NewsReutersU.S. anti-Muslim hate crimes rose 15 percent in 2017 - advocacy group
Hate crimes targeting U.S. Muslims rose 15 percent in 2017, the second year of increases, according to a study released on Monday by advocacy group the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The group recorded 300 U.S. hate crimes targeting Muslims last year, ranging from the June beating of a Muslim
NewsAFP NewsLife term sought for Danish submariner over dead journalist
Danish prosecutors on Monday called for a life sentence for submarine builder Peter Madsen who is on trial for the gruesome murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall aboard his vessel last year, mutilating her corpse and throwing her body parts in the sea. In the presence of Wall's family, prosecutor
NewsAFP NewsZimbabwe's 'sacked' nurses return to work
Thousands of Zimbabwean nurses returned to work on Monday after ending a strike, their union said, adding that fresh negotiations were expected in their stand-off with the government. Some 15,000 nurses fighting for better work conditions walked out of public hospitals a week ago. "Nurses have
NewsAFP NewsChina may avoid 94,000 deaths with climate policies: study
China could avoid nearly 94,000 premature deaths and save a whopping $339 billion in health costs over the next 12 years by honouring its carbon reduction commitments under the Paris climate accord, a study showed Monday. The country has pledged to reach peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 at the
NewsReutersRival groups from Somali army clash at former UAE training facility
Rival forces in the Somali army shot at each other in the capital Mogadishu on Monday, with one group trying to storm a former United Arab Emirates-run training centre, soldiers and residents said. The clash was an indication of the difficulty in rebuilding unified security forces for a state where
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Sarawak DAP chief to contest in Stampin instead of Bandar Kuching
KUCHING, April 23 — Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen announced today that he will contest in Stampin during the 14th general election (GE14), instead of defending his safe seat of Bandar...
NewsReutersIn Spain, work starts to exhume bodies from Franco-era monument
Work started on Monday to exhume bodies of Spanish Civil War victims from a huge monument outside Madrid, built under the auspices of dictator Francisco Franco, following a six-year legal battle by relatives to give the men a dignified burial. The moves to extract the remains of four men who died on
NewsAFP NewsKabul mourns loss of 'invincible hero' in suicide blast
Whenever suicide attackers struck his fellow Shiites in Kabul, Wakil Hussain Allahdad would drop what he was doing and rush to the scene to help rescue survivors and carry away the dead. Allahdad had been serving customers in his photography shop across the street when the bomber blew himself up in
NewsAFP NewsEU's Tusk testifies in Poland over 2010 presidential jet crash
Tomasz Arabski, Tusk's chief aide at the time, is being sued for negligence by relatives of some of the victims of the crash that killed then president Lech Kaczynski and all 95 others on board. Arabski previously denied the allegations, testifying that he had no role in organising the flight to
NewsReutersTrump delays drug pricing speech, no set date yet
U.S. President Donald Trump has postponed a speech on lowering prescription drug prices previously scheduled for Thursday to a date in the near future, the White House said on Sunday. The White House did not provide a date or time frame for when the speech would take place, and did not say why it had
NewsReutersArmenian PM quits after nearly two weeks of street protests
Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sarksyan said he was resigning on Monday to help maintain civic peace following almost two weeks of mass street protests that have plunged the impoverished ex-Soviet republic into political crisis. Sarksyan, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, had served as
NewsAFP NewsLast Paris attacks suspect sentenced to 20 years over Brussels shootout
A Belgian court on Monday sentenced the sole surviving suspect in the Paris attacks, Salah Abdeslam, to 20 years in prison on terror charges over a bloody gun battle with police in Brussels days before his capture in 2016. Abdeslam's co-defendant Sofiane Ayari received the same sentence after the
StyleAFP Relax'Firewatch' studio moves to Valve
Valve Corp, responsible for "Half-Life 2," "Portal 2," "Dota 2" and the Steam store, has hired all twelve staff members at "Firewatch" studio Campo Santo. Two of its co-founders were toast of the game industry, having led the award-winning "Walking Dead"
NewsAFP NewsDozens killed in air raid on Yemen wedding: medics
Dozens were killed and wounded in an air raid on a wedding party in Yemen, local officials said Monday, with Huthi rebels blaming a Saudi-led military coalition. The Iran-backed rebels who control most of northern Yemen blamed Sunday's attack on the Arab coalition that backs the country's government
NewsAFP NewsPresident under pressure in riot-hit Nicaragua despite reform U-turn
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega remained under pressure on Monday despite backing down on a contentious pension reform plan that triggered four days of violence in which 24 people were killed. The Central American country's main private business association -- an ally of Ortega during his 11
NewsReutersKabul blast highlights risk to long-delayed Afghan vote
Afghan officials pledged that Sunday's deadly suicide bombing of a voter centre in Kabul will not derail preparations for this year's parliamentary elections but the attack has underlined the risks to an operation already clouded by doubt. More than 50 people queuing to receive identity cards
NewsAFP NewsEuropean and US stocks climb
"On a very quiet Monday a positive, 24,500-crossing opening from the Dow Jones allowed the European indices to enjoy the pound and euro's struggles against a hawkish dollar," Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell told AFP. European indices had earlier been knocked lower by news that business
NewsReutersJailed Egyptian journalist to be awarded UNESCO press freedom prize
Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid won the 2018 Press Freedom Prize awarded by the United Nations cultural agency UNESCO on Monday, a choice that drew criticism from the Egyptian authorities. The government arrested Abu Zeid, also known as Shawkan, in 2013 as he photographed security forces dispersing
NewsReutersWaffle House suspect still at large a day after Nashville shooting
There have been no credible sightings of the 29-year-old suspect in the fatal shooting of four people at a Waffle House restaurant over the weekend, police said on Monday, as a manhunt pushed into its second day. With the suspect still on the loose, Metro Nashville Police searched schools in the area
TechReutersChina's Didi Chuxing launches ride service in Mexico
By Heather Somerville SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing on Monday began offering its service in the Mexican city of Toluca, the company said, setting up a potentially costly battle with rival Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] in a key Latin American market. The Mexican
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Waffle House Shooting Victims Include Star Athlete And Local Musician
The Nashville, Tennessee, area is in mourning after a mass shooting at a
TechReutersDubai's Careem hit by cyber attack affecting 14 million users
Careem, Uber's main ride-hailing app rival in the Middle East, was hit by a cyber attack that compromised the data of 14 million users, it said on Monday. At the time of the attack, Careem had 14 million customers and 558,000 drivers on its platform operating in 78 cities across the region, a company
TechReutersDeutsche Telekom unit T-Systems to return to profit in 2020: CEO
HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom unit T-Systems should return to profitability in 2020 as the company undergoes a digital makeover, new Chief Executive Adel Al-Saleh said on Monday at the Hannover Trade Fair. American Al-Saleh, who took over the loss-making IT services company in January
NewsReutersFrance's Macron visits Trump as Iran nuclear deal hangs in balance
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Washington on Monday for a state visit likely to be dominated by differences over trade and the nuclear accord with Iran. As Macron headed west, the Iranian government urged European leaders to convince U.S. President Donald Trump not to tear up the 2015 deal
