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http://ift.tt/2riUHxa US President Donald Trump walks on stage with US first lady Melania Trump during Ford’s Theatre’s annual fundraiser June 4, 2017 in Washington, DC. Brendan Smialowski / AFP The US first couple has hardly gotten off to a conventional start. Now, after a period spent apart, it’s in for a very public test: life together in the Petri dish that is Washington. President Donald Trump, for instance, all but ignored First Lady Melania — left clambering out of a limo in a sumptuous, light blue designer dress and bearing a goodwill gift — as he bounded up the White House steps in January to greet President Barack Obama and wife Michelle on Inauguration Day. More recently the Slovenian former model appeared to swat away an outreached presidential hand as the couple walked along a red carpet upon arriving in Israel last month. The moment, captured on video during Trump’s first and very high profile overseas visit as president, quickly went viral. But now it seems i...

http://ift.tt/2riUHxa US President Donald Trump walks on stage with US first lady Melania Trump during Ford’s Theatre’s annual fundraiser June 4, 2017 in Washington, DC. Brendan Smialowski / AFP The US first couple has hardly gotten off to a conventional start. Now, after a period spent apart, it’s in for a very public test: life together in the Petri dish that is Washington. President Donald Trump, for instance, all but ignored First Lady Melania — left clambering out of a limo in a sumptuous, light blue designer dress and bearing a goodwill gift — as he bounded up the White House steps in January to greet President Barack Obama and wife Michelle on Inauguration Day. More recently the Slovenian former model appeared to swat away an outreached presidential hand as the couple walked along a red carpet upon arriving in Israel last month. The moment, captured on video during Trump’s first and very high profile overseas visit as president, quickly went viral. But now it seems i...

http://ift.tt/2riUHxa US President Donald Trump walks on stage with US first lady Melania Trump during Ford's Theatre's annual fundraiser June 4, 2017 in Washington, DC. Brendan Smialowski / AFP The US first couple has hardly gotten off to a conventional start. Now, after a period spent apart, it’s in for a very public test: life together in the Petri dish that is Washington. President Donald Trump, for instance, all but ignored First Lady Melania — left clambering out of a limo in a sumptuous, light blue designer dress and bearing a goodwill gift — as he bounded up the White House steps in January to greet President Barack Obama and wife Michelle on Inauguration Day. More recently the Slovenian former model appeared to swat away an outreached presidential hand as the couple walked along a red carpet upon arriving in Israel last month. The moment, captured on video during Trump’s first and very high profile overseas visit as president, quickly went viral. But now it...

http://ift.tt/2sdVFzO The two neighbouring communities have had intractable conflict over land for more than a century. Two persons were reportedly injured on Friday in a renewed clash between Aguleri and Umuleri communities in Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a residential building was also torched in the conflict while one person was shot in the leg and another reportedly inflicted with machete injuries. Our correspondent also reports that it was not clear from which of the divides the victims came from. But the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Samuel Okaula, said his command has restored calm in the area. Okaula also warned against any further breach of the peace. A source, who pleaded anonymity, said a joint task force of the army, police and civil defence had been deployed to the area. Meanwhile, the traditional ruler of Umuleri, Igwe Benneth Emeka, denied any killing. According to the monarch, security op...

http://ift.tt/2sdVFzO The two neighbouring communities have had intractable conflict over land for more than a century. Two persons were reportedly injured on Friday in a renewed clash between Aguleri and Umuleri communities in Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a residential building was also torched in the conflict while one person was shot in the leg and another reportedly inflicted with machete injuries. Our correspondent also reports that it was not clear from which of the divides the victims came from. But the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Samuel Okaula, said his command has restored calm in the area. Okaula also warned against any further breach of the peace. A source, who pleaded anonymity, said a joint task force of the army, police and civil defence had been deployed to the area. Meanwhile, the traditional ruler of Umuleri, Igwe Benneth Emeka, denied any killing. According to the monarch, security op...

http://ift.tt/2rSlxky German Chancellor Angela Merkel / AFP PHOTO / TOBIAS SCHWARZ Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday that Germany was “resolutely at Britain’s side” after the attack in London that left six people dead and almost 50 injured. “Today we are united across borders in horror and mourning, but also in determination,” Merkel said in a statement. “For Germany, I reiterate that in the fight against all forms of terrorism, we are resolutely at Britain’s side.” Three attackers drove a van into pedestrians on London Bridge, in the heart of the British capital, before jumping out and attacking revellers in a popular nightlife area with knives. Police shot dead all three assailants within minutes. The attack is the third to hit Britain since March and comes less than a fortnight after a suicide bomber killed 22 people at a concert in Manchester, in northwest England. “At this time, I am thinking of our British friends and everyone in London with solidarity and compass...

http://ift.tt/2rSlxky German Chancellor Angela Merkel / AFP PHOTO / TOBIAS SCHWARZ Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday that Germany was “resolutely at Britain’s side” after the attack in London that left six people dead and almost 50 injured. “Today we are united across borders in horror and mourning, but also in determination,” Merkel said in a statement. “For Germany, I reiterate that in the fight against all forms of terrorism, we are resolutely at Britain’s side.” Three attackers drove a van into pedestrians on London Bridge, in the heart of the British capital, before jumping out and attacking revellers in a popular nightlife area with knives. Police shot dead all three assailants within minutes. The attack is the third to hit Britain since March and comes less than a fortnight after a suicide bomber killed 22 people at a concert in Manchester, in northwest England. “At this time, I am thinking of our British friends and everyone in London with solidarity and compass...

