PLEASANT VALLEY, Alaska (AP), May 8: The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says a magnitude 3.8 earthquake hit the central part of the state.

Macron wins French presidency, to sighs of relief in Europe

Published On: May 8, 2017 07:40 AM NPT By: Reuters

PARIS, May 8: Emmanuel Macron was elected French president on Sunday with a business-friendly vision of European integration, defeating Marine Le Pen, a far-right nationalist who threatened to take France out of the European Union.

PYONGYANG, May 7: North Korea said on Sunday it has detained another American citizen for suspicion of acts against the state, which if confirmed would make him the fourth U.S. citizen to be held by the isolated country amid diplomatic tensions.

SRINAGAR, May 7:  Rebels attacked a police squad in the Indian portion of Kashmir, triggering a gun-battle that left three civilians, one officer and an assailant dead, police said Sunday.

PARIS, May 7: Voters across France are choosing a new president Sunday in an unusually tense and important election that could decide Europe’s future, making a stark choice between pro-business independent Emmanuel Macron and far-right populist Marine Le Pen.

ABUJA, May 7: Nigeria’s president says he will meet Sunday with 82 Chibok schoolgirls freed this weekend after being kidnapped three years ago by Boko Haram.

AUSTIN(Texas), May 7:  Parents seeking to adopt children in Texas could soon be rejected by state-funded or private agencies with religious objections to them being Jewish, Muslim, gay, single, or interfaith couples, under a proposal in the Republican-controlled Legislature.

PARIS, May 6: France’s election campaign watchdog is investigating a hacking attack and document leak targeting presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron that his political movement calls a last-ditch bid to disrupt Sunday’s tense runoff vote.

In Mosul, hunger grows amid slow advances against IS

Published On: May 6, 2017 03:18 PM NPT By: Reuters

MOSUL, Iraq, May 6:  Aliyah Hussein and the 25 family members sheltering with her in Mosul’s western Mahatta neighborhood are surviving by picking wild greens growing in a park near their home. Hussein mixes the vegetables with small amounts of rice and tomato paste to make a thin soup that is often her family’s only meal.

WASHINGTON, May 6: The United States says it it will continue attending United Nations climate change meetings, even as President Donald Trump considers pulling the U.S. out of a global emissions-cutting deal.