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by Emmanuel PEUCHOT and Dave CLARK in Lyman Agence France-Presse KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that he expected the situation to “stabilize” in Ukrainian regions annexed by the Kremlin after Moscow suffered military setbacks and lost several key towns to Kyiv. He also ordered his government to seize control over Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in the Russian-controlled region of Zaporizhzhia, with IAEA head Rafael Grossi en route to Kyiv […]
Seoul, South Korea (AFP) North Korea’s foreign ministry said Thursday its recent blitz of missile launches were “counteraction measures” against joint military drills by the United States and South Korea. As the United Nations Security Council met to discuss Pyongyang’s Tuesday firing of an intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan, North Korea said in a statement that such launches were “the just counteraction measures of the Korean People’s Army on South Korea-US joint drills”. Security […]
by Jitendra JOSHI Agence France-Presse BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom (AFP) — Prime Minister Liz Truss vowed to steer the UK “through the tempest” as she closed her party’s tumultuous annual conference on Wednesday, making an unapologetic pitch for economic “growth, growth, growth”. Since succeeding Boris Johnson, Truss has alienated voters, financial markets and many in the ruling Conservative party with a crash program of debt-fueled tax cuts to boost Britain’s stagnant economy. But she argued in […]
by Sunghee Hwang Agence France-Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea fired two ballistic missiles Thursday, Seoul’s military said, as the UN Security Council met to discuss Pyongyang’s earlier, highly provocative launch of a missile over Japan. The launch is Pyongyang’s sixth in less than two weeks, and comes two days after it fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan, prompting Tokyo to issue a rare evacuation warning. South Korea’s military said it had […]
DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) – Syria’s health ministry has recorded 39 deaths from cholera and nearly 600 cases in an outbreak spreading in the war-ravaged country that the United Nations warned is “evolving alarmingly”. A total of 594 cases have been recorded across 11 of its 14 provinces since late last month, the health ministry said late Tuesday. “The situation is evolving alarmingly in affected governorates and expanding to new areas,” the World Health Organization warned […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – President Joe Biden makes a politically charged visit Wednesday to inspect the aftermath of deadly Hurricane Ian in Florida while also presenting a united front despite bitter disagreements with Republican critic and potential 2024 opponent, Governor Ron DeSantis. Authorities say at least 76 people — more than 100 according to US television networks citing local officials — died in one of the most powerful storms to hit the United States. […]
by Mathias CENA Agence France-Presse GINOWAN, Japan (AFP) — For decades, residents of Japan’s Okinawa have strongly opposed the US military bases that dot the region but a subtle shift is under way, driven by Chinese saber-rattling and economic challenges. The bases are often seen as a disproportionate burden for Japan’s sub-tropical southernmost region. Okinawa comprises 0.6 percent of the Japanese archipelago’s territory but contains 70 percent of the land used for US bases, and […]
by Joris FIORITI with Dmytro GORSHKOV in Kyiv Agence France-Presse KRYVYI RIG, Ukraine (AFP) — The United States announced more weapons for Ukraine’s army as it claimed sweeping gains along two major battlefronts in an offensive rush to beat the arrival of fresh Russian troops and the looming winter. The White House said it was shipping four more Himars precision rocket launchers, 32 artillery pieces, 75,000 artillery rounds and 200,000 rounds of small arms ammunition […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday said his forces were making “rapid and powerful” gains in southern Ukraine and that they had retaken “dozens” of villages from Russia this week. “The Ukrainian army is quite rapidly and powerfully advancing in the south,” Zelensky said in his daily address on social media, adding that “dozens of settlements” had been recaptured in the south and east. Some of the territory was taken back […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) – Hong Kong stocks soared more than five percent at the open of trade Wednesday as investors returned from a public holiday to play catch-up, with a global rally fuelled by easing concerns about central bank interest rate hikes. The Hang Seng Index climbed 5.16 percent, or 880.59 points, to 17,960.10. Mainland Chinese markets are closed all week for a national holiday. The surge came in line with an advance across […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — The South Korean and US militaries fired a volley of missiles into the sea in response to North Korea firing a ballistic missile over Japan, Seoul said Wednesday. Nuclear-armed North Korea fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years on Tuesday, prompting Tokyo to issue evacuation warnings for some residents. South Korea and the United States staged a drill of their own in response, […]
Strasbourg, France (AFP) by Marie JULIEN The EU parliament on Tuesday passed a new law requiring USB-C to be the single charger standard for all new smartphones, tablets and cameras from late 2024. The measure, which EU lawmakers adopted with a vote 602 in favour, 13 against, will — in Europe at least — push Apple to drop its outdated Lightning port on its iPhones for the USB-C one already used by many of its […]
