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North Korea military threatens physical response against U.S. THAAD deployment

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 03:19 PM PDT

A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched during a successful intercept testNorth Korea's military said on Monday it will take "physical response" to a move by the United States and South Korea to deploy the advanced THAAD missile defense system to the Korean peninsula to counter the threat from the North. The United States and South Korea said on Friday that the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system will be used as defense against North Korea's growing nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities.


Frontrunner in British PM race May vows corporate governance reforms

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 04:46 PM PDT

Britain's Home Secretary, Theresa May, delivers a speech at RUSI in LondonBy Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Theresa May, the favorite to succeed David Cameron as British prime minister, will pledge on Monday to overhaul corporate governance rules if elected, including putting workers on company boards and making shareholder votes on pay binding. Cameron said last month he was stepping down after voters rejected his bid to keep Britain in the European Union. Interior minister May is up against junior energy minister Andrea Leadsom in a leadership contest due to be decided by Sept. 9 in a vote by the Conservative Party's 150,000 grassroots members.


German ministry sees possible delay in signing missile defense contract

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 05:04 PM PDT

MEADS is pictured during a presentation at European Defense Group MBDA in SchrobenhausenGermany may not finish negotiations with Europe's MBDA and Lockheed Martin Corp on the MEADS missile defense system by the end of the year as planned, according to a document sent to lawmakers by a senior German defense ministry official. The document, dated July 8 and sent by State Secretary Ralf Brauksiepe, said it was unclear if the project could be submitted to the parliamentary budget committee by the end of this year, or if it would slip into early next year. Company officials told Reuters last month they hoped to submit a final contract proposal for the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) by the end of July and wrap up negotiations on the $4.5 billion project by year's end.


Israeli attorney-general orders inquiry linked to Netanyahu

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 01:02 PM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in JerusalemIsrael's attorney-general has ordered an inquiry into "matters" related to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the justice ministry said on Sunday, without saying what they were. The terse statement followed days of Israeli media speculation about possible official suspicions of misconduct by Netanyahu or by people close to him. Through his lawyer, Netanyahu - now serving his fourth term as prime minister - has denied any wrongdoing.


Renewed fighting erupts in South Sudan as fears of civil war mount

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 02:49 PM PDT

South Sudanese policemen and soldiers stand guard along a street following renewed fighting in South Sudan's capital JubaBy Denis Dumo JUBA (Reuters) - Renewed fighting erupted in South Sudan's capital on Sunday and forces loyal to Vice President Riek Machar said his residence was attacked by the president's troops, raising fears of a slide back into full-blown conflict in the five-year-old nation. There was no immediate response from the government of President Salva Kiir to the statement by Machar's spokesman. At least 272 people have been killed in the fighting, a Health Ministry source told Reuters early on Sunday.


Family of killed U.S. journalist Marie Colvin sues Syria

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 01:43 PM PDT

Rosemarie Colvin, the mother of journalist Marie Colvin, embraces a youth as her casket is is carried out of her funeral service as her looks on at St. Dominic's Church in Oyster Bay, New YorkBy Lisa Barrington BEIRUT (Reuters) - The family of American journalist Marie Colvin, who died in Syria in 2012, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in a U.S. court, accusing the Syrian government of deliberately killing her. Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs in 2012 while reporting on the Syrian conflict, now in its sixth year. The lawsuit, filed in Washington on Saturday and seen by Reuters, said Syrian officials deliberately targeted rockets against a makeshift broadcast studio where Colvin and other reporters were living and working.


FARC rebels injured in 'combat' with Colombian army: minister

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 05:24 PM PDT

Soldiers walk down a street of La Macarena, Meta department, Colombia, on February 23, 2016FARC rebels in Colombia have clashed with government forces in the center of the country, Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas said, as the two sides push to finalize a historic peace deal. A FARC patrol unit came upon an army rapid response team patrol and engaged," Villegas said on Sunday. The injured rebels were members of a delegation that was due to travel to the ongoing peace talks being held in Havana.


US frees Yemeni prisoner from Guantanamo, sends him to Italy

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 05:20 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 31, 2009 photo reviewed by the U.S. military and made through a window, flags wave above a sign posted at the entrance to Camp Justice, the site of the U.S. war crimes tribunal compound, on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. A Yemeni prisoner at Guantanamo Bay has been released after more than 14 years in custody and sent to Italy, the Pentagon said Sunday, July 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, Pool)MIAMI (AP) — A Yemeni prisoner at Guantanamo Bay was released and sent to Italy after more than 14 years in custody, the Pentagon said Sunday.