http://ift.tt/2qjfy6z Mutinous soldiers patrol in the streets of Ivory Coast's central second city Bouake, in May 14, 2017. One person died Sunday after mutinous soldiers took to the streets in Ivory Coast's central second city Bouake as fresh tensions gripped the world's top cocoa grower. / AFP PHOTO / ISSOUF SANOGO Gunfire was heard early Monday in the Ivory Coast cities of Abidjan and Bouake, in the grip of a mutiny by ex-rebel soldiers, AFP journalists and witnesses said. In the economic capital of Abidjan, shots were fired at two military camps in Akouedo in the east of the city, which together form the country’s largest military barracks, a nearby resident said. Sustained gunfire was also heard in the second-largest city of Bouake, where one person died on Sunday from bullet wounds sustained in clashes between the former rebels, some of whom have now been integrated into the army, and those who have disarmed but are not integrated. The mutineers often fire...

http://ift.tt/2r3yK9q Italy's Finance minister Pier Carlo Padoan arrives for a G7 summit of Finance Ministers on May 11, 2017 in Bari.Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP G7 finance ministers turned their focus Saturday to combating cyber crime in what Italy’s Pier Carlo Padoan described as an “unfortunately very timely” discussion. The ministers were expected to commit to stepping up international cooperation on the issue after a global onslaught that hit computer systems in in nearly 100 countries on Friday. The ministers from the group of seven wealthy democracies will say that cyber incidents represent a growing threat to their economies and that tackling them should be a priority, Italian officials said. The talks, scheduled before Friday’s events, focused particularly on the potential threat to the global financial system in the event of hackers being able to infiltrate the computer systems that run the global banking system, capital and equity markets. The ministers, who also ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Boko Haram late on Friday released a video claiming to show the Chibok schoolgirls who refused to be rescued as part of a recent swap deal with the Nigerian government. In the three-minute video, a woman who claims to be Maida Yakubu, one of the schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in April 2014, is seen wearing a black veil and holding a gun. Flanked by three other women clad in black, she proclaims her loyalty to Boko Haram, a jihadist group that has killed over 20,000 people since taking up arms against the Nigerian government in 2009. When asked by a man in the background why she doesn’t want to go back home to her parents, she replies: “the reason is that they live in the town of unbelief. We want them to accept Islam.” The woman then speaks in the local Chibok dialect for the rest of the video. Last week, 82 schoolgirls who were kidnapped three years ago were released after negotiations between the terrorist group and the government. Presidency spo...

http://ift.tt/2olDjYb The researcher, tweeting as @MalwareTechBlog, said the discovery was accidental, but that registering a domain name used by the malware stops it from spreading. A cybersecurity researcher appears to have discovered a “kill switch” that can prevent the spread of the WannaCry ransomware — for now — that has caused the cyberattacks wreaking havoc globally, they told AFP Saturday. The researcher, tweeting as @MalwareTechBlog, said the discovery was accidental, but that registering a domain name used by the malware stops it from spreading. “Essentially they relied on a domain not being registered and by registering it, we stopped their malware spreading,” @MalwareTechBlog told AFP in a private message on Twitter. The researcher warned however that people “need to update their systems ASAP” to avoid attack. “The crisis isn’t over, they can always change the code and try again,” @MalwareTechBlog said. Friday’s wave of cyberattacks, which affected dozens of ...

http://ift.tt/2qdofPB Pope Francis holdsa candle during the Blessing for the Candles from the Chapel of the Apparitions, in Fatima on May 12, 2017. Two of the three child shepherds who reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Fatima, Portugal, one century ago, will be declared saints on May 13, 2017 by Pope Francis.The canonisation of Jacinta and Francisco Marto will take place during the Argentinian pontiff's visit to a Catholic shrine visited by millions of pilgrims every year.TIZIANA FABI / AFP Two young shepherds who had visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago in Fatima, a Portuguese site now a global draw for pilgrims, will be declared saints Saturday by Pope Francis. The Argentine pontiff was greeted by a cheering crowd of hundreds of thousands when he arrived Friday in the central Portuguese town on a pilgrimage to mark the centenary of the first reported apparition on May 13, 1917. Catholic faithful from countries as varied as China, Venezuela and East Timor filled...

http://ift.tt/2pFaQx0 Manchester City's Spanish midfielder David Silva (2L) celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Crystal Palace at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on May 6, 2017. Paul ELLIS / AFP David Silva’s comeback from injury helped inspire Manchester City’s return to form last weekend, and his fitness is likely to prove crucial to their Champions League qualification prospects. Silva, back from a fortnight out with a knee injury, was superb as City beat an inept Crystal Palace 5-0, for only their third win in nine Premier League matches. That victory has left Pep Guardiola’s side fourth going into Saturday’s home match against Leicester City, with a three-point lead over fifth-placed Arsenal and only the top four at the end of the season qualifying for the Champions League. Sergio Aguero is making progress in his recovery from a groin injury, although it may ...

http://ift.tt/2pnnYuD A woman cries after a wall collapsed during a wedding, killing at least 24 people, in Bharatpur, in India's Rajasthan state, on May 11, 2017 A wall crashed down on an Indian wedding party during a storm killing at least 24 people including four children and injuring many more, police said Thursday. The concrete wall fell on guests who had taken shelter from the violent rain in a tin shack on Wednesday night, police superintendent Anil Tank told AFP. “We worked through the night,” one rescue worker at the scene in Bharatpur, Rajasthan state, told India TV news network. “We tried to rescue as many people as possible, the scene was horrific,” the rescuer added. “The wall and a tin shed attached to it at the marriage venue collapsed due to a storm,” said Tank, a senior officer in Bharatpur. He said 26 people were injured, 15 of them seriously. TV footage showed anxious relatives standing next to hospital beds. The wall was about 13 feet (four metres)...