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United States | AFP | by Lucie AUBOURG NASA launched the most powerful rocket ever built on a journey to the Moon on Wednesday, in a spectacular blaze of light and sound that marked the start of the space agency’s new flagship program, Artemis. The 32-story tall Space Launch System (SLS) blasted off from the storied Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 01:47 am (0647 GMT), producing a record 8.8 million pounds (39 meganewtons) of […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Donald Trump has launched a new White House run despite facing legal exposure, and potential criminal charges, on several fronts with some suggesting the prospect may even have pushed him towards another presidential bid. The 76-year-old Trump is being investigated for his role in last year’s US Capitol attack, his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, and the stashing of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence. And New York state’s attorney […]
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AFP) — US President Joe Biden and his British counterpart Rishi Sunak called Russian President Vladimir Putin’s targeting of Ukrainian civilians “barbaric” on Wednesday at a G20 summit in Bali. “At a moment when world leaders here in Bali are seeking to make progress on world peace, Putin is striking civilian targets — children, women. I mean, it’s almost — my words, not yours — barbaric,” Biden said at a meeting with […]
PÉKIN, China (AFP) — Multiple Chinese cities have cancelled routine mass Covid tests this week, days after Beijing announced limited relaxations of its strict zero-Covid policy which raised hopes of China’s eventual reopening. The National Health Commission (NHC) on Friday issued 20 rules for “optimizing” zero-Covid, where certain restrictions were relaxed to limit its social and economic impact. China reported over 20,000 new infections Wednesday — the highest figure since April — with major outbreaks […]
by Ashraf KHAN Agence France-Presse CHANDAN MORI, Pakistan (AFP) — Pakistani three-year-old Afshan’s trip to school is a high-wire balancing act as she teeters across a metal girder spanning a trench of putrid floodwater, eyes fixed ahead. After record monsoon rain flooded her classroom in the southeastern town of Chandan Mori, this is the route Afshan and her siblings now traverse to a tent where her lessons take place. “It’s a risky business to send […]
Palm Beach, United States | AFP | by Gerard Martinez with Chris Lefkow in Washington Donald Trump pulled the trigger on a third White House run on Tuesday, setting the stage for a bruising Republican nomination battle after a poor midterm election showing by his hand-picked candidates weakened his grip on the party. “America’s comeback starts right now,” the 76-year-old former president told hundreds of supporters gathered in an ornate American flag-draped ballroom at his […]
WARSAW, Poland (AFP) — Poland’s president said there was no clear evidence of who fired the missile that killed two people in a Polish village on Tuesday, adding that it was “most probably Russian-made”. “We do not for the moment have unequivocal evidence of who fired the missile. An investigation is ongoing. It was most probably Russian-made,” President Andrzej Duda told reporters on Wednesday. Duda said it was an “isolated” incident. “Nothing indicates to us […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) – World’s richest man. Tech tycoon. Social media mogul. Elon Musk goes by many labels, but is he also the inspiration for Netflix’s new whodunnit “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”? In the movie, a detective played by Daniel Craig investigates a murder on the private Greek island of tech billionaire Miles Bron. Bron, played by Edward Norton, is a brash entrepreneur and self-proclaimed genius who has made multiple fortunes with […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – Luxury beauty brand Estee Lauder said in a statement Tuesday it had agreed to buy designer Tom Ford’s company for $2.3 billion. The deal, which values Ford’s business at $2.8 billion, will see the US fashion superstar remain in his position as creative director until the end of next year, the statement said. Bringing the brand under the “stewardship” of Estee Lauder Companies (ELC) “will allow for continuity and the […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Iranian security forces shot dead at least three protesters Tuesday, a rights group said, as demonstrations sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death swelled on the anniversary of a bloody 2019 crackdown. The protesters were responding to a call to commemorate those slain in the 2019 crackdown, giving new momentum to the demonstrations sparked by the death of 22-year-old Amini in mid-September this year, after her arrest for allegedly flouting Iran’s strict dress […]
Nusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) — Britain’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 on Wednesday, the first such summit in nearly five years, Downing Street said. Sunak will urge a “frank and constructive relationship” between London and Beijing, Downing Street said in a statement. “The challenges posed by China are systemic and they are long-term,” the statement added, citing Beijing’s “authoritarian leadership intent on reshaping […]
by Dario Thuburn with Dmytro Gorshkov in Kyiv Agence France-Presse WARSAW, Poland (AFP) — Poland put its military on heightened readiness Tuesday after Russian missiles reportedly landed inside the NATO member’s borders in a potentially major escalation of the war in Ukraine. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of firing the missiles into Poland, but there was no immediate confirmation from either Warsaw or Washington, and Moscow dismissed the reported strikes as a […]
