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London, United Kingdom | AFP | Monday 4/10/2023 by Joe JACKSON Northern Ireland on Monday marks the 25th anniversary of its landmark 1998 peace accords, with the UK province mired in political dysfunction and security concerns that threaten to overshadow the milestone. No major public events are planned for the day itself, but British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and US President Joe Biden will arrive Tuesday to launch several days of high-profile commemorations. The […]
Chiang Mai, Thailand | AFP | Thailand’s Chiang Mai was ranked the world’s most polluted city on Friday, with authorities urging people to work from home to avoid the hazardous air. Smoke from forest fires and farmers burning crop stubble has blanketed the popular tourist destination in recent weeks. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha held video talks with the leaders of neighbouring Myanmar and Laos to discuss the problem, which affects large areas of southeast Asia […]
Moscow, Russia | AFP | Monday 4/10/2023 A Moscow-backed official announced Monday that he had visited the frontline city of Bakhmut in Ukraine, suggesting that Russia’s forces have made significant gains there. The battle for Bakhmut is the longest and bloodiest of Russia’s offensive, and the city has taken on huge symbolic importance even though analysts say it has little strategic value. Denis Pushilin, the Russia-installed head of the eastern Ukrainian Donetsk region, posted […]
Washington, United States | AFP | Monday 4/10/2023 The United States is assessing how the apparent leak of a trove of highly classified documents could impact national security, the Pentagon said on Sunday. The breach — which is being investigated by the Justice Department — appears to include assessments and secret intelligence reports that touch not only on Ukraine and Russia but also highly sensitive analyses of US allies. While the Defense Department is […]
Marseille, France | AFP | Monday 4/10/2023 by Isabelle Wesselingh and Olivier Lucazeau Rescue workers on Monday recovered a fourth body from the rubble of a collapsed apartment in France’s Marseille, a cabinet minister said, as firefighters raced against the clock to find four people still missing. More than 24 hours after a suspected explosion at the building, where residents reported a strong smell of gas, dozens of civil defence staff and sniffer dogs […]
Jericho, Palestinian Territories | AFP | Monday 4/10/2023 Israeli forces killed a Palestinian teenager and injured two other people in the West Bank Monday, the Palestinian health ministry said, in what the army described as a raid to arrest a “terror suspect”. It comes amid surging violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in recent days, coinciding with the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, Jewish Passover and Catholic Easter. Mohammed Fayez Balhan, 15, was killed after being […]
Bangkok, Thailand | AFP | Monday 4/10/2023 Two more people have been found dead following a weekend shootout in southern Thailand, police said Monday, taking the death toll to six. Police are hunting two gunmen over the bloodshed in the southern province of Surat Thani, while local media reported that a third was among the dead. Authorities found the body of a man in his 20s in a car on Sunday evening, and a woman’s […]
Pingtan, China | AFP | Monday 4/10/2023 by Matthew Walsh, with Jack Moore in Matsu, Taiwan China declared it had “successfully completed” three days of war games around Taiwan on Monday, capping a show of force that saw it simulate targeted strikes and practise a blockade of the self-ruled island. Beijing’s exercises were a response to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week, an encounter it had warned would […]
MARSEILLE, France (AFP) — Two bodies have been found in the rubble of a building that collapsed in the French city of Marseille following a major explosion, the fire department announced on Monday morning. “Given the particular difficulties of intervention, the extraction (of the bodies from the site) will take time,” the department said in a brief statement, confirming reports in local media. “The judicial authority will then proceed to identify” the victims, it added. […]
by Jack MOORE Agence France-Presse TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Retired lecturer Donald Ho was out for his morning stroll in a busy downtown park Sunday, anxious about what Chinese jets and ships holding war games around Taiwan meant for freedom in the self-ruled island. “I am a little worried, I would be lying to you if I say that I am not,” the 73-year-old told AFP in Taipei. “The problem is sovereignty. I want independence […]
by Anuj Chopra Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Billionaire philanthropist George Soros has long been a bogeyman for the far right, but Donald Trump’s indictment has unleashed a fresh torrent of hate that has also entangled US fact-checkers debunking conspiracies about him. The Jewish financier is accused by Trump and his backers of influencing Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who led the historic grand jury indictment of the former president over a hush […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China is brandishing a wide array of military equipment and weapons as it conducts drills around Taiwan intended to intimidate the self-ruled island. The three-day show of force, which began on Saturday, comes after a visit by Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen to the United States sparked China’s ire. Here is a rundown of Beijing’s arsenal: – Aircraft – China has deployed dozens of planes in the airspace around Taiwan over the […]
