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Japan says it hopes Mattis visit strengthens regional security

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 05:28 PM PST

U.S. Defense Secretary Mattis shakes hands with Japan's Defense Minister Inada during their meeting at the Defense Ministry in TokyoJapanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada said on Saturday she hoped a visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to South Korea and Japan this week, his first overseas trip since taking office, would lead to deeper security ties. Inada spoke at the start of talks with Mattis, who on Friday reaffirmed Washington's commitment to its mutual defense treaty with Japan when he met Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo. "South Korea is an important neighbor," Inada added.


Divided on Trump, EU insists on European unity

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 12:01 PM PST

EU leaders visit a vantage point overlooking Valletta during a break in the European Union leaders summit in MaltaBy Alastair Macdonald and Gabriela Baczynska VALLETTA (Reuters) - European Union leaders said they agreed to stick together in dealing with Donald Trump, but at their first summit since he took office they were at odds on how far to confront or engage with the new U.S. president. Trump and his policies, from questioning the value of NATO and free trade to banning Muslim refugees, came up repeatedly in discussions in Malta on external "challenges" facing the Union. British Prime Minister Theresa May, about to lead her country out of the EU, briefed peers on her visit to Washington last week and assured them Trump was committed to cooperating in their defense -- just as Britain would also be after Brexit.


France's Le Pen kicks off election campaign at Lyon rally

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 04:05 PM PST

Members of the National Front youths put up posters of Marine Le Pen in LyonBy Ingrid Melander LYON, France (Reuters) - France's far-right party leader Marine Le Pen kicks off her presidential campaign on Saturday, hoping a manifesto focused on promises to shield voters from globalisation can boost her election chances at a time of turmoil in French politics. Opinion polls see the 48-year old daughter of National Front (FN) founder Jean-Marie Le Pen topping the first round of the presidential election on April 23 but then losing the May 7 run-off to a mainstream candidate.


Trump administration tightens Iran sanctions, Tehran hits back

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 03:35 PM PST

President Trump talks to journalists members of the travel pool on board Air Force One during trip to Palm Beach, Florida while flying over South CarolinaBy Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Friday imposed sanctions on Iran, which it said were just "initial steps" and said Washington would no longer turn a "blind eye" to Iran's hostile actions. The sanctions on 25 individuals and entities were the opening salvo by President Donald Trump who has vowed a more aggressive policy against Tehran and came two days after the administration had put Iran 'on notice' following a ballistic missile test. "The Trump Administration will no longer tolerate Iran's provocations that threaten our interests," National Security Advisor Michael Flynn said.


Abadi fends off calls by Iran allies in Iraq to react to Trump travel ban

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 01:49 PM PST

FILE PHOTO: Iraq's PM al-Abadi listens to remarks to reporters by Obama after bilateral meeting in Oval Office at White House in WashingtonBy Maher Chmaytelli and Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's prime minister has squashed a move by pro-Iranian factions in his government who wanted to retaliate against President Donald Trump's travel ban. For Haider al-Abadi, the situation had looked difficult on Sunday night. At a meeting of the most powerful Shi'ite leaders and their representatives, he faced calls to respond in kind to the ban affecting seven mainly Muslim nations, including Iraq.


French soldier shoots, wounds machete-wielding attacker at Paris Louvre

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 01:28 PM PST

Police officers patrol at the pyramid outside the Louvre museum in Paris,Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. Paris police say a soldier has opened fire outside the Louvre Museum after he was attacked by someone, and the area is being evacuated. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)By Michel Rose and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - A French soldier shot and seriously wounded a man armed with machetes who attacked him on Friday near the entrance to the Paris Louvre museum shouting Allahu Akbar (God is greatest), in what President Francois Hollande said was a terrorist attack. Police inquiries had established that the man, who was hovering between life and death after being shot, was a 29-year-old Egyptian who arrived in France on Jan. 26 after obtaining a tourist visa in Dubai, the Paris prosecutor said. Police have searched an apartment the man had rented in Paris and are now working to establish whether he acted alone, on impulse, or on orders from someone, prosecutor Francois Molins told a news conference on Friday night.