UN Security Council meets on South Sudan fighting

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 05:18 PM PDT

Children are seen resting as people wait to be registered as displaced persons, at a South Sudan Red Cross compound, on July 1, 2016The UN Security Council met behind closed doors on renewed fighting in the capital of South Sudan, as former rebels and government soldiers exchanged fire in several parts of Juba. The UNMISS mission was caught in the exchange of fire.


Column: Euro 2016 final again proves football's cruelty

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 05:09 PM PDT

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo grimaces on the ground after a clash with France's Dimitri Payet, 2nd left, during the Euro 2016 final soccer match between Portugal and France at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, Sunday, July 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Football is a cruel game. Sometimes even for its winners.


Goydos hangs on to win Dick's Open on Champions Tour

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 04:59 PM PDT

ENDICOTT, New York (AP) — Paul Goydos likes to say his golf game is two good rounds, then a mediocre one.

French police arrest 40 over Euro 2016 violence

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 04:59 PM PDT

French riot policemen walk during clashes near the fan zone of the Champs de Mars next to the Eiffel tower in Paris on July 10, 2016 during the Euro 2016 football tournament final match between Portugal and FranceFrench police arrested around 40 people for violence and other offences before and after France's defeat to Portugal in the Euro 2016 final in Paris on Sunday, police said. Police used tear gas and rounded up supporters who pelted them with bottles at the foot of the Eiffel Tower after they were refused entry to the fan zone, which was closed after it was packed to its 90,000 capacity, Paris police said. Other arrests took place outside the Stade de France where the match was played.


Poland's disappearing lakes fuel battle over coal mining

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 04:55 PM PDT

Drought and climate change, however, are feared to not be the only culprits, with mining of lignite, or brown coal, sapping underground waters and pitting residents against major energy company ZE PAK's proposal for another new mine. Grzegorz Skowroński, the mayor of Wilczyn, a municipality about 200 km (125 miles) west of Warsaw, said Lake Wilczyńskie's water level has fallen five metres (16.4 ft) since 2011 and is dropping up to four centimeters a week now. "The state of the lake today is catastrophic and nearby lakes are affected too as they are all inter-connected," Skowroński told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Urgency needed over U.N. goals to slash global poverty, inequality: think tank

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 04:50 PM PDT

By Joel Silverstein LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A global commitment to combat extreme poverty and inequality agreed in a blaze of publicity last year needs to be put into action before it is too late, a UK-based think tank on development and humanitarian issues warned on Monday. The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) warned in a report that slow implementation of the U.N.'s global goals, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), would stall advances against rising global inequality. U.N. member states agreed last September to a 15-year blueprint with 17 ambitious goals and 169 targets to try to tackle the world's most troubling problems.

Thousands flee heavy fighting in South Sudan capital

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 04:46 PM PDT

South Sudan has seen more fighting than peace since independence in July 2011Thousands fled heavy fighting in South Sudan's capital Juba on Sunday as government soldiers and former rebels traded fire in a return to hostilities that has claimed scores of lives, threatening a shaky peace deal. The battles are the first between the army and ex-rebels in Juba since rebel leader Riek Machar returned to take up the post of vice president in a unity government in April, under an accord to end a bloody civil war. The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting behind closed doors Sunday evening to discuss the situation.


France's poor finishing resurfaces at Euro 2016 final

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 04:34 PM PDT

France's Antoine Griezmann reacts after missing an opportunity to score during the Euro 2016 final soccer match between Portugal and France at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, Sunday, July 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Wasteful finishing came back to haunt France in the European Championship final against Portugal on Sunday, with even tournament top scorer Antoine Griezmann missing his chances.


Happy Ronaldo leaves European final in tears for 2nd time

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 04:34 PM PDT

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo holds up the trophy at the end of during the Euro 2016 final soccer match between Portugal and France at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, Sunday, July 10, 2016. Portugal won 1-0. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — This time, Cristiano Ronaldo cried with joy at a European Championship final and lifted the trophy as the winning captain.


Japan's ruling bloc wins landslide in upper house election

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 04:30 PM PDT

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is also leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), smiles as he puts a rosette on the name of a candidate who is expected to win the upper house election, at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo, JapanBy Linda Sieg and Minami Funakoshi TOKYO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition won a landslide victory on Sunday in an election for parliament's upper house, despite concerns about his economic policies and plans to revise the nation's post-war pacifist constitution for the first time. Final counts showed Abe's coalition, like-minded parties and independents had won the two-thirds "super majority" needed to try to revise the constitution's restraints on the military, a step that could strain ties with China, where memories of Japan's past militarism run deep. Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) fell one short of winning a simple majority, which would have increased its clout within the coalition.


Padres agree to $11M deal with 17-year-old Cuban pitcher

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 04:12 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The San Diego Padres have agreed to terms with 17-year-old Cuban pitcher Adrian Morejon on a deal that includes an $11 million signing bonus and is pending a physical.

