OTTAWA, (APP/AFP) – A rash of gun-toting Americans visiting Canada prompted its border agency to launch a public awareness campaign Monday reminding Americans about their northern neighbors’ relatively strict firearms laws. “Canadian laws are different than US ones,” the Canada Border Services Agency said in a statement. “Non-restricted firearms can be used for hunting purposes […]
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Canada to US tourists: please leave your guns at home
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Gambian opposition says party member dies in custody
BANJUL, Gambia, (APP/AFP) – A member of Gambia’s main opposition has died in state custody, the United Democratic Party said Monday, in the second such case in five months. Local party official Ebrima Solo Krummah, who was detained in May during a rare protest, died after being hospitalised and undergoing an operation Friday, the party […]
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Belgian jailed for 5 years for killing son in Singapore
SINGAPORE, (APP/AFP): A Belgian expatriate was sentenced to five years’ jail in Singapore on Monday for killing his five-year-old son last year while suffering from severe depression during a child custody battle. Philippe Graffart, 42, was sentenced on a reduced charge of culpable homicide instead of murder, after psychiatric findings showed he had “diminished responsibility” […]
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Singapore PM takes break after fainting spell
SINGAPORE, (APP/AFP): Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong started a week’s medical leave Monday to rest after a fainting spell during a televised speech caused a health scare. Lee, 64, underwent a series of medical checks late Sunday and early Monday and “doctors have confirmed there were no cardiac abnormalities and no stroke,” the Prime […]
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Russia ‘inconsiderate show-off’ for announcing airbase use: Iran
TEHRAN, (APP/AFP) – Iran’s defence minister said Russia had been “inconsiderate” and was “showing off” by revealing its use of an Iranian airbase for bombing missions into Syria, in a televised interview late on Sunday. The apparent criticism of a close ally came after Russia announced last week that it was using Iran’s Hamedan base […]
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S. Korea-US military drill shadowed by N. Korea threats
SEOUL, (APP/AFP) – South Korea and the United States kicked off large-scale military exercises on Monday, triggering condemnation and threats of a pre-emptive nuclear strike from North Korea. The two-week annual Ulchi Freedom drill, which plays out a full-scale invasion scenario by the nuclear-armed North, is largely computer-simulated but still involves around 50,000 Korean and […]