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BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombian superstar Shakira committed Monday to help rebuild at least 10 schools in a remote and hard-hit region of her home country after it suffered a devastating earthquake last week that killed hundreds and affected thousands of educational sites across western Colombia. The globally recognized “Hips Don’t Lie” musician made the pledge during a surprise visit to Quibdó, the capital of the Colombian province of Chocó, […]

LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has been reelected for a second five-year term, the Electoral Commission of Zambia announced early Tuesday. He was declared the outright winner of last Thursday’s presidential election without the need for a run-off, having secured 61.4% of the 5 million votes cast. According to the commission, Hichilema won with 2,965,326 votes and his closest competitor was opposition leader Brian Mundubile, who won […]

Thirteen former or current Penn State University students were criminally charged Monday on allegations they participated in a cocaine-trafficking ring that involved two fraternities, authorities said. Two of them, who were the main suppliers, made routine trips to Philadelphia and New York to get large amounts of cocaine, according to the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office. The cocaine was then packaged mainly at the Sigma Chi and Delta Upsilon fraternity houses […]

SINGAPORE, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Ship crossings via the Strait of Hormuz were still in single digits on Monday, despite rising slightly from the weekend, according to preliminary shipping data on Tuesday, amid a stalemate in U.S. and Iranian peace talks. Six commodity ships transited the strait on Monday, of which three were exiting the Gulf and three were entering, Kpler shiptracking data showed, compared with the 10-day average of […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s decision to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea does not just slight a longtime ally but raises broader concerns about the security interests of the United States in Asia and elsewhere. Trump explained his decision by citing South Korea’s refusal to join his war against Iran and pointing to what he said was his good relationship with North Korea’s reclusive dictator, a […]

MANILA, Aug 18 (Reuters) – The mayor of the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga said there had been a shooting incident at a high school on Tuesday. There were two casualties, both students, one of whom was the gunman, Mayor Khymer Adan Olaso told DZMM radio. (Reporting by Karen Lema; Editing by John Mair) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

SEOUL, Aug 18 (Reuters) – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung called on Tuesday for stronger independent defence capabilities, while saying annual civil-defence exercises coinciding with joint U.S.-South Korea military drills were defensive and not intended to threaten North Korea. The remarks came after U.S. President Donald Trump instructed the Pentagon to “substantially reduce” the joint military exercises with South Korea, and said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had […]

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE, Aug 18 (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar held near multi-month lows against most major currencies on Tuesday as traders walked back expectations of near-term monetary tightening, although the imminent threat of an escalation in the Middle East war left sentiment fragile. The euro fetched $1.1581 in early Asian hours, not far from the two-month high of $1.1614 it touched on Monday. Sterling was at $1.3548, just […]

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge ordered on Monday the release of a Kentucky woman who was accused of vandalism at the World War Two Memorial ‌in Washington last week, court records showed. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, the top federal prosecutor in Washington, criticized the order that led to the release of the woman, Melissa Farris, 41, who was taken ​into custody last week and […]