A second person has died during construction for Madonna’s upcoming concerts in Marseilles, France, authorities said Friday.
Second person dies after Madonna stage collapse
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Report: Urumqi bans illegal public assembly
A city in China’s far west that witnessed deadly protests last weekend has banned public assembly without police approval, state media reported. “Assemblies, marches and demonstrations on public roads and at public places in the open air are not allowed without the permission by police,” read a notice by the Public Security Bureau of Urumqi, the Xinhua news agency reported. Violent demonstrations in Urumqi on July 5 claimed at least 184 lives
Obama at G-8: Full recovery ‘still a ways off’
President Obama said Friday that leaders of the industrialized nations have agreed to continue fueling economic growth while strengthening regulatory measures but they also realize that full recovery is "still a ways off." Obama listed some of the achievements of the Group of Eight summit this week in Italy as the conference neared the end, and he stressed the need for collective action. In addition, the G8 nations agreed to stop the spread of nuclear weapons, set goals for reducing carbon monoxide emissions and invest $20 billion in food security
Report: One dead from quake in SW China
China recorded its first death Friday from a moderate earthquake that struck the country’s southwest the night before, state-run media reported.
Bombing kills 25 in Afghanistan
A truck rigged with explosives detonated near Afghanistan’s capital, killing 25 people Thursday morning, local officials said.
G-8 leaders focus on global warming
Leaders of the world’s leading industrialized nations are huddling with representatives of up-and-coming powerhouses to tackle global warming at an economic summit Thursday in Italy. U.S. President Barack Obama will lead the Major Economies Forum at the Group of Eight meetings in L’Aquila.
Pope blasts capitalism ahead of G-8 meeting
Pope Benedict XVI, on the eve of a global economic summit, lashed out at modern capitalism for being shortsighted and short on ethics. “Today’s international economic scene, marked by grave deviations and failures, requires a profoundly new way of understanding business enterprise,” the pontiff said in his third encyclical letter, “Charity in Truth,” which was released Tuesday.
Climate change report: ‘Seasons have changed’
They may live on separate continents, in different countries with differing cultures, but the same message is being echoed by the world’s poor, according to a new report by aid agency Oxfam.
How Should Europe Respond to Iran?
Europe used to be the good cop with Iran, engaging with the regime on tricky issues like its nuclear program while the bad cop, the U.S., rasped that Tehran was part of an “axis of evil.” But the European Union’s moderating stance has done it few favors in the wake of last month’s disputed Iranian elections. On Wednesday, Iran’s military chief of staff, Major General Hassan Firouz-Abadi, accused the E.U.
Death toll climbs in Italy train explosion
The death toll climbed to at least 12 in a gas explosion on a freight train in western Italy, officials said Tuesday. A child was among those killed, said Antonio Garufi, a local government official. The number of injured had risen to 36, with 16 in critical condition.