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Trump says Secret Service and the military wanted him off Air Force One in Turkey due to threat
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he slipped away from Air Force One after a trip last month in Turkey because the Secret Service and military wanted him on a “different plane” due to a threat that he insisted didn't scare him.Trump downplayed the extraordinary nature of the subterfuge involved in his flight, which saw him stow away in an airport catering container to sneak onto another plane while Air Force One was sent into the sky, essentially as a decoy.
He also downplayed the risk to the people — White House officials, security and... Read More
Shares are mostly higher in Asia, with Kospi up 3.7%, while oil prices gain
BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday after U.S. stocks slipped a bit further from their records, while oil prices advanced as doubts persisted over when the war with Iran will allow crude to flow freely again.Tokyo's Nikkei 225 gained 0.8% to 67,524.06.
In South Korea, the Kospi gained 3.7% to 6,579.04 on renewed buying of computer chipmakers. Samsung Electronics gained 6.7% and memory chipmaker SK Hynix was up 5.5%.
Taiwan's Taiex advanced 0.9%.
The Shanghai Composite index added 0.3% to 3,946.68, while the Hang Seng in Hong... Read More
Luxon survives another leadership vote months before New Zealand's election
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said Wednesday that he survived a leadership vote prompted by a challenge from his defense minister less than three months before an election.The vote took place during a hastily convened meeting of Luxon’s center-right National Party lawmakers at Parliament in Wellington, which was held behind closed doors and ran for more than three hours. Luxon then emerged flanked by his lawmakers to give a brief statement and departed without taking any questions from reporters.
“There was a... Read More
Kosovo begins excavations at newly found mass graves tied to 1998-99 war missing
KALLUDER E VOGEL, Kosovo (AP) — Erblin Ademi watched from afar as workers excavated recently discovered mass graves from the 1998-99 war in Kosovo. Nearly 30 years after his father went missing, Ademi both feared and wished that his remains will finally be found.Ademi was just 9 when he last saw his father, Adem Ademi, a prominent surgeon who disappeared along with 22 other intellectuals in April 1999, just months before the end of the war. Some 1,600 people are still missing from the conflict, believed scattered in unmarked mass graves, and Ademi's family had endured years of... Read More
Thai government orders gun control review after 2 deadly shootings near Bangkok
BANGKOK (AP) — The Thai government on Wednesday pledged to tighten gun controls and crack down on illegal firearms after two deadly shootings near Bangkok in less than a week renewed pressure on authorities to curb gun violence.The country has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in Asia despite its fairly restrictive gun laws. The two recent shootings, both in Nonthaburi province northwest of the capital Bangkok, have intensified calls for tougher enforcement and tighter controls on firearms.
A student opened fire at his high school and family home on Friday,... Read More
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