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Trump calls for 'war' on cartels as nine US Mormons murdered in Mexico
AFP, Published on 06/11/2019
» MEXICO CITY - US President Donald Trump offered Tuesday to help Mexico "wage war" on its cartels after three women and six children from an American Mormon community were murdered in an area notorious for drug traffickers.
Australia's women and men footballers to get equal pay
AFP, Published on 06/11/2019
» SYDNEY - Women footballers playing for Australia's national team will earn the same as their male counterparts under a deal unveiled Wednesday in a big boost for gender equality.
World stock markets sustained by dogged trade optimism
AFP, Published on 06/11/2019
» NEW YORK - Global stock markets posted mostly modest gains Tuesday as dogged trade optimism roused those ready to take on more risk.
Boeing chairman says CEO Muilenburg did 'everything right'
AFP, Published on 06/11/2019
» NEW YORK - Boeing's new chairman on Tuesday gave a forceful vote of confidence in CEO Dennis Muilenburg amid calls in Congress for the embattled Boeing chief executive to resign after two deadly crashes.
Top Trump ally admits tying Ukraine aid to Biden investigation
AFP, Published on 06/11/2019
» WASHINGTON - A top ally of President Donald Trump admitted he told a Ukraine official that military aid was contingent on Kiev investigating Trump's Democratic rival Joe Biden, testimony released Tuesday showed.
Brazil's Vale failed to report dam defects that could have avoided tragedy: official
AFP, Published on 06/11/2019
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Mining giant Vale failed to report problems at a massive tailings dam in Brazil that could have averted its collapse, killing hundreds, a government agency said Tuesday.
Top jihadist leader killed in the Sahel: France
AFP, Published on 06/11/2019
» ABOARD A FRENCH GOVERNMENT PLANE (MALI) - French forces killed a top leader of a powerful African jihadist group linked to al-Qaeda in Mali last month, France's defence minister told AFP Tuesday.
Chelsea, Ajax draw European thriller
AFP, Published on 06/11/2019
» PARIS: Jorginho scored two penalties as Chelsea came roaring back from 4-1 down to draw 4-4 with nine-man Ajax in a Champions League classic on Tuesday, while holders Liverpool claimed a narrow victory and a stuttering Barcelona were held.
Pro-Beijing politician stabbed in Hong Kong
AFP, Published on 06/11/2019
» HONG KONG: A firebrand pro-Beijing politician in Hong Kong was wounded in a knife attack on Wednesday, the latest tit-for-tat political violence to break out in a city engulfed by months of pro-democracy protests.
Goat farmers at climate change frontline in Argentina's wine belt
AFP, Published on 06/11/2019
» MALARGüE (ARGENTINA) - In a vast valley at the foot of the Andes, Antonio Sazo counts his goats, having ushered them down mountain slopes in the south of the Argentine province of Mendoza, where climate change forces them higher every year in order to graze.