Japan and South Korea hit back at Trump's nuclear comments
The front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination stunned two of America's strongest allies with the suggestion that the U.S. military would be withdrawn from their shores, with nuclear weapons replacing them. There are currently 54,000 U.S. troops stationed in Japan and 28,500 in South Korea."Japan is better if it protects itself against this maniac of North Korea," Trump told CNN's Anderson Cooper Tuesday. "We are better off frankly if South Korea is going to start protecting itself..>> view originalBrazil Leader Dilma Rouseff Seeks Deals to Retain Rule
BRASÍLIA—With her administration on the ropes and many here betting she will be gone by May, Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff is scrambling to rouse support in congress and on the streets to save her job. Following the exit of Brazil’s largest party, known as the PMDB, from her ruling coalition on Tuesday, Ms. Rousseff and her closest advisers intensified negotiations with smaller parties to put together enough votes to block...>> view originalA Setback for South Africa's President
South Africa’s highest court ruled Thursday that President Jacob Zuma violated the constitution when he used $15 million in state funds to upgrade his private estate.The Constitutional Court ordered Zuma to repay the money used for non-security upgrades to his Nkandla home, including a swimming pool, chicken run, cattle enclosure, and an amphitheater. The national treasury will determine the amount owed within 60 days; Zuma has 45 days to pay following that decision.Zuma “has noted and respects”..>> view originalCanada to take in 10000 more Syrian refugees
TORONTO Canada will take in an additional 10,000 Syrian refugees, adding to the more than 25,000 already received in the last few months, Immigration Minister John McCallum said on Thursday in Germany, where an influx of refugees has sparked a backlash. McCallum told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp he was responding to complaints from Canadian groups who want to sponsor Syrian refugees but did not have their applications processed quickly enough to be among the government's initial target of..>> view originalUS to beef up military presence in Eastern Europe
Posted: Mar. 30, 2016 8:00 am Updated: Mar. 30, 2016 1:08 pm WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon plans to deploy an armored brigade combat team to Eastern Europe next February as part of the ongoing effort to rotate troops in and out of the region to reassure allies worried about threats from an increasingly aggressive Russia. The decision will put three fully equipped Army brigades in Europe on a continuous basis, and underscore promises made by defense leaders to protect Europe and send a message ..>> view originalThese women in Turkey saw the need for a different kind of news, despite the danger
Fingers tap at keyboards and brows furrow. A woman in Istanbul has just hurled herself from a 10th-floor apartment window, a frantic attempt to escape two male attackers.The reporters and translators at the Jinha Women’s News Agency hasten to get out their report, which takes a different approach than that taken by other Turkish media. “Most reports focus on that she was an actor in television series,” says 32-year-old Guler Can, head of news at Jinha’s office in Diyarbakir. “They are covering ..>> view originalRescue crews frantically searching for 150 believed trapped after deadly overpass collapse in India
Rescue crews and army troops were in a race against time Thursday in India to save 150 people believed trapped in a pile of crushed vehicles and concrete girders after a road overpass under construction collapsed in a crowded neighborhood, leaving at least 21 people dead. The collapse occurred in Bara Bazaar, a busy residential and shopping area in Kolkata -- a city of approximately 4.5 million people -- and left scores injured. Rescuers were using saws, small cranes and their bare hands to d..>> view originalExclusive: EgyptAir Co-Pilot On His Ordeal Left Alone With Hijacker
On the morning of Tuesday March 29, Hamad el Kaddah woke up and ate a quick breakfast before leaving his hotel for the Borg El Arab Airport in Alexandria, Egypt. It was an unexceptional morning for the EgyptAir pilot, who has made this journey hundreds of times in his five years with the company. The day would end with Kaddah being the final person on the plane—other than a hijacker—before the world’s media pictured him dramatically jumping out of the Airbus 320’s cockpit window onto the tarmac..>> view originalVojislav Seselj, Serbian Nationalist, Acquitted of War Crimes by Hague Tribunal
Video Reaction to Vojislav Seselj's Acquittal Mr. Seselj, the leader of Serbia’s Radical Party, was cleared of crimes against humanity in connection with the Balkan wars of the 1990s. By REUTERS on Publish Date March 31, 2016. Photo by Reuters. Watch in Times Video » THE HAGUE — A Unite..>> view original
Thursday, March 31, 2016
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