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YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Detained former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has skipped three days of her trial in a junta court after Covid-19 was detected among her staff and she was placed in quarantine, a source with knowledge of the case said Monday. The 76-year-old’s civilian government was ousted in a coup last year that triggered mass protests, and she faces a raft of charges that could see her jailed for more […]
JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has tested positive for Covid-19, his office said Monday, after he met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Bennett, who met Blinken in Jerusalem on Sunday on the sidelines of a “historic summit” of Israeli and Arab diplomats, “is feeling well and will continue his schedule as planned from his home,” a statement from his office said. Also on Sunday Bennett visited the northern Israeli city […]
by Dan Martin Agence France Presse SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — Shanghai will launch a phased lockdown to curb an Omicron-fuelled Covid-19 outbreak that has hit China with its highest caseloads since the early days of the pandemic, the city government said Sunday. China’s biggest city will lock down its eastern half from Monday until Friday, officials said, followed by a similar lockdown of its western side beginning on April 1. The metropolis of 25 […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to build up “overwhelming” and unstoppable military power, state media reported Monday, days after he presided over the nation’s biggest missile launch. Kim’s comments follow Pyongyang successfully carrying out the launch in defiance of crippling international sanctions on Thursday, the first time the North has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile at full range since 2017. Known as the Hwasong-17, the powerful ICBM […]
WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (AFP) – The United States announced new sanctions Thursday on entities and people in Russia and North Korea after Pyongyang’s new ICBM missile test. The targeted persons and organizations are accused of “transferring sensitive items to North Korea’s missile program,” the State Department said in a statement. “These measures are part of our ongoing efforts to impede the DPRK’s ability to advance its missile program and they highlight the negative role […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — The United States condemned North Korea’s test firing of a new intercontinental missile on Thursday and urged the world to hold Pyongyang responsible for violating UN Security Council resolutions. Pyongyang has launched nearly a dozen weapon tests this year in an unprecedented spree in defiance of UN sanctions and the latest is the most powerful one since 2017. Washington “strongly condemns the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for its test […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea’s military said it had fired a barrage of missiles in response to North Korea’s Thursday test of a new intercontinental ballistic missile. “In response to North Korea’s ICBM launch, our military jointly fired missiles from ground, sea, air,” from 16:25 (7:25 GMT) in the Sea of Japan, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. © Agence France-Presse
by Cat BARTON / Sunghee Hwang Agence France Presse North Korea fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday, Tokyo and Seoul said as they voiced outrage at Pyongyang’s most powerful launch since 2017. South Korea’s military said it had fired missiles from ground, sea and air in response. Pyongyang has launched nearly a dozen weapon tests this year in an unprecedented spree in defiance of UN sanctions. But long-range and nuclear tests such as […]
WUZHOU, China (AFP) – Recovery teams deployed drones and thermal imaging equipment Thursday across a mountainous area where a China Eastern plane inexplicably crashed with 132 people on board. Four days after flight MU5735 ploughed into rugged terrain near Wuzhou in southern China, officials are still yet to declare all of the 123 passengers and nine crew dead. The velocity of the crash cut deep wounds into the muddy ground and scattered plane parts and […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) – North Korea fired an “unidentified projectile” Thursday, the South’s military said, the latest in a series of provocations by the nuclear-armed nation. “North Korea fired an unidentified projectile eastwards,” South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. Japan’s coastguard issued an emergency warning to vessels over a “potentially ballistic missile possibly launched from North Korea”. Pyongyang has been abiding by its moratorium on testing ICBMs and nuclear weapons […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing on Wednesday described Russia as an “important member” of the G20 after Washington raised the prospect of excluding Moscow from the group. China has provided a level of diplomatic protection to Russia, which is increasingly isolated over its invasion of Ukraine, with its economy tied up by sanctions. “The G20 is the main forum for international economic cooperation,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters. “Russia is an […]
by Amber WANG TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Taiwan early Wednesday, rattling buildings and rousing people from their sleep but with no immediate reports of injuries or major damage. Taiwan is regularly hit by earthquakes, as the island lies near the junction of two tectonic plates. Taiwan does not issue tsunami warnings unless a quake registers at more than magnitude 7.0. The US Geological Survey downgraded this […]
