Embattled Boeing to give $100 mn to 737 MAX crash victims’ families

NEW YORK, July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Boeing, under scrutiny after two crashes that claimed 346 lives, announced it would give $100 million to communities and families affected by the 737 MAX disasters. Describing the sum as an “initial investment” over multiple years, the company said it would work with local…

US Pres Trump: Migrants can opt ‘not to come’ if they dislike squalid camps

WASHINGTON, July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump brushed off reports of overcrowding and squalid conditions in migrant detention centers by saying the migrants can opt “not to come” to the United States. “If Illegal Immigrants are unhappy with the conditions in the quickly built or refitted detentions centers, just…

Mexico launches ‘permanent deployment’ on Guatemala border

TAPACHULA (Mexico), July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Mexican government began a “permanent deployment” of federal forces along the Suchiate River on the border with Guatemala to prevent the entry of migrants, a senior officer said. General Vicente Antonio Hernandez told reporters that in addition to the Suchiate River deployment, members…

Tornado kills 6, injures nearly 200 in China

BEIJING, July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A tornado has left six people dead andnearly 200 injured after ripping through a northeastern Chinese city, localauthorities said Thursday. The tornado hit Kaiyuan in Liaoning province on Wednesday afternoon,tearing down trees and electricity poles, smashing the windows of apartment buildings, and knocking down some…

Saudi Arabia intercepts new Yemen rebel drones: coalition

RIYADH, July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Yemeni rebel drones targeting a civilianairport in southern Saudi Arabia were intercepted on Thursday, a Riyadh-led military coalition said, as the Iran-linked group steps up attacks on thekingdom. The drones targeted Jizan airport, the coalition said in a statementreleased by the official Saudi Press Agency.…

Mexico says political conspiracy behind police protest

MEXICO CITY, July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Mexican government said there is a political conspiracy behind a protest by federal police angry overtheir imminent transfer to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s newNational Guard. Hundreds of federal police have been blocking roads and demonstrating inMexico City the past two days to…

US races for Taliban deal but Afghan peace further away

WASHINGTON, July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — After nearly two decades inAfghanistan, the United States is racing to reach an agreement with theTaliban within two months but a broader peace deal for the war-ravagedcountry looks far more elusive. President Donald Trump, in a rare position widely backed by the rivalDemocratic Party, is…

European Parliament chooses new president, completing top EU jobs

STRASBOURG (France), July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Parliament on Wednesday elected an Italian social democrat as its new president, filling the final top EU job a day after Brussels named two women to key posts for the first time. Italy’s David Sassoli, a 63-year-old former journalist, won the absolutemajority…

Pres Trump celebrates US might, avoids politics in rousing July 4 speech

WASHINGTON, July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump sang thepraises of the US military and American heroes of the past two and a halfcenturies Thursday as he skirted politics in a rousing Independence Dayspeech in Washington. “What a great country,” Trump exclaimed in an address saturated withpatriotism and exceptionalism. “For…

US: Southern California rocked by strongest quake in two decades

LOS ANGELES, July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Southern California was rocked by its largest earthquake in two decades on Thursday, a 6.4-magnitude tremblor that caused “substantial damage” at a military facility but otherwise only minor injuries in the sparsely populated area. The shallow quake, followed by dozens of aftershocks, struck in…