QUITO, July 3 (APP/AFP): The Ecuadoran Congress has impeached a former state comptroller living in the United States for his ties to scandal-plagued Brazilian construction company Odebrecht, in the latest action as part of a sprawling bribery probe. Odebrecht, the largest construction company in Latin America, agreed in December to pay a record $3.5 billion […]
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Ecuador impeaches ex-comptroller over Odebrecht graft
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European ministers want ‘code of conduct’ for migrant rescue NGOs
PARIS, July 3, (APP/AFP) – Interior ministers from France, Germany and Italy said Monday they planned to draw up a “code of conduct” for charities operating boats in the Mediterranean to rescue migrants making the perilous crossing from Africa to Europe. The ministers also agreed to look into ways to support the coast guard in […]
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Damascus bomber kills 18 after car chase
DAMASCUS, July 2, (APP/AFP) – A suicide car bomber pursued by security forces blew himself up in eastern Damascus on Sunday, with a monitor reporting 18 killed in the deadliest attack to hit the Syrian capital in months. Syrian state media and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said security forces intercepted three […]
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At least two dead in Indonesian helicopter crash
JAKARTA, July 2, (APP/AFP) – At least two people have been killed and several more are missing after an Indonesian search and rescue helicopter crashed, an official said Sunday, in the country’s latest aviation accident. The helicopter was carrying at least eight people including four crew when it hit a cliff in Temanggung, Central Java […]
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US-backed forces cut off last IS escape route from Raqa
BEIRUT, June 29, (APP/AFP) – US-backed forces cut off the last escape route for the Islamic State group from Raqa on Thursday, trapping the besieged jihadists inside their de facto Syrian capital. But IS fighters hit back with a counterattack that included several suicide bombings against the Syrian Democratic Forces, an alliance of Kurdish and […]
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Trump to meet Putin at G20, seek ‘more constructive’ ties
WASHINGTON, June 29, (APP/AFP) – US President Donald Trump will hold his first face-to-face with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of next week’s G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, the White House said Thursday. Trump’s National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster said Putin would be among the “many world leaders” meeting the US president during […]