GAZIANTEP, Turkey, (APP/AFP) – Turkish authorities were on Monday scrambling to ascertain the identity of a child suicide bomber acting on the orders of Islamic State (IS) jihadists who killed 51 people at a crowded Kurdish wedding. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the bomber at the street wedding late Saturday in the city of […]
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Turkey seeks to identify child suicide bomber
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Japan’s first lady visits Pearl Harbor
TOKYO, (APP/AFP) – The wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has visited Pearl Harbor, bombed by Japanese planes nearly 75 years ago in an attack that brought the United States into World War II. It was not clear exactly when Akie Abe made the visit. But she posted 11 pictures on her official Facebook page, […]
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European stocks fall in early trading
LONDON, (APP/AFP) – European stock markets fell in initial deals on Monday, as traders look ahead to a key meeting of central bankers at the end of the week. London’s benchmark FTSE 100 dropped 0.3 to 6,837.48 compared with the close on Friday. In the eurozone, Frankfurt’s DAX 30 shed 0.3 percent to 10,513.83 points […]
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Japan protests to Russia over man detained on disputed island
TOKYO, (APP/AFP) – Japan on Monday lodged a diplomatic protest with Russia over the detention of a Japanese citizen visiting an island disputed by the two countries. Tokyo and Moscow are working to resolve decades of tensions over four islands occupied by the Soviet Union in the closing days of World War II and now […]
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Tokyo stocks open higher on weaker yen
TOKYO, (APP/AFP) – Tokyo stocks opened higher on Monday as the yen weakened further on speculation over central bank monetary policies and lifted investor sentiment. The Japanese currency fell against the dollar for a second day after US Fed Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer signalled in a speech on Sunday that a 2016 rate hike is […]
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Sex harassment widespread in Australian police: survey
SYDNEY, (APP/AFP) – Almost half of the women working for Australia’s national police force say they have been sexually harassed on the job, according to a report released Monday calling for urgent change. The review of the workplace culture of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) also found that more than 60 percent of staff — […]