Month: March 2019

Mosque killer’s rifles bore white-supremacist references

The self-proclaimed racist who attacked a New Zealand mosque during Friday prayers in an assault that killed 49 people used rifles covered in white-supremacist graffiti and listened to a song glorifying a Bosnian Serb war criminal. These details highlight the toxic beliefs behind an unprecedented, live-streamed massacre, which […]

Mosque shooter a white nationalist seeking revenge

SYDNEY — The gunman behind at least one of the mosque shootings in New Zealand that left 49 people dead on Friday tried to make a few things clear in the manifesto he left behind: He is a 28-year-old Australian white nationalist who hates immigrants. He was set […]

Mass shootings at New Zealand mosques kill 49; 1 man charged

CHRISTCHURCH  — Mass shootings at two mosques full of worshippers attending Friday prayers killed 49 people on what the prime minister called “one of New Zealand’s darkest days,” as authorities charged one person, detained three others and defused explosive devices in what appeared to be a carefully planned […]

Six Nations set for dramatic finish as rugby shake-up looms

Uncertainty over what will happen on the field is accompanied by uncertainty off it as the Six Nations heads into this weekend’s ‘Super Saturday’ finale. That three teams, with leaders Wales in pole position, can still win the tournament with a round to go is a case for […]

Boeing suspends 737 MAX deliveries as France probes black boxes

US aerospace giant Boeing said Thursday it was suspending deliveries of its top-selling 737 MAX as French investigators took delivery of the black boxes from the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed all 157 passengers and crew. The MAX has been grounded worldwide following the disaster — the second […]

Hundreds shuffle out of last IS redoubt in east Syria

Hundreds of men, women and children trudged out of the Islamic State group’s last sliver of territory Thursday as US-backed Syrian fighters once again slowed their advance to crush the “caliphate”. All that remains of a once sprawling proto-state the jihadists declared in 2014 is a battered riverside […]

‘Why would you die?’ Bereaved seek answers at plane crash site

From a quiet farmland at the base of rolling hills outside Ethiopia’s capital, the sound of wailing rang through the air. Devastated mourners flung themselves onto a ground littered with business cards, seat covers and shards of aluminium. They cried the names of loved ones who had been […]

Facebook blames server problem for massive outage

Facebook blamed a “server configuration change” Thursday for a massive outage affecting its applications around the world and brought fresh attention to the embattled social networking leader. The outage affected users for at least 12 hours in most areas of the world, with the biggest impact in North […]

Trump expects China trade war decision within four weeks

President Donald Trump said Thursday that trade war negotiations with China should wrap up within four weeks and expressed optimism about striking a deal, as top negotiators held new phone talks. “We are doing very well with China talks,” he told reporters. “We are getting what we have […]

Bolsonaro to visit Trump to firm up conservative alliance

Brazil’s far right President Jair Bolsonaro will meet US counterpart Donald Trump next week to strengthen ties in the nascent regional conservative alliance aiming to ramp up the pressure on Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro. After decades of fractious relations between Brasilia and Washington, things have improved with the assumption […]

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