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Former US president Donald Trump said Sunday he will petition to have a different judge oversee his historic criminal trial and for the case to be moved out of Washington. The twice-impeached Republican, who is seeking a return to the White House in 2024, has unleashed a stream of invective against those prosecuting him or running the case in which he faces charges over attempts to overturn the 2020 election results and defraud the United […]
PHNOM PENH, Aug 6, 2023 (AFP) – Cambodia’s king on Monday will appoint Hun Manet the country’s new leader after his father Hun Sen calls time on nearly four decades of hardline rule. Days after a landslide victory in July’s election, Hun Sen — one of the world’s longest-serving leaders — announced he was stepping down as prime minister and handing power to his eldest son. The polls were widely decried as a sham after […]
BEIJING, Aug 6, 2023 (AFP) – A shallow 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck eastern China in the early hours of Sunday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, with state media reporting at least 21 people injured and dozens of buildings collapsed. Videos on social media showed shaking light fixtures, trembling ground and people evacuating their buildings, with one clip showing people walking past bricks scattered on the ground. The quake, which struck at 2:33 am (1833 GMT […]
TOKYO, Aug 6, 2023 (AFP) – Japan’s prime minister hit out at Russian threats to use nuclear weapons as the country marked the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Sunday. Around 140,000 people died in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 and 74,000 in Nagasaki three days later, when the United States dropped atomic bombs on the two Japanese cities days before the end of World War II. “Japan, as the only nation […]
NEW YORK, Aug 6, 2023 (AFP) – A popular online influencer who drew a massive crowd to a Manhattan square with promises of a game console giveaway, only for the gathering to turn into a bottle-tossing melee, was charged on Saturday with rioting, New York police said. The alleged instigator of the fracas, 21-year-old Kai Cenat, drew the crowd Friday night with promises that he would give away PlayStation 5 consoles. Word of the event […]
MANILA, Aug 6, 2023 (AFP) – The Philippines condemned the China Coast Guard Sunday for allegedly firing water cannon at its vessels in the disputed South China Sea, describing the actions as “illegal” and “dangerous”. The latest incident happened Saturday as the Philippine Coast Guard escorted boats carrying food, water, fuel and other supplies for Filipino military personnel stationed at Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands. In a statement, the US State Department […]
🔔#Earthquake (#地震) M5.4 occurred 24 km SE of #Dezhou (#China) 11 min ago (local time 02:34:03). More info at:📱https://t.co/bKBgMenA4F🌐https://t.co/Y1YWZSPd2f🖥https://t.co/nZpmpw8uwc pic.twitter.com/IaSwSr6Cs2 — EMSC (@LastQuake) August 5, 2023 BEIJING, Aug 5, 2023 (AFP) – A shallow 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck eastern China in the early hours of Sunday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, with state media reporting at least 10 people injured and dozens of buildings collapsed. Videos on social media showed shaking light fixtures, trembling […]
BRUGES, Belgium, Aug 5, 2023 (AFP) – Inhabitants of Belgium’s cobblestone-and-canal city of Bruges are clear: summertime tourism has hit capacity. “It’s really reached a red line now,” says one, 55-year-old architect Arnout Goegebuer, as he sits inside a cafe, peering out a window across a packed outside terrace. “We don’t need more tourists anymore, it’s enough — maybe a little bit less” is needed, he says. It’s a sentiment reiterated by other residents of […]
KYIV, Ukraine, Aug 5, 2023 (AFP) – Moscow hit back with missiles Saturday after Ukraine carried out a drone strike overnight on a Russian tanker in the Kerch Strait, a day after another of its ships was hit in the Black Sea. The Russian strike was the latest against critical infrastructure since Moscow exited a deal last month that had ensured Ukrainian grain exports despite the ongoing conflict. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said a Russian […]
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake took place 17km NNW of Dezhou, China at 18:34 UTC (8 minutes ago). The depth was 35km and was reported by EMSC. #earthquake #earthquakes #Dezhou #China pic.twitter.com/67eXc1W6R6 — Earthquake Alerts (@QuakeAlerts) August 5, 2023 Prelim M5.5 Earthquake Hebei-Shandong border region, China Aug-05 18:33 UTC, updates https://t.co/1h3RTo7frE — USGS Tweet Earthquake Dispatch (@USGSted) August 5, 2023 🔔#Earthquake (#地震) M5.4 occurred 24 km SE of #Dezhou (#China) 11 min ago (local time 02:34:03). […]
WASHINGTON, Aug 4, 2023 (AFP) – NASA has succeeded in re-establishing full contact with Voyager 2 by using its highest-power transmitter to send an “interstellar shout” that righted the distant probe’s antenna orientation, the space agency said Friday. Launched in 1977 to explore the outer planets and serve as a beacon of humanity to the wider universe, it is currently more than 12.3 billion miles (19.9 billion kilometers) from our planet — well beyond the […]
RIYADH, Aug 5, 2023 (AFP) – Saudi Arabia is hosting talks on the Ukraine war on Saturday in the latest flexing of its diplomatic muscle, a session that Kyiv acknowledged would “not be easy” given the wide range of countries represented. The meeting, which Ukrainian organisers had said would include representatives from nearly 40 countries but not Russia, began on Saturday afternoon in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah, participants said. According to an […]
