Mogadishu experiences first night time football match in 30 years
Thousands attend first Mogadishu night football match in decadesMohamed_Abdiwahab/ AFP Several thousand fans on Friday watched the first night-time football match to be played in Mogadishu since chaos descended on the Somali capital nearly three decades ago, raucously backing their respective teams in what the mayor called a “historic” event. The match was the final […]
‘It was all horrific’: Apocalyptic scenes from fatal Mexico quake (VIDEOS)
9 September, 2017 Comments Off on ‘It was all horrific’: Apocalyptic scenes from fatal Mexico quake (VIDEOS)
Residents walk past a building destroyed in an earthquake that struck off the southern coast of Mexico, in Juchitan, Mexico September 8, 2017. © Jorge Luis Plata / Reuters The number of people killed by the 8.2-magnitude quake that hit the southern coast of Mexico late Thursday has risen to at least 61, with witnesses […]
Continue reading …Germany rejects Polish call for more WWII reparations, as clerics call for calm
9 September, 2017 Comments Off on Germany rejects Polish call for more WWII reparations, as clerics call for calm
German soldiers in Warsaw in 1945. Photo: Wikipedia Commons/ Germany on Friday dismissed Poland’s threat to demand new talks for World War II reparations from Berlin, saying the issue was already settled in 1953. “Poland made a binding decision in August 1953… to relinquish demands for further war reparations,” government spokesman Steffen Seibert said, adding […]
Continue reading …Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Cuba as Category 5
9 September, 2017 Comments Off on Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Cuba as Category 5
Upgraded storm strikes Cuba’s Camaguey Archipelago as millions of Florida residents scramble to evacuate coastal are Hurricane Irma strengthened and made landfall in Cuba as a Category 5 storm, as millions of Florida residents were ordered to evacuate after the storm killed 22 people in the eastern Caribbean and left destruction in its wake. Irma struck Camaguey […]
Continue reading …Japanese lawmaker Inoki meets N Korea’s top diplomat
9 September, 2017 Comments Off on Japanese lawmaker Inoki meets N Korea’s top diplomat
Japanese wrestler-turned-lawmaker Antonio Inoki (R) and Ri Su Yong, a vice chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea who formerly served as foreign minister, shake hands in Pyongyang on PYONGYANG – Japanese wrestler-turned-lawmaker Antonio Inoki on Friday held talks with North Korea’s top official in charge of foreign affairs, amid soaring tensions between the country […]
Continue reading …Update: Nine dead, seven missing on French Caribbean islands in wake of Hurricane Irma
9 September, 2017 Comments Off on Update: Nine dead, seven missing on French Caribbean islands in wake of Hurricane Irma
Saint Martin after the storm. AFP. The hurricane killed nine, while seven are still missing in the French Caribbean islands, France’s Interior Minister Gerard Collomb has said. In addition to those killed and missing, 112 were left injured, and 60 percent of homes on the island were damaged so badly that they were uninhabitable. Collomb […]
Continue reading …Qatari emir, Saudi crown prince discuss starting dialogue to resolve crisis
9 September, 2017 Comments Off on Qatari emir, Saudi crown prince discuss starting dialogue to resolve crisis
Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (L) and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (R). Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani called Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman to initiate talks to resolve a three-month-old diplomatic crisis, Saudi state media said early Saturday. The Qatari emir expressed willingness to discuss the demands of […]
Continue reading …Putin: Russia to move away from foreign software for sake of security
9 September, 2017 Comments Off on Putin: Russia to move away from foreign software for sake of security
Russian President Vladimir Putin © Sergey Guneev / Sputnik Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on IT companies in Russia to use domestically developed software, saying that soon the use of such foreign products will no longer be possible in certain sectors due to “high security risks.” The IT industry in Russia should aim to […]
Continue reading …Hurricane Irma’s track through center of Florida is unusual
9 September, 2017 Comments Off on Hurricane Irma’s track through center of Florida is unusual
Hurricane Irma surges towards the Florida Keys as it approaches the U.S. mainland. (Photo: NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP satellite) Like a giant buzzsaw, Hurricane Irma is forecast to carve a ferocious path up the Florida peninsula, all the way from the Keys to the Georgia border. The National Hurricane Center’s forecast path for Irma has it […]
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