Brendan Steele, Byeong Hun An share Phoenix Open lead

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 05:45 PM PST

Byeong Hun An, of Korea, reacts to his shot rolling short of the hole from the 15th fairway during the second round of the Phoenix Open golf tournament, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Brendan Steele and Byeong Hun An led the way at golf's biggest party, Phil Mickelson had a classic Lefty adventure, and Justin Thomas cooled off in the desert.


Canada, Britain all-square after Davis Cup Day 1

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 05:26 PM PST

Canada's Vasek Pospisil returns against Kyle Edmund of Great Britain during their World Group Davis Cup first round match, at TD Place in Ottawa, Ontario, on February 3, 2017Dan Evans, coming off his first ATP final last month in Sydney, got Britain off to a winning start before Canada's Vasek Pospisil made it 1-1 after the first day of their World Group Davis Cup tie. Evans opened the first-round clash on Friday with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Denis Shapovalov. The 26-year-old from Birmingham needed only one hour and 50 minutes to dispatch 234th-ranked Israeli-born left-hander Shapovalov, Evans denying the Canadian teenager on his only two break chances of the match in the second set.


2nd Mexican human rights activist killed in same township

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 05:24 PM PST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities say a second human rights activist has been killed in the same township in northern Mexico where the first one died two weeks ago.

Falcons' young defense could be key against Patriots

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 05:10 PM PST

Atlanta Falcons outside linebacker Philip Wheeler (41) takes in the sun as he prepares to put his helmet on during a practice for the NFL Super Bowl 51 football game Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, in Houston. Atlanta will face the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl Sunday. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)ATLANTA (AP) — The popular thinking is the Atlanta Falcons' only path to their first Super Bowl championship is to win a high-scoring game against New England.


Patriots locked in to proven approach entering Super Bowl 51

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 04:53 PM PST

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady participates in a drill during practice for the NFL Super Bowl 51 football game Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, in Houston. The Patriots will face the Atlanta Falcons in the Super Bowl Sunday. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)HOUSTON (AP) — Ten words have driven Patriots coach Bill Belichick since he arrived in New England 17 years ago. And they are 10 words he leans on when queried about what's gone into making his team an annual threat to hoist the Lombardi Trophy.


Seattle judge blocks Trump immigration order

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 04:48 PM PST

Opponents of U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order travel ban greet international travelers at Logan Airport in BostonBy Dan Levine and Scott Malone SEATTLE/BOSTON (Reuters) - A federal judge in Seattle on Friday put a nationwide block on U.S. President Donald Trump's week-old executive order barring nationals from seven countries from entering the United States. The judge's temporary restraining order represents a major challenge to Trump's action, although his administration could still appeal the ruling and have the policy upheld. The Seattle judge, James Robart, made his ruling effective immediately on Friday, suggesting that travel restrictions could be lifted straight away.


Brazil's ex-first lady, central to Lula's career, dies at 66

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 04:43 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2008 file photo, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, talks with his wife Marisa Leticia at a ceremony in memory of the Holocaust at the Itamaraty Palace in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The former first lady, a constant and strong presence at the side of her husband during his rise to the presidency and his recent fall, has died on Feb. 3, 2017, hospital authorities said. (AP Photo/Ricardo Moraes)SAO PAULO (AP) — Former Brazilian first lady Marisa Leticia Lula da Silva, a constant and strong presence at the side of husband Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during his rise to the presidency and his recent fall, died on Friday. She was 66.


Blip, or was this the year fans started tuning out the NFL?

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 04:39 PM PST

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, right, answers a question from a fan about marijuana use during a fan forum for the NFL Super Bowl 51 football game Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)HOUSTON (AP) — It may have been a blip, explained as much by the must-watch presidential debates as by some wholesale turn away from football. Or, decades from now, 2016 could be remembered as the season fans started falling out of love with the NFL.


