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Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | by Nina LARSON Temperatures in Europe have increased at more than twice the global average over the past three decades, showing the fastest rise of any continent on earth, the UN said Wednesday. The European region has on average seen temperatures rise 0.5 degrees Celsius each decade since 1991, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization and the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service found in a joint report. As a […]
Tokyo, Japan | AFP | Japan warned residents of three regions to take shelter Thursday morning after a North Korean missile launch, with the government saying the missile flew over the country. The prime minister’s office said a missile flew over Japan at around 7:48 am, but national broadcaster NHK said subsequently that officials were analysing the possibility that the missile did not, in fact, travel over the country. It came after another missile fired […]
United Nations, United States | AFP | The Security Council on Wednesday rejected a resolution drafted by Russia calling for an investigation into its accusations of Washington’s involvement in the alleged development of biological weapons in Ukraine. Russia had officially requested last week a UN investigation into the accusations, which it has regularly made since the start of its offensive in Ukraine. The resolution it put to the vote on Wednesday received two votes […]
Beijing, China | AFP | China and Vietnam agreed on Tuesday to “properly manage” territorial disputes in the South China Sea, rounding off a leaders’ meeting in Beijing as part of a diplomatic blitz by Chinese President Xi Jinping. The socialist neighbours both maintain sweeping claims to sovereignty in much of the contested waterway, parts of which are also claimed by Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei. Trillions of dollars in ship-borne trade passes through […]
Berlin, Germany | AFP | German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged on Wednesday not to ignore “controversies” during a high-stakes trip to China this week, which has sparked a storm of criticism. “We seek cooperation, when it is in the interest of both sides. We will not ignore controversies,” he wrote in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper, ahead of his visit Friday together with a business delegation. Scholz listed “difficult topics” that he would raise, including […]
Seoul, South Korea | AFP | North Korea fired at least one “unidentified ballistic missile” Thursday, Seoul’s military said, with Tokyo saying it appeared to have flown over Japan, as they urged residents in some areas to take shelter. “North Korea fires unidentified ballistic missile towards East Sea,” Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said, referring to the body of water also known as the Sea of Japan. The launch comes a day after Pyongyang fired more than […]
Moscow, Russia | AFP | Russian occupation authorities announced Tuesday the movement of further large numbers of people from Ukraine’s Kherson region amid a counter-offensive by Kyiv, which has already seen 70,000 people flee. “I decided to extend the evacuation zone by 15 kilometres (nine miles) from Dnipro,” pro-Moscow governor Vladimir Saldo said in a Telegram video. “Measures for forced evacuations will be applied from November 6 for people who remain,” said on social […]
Niagara Falls, United States | AFP | by Daxia ROJAS In the US border town of Niagara Falls, residents accustomed to the soothing roar of the famous waterfalls recently discovered a much less pleasant sound: the “haunting hum” of bitcoin mining farms. “I get four hours of sleep, maybe, because of that constant noise,” said Elizabeth Lundy, an 80-year-old retired hairdresser. “I can hear the noise even through the storm windows.” On a sunny […]
Beijing, China | AFP | by Jing Xuan TENG Chinese authorities imposed lockdowns on 600,000 people in the area surrounding the world’s largest iPhone factory on Wednesday after workers fled to avoid a coronavirus outbreak and the resulting restrictions. All people except Covid-prevention volunteers and essential workers “must not leave their residences except to receive Covid tests and emergency medical treatment”, officials from central China’s Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone said. The move comes after images […]
Seoul, South Korea | AFP | South Korea’s prime minister said Wednesday that police must explain failures to respond to multiple emergency calls ahead of a deadly Halloween crowd surge, as investigators raided police stations. At least 156 mostly young people were killed, and scores more injured, in a crush late Saturday at the first post-pandemic Halloween party in Seoul’s popular Itaewon nightlife district. Transcripts of emergency calls obtained by AFP, many made hours […]
San Francisco, United States | AFP | by Paula RAMON The man accused of attacking the husband of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a hammer told police he also planned to target several other politicians as part of a “suicide mission,” according to court documents filed Tuesday. David DePape, 42, was arrested last week after he allegedly broke into the couple’s mansion intending to tie up Pelosi and break her kneecaps, but found […]
Seoul, South Korea | AFP | by Cat BARTON / Claire LEE North Korea fired more than 20 missiles Wednesday, including one that landed close to South Korea’s waters in what President Yoon Suk-yeol said was “effectively a territorial invasion”. It also fired an artillery barrage into a maritime “buffer zone” that experts said was part of an “aggressive and threatening” response by Pyongyang to large-scale joint air drills the United States and South […]
