8 killed when helicopter helping Indonesian volcano victims crashes
Associated Press Published 3:42 a.m. ET July 3, 2017 | Updated 3:42 a.m. ET July 3, 2017Members of the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) hold FDR (Flight Data Recorder) of a crashed rescue helicopter in Temanggung, Central Java province, Indonesia, Monday, July 3, 2017.(Photo: AP)JAKARTA, Indonesia - A rescue helicopter crashed while heading to help evacuate residents near an active volcano on Indonesia’s main island, killing all eight people on board, offici..>> view originalQatar is given a further 48 hours to meet Gulf demands
Image copyright BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI Image caption Qatar's foreign minister is in Kuwait to deliver a formal response to the demands Saudi Arabia and three other Arab states have extended the deadline for Qatar to accept a list of demands, or face further sanctions, by 48 hours.The initial deadline for Qatar to agree to the group's 13 demands, including the shutting down of the Al Jazeera news network, expired on Sunday.The Gulf state, which denies fund..>> view originalTrump Presses Xi for Help in Addressing 'Growing Threat' of North Korea
But Mr. Trump acknowledged recently that those efforts had failed. As a result, he has sharply escalated pressure on Mr. Xi to do more to punish the North. The Trump administration last week imposed sanctions on a Chinese bank, accusing it of acting as a conduit for illicit North Korean financial activity. And Washington has taken a series of additional steps recently seen as affronts to Beijing, including accusing the Chinese government of human rights violations and selling $1.4 billion in we..>> view originalProtesters plan to 'kettle' leaders at G20 summit in Hamburg
Protesters plan to take advantage of the decision to hold this week’s G20 summit in a crowded inner-city area of Hamburg and copy police crowd control tactics to “kettle Trump, Putin and Erdoğan”. Authorities in Germany’s second-largest city are preparing for the arrival of an unprecedented line-up of controversial world leaders, as well as protest groups eager to voice dissent on 7 and 8 July. Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet at the summit, and Germany will try to push climate change ..>> view originalIllinois House passes $5 billion tax package
CHICAGO Illinois' Democratic-controlled House of Representatives passed big, permanent income-tax rate increases on Sunday with the help of some Republican votes as the cash-strapped state scrambled to piece together a budget and revenue plan to stave off a bond rating downgrade to junk. The $5 billion tax package, which passed in a 72-45 vote, would boost the personal income tax rate to 4.95 percent from 3.75 percent and the corporate rate to 7 percent from 5.25 percent. It would also clos..>> view originalThe Latest: Police say group from Germany aboard crashed bus
Fire fighters and rescuers stand beside a burnt-out coach on the motorway A9 near Muenchberg, southeastern Germany, Monday, July 3, 2017 after a bus crashed into a truck and caught fire. (Nicolas Armer/dpa via AP) (Associated Press) By Associated Press By Associated Press July 3 at 6:40 AM BERLIN — The Latest on bus-truck collision in Germany (all times local): 12:30 p.m. German police say they believe that 18 people died in a Bavarian bus accident after the bus rammed into a truck an..>> view originalRecent developments surrounding the South China Sea
BEIJING — A look at recent developments in the South China Sea, where China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons in waters crucial for global commerce and rich in fish and potential oil and gas reserves: ___ EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a weekly look at the latest developments in the South China Sea, the location of several territorial conflicts that have raised tensions in the region. ___ CHINA’S LIAONING AIRCRAFT CARRIER HEADED SOUTH ON TRAI..>> view originalAvignon shooting: Eight injured near French mosque
Image copyright Reuters Image caption A seven-year-old girl was reportedly among those injured in the attack in Avignon, France Eight people have been injured in a shooting outside a mosque in southern France, officials have confirmed.Worshippers leaving the Arrahma mosque in Avignon were approached by two hooded suspects at about 22:30 local time (21:30 GMT) on Sunday.The suspects, carrying a handgun and a shotgun, arrived in a Renault Clio before op..>> view originalAs Trump wages war on the media, the echoes of Erdogan grow louder
Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know? Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter. There is a surreal goofiness to President Trump’s relentless war on America’s mainstream media. The disgruntled president responds to negative covfefe with cheesy hashtags and nicknames for his perceived adversaries: There’s “psycho” Joe Scarborough and “low I.Q. crazy” Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC, the “faili..>> view originalMacron to make US-style State of the Union address
Amid the spectacular beauty and opulence of the Palace of Versailles, the French president will address leaders of both houses of parliament in a US-style State of the Union address.The palace has already played host to Macron's chastising of Russia's President Putin, but now it appears set to welcome yet another episode in the new president's charm offensive.But it is not just the majestic setting of the palace that makes Macron's decision to speak at Versailles so intriguing, but the symbolism..>> view original
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