Iraqi 'speechless' after 7-year-wait to get into US

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 04:30 PM PST

Munther Alaskry sits in the lobby of his New York hotel as his son Hassan naps behind him on a couch, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. Alaskry and his family arrived at New York's Kennedy Airport after the Trump administration reversed course and said he and other interpreters who supported the U.S. military could come to America. They spent nearly a week in limbo in Baghdad, thinking their hopes of starting a new life free from death threats had been shattered.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK (AP) — Munther Alaskry first bonded with American Marines over a shared love of Metallica. He later cleared roads of bombs for U.S. troops and translated for them, helping the military navigate his war-torn country.


Party of Haiti president-elect wins majority of parliament

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 04:24 PM PST

Election officials count ballots at a polling station during the local and legislative elections, in the Roger Ladoceur School, in the commune of Delmas in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, on January 29, 2017Port-au-Prince (AFP) - The party of President-elect Jovenel Moise won a majority in both houses of Haiti's parliament according to results announced Friday, just days before he takes the oath of office. Moise's political party and its allies took the majority of parliament following last weekend's partial legislative elections. The results finally give Haiti a full parliament after an electoral marathon that has lasted for well over a year, just in time for Moise's swearing-in on Tuesday.


Top Asian News 12:12 a.m. GMT

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 04:12 PM PST

CHICAGO (AP) — A Singapore teen seeking asylum after blog posts mocking his government landed him jail will remain in U.S. custody until a Chicago immigration court hearing next month. Amos Yee's attorneys said Friday that immigration authorities denied a request for his release. He's been detained since Dec. 16 when he was taken into custody at O'Hare International Airport. His hearing is March 7. Attorney Sandra Grossman submitted his asylum application this week, saying it was unclear whether he'd be released from an Illinois jail during the proceedings. She says he'll be imprisoned longer in the U.S. than he was in Singapore.

Lawyer: Singapore teen seeking asylum detained until hearing

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 04:10 PM PST

CHICAGO (AP) — A Singapore teen seeking asylum after blog posts mocking his government landed him jail will remain in U.S. custody until a Chicago immigration court hearing next month.

Hawaiian Airlines jet was forced to avoid Cessna on takeoff

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 04:10 PM PST

HONOLULU (AP) — Officials say a Hawaiian Airlines jet carrying 130 people was forced this week to avoid a small plane that was taking off without clearance.

Factbox: France's Le Pen sets out presidential election manifesto

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 04:09 PM PST

France's far-right National Front will combine the proposed euro exit at the heart of its economic platform with unorthodox policies including money printing, which party leader Marine Le Pen will unveil at a rally this weekend. Here are some of the key parts of the anti-immigration, anti-EU party's manifesto for the April and May presidential election, based on comments by National Front (FN) officials ahead of its publication at the weekend. 6 MONTHS TO RENEGOTIATE THE EU OR GO FOR "FREXIT" * Election to be immediately followed by six months of talks with European Union partners with the aim to radically change France's membership of the bloc and turn it into a loose cooperative of countries: no more euro, border-free area, EU budget rules or pre-eminence of EU law.

Lindsey Vonn, Lara Gut pursue overdue gold at ski worlds

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 04:02 PM PST

Switzerland's Lara Gut smiles in the finish area after completing an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill race, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)GENEVA (AP) — Their speed-race duel lit up the 2009 ski world championships, yet neither Lindsey Vonn nor Lara Gut has won a gold medal since at the two-yearly event.


Mexico, Turkey speed up free trade negotiations

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 04:01 PM PST

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (L), shakes hands with Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray, during a press conference at the Foreign Ministry building in Mexico City on February 3, 2017Mexico and Turkey agreed on Friday to speed up negotiations for a free trade agreement in the wake of protectionist threats from US President Donald Trump. Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray and his visiting Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu said the two governments have held seven rounds of talks and will meet again in the coming weeks. "Today, more than ever, Mexico is open to the world and Mexico wants to build and strengthen its trade and investment ties with every country that we are friends with, regardless of geographic distance," he said.


