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TOKYO, March 15, 2024 (AFP) – The release of wastewater from Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear plant was suspended on Friday following an earthquake, its operator said while stressing that the move was precautionary. A 5.8-magnitude jolt struck off the coast of the northeastern Fukushima region, home to the plant wrecked by a tsunami in 2011, at 00:14 am Friday (1514 GMT Thursday), the Japan Meteorological Agency said. “We have confirmed remotely that there were no […]
By Adel Zaanoun with Ilan Ben Zion in Jerusalem GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories, March 15, 2024 (AFP) – Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry said early Friday that Israeli fire killed 20 people and wounded 155 waiting to receive aid in the besieged territory, where the United Nations has warned of looming famine. Efforts mounted on Thursday to get more aid into the devastated Palestinian territory, where fighting still rages after mediators failed to reach a truce […]
German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall said Thursday it plans to set up at least four factories in Ukraine, as it targets a record 10 billion euros ($10.9 billion) in sales this year. The Ukraine war has boosted Germany’s weapons industry as countries seek to re-arm in the face of the growing threat from Russia, and soaring demand last year propelled Rheinmetall onto the blue-chip DAX index. The company said the factories in Ukraine — which has […]
PODGORICA, Montenegro, March 14, 2024 (AFP) – A 5.4 magnitude quake struck the border region between Montenegro and Bosnia early on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake’s epicentre was around 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the town of Niksic in western Montenegro, and 25 kilometres from the Bosnian town of Bileca. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The tremor had a depth of about 7.6 kilometres and was felt […]
A polio survivor known as the “man in the iron lung” has died aged 78, according to his family and a fundraising website. Paul Alexander of Dallas, Texas contracted polio at the age of six, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down and reliant on a mechanical respirator to breathe for much of the time. Though often confined to his submarine-like cylinder, he excelled in his studies, earned a law degree, worked in the legal […]
BEIJING, March 14, 2024 (AFP) – China blasted Washington’s “bandit” mentality Thursday after the US House passed a bill that would ban TikTok unless it splits from its Chinese owner, and vowed to “take all necessary measures” to protect the interests of its companies overseas. The short-video app has soared in popularity worldwide but its ownership by Chinese technology giant ByteDance — and alleged subservience to Beijing’s ruling Communist Party — has fuelled concern in […]
BADUNG, Indonesia, March 14, 2024 (AFP) – Two foreign tourists including an Australian woman have been killed on the Indonesian resort island of Bali after heavy rain triggered a landslide that swept away their villa, an official said Thursday. Large areas of the archipelago of 17,000 islands are prone to flooding and landslides during the wet season which starts around November. The wooden villa in Jatiluwih village on the popular tourist island was hit […]
TikTok’s CEO told the app’s US users to speak out after the House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would force the company to sever ties with its Chinese owner or be banned in the United States. “We believe we can overcome this together… Protect your constitutional rights. Make your voices heard,” Shou Zi Chew said in a video message posted on social media platform X.
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit Papua New Guinea early Thursday, about 65 kilometres southeast of the town of Kimbe, the United States Geological Survey said. The quake had a depth of approximately 50 kilometres (31 miles), and struck outside Kimbe, in the West New Britain region, at about 1:13 am (1513 GMT Wednesday), the USGS said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, and no tsunami warning was issued. Earthquakes are common […]
MOSCOW, March 13, 2024 (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday lauded Moscow’s nuclear arsenal and warned that he was ready to deploy the weapons if Russia’s sovereignty was threatened. The Kremlin has touted its nuclear prowess throughout its two-year offensive in Ukraine, last month warning Western countries there was a “real” risk of nuclear catastrophe if they escalated the conflict. The United States, however, said it had seen no sign Russia was planning to […]
SEOUL, March 14, 2024 (AFP) – North Korea leader Kim Jong Un drove a “new-type main battle tank” while overseeing military training exercises, state media said Thursday, as Seoul and Washington wrap joint drills to improve deterrence. Wearing a black leather jacket, Kim saluted ranks of camouflage-uniformed troops, and watched live-fire “training march” exercises from a field command post, flanked by top generals, images published by state media showed. After he reviewed the tank crews, […]
By Thanaporn Promyamyai and Sarah Lai BANGKOK, March 14, 2024 (AFP) – Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra visited a Bangkok temple Thursday in his first public appearance since being freed early from a jail sentence for graft and abuse of power. The controversial billionaire, twice elected premier and ousted in a 2006 military coup, went to the Bangkok City Pillar Shrine ahead of a three-day trip to Chiang Mai in the kingdom’s north later […]
