Washington, United States | AFP | Job creation slowed unexpectedly in the United States last month as the service sector added fewer workers, but the unemployment rate held steady at a 49-year low, the government reported Friday. The new numbers fell below recent trends and avoided another blow-out result, denying …
Read More »Israel’s Netanyahu hails UN Hamas vote despite defeat
Jerusalem, Undefined | AFP | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday hailed majority backing in the UN General Assembly for condemning militant group Hamas even though a draft resolution failed to win enough votes to pass. The US draft won 87 votes in the General Assembly on Thursday compared …
Read More »Trump to pick State Dept spokeswoman Heather Nauert as UN envoy: reports
Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump is expected Friday to nominate State Department spokeswoman and former Fox TV news anchor Heather Nauert as US ambassador to the United Nations, according to multiple reports. If confirmed by the Senate, she would take over from Nikki Haley, who announced …
Read More »CNN offices evacuated after bomb threat, no explosive found
New York, United States | AFP | CNN’s New York offices were evacuated Thursday night after a bomb threat, but no explosive was found and police later gave the all clear, the network said. The roughly 90 minute drama recalled a similar evacuation in October after an explosive device was …
Read More »Canada defends Huawei arrest after markets wobble
Montreal, Canada | AFP | Canada on Thursday defended its arrest of an executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei on a US extradition request after markets wobbled on fears of fresh friction between Washington and Beijing. With China demanding the release of Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, Canadian Prime …
Read More »Politics played no role in Huawei exec’s arrest – Trudeau
Montreal, Canada | AFP | Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday that politics played no part in the arrest of a top executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei, who was detained on a US extradition request. “I can assure everyone that we are a country (with) an independent judiciary,” …
Read More »US court weighs ‘double jeopardy’ case with implications for Trump
Washington, United States | AFP | US Supreme Court justices appeared divided on Thursday as they took up the question of “double jeopardy” — whether a person can be tried twice for the same offense — in a case with possible implications for President Donald Trump and the Russia probe. …
Read More »Hong Kong ex-official Patrick Ho convicted in US over bribery scheme
New York, United States | AFP | Hong Kong’s former home affairs secretary Patrick Ho Chi Ping was convicted by a New York court Wednesday over a multimillion dollar bribery scheme in Africa on behalf of a top Chinese energy company. Ho, 69, was convicted by a jury of seven …
Read More »China protests arrest of Huawei CFO in Canada, urges release: embassy
Ottawa, Canada | AFP | Beijing on Wednesday protested the arrest in Canada of Chinese national Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of global telecommunications giant Huawei, and urged her immediate release as she faces extradition to the United States. “At the request of the US side, the Canadian side …
Read More »Satellite images show activity at N. Korean missile base: CNN
Washington, United States | AFP | North Korea has expanded a key long-range missile base in the months since a summit between the country’s leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump, according to satellite images published by CNN on Wednesday. The two men met in Singapore in June …
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