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by Anna SMOLCHENKO MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Their movie props floated around and they used Velcro to keep objects in place but Russia’s first film crew in space said they were delighted with the result and had “shot everything we planned”. Yulia Peresild, one of Russia’s most glamorous actresses, and film director Klim Shipenko returned to Earth on Sunday after spending 12 days on the International Space Station (ISS) shooting the first movie in orbit […]
by Sunghee Hwang SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea fired a suspected submarine-launched ballistic missile into the sea on Tuesday, the South’s military said, the nuclear-armed country’s latest advance in weapons technology and one that could give it a second-strike capability. The test came with both Koreas building up their weapons capabilities in what could become an arms race on the peninsula, and with the Washington-Pyongyang dialogue at a standstill. The “short-range ballistic missile […]
SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (AFP) — Russia’s second city, Saint Petersburg, announced Monday it would tighten restrictions to battle a surge in Covid-19 cases, introducing a health pass to regulate access to crowd events. From November 1, people will need to present a QR barcode to get into sports and cultural events where more than 40 people are gathering, the city’s deputy governor Boris Piotrovski said in a Telegram post. Only people who have been fully […]
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AFP) — A fire broke out Monday in Kuwait’s largest oil refinery, causing several injuries but no interruptions to site operations or petrol exports. Plumes of smoke rose above the Mina al-Ahmadi facility, located on the Gulf coast just opposite Iran, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) south of the capital Kuwait City, according to an AFP photojournalist. The Kuwait National Petrol Company, after initially stating that there were no casualties, later tweeted […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China on Monday denied a report it had recently launched a hypersonic missile, saying it tested a spacecraft to trial reusable technologies. The Financial Times reported Saturday that Beijing had launched a nuclear-capable missile in August that circled the Earth at low orbit before narrowly missing its target. FT sources said the hypersonic missile was carried by a Long March rocket and that the test had been kept under wraps. But […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India (AFP) — At least 25 people have died in landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains in southwestern India, officials said Sunday, as rescuers scoured for survivors in muddy debris and the military flew in emergency supplies. Residents were cut off in parts of the coastal state of Kerala as the rains, which started to intensify from late Friday, swelled rivers and flooded roads. Some 11 bodies have been found so far in […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian authorities said on Saturday they had arrested two people as part of an investigation into the death of 18 people in the Urals who drank bootleg alcohol, in the second such incident in recent weeks. Investigators said “several individuals sold people an alcohol liquid that was dangerous for their health” over the past two weeks in Yekaterinburg, Russia’s fourth-largest city. “Eighteen people died after drinking the liquid,” the statement […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Embassy in Lebanon reported that “no Filipino” had been hurt in deadly clashes that erupted recently in Beirut that killed at least six people and injured dozens. The Philippine government said it is monitoring the situation in the Beirut street violence where shots were haphazardly fired into residential facades. Violence erupted in Lebanon’s capital following a rally by Shiite protesters demanding the removal of the judge investigating last year’s […]
by Rouba El Husseini and Hashem Osseiran Agence France Presse BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Heavy fighting claimed at least six lives and left dozens wounded in Lebanon’s capital Thursday as an escalation of tensions around last year’s massive portside explosion turned parts of Beirut into a war-zone. The army deployed tanks and troops to quell street battles that sparked memories of the 1975-1990 civil war for a city already traumatised by last year’s blast disaster […]
Photos of the magnitude 4.8 quake that struck Bali, Indonesia on Saturday, October 16, 2021. The quake killed at least three people and injured seven. Disaster officials said the quake death toll is not expected to rise. “The quake was felt strongly for five seconds,” said disaster agency spokesman Abdul Muhari. “People were panicking and ran from their houses when the quake hit.” The tremor’s epicentre was far from the main tourist hub in Bali, […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Three people were killed Saturday when an earthquake struck the Indonesian tourist island Bali, the disaster agency said. The 4.8 magnitude quake struck at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometres (six miles) northeast of the town of Banjar Wanasari. Shallow quakes tend to do more damage than deep tremors. Two people died when the quake triggered a landslide that buried their house in Bangli regency while another person was […]
by Jing Xuan Teng Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — Three astronauts successfully docked with China’s new space station on Saturday on what is set to be Beijing’s longest crewed mission to date and the latest landmark in its drive to become a major space power. The three blasted off shortly after midnight (1600 GMT Friday) from the Jiuquan launch centre in northwestern China’s Gobi desert, the China Manned Space Agency said, with the […]