Brazil's Lula to hold vigil for late wife Saturday

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 03:56 PM PST

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) and Brazilian First Lady Marisa Leticia take part in a rally to celebrate International Labour Day in Sao Paulo, Brazil in May 2010Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will hold a vigil Saturday for his late wife Marisa Leticia before her remains are cremated, he said. The former first lady's funeral arrangements were released on Lula's social media accounts after the Sirio-Libanes hospital in Sao Paulo officially confirmed she was brain dead following a day of tests. Marisa Leticia, a veteran labor activist like her husband who was first lady from 2003 to 2011, was pronounced brain dead on Thursday, a condition her doctors said was irreversible.


Colombian police arrest teen accused of scores of murders

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 03:44 PM PST

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Police in Colombia have arrested a 17-year-old accused of carrying out more than 30 murders.

Puerto Rico gov approves referendum in quest for statehood

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 03:40 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2016 file photo, Ricardo Rossello, then candidate for governor of Puerto Rico and president of the New Progressive Party, participates in a forum organized by the Gasoline Retailers Association in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Puerto Ricans are getting another shot at voting on statehood after governor Rossello on Friday, Feb. 3 2017, approved a non-binding referendum to determine the U.S. territory's political future.(AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Ricans are getting another shot at voting on statehood after the island's governor on Friday approved a non-binding referendum to determine the U.S. territory's political future.


Marseille misses chance to move up to 5th place in Ligue 1

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 03:39 PM PST

PARIS (AP) — Marseille paid the price for leaving key players on the bench as it lost away to struggling Metz 1-0 in the French league on Friday.

AP sources: Firm's sale holds up financier's White House job

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 03:37 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2017, file photo, Anthony Scaramucci speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Scaramucci, a Republican donor and colorful surrogate for President Donald Trump, was told he will not be tapped to head the office that coordinates the administration's outreach the business community and other interest groups. Scaramucci will instead receive a different yet-to-be-determined administration job, although the timing remains uncertain, according to two people familiar with the decision. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)NEW YORK (AP) — A prominent New York financier poised to become a key liaison between the White House and Wall Street won't be taking the role, thanks to a complicated review of the sale of his firm to a Chinese company.


6N: Wales need to hit ground running against Italy in opener

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 03:28 PM PST

Ideally for Wales, it will get in and get out of Rome with a bonus-point win on Sunday.

NYC couple plead guilty in Hawaii wrinkle-reducing scheme

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 03:19 PM PST

HONOLULU (AP) — A New York City couple pleaded guilty to charges of illegally injecting women in Honolulu with wrinkle-reducing drugs similar to Botox and attempting to smuggle to South Korea nearly $80,000 cash hidden in sanitary napkin containers, federal prosecutors said.

U.S. conference on Libya postponed over Trump travel ban: organizers

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 03:19 PM PST

A man participates in prayers during an interfaith action and the Jummah prayer outside Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy Airport in New YorkA high-profile conference on Libya planned for mid-February in Washington has been postponed, the organizers said on Friday, citing U.S. President Donald Trump's temporary ban on nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries, including Libya, from entering the United States. The Feb. 16 conference titled "Libya-U.S. Relations 2017: New Vision, Hope and Opportunities," and co-hosted by the National Council on U.S.-Libya Relations, had listed Libyan speakers, including two former prime ministers and the head of the National Oil Corporation (NOC). As a result of the executive order, "banning Libyan citizens from entrance to the USA, it will not be feasible for the full complement of speakers, sponsors and guests to be in Washington, D.C., as originally planned," a statement from the conference organizers said.


Canada's Hudson's Bay makes takeover approach for Macy's: sources

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 03:05 PM PST

File photo of people lining up at the entrance of Macy's Herald Square ahead of early opening for Black Friday sales in ManhattanWhile the Toronto-based company faces major financing and operating challenges in completing a deal to buy Macy's, which is trying to overhaul its operations, it could use its existing foothold in the U.S. to save on administrative costs and have more negotiating power with its vendors. Shares of Macy's closed up 6.4 percent at $32.69 on Friday. Hudson's Bay rose to C$10.39.


