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France hunts for Strasbourg killer as alert level raised

PARIS, Dec 12 (BBC): France has issued a maximum level of alert as police hunt a gunman who opened fire at a Christmas market in the eastern city of Strasbourg.Three people were killed and 13 wounded, eight of them seriously.The gunman, 29, known to authorities as having been radicalised in...

Macron's proposal fails to impress protesters

PARIS, Dec 12 (New York Times): The fine print of President Emmanuel Macron's financial proposal, intended to end protests by France's middle class and working poor, was still sinking in Tuesday, but many of the protesters already were expressing disappointment and calling for new demonstrations this weekend.The president's speech Monday...

Pakistan rejects US blacklist for religious freedom violations

ISLAMABAD, Dec 12 (AFP): Pakistan on Wednesday rejected Washington's decision to place it on a blacklist of countries that violate religious freedom, branding it "politically motivated" and defending its treatment of minorities."Pakistan does not need counsel by any individual country (on) how to protect the rights of its minorities," a...

China detains ex-Canadian diplomat

BEIJING, Dec 12 (Reuters): A former Canadian diplomat has been detained in China, two sources said on Tuesday, and his current employer, the International Crisis Group, said it was seeking his prompt and safe release.Michael Kovrig's detention comes after police in Canada arrested the chief financial officer of China's Huawei...

Lawyers protest Kelly's detention

TOKYO, Dec 12 (AP): Lawyers for Greg Kelly, the American executive arrested last month with Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn on suspicion of underreporting Ghosn's pay, protested his prolonged stay in Japanese detention Wednesday.The Tokyo District Court confirmed it received the protest. Lawyers often file such protests in Japan, where...

Small islands plead for action at climate talks

KATOWICE, Dec 12 (AFP): Ministers from nations imperilled by rising seas and temperatures on Tuesday called for drastic action at UN climate talks deadlocked over a refusal by big polluters to embrace landmark environmental data.The COP24 summit in Poland is scheduled to finish at the end of the week but...

UN pushes for truce, aid at Yemen talks

RIMBO, Dec 12 (AFP): With 24 hours left before the scheduled close of UN-brokered talks on Yemen, mediators pushed Wednesday for a truce between warring parties as a crucial step to allow aid deliveries.Mediators are seeking a de-escalation of violence in two flashpoint cities: rebel-held Hodeida, a port city vital...

Wickremesinghe wins vote of confidence

COLOMBO, Dec 12 (AP): The former Sri Lankan prime minister whose October sacking by the president precipitated a political crisis has won a confidence vote in Parliament.Ranil Wickremesinghe received 117 votes in favour in the 225-member Parliament on Wednesday.The result is expected to increase pressure on President Maithripala Sirisena to...

News in Brief (13-12-2018)

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's former Prime Minister Najib Razak leaving a court on Oct 04 — Reuters file Najib, 1MDB ex-CEO facefresh graft chargesKULA LUMPUR, Dec12: Malaysian prosecutors on Wednesday filed new graft charges against former prime minister Najib Razak and the former chief executive of scandal-linked state fund 1MDB, in...