N. Korea to take 'physical action' over US anti-missile system

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 04:10 PM PDT

Missiles during a mass military parade at Kim Il-Sung square in Pyongyang. North Korea was marking the 70th anniversary of its ruling Workers' PartyNorth Korea on Monday threatened to take "physical action" to counter a sophisticated US anti-missile system planned to be deployed in the South. "The DPRK will take a physical counter-action to thoroughly control THAAD... from the moment its location and place have been confirmed in South Korea," the artillery bureau of the North's military said in a statement, according to the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). North Korea's military, which has "sufficient latest offensive strike means", will take "more merciless and powerful successive corresponding measures against the US keen to ignite a war by deploying THAAD", it said.


UK Treasury chief visits United States for Wall Street talks

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 04:03 PM PDT

LONDON (AP) — Britain's Treasury chief is visiting the United States for talks with investors on Wall Street following Britain's decision to leave the European Union.

Dallas shooter planned larger attacks, police say

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 03:33 PM PDT

Former US army veteran Micah Johnson was killed by police after he shot dead five police officers in a gun rampage in DallasThe Dallas gunman was plotting a major bomb attack, authorities said Sunday, urging calm after 200 people were arrested in a new night of protests over police violence against blacks. Anger around America over the deaths of two black men at the hands of police in recent days -- the stated reason for the black Dallas gunman's deadly rampage targeting white officers -- showed no signs of abating with a prominent Black Lives Matter activist among those arrested. President Barack Obama cautioned protesting Americans against casting all police as racially biased, as the White House announced he would travel to Dallas on Tuesday to address an inter-faith memorial service.


The Latest: Victorious Portugal set for Confederations Cup

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 03:25 PM PDT

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo kisses the trophy at the end of the Euro 2016 final soccer match between Portugal and France at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, Sunday, July 10, 2016. Portugal won 1-0. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — The Latest from the European Championship (all times local):


Dallas gunman plotted bigger assault, taunted officers: chief

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 02:43 PM PDT

A Dallas police officer bows her head at the Joy Tabernacle A.M.E. church during Sunday service following the multiple police shootings in DallasThe U.S. military veteran who fatally shot five Dallas police officers was plotting a larger assault, possibly using explosives, and he taunted police and wrote on a wall in his own blood before being killed, authorities said on Sunday. Instead, Micah X. Johnson improvised and used his military training to gun down officers during a demonstration on Thursday evening, Dallas Police Chief David Brown told CNN. It was the deadliest day for U.S. law enforcement since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.


Venezuelans cross into Colombia searching for food

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 02:39 PM PDT

Venezuelans cross the Simon Bolivar bridge from San Antonio de Tachira, Venezuela to Cucuta, Colombia on July 10, 2016 to take advantage of its 12-hour opening, after it was closed by the Venezuelan government 11 months agoThousands of Venezuelans poured across the border into Colombia on Sunday to buy essential goods during a brief opening of the border that's been closed for nearly a year. After ordering the border closed last August for security reasons, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro authorized a maximum 12-hour opening of the pedestrian bridge that connects Tachira, Venezuela and Cucuta, Colombia. Economically ravaged Venezuela has suffered food and medicine shortages for months, a ripple effect from the falling price of oil, the country's primary export.


Murray's competitiveness helped him win 2nd Wimbledon title

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 02:28 PM PDT

Andy Murray of Britain kisses his trophy after beating Milos Raonic of Canada in the men's singles final on day fourteen of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Sunday, July 10, 2016. (Andy Couldridge/Pool Photo via AP)LONDON (AP) — There are many reasons for Andy Murray's second Wimbledon championship and third Grand Slam title, not least of which would be his ability to return Milos Raonic's big serves in the final.


Heavy arms fire rocks South Sudan capital, many casualties

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 05:38 PM PDT

Map locates Juba, South Sudan, site of gunfights; 1c x 3 inches; 46.5 mm x 76 mm;JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan's capital was rocked Sunday by heavy arms fire between forces loyal to the president and those of the vice president, causing widespread casualties and raising fears the country is returning to civil war.


Israel okays millions to West Bank settlements after attacks

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 01:42 PM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the decision to allocate some 50 million shekels ($12.8 million, 11.6 million euros) to "strengthen" the West Bank settlements of Hebron and Kiryat Arba, a Jewish settlement pictured on July 6, 2016Israel's government on Sunday approved nearly $13 million in financing for the West Bank settlements of Kiryat Arba and Hebron, officials said, following a wave of Palestinian attacks in the area. The decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing cabinet will see some 50 million shekels ($12.8 million, 11.6 million euros) allocated to "strengthen" the communities. "Government offices, I must note, have all been recruited to assist the residents who stand heroically in the face of vicious terrorism," Netanyahu said ahead of the approval.


