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By Hiroshi HIYAMA TOKYO, Jan 4, 2024 (AFP) – Pilots on a Japan Airlines plane engulfed in flames just after all 379 passengers and crew escaped were initially unaware the aircraft was on fire, according to fresh details reported Thursday. The airliner collided with a coast guard plane after landing at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday evening. All but one of the six people on the smaller aircraft were killed. A ball of flame erupted […]
TOKYO, Jan 4, 2024 (AFP) – The black box from an Osprey military aircraft that crashed off Japan in November with eight people on board has been recovered, the US military said Thursday, five weeks after the accident. “Critical equipment identified by investigation officials has been recovered, including the Voice and Data Recorder, often called the black box,” US Air Force Special Operations Command spokeswoman Rebecca Heyse said. “The equipment will be transported to laboratories […]
A New Zealand fisherman has been rescued in what police described Thursday as “an absolute miracle” after spending nearly 24 hours in the ocean before using the sun’s reflection off his watch to attract attention. At one stage during his ordeal a shark swam close to the fisherman to “have a sniff”, police sergeant Will Hamilton said. The man was on a solo fishing trip when he fell overboard after hooking a marlin off the […]
A new immersive Elvis Presley show will open in central London later this year, bringing the king of rock ‘n’ roll back to life with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), organisers said Thursday. “Elvis Evolution”, featuring a life-size digital Elvis performing on stage, is designed to be the first of a series of shows in cities including Las Vegas, Tokyo and Berlin. British company Layered Reality put together the spectacle using AI, holographic projections, […]
TOKYO, Jan 4, 2024 (AFP) – Tokyo stocks opened sharply lower Thursday, the first trading day of 2024, playing catch-up with falls of US shares. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index dropped 1.93 percent, or 646.30 points, to 33,817.87 in early trade, while the broader Topix index fell 1.24 percent, or 29.25 points, to 2,337.14. After closing 2023 on Friday, the Tokyo market reopened after its New Year break, during which the US market marked two […]
Rest of the country affected by easterlies (Eagle News)–The northeast monsoon is affecting Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the easterlies are also affecting the rest of the country. As a result, Cagayan Valley, Apayao, Aurora and Quezon will have cloudy skies with rains. Flashfloods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila, the rest of Luzon and Visayas, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to […]
STOCKHOLM, Jan 3, 2024 (AFP) – Sweden on Wednesday recorded its coldest January night in 25 years, with a reading of minus 43.6 degrees Celsius in the far north as a cold snap hit the Nordics. “To put that into perspective, that is the lowest January temperature in Sweden since 1999,” Mattias Lind, meteorologist at Sweden’s national weather agency SMHI, told AFP. In January 1999, a temperature of minus 49 degrees Celsius (minus 56.2 Fahrenheit) […]
By Tomohiro OSAKI ANAMIZU, Japan, Jan 3, 2024 (AFP) – Japanese rescuers struggled with heavy rain, blocked roads and aftershocks on Wednesday following a powerful earthquake that killed at least 73 people and left tens of thousands without power or running water. Throughout the Ishikawa prefecture on the main island of Honshu sirens blared as emergency vehicles tried to navigate roads blocked by rocks and fallen trees. The Noto Peninsula was worst hit by the […]
BEIJING, Jan 3, 2024 (AFP) – China on Wednesday announced “routine” military patrols in the South China Sea, following recent clashes between countries in the disputed waterway. The People’s Liberation Army’s Southern Theater Command said it had “organised naval and air forces to conduct routine patrols” in the sea from January 3 to 4. The statement did not mention where exactly the patrols would take place or give specific details of their aims. Beijing claims […]
By Hiroshi HIYAMA, Etienne BALMER TOKYO, Jan 3, 2024 (AFP) – After landing, smoke filled the cabin and flames licked the windows, but the Japan Airlines crew got all 367 passengers safely off the aircraft in an orderly fashion — and just in time. Babies and children screamed and panic-stricken passengers begged to be let off, footage from the scene on Tuesday at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport showed. “Honestly, I thought we wouldn’t survive. So I […]
BRUSSELS, Jan 3, 2024 (AFP) – NATO members in Europe have signed a contract for up to 1,000 Patriot missiles to bolster air defences in the face of the threat from Russia, the alliance said Wednesday. The announcement of the contract, estimated to be worth $5.5 billion, comes as Moscow has unleashed repeated barrages of deadly missile and drone strikes against Ukraine in recent days. NATO’s procurement agency said the deal agreed by an initial […]
TEHRAN, Jan 3, 2024 (AFP) – At least 103 people were killed in Iran Wednesday as two bombs in quick succession struck a crowd commemorating slain general Qasem Soleimani on the anniversary of his killing, state media reported. The blasts, which state television called a “terrorist attack”, came with tensions running high in the Middle East a day after Hamas number two Saleh al-Aruri — an Iran ally — was killed in drone attack on […]
