WASHINGTON (AP) – A group the White House recently identified as a key surrogate in selling the Iran nuclear deal gave National Public Radio $100,000 last year to help it report on the pact and related issues, according to the group’s annual report. It also funded reporters and partnerships with …
Read More »North Korean diplomat who negotiated ’94 deal with US dies
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – A top North Korean diplomat who negotiated a short-lived 1994 deal with the United States to freeze its nuclear programs in exchange for international aid has died of cancer, the country’s state media said Saturday. The North’s Korean Central News Agency said Kang Sok Ju, …
Read More »Mexico OKs extradition of drug lord ‘El Chapo’ Guzman to US
MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexico’s Foreign Relations Department ruled Friday that the extradition of convicted drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the United States can go forward. The process can still be appealed, meaning it could be weeks, months or even longer before the Sinaloa cartel leader may be …
Read More »US set to renew, but tweak, sanctions against Myanmar
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. business lobby says it is high time to drop the remaining U.S. sanctions on Myanmar, but human rights activists and U.S. lawmakers say not so fast. Former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi is now running the government after winning elections. Still, the military continues …
Read More »Chinese bullet train in Venezuela stalls as alliance derails
ZARAZA, Venezuela (AP) – It was once billed as a model of socialist fraternity: South America’s first high-speed train, powered by Chinese technology, crisscrossing Venezuela to bring development to its backwater plains. Now all but abandoned, it has become a symbol of economic collapse – and a strategic relationship gone …
Read More »In Greek seaside resort, refugees see dreams put on hold
MYRSINI, Greece (AP) – At the end of a long, straight road on the coastal flats between the southern Greek village of Myrsini and the Ionian Sea sits a refugee shelter that could have popped out of a travel brochure. The 338 Syrians and Iraqis who have been living there …
Read More »Hezbollah: Insurgents killed top military commander in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) – The top commander of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah was killed in Syria by insurgent shelling, Hezbollah said Saturday, vowing to continue its involvement in Syria’s civil war. Mustafa Badreddine became the highest ranking casualty for Hezbollah since the group joined Syria’s civil four years ago. The group said …
Read More »A look at past killings of Hezbollah figures
BEIRUT (AP) – Top military commander Mustafa Badreddine, who died in an explosion in Damascus, is the latest of a number of senior figures from the Lebanese Shiite guerrilla group to be killed in past years. In the past, Israel was the prime suspect in any assassinations, but since Hezbollah …
Read More »Why Apple plunked $1 billion into Chinese ride-hailing
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Apple new $1 billion investment in the Chinese ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing is as much about currying favor with regulators as directly expanding its own business, analysts said. Apple might need the help; it faces slowing iPhone sales and tougher restrictions on its services in the …
Read More »Nirankari spiritual leader Baba Hardev Singh dies in road accident in Canada
Montreal: Indian spiritual leader Baba Hardev Singh, current leader of the Sant Nirankari Mission, passed away on Friday. As per reports, Baba Hardev Singh, chief priest of the Nirankari sect, was killed in a car accident in Canada’s Montreal. Kripasagar, press and publicity in-charge of the Mission, told IANS they …
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