Judge declines to extend Trump travel ban restraining order

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 03:05 PM PST

BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge in Boston has refused to extend a temporary injunction against President Donald Trump's travel ban.

Davis Cup: Italy leads champion Argentina 2-0

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 03:00 PM PST

Italy's Andreas Seppi celebrates his victory over Argentina's Carlos Berlocq after a Davis Cup first round tennis match in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Defending Davis Cup champion Argentina fell behind Italy 2-0 in their first-round tie on Friday.


Thousands of Romanians protest diluted graft law for 4th day

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 02:38 PM PST

A man waves a large Romanian flag during a protest joined by tens of thousands against a government decree that dilutes what qualifies as corruption, in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017. Huge protests erupted in the capital and spread to cities around Romania in the past two nights after the government changed the law — one of the biggest protests in Romania since communism ended in 1989. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters again took to the streets of Bucharest and other Romanian cities on Friday, blowing whistles, waving giant national flags and booing at giant puppets of politicians they hold responsible for a decree to dilute the country's anti-corruption fight.


Young Romanians protest for their futures

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 02:34 PM PST

People protest controversial decrees to pardon corrupt politicians in front of the government headquarters in Bucharest on February 3, 2017Romania's latest government has been in office barely a month and the country is already experiencing its biggest protests since 1989 -- but Laura, an demonstrator in her 30s, is upbeat. An estimated 200,000-250,000 protested on Friday, a similar crowd side to Wednesday, which saw Romania's biggest demonstrations since the fall of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989.


Soldiers thwart attack on Louvre, tourists held in lockdown

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 02:29 PM PST

Police officers patrol at the pyramid outside the Louvre museum in Paris,Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. Paris police say a soldier has opened fire outside the Louvre Museum after he was attacked by someone, and the area is being evacuated. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)PARIS (AP) — Paris was plunged into panic — again — when soldiers guarding the Louvre Museum shot an attacker who lunged at them with two machetes on Friday and shouted "Allahu Akbar!" as the historic landmark went into lockdown.


On loan from Leverkusen, Papadopoulos scores for Hamburg win

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 02:26 PM PST

Hamburg's Mergim Mavraj, right, and Leverkusen's goalkeeper Bernd Leno battle for the ball during the Bundesliga soccer match between Hamburger SV and Bayer Leverkusen at the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg, Germany, Friday Feb. 3, 2017. (Axel Heimken/dpa via AP)HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — On loan from Bayer Leverkusen, defender Kyriakos Papadopoulos scored against the side to earn Hamburger SV a 1-0 victory in the Bundesliga on Friday.


Investigators believe Louvre attacker is Egyptian

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 02:14 PM PST

French police officers and soldiers patrol in front of the Louvre museum in Paris on February 3, 2017 after a soldier shot and gravely injured a man who tried to attack himFrench investigators believe the man who launched a machete attack outside the Louvre in Paris, before being shot and wounded by a soldier, is a 29-year-old Egyptian who entered the country on a tourist visa. The incident has thrust security and the terror threat back into the limelight three months before elections in France, with authorities saying it was a "terrorist" assault. The attacker, in a black t-shirt bearing a skull design and armed with two 40-centimetre (16-inch) machetes, lunged at four patrolling French soldiers while shouting "Allahu Akbar" ("God is greatest"), Paris prosecutor Francois Molins told a press conference.


Davis Cup: Serbia leads Russia 2-0

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 02:10 PM PST

NIS, Serbia (AP) — Novak Djokovic was struggling before Daniil Medvedev retired with cramps and handed Serbia a 2-0 lead against Russia in their Davis Cup first-round tie on Friday.

Banks lead stock surge as investors hope for regulation cuts

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 02:05 PM PST

FILE - This Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, file photo shows the Wall Street entrance of the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. stocks are climbing Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, morning after the government said employers hired more workers last month, another positive sign for the U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Banks and other financial companies made big gains Friday after President Donald Trump moved to scale back regulations on the financial industry. Other stocks also rose as investors were also pleased that employers hired workers at a faster pace in January.


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