News / World by Press Association 27/05/2018, 7:46 am FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmail Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter Police in Pakistan say they have killed six “terrorists” behind a bomb attack in the eastern city of Lahore last year. Police spokesman Salim Khan says counter-terrorism police ambushed the suspected militants early on Sunday as they were travelling on motorcycles near the city of Gujrat, setting off a shootout in which three of the men escaped. He said they were members of the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar group and were behind a bombing in Lahore last year that killed 26 people, including nine police. He added that police seized weapons and explosive vests from the scene of the raid. Islamic extremists in Pakistan have carried out scores of attacks in recent years, mainly targeting security forces and religious minorities. Sign up to our Daily newsletter More from the Evening Express Men facing life for murdering four children … [Read more...] about Pakistan police kill six linked to bomb attack
Standoff drags on in Italy over new economy minister
Prospective Prime Ministerial Giuseppe Conte leaves his home in Rome on Saturday. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP The political standoff in Italy continued on Saturday over President Sergio Mattarella's refusal to approve the eurosceptic coalition's choice for economy minister. Three days after being appointed by Mattarella as prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, 53, has still not been able to form a government. Writing on Facebook late on Friday, League chief Matteo Salvini, who insists on naming the noted eurosceptic Paolo Savona, 81, as economy minister, was blunt. "I am really very angry," he raged. The far-right leader doubled down on Saturday, tweeting images of cartoons in German media lampooning Italy, writing: "The newspapers and German politicians insult us: Italian beggars, idlers, tax evaders, freeloaders and ungrateful. And we should choose an economy minister that suits them? No thanks!" Salvini reiterated his … [Read more...] about Standoff drags on in Italy over new economy minister
Trump Unbelievably Rips Dems For Immigrant Kids Being Separated From Parents
POLITICS 05/27/2018 01:23 am ET He's the one who launched the policy. By Mary Papenfuss Donald Trump has bashed the Democrats for a hugely controversial policy created by his own administration: separating undocumented immigrant children from their parents. He urged Americans in a Saturday morning tweet to “put pressure” on the Democrats to “end the horrible law that separates children from there [sic] parents.” Put pressure on the Democrats to end the horrible law that separates children from there parents once they cross the Border into the U.S. Catch and Release, Lottery and Chain must also go with it and we MUST continue building the WALL! DEMOCRATS ARE PROTECTING MS-13 THUGS.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 26, 2018 Despite what Trump tweeted, there is no law requiring children to be separated from their parents. The separation policy enacted by his own administration was put into effect this month. It was underscored in a … [Read more...] about Trump Unbelievably Rips Dems For Immigrant Kids Being Separated From Parents
Tencent chairman pledges to advance China chip industry after ZTE ‘wake-up’ call
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Tencent Holdings <0700.HK> chairman pledged to advance China’s semiconductor industry, saying the blow to ZTE Corp <000063.SZ> from Washington’s ban on U.S. firms supplying telecommunications company was a “wake-up” call, local media reported. China’s No.2 telecom equipment maker ZTE was banned in April from buying U.S. technology components for seven years for breaking an agreement reached after it violated U.S. sanctions against Iran and North Korea. American firms are estimated to provide 25-30 percent of the components used in ZTE’s equipment. While the U.S. administration said on Friday it had reached a deal to put ZTE back in business after the company pays a $1.3 billion fine and makes management changes, the plan has run into resistance in Congress, indicating ZTE was still far from out of the woods. Also, ZTE is yet to confirm the deal. “The recent ZTE incident made everyone more clearly realise … [Read more...] about Tencent chairman pledges to advance China chip industry after ZTE ‘wake-up’ call
North Korea Committed To Denuclearization, Kim Jong Un Tells South Korean President
May 27, 2:17 AM EDT Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury World By Himanshu Goenka @HimGoJourno 05/27/18 AT 2:15 AM North Korea is committed to denuclearization, its leader Kim Jon Un told South Korean President Moon Jae-in at a meeting Saturday between the two leaders. Kim also said he was still willing to meet President Donald Trump for the peace summit originally planned for June 12 in Singapore, but cancelled Thursday by Trump.The two Korean leaders met for the second time in a month to discuss an end to decades-old hostility between the two countries, and the venue for the Saturday talks was the North Korean part of the Panmunjom, the border village on whose South Korean side Kim and Moon met for their first historic meeting April 27."Chairman Kim Jong Un once again clearly affirmed that his commitment to complete denuclearization remains firm yesterday. What remains uncertain to Chairman Kim Jong Un is whether he can trust … [Read more...] about North Korea Committed To Denuclearization, Kim Jong Un Tells South Korean President