YEPPOON, Australia (AFP) - Two powerful cyclones roared ashore in Australia Friday leaving a trail of destruction with buildings severely damaged, trees uprooted and power lines downed, cutting electricity to thousands of people. Tropical Cyclone Marcia, a category five tempest, slammed into the Queensland coast just...
(Reuters) – Senior Pakistani army and diplomatic officials said on Thursday the Afghan Taliban have signaled through the Pakistani military that they are willing to open peace talks, which could begin later in the day. Sources in the Afghan Taliban said their negotiators would hold a...
(Reuters) – The victim of a racist incident involving Chelsea soccer fans in the Paris metro did not know the incident had been filmed and widely broadcast and will now lodge an official complaint with police, he told French daily Le Parisien. “I don’t speak a...
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says it will provide up to US$7 million in grants to finance regional public goods (RPGs) projects in Latin America and the Caribbean this year. It said the projects are aimed at resolving shared challenges and...
[caption id="attachment_3672" align="alignleft" width="300"] Nicki Minaj[/caption] NEW YORK, United States (AFP) - The tour manager of rapper Nicki Minaj was stabbed to death and another member of her entourage was seriously injured Wednesday in a bar fight, the artist and police said. Minaj, one of the most...