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BAN KO SAMAESAN, Thailand (AFP) – Underneath the calm turquoise waters off eastern Thailand, a rapidly spreading disease is killing corals over vast stretches of the sea floor, and scientists fear it may be getting worse because of climate change. Yellow-band disease — named for the color it turns corals before destroying them — was first spotted decades ago and has caused widespread damage to reefs in the Caribbean. There is no known cure. But it […]
by Emil GULIYEV with Mariam HARUTYUNYAN in Yerevan Agence France-Presse LACHIN CORRIDOR, Azerbaijan (AFP) — Ruzan Hovhanisyan fears that she will have to ring in the New Year without her family in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh due to a blockade by arch-enemy Azerbaijan. The mood in the Armenian-populated breakaway territory has been anything but festive. The region of around 120,000 people is running short of food, medicines and fuel, and Armenian authorities have accused […]
A top Thai conservation official was arrested on corruption charges on Tuesday, with police saying he was caught receiving a bribe and that $144,000 in cash was found in his office. Rutchada Suriyakul na Ayutya, director-general of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, was appointed in February. He managed efforts to protect the kingdom’s environment and endangered animals, overseeing more than 150 national parks. “The officials have arrested him while the money […]
by Juliette Michel and John Biers Agence France Presse More than 10,000 flights cancelled over the festive holiday, chaos at airports across America: Southwest Airlines found itself in the hot seat Tuesday as the airline behind the lion’s share of the weather-linked travel mayhem. The Dallas-based, domestic-focused carrier, which has historically enjoyed a strong reputation with consumers, drew withering expletive-filled rebukes on social media, where labor leaders also highlighted horror stories from stranded airline […]
by Joed Viera, with Daniel Stublen in Washington Agence France-Presse BUFFALO, United States (AFP) — The monster storm that killed dozens in the United States over the weekend continued to inflict misery on New York state and air travelers nationwide Tuesday, as stories emerged of families trapped for days during the “blizzard of the century.” The number of deaths attributed to the winter storm rose to more than 50 after officials confirmed three more fatalities […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain’s National Trust on Wednesday said nature and wildlife at the charity’s sites had been harmed by extreme weather in the past year and warned it could become the “new normal”. The heritage conservation charity’s climate change adviser Keith Jones said it was a “stark illustration of the sort of difficulties many of our species will face if we don’t do more to mitigate rising temperatures”. “We’re going to experience […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Russia on Tuesday banned oil sales to countries and companies that comply with a price cap agreed by Western nations, briefly helping to lift crude prices. “The supply of Russian oil and oil products to foreign legal entities and individuals is prohibited if the contracts for these supplies directly or indirectly” are using a price cap, a presidential decree said. The decree will be in effect from February 1 […]
by Emilie BICKERTON Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — From the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the overturning of abortion laws in the United States, here is a roundup of the biggest events to mark 2022. – War in Ukraine – Russian President Vladimir Putin launches the biggest invasion in Europe since World War II when he sends troops into Ukraine on February 24, causing millions of Ukrainians to flee abroad. The West imposes unprecedented […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea’s ruling party has kicked off a major annual meeting with economic policy on the agenda, state media reported Tuesday. Instead of a New Year’s Day speech, leader Kim Jong Un in recent years has used the year-end plenary meeting of the Workers’ Party of Korea as a platform to outline policies in key areas such as diplomacy, security and the economy. This year’s meeting began on Monday with […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Nearly 100 Starlink internet terminals are currently operating in Iran, SpaceX chief Elon Musk said Monday. The tycoon had promised to bring the satellite internet network to the country in September as Iranian authorities imposed increasingly severe access restrictions, in a move activists called a campaign to limit information about protests that had broken out nationwide. “Approaching 100 Starlinks active in Iran,” Musk tweeted Monday. Starlink has more than […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (AFP) — Serbian armed forces were on “the highest level” of alert, Defense Minister Milos Vucevic said late Monday evening, highlighting the Balkan country’s increasingly strained relations with neighboring Kosovo over recent shootings and blockades. Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, but Belgrade refuses to recognize it and encourages Kosovo’s 120,000 ethnic Serbs to defy Pristina’s authority — especially in the north where ethnic Serbs make up the majority. The Serbian army […]
by Murielle KASPRZAK Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — France charged a suspected gunman on Monday with last week’s killing of three Kurds in Paris, as hundreds of people marched in the French capital to pay tribute to the victims. The 69-year-old suspect had confessed to a “pathological” hatred for foreigners and spent nearly a day in a psychiatric facility before being returned to police custody on Sunday, authorities said. The judge charged the man […]
