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FRANKFURT, Germany, Feb 6, 2024 (AFP) – Up to 90 percent of Lufthansa’s flight schedule will be cancelled Wednesday due to a walkout by ground staff, the carrier warned, the latest strike-related travel chaos to hit Germany. Some 25,000 staff will take part in the walkout over pay, which will last for around 27 hours from 4:00 am (0300 GMT), the union Verdi announced this week. The strike will affect Germany’s biggest airport in Frankfurt […]
MANILA, Feb 6, 2024 (AFP) – The Philippines has thwarted thousands of “sophisticated” cyberattacks targeting the websites of President Ferdinand Marcos, the Philippine Coast Guard and other government agencies, an official said Tuesday. Hackers began the attacks last year and an investigation was underway to determine if the perpetrators were based in China, undersecretary Jeffrey Ian Dy of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) told a congressional hearing. Dy said the attackers used […]
By Mahesh PANDEY with Sailendra SIL in Kolkota DEHRADUN, India, Feb 6, 2024 (AFP) – Tigers in India have been photographed in high-altitude mountains rarely seen before, with experts suggesting relentless human pressure and a heating climate are driving them from traditional hunting grounds. Researchers from the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) said they were surprised to find “multiple pictures” of tigers in the mountains of Sikkim — the Indian state squeezed between Nepal, Bhutan […]
The Thai government will urgently move a bill to ban the recreational use of cannabis, the health minister said on Tuesday, after the kingdom decriminalised the drug in 2022. Cannabis was taken off the list of banned narcotics in June 2022 under the previous government, which included the pro-legalisation Bhumjaithai party. The move prompted hundreds of cannabis dispensaries to sprout around the country, particularly in Bangkok, provoking concern from critics who urged the need for […]
By Mathias CENA TOKYO, Feb 6, 2024 (AFP) – Game giant Nintendo raised its annual net profit forecast on Tuesday, saying the weak yen and steady sales of the Switch console, now in its seventh year, would boost earnings. Sales grew in the first three quarters for major releases including the new Zelda game, the company said, while the Super Mario movie helped sell games from the Mario franchise. Nintendo now expects net profit of […]
Anthony Davis delivered his third career triple double on Monday to support big nights from LeBron James and D’Angelo Russell as the Los Angeles Lakers won 124-118 at Charlotte. Russell scored 28 points, James added 26 and Davis dominated with 26 points, 15 rebounds and 11 assists as the Lakers finished an NBA road trip 4-2 with the other wins at Boston, New York and Golden State. “We’ve been doing a good job at playing […]
Three researchers on Monday won a $700,000 prize for using artificial intelligence to read a 2,000-year-old scroll that was scorched in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The Herculaneum papyri consist of about 800 rolled up Greek scrolls that were carbonized during the 79 CE volcanic eruption that buried the ancient Roman town of Pompeii, according to the organizers of the “Vesuvius Challenge.” Resembling logs of hardened ash, the scrolls, which are kept at Institut de […]
By Adel Zaanoun with Shaun Tandon in Riyadh US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due to fly to Egypt on Tuesday as part of a Middle East crisis tour seeking a new truce and “an enduring end” to the Israel-Hamas war. In Cairo, Blinken is scheduled to met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, the day after he held talks in Riyadh with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The trip, Blinken’s fifth to the […]
By Anne-Sophie THILL SAINTE-ANNE-DE-LA-PÉRADE, Canada, Feb 6, 2024 (AFP) – On a frozen river in Canada, a cluster of brightly coloured cabins stand out against the white snow as vehicles crawl to and fro. Tired of waiting for cold-enough winter weather, ice fishing enthusiasts in Quebec province can finally cast their lines. The season here usually starts on December 26 and lasts until February 18, but it depends heavily on the onset of cold weather, […]
LOS ANGELES, Feb 6, 2024 (AFP) – A powerful storm lashing California on Monday has left at least three people dead and caused devastating mudslides and flooding, after dumping months’ worth of rain in a single day. More than ten inches (25 centimeters) of rain was recorded in one part of Los Angeles County in 24 hours of downpour, with no letup forecast in the coming days. Mountainsides collapsed in the tony Hollywood Hills area, […]
