sangha Council, a state institution that oversees Buddhist monastic discipline, declared..>> view originalIndian troops, protesters clash in Kashmir despite lockdown
By AIJAZ HUSSAIN, Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Widespread anti-India protests and clashes erupted in dozens of places in divided Kashmir, even as authorities prevented tens of thousands of people from offering Friday prayers in big mosques with a lockdown in place for a seventh straight day. Government forces armed with automatic rifles and in riot gear ordered residents to stay indoors around the region, but protests started after people prayed in smaller, neighborhood mosques...>> view originalUS Preparing for Islamic State's 'Terrorist Diaspora'
Top U.S. counterterror and law enforcement officials are offering grim warnings about what awaits once the Islamic State terror group's self-declared caliphate ultimately collapses. Much of the U.S. and coalition strategy against IS has been predicated on the idea that without the ability to hold territory in Iraq and Syria, the terror group will falter, unable to make good on its promise of a utopian society. Yet as the fall of the IS caliphate looks to draw nearer, U.S. officials are increasi..>> view original
Saturday, July 16, 2016
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