SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s left-wing ruling party has nominated the country’s coordinator for NATO membership as its candidate in an April 21 presidential election. Stevo Pendarovski was announced as the Social Democratic Union’s presidential candidate during a party congress in the capital of Skopje on Sunday. A dozen smaller parties also are […]
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Published on 03.03.2019 at 22h54 by AFP Thousands of dancers from Rio de Janeiro’s elite samba schools were set Sunday to roll out their traditional parades of feathers and sequins — combined with a large dose of social and political commentary — as the main business of the giant annual Carnival gets under way. It’s […]
Read More Severe storms crossing the Deep South are raising a threat of tornados across portions of Alabama and Georgia. The National Weather Service on Sunday afternoon issued a series of tornado warnings stretching from Phenix City, Alabama, near the Georgia state line to Macon, Georgia, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) to the east. There were no […]
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Published on 03.03.2019 at 21h54 by AFP The US and Russian military chiefs are to meet Monday in Vienna to discuss operations in Syria, where the US has decided to leave a residual force to protect its Kurdish allies. General Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will represent the US side […]
Read More CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former West Virginia Capitol staffer is disputing anti-Muslim comments a lawmaker says she made. Anne Lieberman issued a statement Sunday on Facebook, days after she resigned as sergeant at arms of the House of Delegates. Lieberman says she was summoned to a disturbance outside the House chamber Friday when she […]
Read More SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Relatives of a black man fatally shot by police officers while holding a cellphone say they will press their “pursuit of justice” after prosecutors in California declined to bring charges against the officers. Stephon Clark’s family reacted with anger and dismay to Saturday’s announcement. They scheduled a Sunday afternoon news conference […]
Read More EUREKA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on two sisters who went missing from their home Friday (all times local): 11:50 a.m. Authorities say two young sisters missing from their Northern California home for since Friday have been found alive. Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal says 8-year-old Leia Carrico and 5-year-old Caroline Carrico were found “safe […]
Read More NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department is looking for the attacker of a 27-year-old for-hire cab driver who was found fatally stabbed in his car. Police say the car was parked on a Bronx roadway around 9 p.m. Saturday. The driver was inside, with stab wounds to his neck and chest. The […]
Read More WASHINGTON (AP) — Opponents of President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border appear to have enough Senate votes to reject his move, now that Republican Rand Paul of Kentucky has said he can’t go along with the White House. The House has voted to derail the action, and if the […]
Read More TORONTO (AP) — An executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei is suing the Canadian government, its border agency and the national police force, saying they detained, searched and interrogated her before telling her she was under arrest. Lawyers for Meng Wangzhou said Sunday they filed a notice of civil claim in the British Columbia Supreme […]
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Published on 03.03.2019 at 19h54 by AFP Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera sharply criticized his leftist predecessor and UN rights commissioner Michelle Bachelet Sunday for failing to condemn Venezuela’s socialist President Nicolas Maduro for human rights violations. “The high commissioner Michelle Bachelet still has not condemned the Maduro dictatorship for violating human rights in Venezuela. This […]
Read More The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said the country recorded a total trade value of ₦32.26 trillion year-on-year in 2018, representing 39.3 per cent increase over the corresponding period in 2017. The trade value for 2017 stood at ₦23.16 trillion. The NBS said this in its Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics for Fourth Quarter of […]
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