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By Caroline TAÏX, Helen ROWE LONDON, Dec 30, 2023 (AFP) – All Eurostar trains were cancelled on Saturday due to flooded tunnels in southern England, causing misery for New Year travellers in the second major disruption in 10 days. The latest cancellations follow a wildcat strike by French unions days before December 25 and weather warnings from the UK’s Met Office for rain, snow and ice across large parts of the country. Hundreds of travellers […]
PARIS, Dec 29, 2023 (AFP) – The French government said on Friday it will deploy more than 95,000 police and military personnel for New Year Eve’s celebrations, adding that a heightened “terrorist threat” required tight security. Paris alone, where up to one million revellers are expected on the Champs-Elysees Sunday night — twice as many as last year — will get 6,000 security forces to keep order. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told reporters that Sunday’s […]
By Grégory PLESSE SYDNEY, Dec 30, 2023 (AFP) – Three years after steep Chinese tariffs halted imports of Australian barley as tensions between the two countries ratcheted higher, the grain is once again flowing freely. Barley is not only used to brew beer but to feed pigs, and China was Australia’s leading market, taking 50 percent of its barley exports. China has imported 314,000 tonnes of Australian barley worth 139 million Australian dollars (around $94 […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Dec 30, 2023 (AFP) – Taiwan’s presidential candidates clashed on Saturday over their positions on the self-ruled island’s relations with China, in a debate before an upcoming vote closely watched from Beijing to Washington. Democratic Taiwan is two weeks from the pivotal election, the results of which could determine Taipei’s future ties with an increasingly bellicose China. Beijing claims Taiwan as part of its territory, has vowed to take it by force if […]
NEW YORK, Dec 30, 2023 (AFP) – A federal prosecutor in New York has decided against pursuing a second trial, this one over corruption and illegal political donations, against former crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried. The founder and CEO of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange platform, Bankman-Fried had been charged earlier with misappropriating billions of dollars of his clients’ funds without their consent. He was found guilty in early November of seven counts including fraud, conspiracy and […]
Task Force Bangon Marawi ordered to wind up ops (Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos has signed an administrative order that aims to fast-track the recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction of Marawi City. In signing Administrative Order No. 14, the President effectively ordered Task Force Bangon Marawi to wind up its operations on Dec. 31, 2023, noting that it shall be deemed “functus officio” by March 31, 2024. As part of this, the task force was directed to […]
NAMHSAN, Myanmar, Dec 30, 2023 (AFP) – A squad of Myanmar pro-democracy fighters works quickly to ready drones for an attack on a nearby military base, the latest target in a wave of aerial assaults that has helped turn the war against the junta. The team stood back as one contraption named “Bomber VIII” carrying a new six-kilogram explosive soared over a line of trees. “The military position is four kilometres away from us,” said […]
WASHINGTON, Dec 29, 2023 (AFP) – With multiple US states hearing challenges to Donald Trump’s right to run in the 2024 election, his supporters claim his enemies are tearing up democracy to prevent his return to the White House. Rulings in Colorado and Maine banning the ex-president from their primary nominating contests under the Constitution’s “insurrection clause” set off a political earthquake that could upend the campaign. But do they pose a genuine threat to […]
WASHINGTON, Dec 30, 2023 (AFP) – In the middle of the Pacific ocean, an abandoned US airfield once key to dropping the nuclear bomb on Japan — and nearly lost to history amid encroaching forest — is being revived. But as the Americans hack away at the jungle overgrowth at Tinian island airfield and other old, World War II-era bases across the region, it won’t be with Japan on their mind. Rather, it’s Beijing’s growing […]
LOS ANGELES, Dec 29, 2023 (AFP) – Resurgent Cleveland quarterback Joe Flacco threw for three touchdowns in a 37-20 NFL victory over the New York Jets on Thursday that saw the Browns punch their ticket to the playoffs. The post-season was looking unlikely for the Browns after star quarterback Deshaun Watson suffered a season-ending shoulder injury in November. Flacco, a former Super Bowl MVP with the Baltimore Ravens who was without a team at the […]
BRISBANE, Australia, Dec 30, 2023 (AFP) – Rafael Nadal was handed a dream start to his comeback tournament after drawing a qualifier Saturday in the opening round of the Brisbane International. The 37-year-old Spaniard has been out of the game for almost 12 months following hip surgery after the 2023 Australian Open in January. It was feared that Nadal, the winner of 22 Grand Slam singles titles, would never play professionally again. However, he has […]
(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos called on Filipinos to strive to walk with the same purpose, passion and nationalism as the country’s national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, amid a world still afflicted by greed, oppression and injustice. In his message on the 127th anniversary of the martyrdom of Rizal, the President urged Filipinos to “keep emulating the timeless values we can learn from his life and works.” “I also call on everyone to let the genuine […]
