Comey says FBI investigating Russia interference
Author: APMon, 2017-03-20ID: 1490025585385277500 WASHINGTON: FBI Director James Comey is publicly confirming for the first time that the FBI is investigating Russia’s efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, including any potential coordination between Trump campaign associates and Russia’s government. Comey is testifying before Congress. He says he’s authorized by the Justice Department to make the […]
Plane crash-lands in S.Sudan with 45 onboard: officials
Author: AFPMon, 2017-03-20ID: 1490024144255124000 JUBA: A passenger jet carrying 45 people crash-landed in South Sudan’s north-western city of Wau on Monday, leaving at least 14 people injured, government and airport officials said. “The weather is not good. Visibility was not good up to now and (the plane) was landing from the east to west then it just […]
North Korea rocket test shows ‘meaningful progress’: South
Author: Agence France PresseMon, 2017-03-20ID: 1490000743423225900SEOUL: North Korea’s latest rocket engine test showed “meaningful progress” in its missile capabilities, Seoul said Monday, as the nuclear-armed state steps up its controversial weapons development programs.The North’s leader Kim Jong-Un oversaw the “successful” test of the powerful new rocket engine, state media said Sunday, in a move apparently timed to […]
How much is an Afghan life worth? That depends
Author: ReutersMon, 2017-03-20ID: 1489995925483034000WASHINGTON, March 20 : In March 2014, the US military paid an Afghan man just over $1,000 to compensate for killing his civilian son in an operation near the border with Iran, according to US military records released to Reuters.Six months later, another Afghan father was given $10,000 by the US military after his […]
After weird winter, US forecasters see warm, wet spring
Author: ReutersMon, 2017-03-20ID: 1489995823873026800NEW YORK: If you liked the balmy weather that dominated on the US East Coast and much of the South this winter, you will probably enjoy the spring of 2017, too.The new season, which officially begins on Monday, should bring more of the same in both regions, forecasters say, though for the East, a […]
Philippines’ Duterte calls European critics ‘crazies’
Author: Agence France PresseMon, 2017-03-20ID: 1489995542423010700NAYPYIDAW, MYANMAR: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has described European lawmakers as “crazies” in a salty-tongued rebuttal to criticism of his deadly drug war, while vowing again that all traffickers will be killed.Duterte fired his broadside in a late-night speech Sunday in Myanmar after the European Parliament issued a resolution last week condemning […]
French presidential candidates face off in first TV debate
Author: Agence France PresseMon, 2017-03-20ID: 1489995429383002300PARIS: France’s presidential election moves into high gear on Monday when the top five contenders face off in a TV debate that could help sway legions of undecided voters, a month before they go to the polls.Centrist frontrunner Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen are expected to come under attack […]
Trump’s US Supreme Court nominee to face senators in marathon hearing
Author: ReutersMon, 2017-03-20ID: 1489995115292977700WASHINGTON: US Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch will face tough scrutiny at his Senate confirmation hearing starting on Monday, with Democrats seeking to make the case that he is a pro-business, social conservative insufficiently independent of the president.In a bid to place hurdles in the way of Gorsuch’s expected confirmation by the Republican-controlled Senate, […]
FBI director to testify on Russia ties, alleged wiretap
Author: Agence France PresseMon, 2017-03-20ID: 1489994463172918100WASHINGTON: The directors of the FBI and NSA are to give keenly awaited testimony before Congress Monday on what ties President Donald Trump may have with Russia and his explosive allegation that he was wiretapped by his predecessor Barack Obama.Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey and Mike Rogers of the National […]
South Korea’s Lotte family owners go on trial for graft
Author: Agence France PresseMon, 2017-03-20ID: 1489993043552866100SEOUL: Four members of the family who control South Korea’s troubled retail giant Lotte, including its 93-year-old founder, went on trial Monday for embezzlement, tax evasion and fraud.The proceedings against company chairman Shin Dong-Bin, 61, his brother, sister and father — plus the patriarch’s mistress nearly 40 years his junior — come […]