Guapaza gets first US win in River Memories Stakes

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 01:31 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Guapaza got her first U.S. victory on Sunday, beating Trophee by a half length in the $95,000 River Memories Stakes for fillies and mares on the turf at Belmont Park.

Fowler tweets he's going to Olympics

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 01:29 PM PDT

FILE - In a June 30, 2016 file photo, Rickie Fowler tees off on the 18th hole during the first round of the Bridgestone Invitational golf tournament at Firestone Country Club, in Akron, Ohio. Fowler says on Twitter on Sunday, July 10, 2016, that he's going to the Olympics, and Patrick Reed said he would be joining him in Rio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)TROON, Scotland (AP) — Rickie Fowler took to Twitter to say he's going to the Olympics. Patrick Reed confirmed at the Scottish Open that he will join him in Rio.


Israel AG orders 'examination' into Netanyahu 'matter'

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 01:17 PM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on as he opens the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem's office on July 10, 2016Israel's Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit said on Sunday he had ordered an "examination" into an unspecified affair involving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after weeks of media speculation and rumours. "After receiving information on matters pertaining, among others, to the prime minister," Mandelblit met police and justice officials, after which he decided "to order an examination into the matter," a justice ministry statement read. "We stress that this is an examination and not a criminal investigation into the prime minister," it read.


US group celebrates Poles who saved Jews during Holocaust

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 01:16 PM PDT

Stanlee Stahl, left, executive vice president of the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, hugs Marian Turski, a Holocaust survivor, in Warsaw, Poland, on July 10, 2016. A group of Polish Christians who risked their lives to give aid to Jews during the Holocaust were brought together for a luncheon in Warsaw to be honored and celebrated by a U.S.-based Jewish organization that provides aid to these rescuers. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)WARSAW, Poland (AP) — One man is 101 years old. Others are in their 80s and 90s and arrived in wheelchairs, with a walker, or leaning for support on children who are themselves past middle age.


Egypt foreign minister meets Israel PM in rare visit

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 01:06 PM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) gives a joint statement with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry prior to their meeting at his Jerusalem office on July 10, 2016Egypt's foreign minister met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday on reviving peace efforts with the Palestinians, the first such visit in nearly a decade and the latest sign of warming ties. The trip came amid talk of renewing an Arab peace initiative and with Israel's military having recently saluted "unprecedented" intelligence cooperation with Egypt to combat the Islamic State group.


Obama urges greater respect, understanding after shootings

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 01:04 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama greets young girl as he meets troops, during a visit to Naval Station Rota in Cadiz, Spain, Sunday, July 10, 2016. Obama made a brief visit to Madrid and Naval Station Rota before heading back to Washington following the NATO Summit in Warsaw, Poland. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)MADRID (AP) — President Barack Obama on Sunday urged respect and restraint from Americans angered by the killing of black men by police, saying anything less does a "disservice to the cause" of ridding the criminal justice system of racial bias.


Turkish military strikes Islamic State, PKK targets

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 12:46 PM PDT

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish jets and artillery struck 10 Islamic State targets as they were preparing to fire on Turkey, the country's General Staff said Sunday.

WADA calls for 'quick action' after latest Kenya doping claims

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 12:41 PM PDT

Kenyan national athletes relax after their morning workout on January 11, 2016, at Iten, in the Rift Valley, some 329kms from the capital, NairobiThe World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) urged the Kenyan government to act "quickly in the interest of protecting clean sport" after the athletics powerhouse found itself caught in the eye of a fresh doping storm. A new investigation by German television channel ARD and Britain's Sunday Times newspaper alleged Saturday that doping is rife at the elite training centre in Iten. Over the past three years some 40 Kenyan athletes have failed doping tests, shredding their reputation for probity and laying bare the reality behind their reputation as the most dominant middle to long distance running nation in the world.


Next stages in UK Labour leadership contest

Posted: 10 Jul 2016 12:36 PM PDT

Opposition Labour Party MP Angela Eagle (L) will on Monday formally launch her bid to take over the left-of-centre party, now headed by Jeremy Corbyn (R)Britain's Angela Eagle was set Monday to launch a bid to unseat Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the main opposition Labour Party, part of the fallout of last month's Brexit vote. Corbyn, a veteran socialist who has been in the job since November, has been under pressure to resign over his lukewarm campaigning in favour of Britain remaining in the EU. On June 28, 172 of 230 Labour members of parliament approved a non-binding motion of no confidence in him, while 40 backed him to remain on as Labour leader.


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