In Trump land, painful choices await if Obamacare goes
Author: Agence France PresseFri, 2017-03-24ID: 1490338547659601500ROGERSVILLE, UNITED STATES: Maribeth Coote says she hates Obamacare, but it’s the only health coverage option she can afford in this remote, hardscrabble corner of southwestern Pennsylvania.The government should “just back off and let me figure it out, and get out of the whole industry” of health care, the 52-year-old Chicago transplant […]
Pope Francis to offer birthday counsel to troubled EU
Author: Agence France PresseFri, 2017-03-24ID: 1490334444939505500 VATICAN CITY: European Union leaders will receive guidance from Pope Francis Friday, on the eve of the troubled bloc’s 60th anniversary celebrations in Rome. On past form, the Argentine pontiff is unlikely to pull his punches in a Friday evening audience with 27 heads of state or government tasked with charting […]
ICC set for first monetary awards to war crimes victims
Author: Agence France PresseFri, 2017-03-24ID: 1490333948399472800THE HAGUE: Judges at the International Criminal Court are expected on Friday to unveil the first compensation awards to victims of war crimes, with lawyers estimating a 2003 attack on a Congolese village caused $16.4 million in damage.Friday’s order for reparations for 304 victims of former Congolese warlord Germain Katanga is set […]
Trump ultimatum: Pass health bill Friday or he’ll move on
Author: Agence France PresseFri, 2017-03-24ID: 1490333434609455700 WASHINGTON: Donald Trump warned Republicans that he is done negotiating and wants a vote Friday on dismantling Obamacare, setting up a high-stakes showdown with members of the president’s own party over his embattled health care plan. House leaders were forced to postpone a Thursday vote on the measure amid a revolt […]
‘Low-tech’ terror threat in spotlight as Daesh claims London attack
Author: BEN FLANAGANFri, 2017-03-24ID: 1490303611854472500 LONDON: Experts have warned of the threat posed by “low-tech” terror attacks, following Wednesday’s deadly rampage outside the UK Parliament and questions over another incident in Antwerp. The London attacker — who mowed down two civilians with his car and stabbed a policeman before being shot dead — was on Thursday named […]
Indian politician hits air steward 25 times with slipper over seat
Author: AFPFri, 2017-03-24ID: 1490303611914473000MUMBAI: An Indian politician brazenly admitted on Thursday that he hit a steward on an Air India flight 25 times with his slipper during a row over a seat.Ravindra Gaikwad, an MP in India’s lower house for the Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena party, claimed that the attendant had insulted him first on the Pune […]
Defections boost Macron in French election race
Author: ReutersFri, 2017-03-24ID: 1490300833144176600PARIS: French presidential election frontrunner Emmanuel Macron saw his lead in the polls bolstered by news on Thursday that two members of the government were deserting the official Socialist Party contender to back the 39-year-old centrist.The defections included one major catch — Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, a Socialist Party grandee who has been […]
Marine Le Pen: No Grounds for Hostility Between Paris, Moscow
Moscow, March 24 (QNA) – Marine Le Pen, French presidential candidate and leader of National Front political party, sees no reason for the French authorities’ hostile attitude towards Russia. “I see no reasons that would justify the current hostile attitude of the French authorities towards Russia,” she was quoted by TASS news agency as saying […]
Car Bomb Explodes in Mogadishu
Mogadishu, March 24 (QNA) – A car bomb exploded outside a busy restaurant in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Friday noon with no casualties or injuries reported so far. A car packed with explosives was detonated between around the heavily secured presidential palace in the capital. The restaurant is frequented by government officials, spokesman […]
Iraq FM Says Trump Pledged Support to Iraq in War on ISIS
Baghdad, March 24 (QNA) – Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said that U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated in their meeting last week in Washington the U.S. commitment to supporting Iraq in its war against terrorism and reconstructing the country. In a statement issued Friday, al-Jaafari said the two sides discussed the need for the United […]
