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By Jeff Kowalski with Frankie Taggart in Washington DEARBORN, United States, Feb 28, 2024 (AFP) – Joe Biden scored an easy win in Michigan’s presidential primary Tuesday but was dealt a stinging rebuke over the war in Gaza in an Arab American-led protest that raised concerns over his bid to win the swing state in November’s election. There was little suspense over the outcome for both parties, with the president almost unopposed in the Democratic […]
MEXICO CITY, Feb 28, 2024 (AFP) – Ash spewing from the Popocatepetl volcano outside Mexico City on Tuesday led some airlines to cancel around two dozen flights in and out of the Latin American capital, authorities said. The Mexico City International Airport said on social media that national and international operators have canceled 22 flights “due to airplane safety checks having found ashes.” The airport’s arrivals and departures log, seen by AFP, showed cancellations and […]
Nissan is planning to launch a self-driving taxi service in Japan in the financial year starting April 2027, the auto giant said Wednesday. The company said it will begin trials of the commercial service in the upcoming financial year from April, using minivans in an area of Yokohama, south of Tokyo. “Local communities have been facing several mobility challenges, such as driver shortages, which are a result of an ageing population,” Nissan said in a […]
By Delphine Matthieussent Rockets at dawn, gunfire outside, hours of anxiety: a survivor of the October 7 attack shared his account of the day Gaza militants stormed his southern Israeli community, speaking into a video camera. Arnon Avni’s story is one of several hundred witness accounts of the deadly Hamas attack being collected by Israel’s national library in partnership with local and international initiatives. He was speaking recently at Nirim kibbutz, about two kilometres (a […]
WASHINGTON, Feb 28, 2024 (AFP) Cities across the United States and Canada reached record February temperatures this week, with multiple municipalities experiencing summer-like heat despite three remaining weeks of winter. The midwestern city of Saint Louis, in Missouri, saw the mercury hit 86 degrees Fahrenheit (30 degrees Celsius) on Tuesday, the highest temperature ever recorded in that month, after the heat peaked at 80F on Monday. An El Nino weather pattern is at play, in […]
Cambodia’s ruling party claimed a landslide victory in Senate elections on Sunday, setting the stage for ex-PM Hun Sen to officially return to politics after he stepped down last year. After nearly four decades of hardline rule, Hun Sen handed power to his eldest son Hun Manet after national polls last July held without any significant opposition. Hun Sen at the time made it clear that despite his resignation, he still intended to wield influence. […]
MOSCOW, Feb 27, 2024 (AFP) – A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced top human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov to two and a half years in jail for denouncing Russia’s assault on Ukraine. The 70-year-old, a key figure of the Nobel Prize-winning Memorial group, is the latest target of Kremlin repression, which has intensified since the offensive in Ukraine. “The court has determined Orlov’s guilt and orders a sentence of two years and six months… in […]
NEW DELHI, Feb 27, 2024 (AFP) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday toasted the four astronauts preparing for the nation’s first crewed orbital mission, saying the latest advance in spacefaring would inspire the next generation. “The countdown of the rocket inspires thousands of children in India, and those making paper planes today dream of becoming scientists like you”, Modi said. The Gaganyaan — or “Skycraft” — mission is slated to launch the astronauts […]
TOKYO, Feb 27, 2024 (AFP) – DNA analysis has confirmed that a 70-year-old man who confessed on his hospital deathbed last month to being one of Japan’s most-wanted fugitives was indeed the suspect, police said Tuesday. Satoshi Kirishima, a former member of a Japanese radical leftist group behind deadly bomb attacks in the 1970s, was wanted for nearly 50 years, with his bespectacled, smiling mugshots almost omnipresent outside police stations across Japan. The saga took […]
By Lili TISCH-BOSTOCK SYDNEY, Feb 27, 2024 (AFP) – Australian police found the bodies of a TV presenter and his flight attendant boyfriend in a rural area outside Sydney on Tuesday, acting on information from a police officer charged with their murder. The discovery ends an almost week-long high-profile search for the remains of entertainment journalist Jesse Baird, 26, and Qantas flight attendant Luke Davies, 29. A 28-year-old serving police constable who had previously been […]
By Johannes LEDEL Sweden’s NATO membership bid, submitted in the wake of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, cleared its final hurdle as Hungary’s parliament voted to ratify it on Monday. Accession to the US-led alliance means stark changes for both Sweden’s defence and the geopolitical balance in the region. – Why did Sweden decide to join NATO? – At the end of the Napoleonic wars of the early 19th century, Sweden adopted an official policy […]
STOCKHOLM, Feb 26, 2024 (AFP) – Sweden on Monday cleared its final obstacle to joining NATO after Hungary’s parliament ratified the bid in what Sweden’s prime minister called a “historic day”, while other alliance members expressed relief at the move spurred by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Sweden would make the alliance “stronger and safer” while the United States, the main alliance power, as well as Britain and Germany welcomed Sweden’s […]
