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By Tomás VIOLA BUENOS AIRES, Nov 10, 2023 (AFP) – Decked out in friendship bracelets and glitter, fans lined up ahead of the first Argentina show of Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour” Thursday ready to shake off the bad blood of the upcoming presidential election — until they were met with posters warning: “Swiftie, don’t vote Milei.” Thousands of young people queued for hours outside Buenos Aires’s Estadio Monumental stadium in the springtime sun, singing, trading […]
MANILA, Nov 10, 2023 (AFP) – The Philippines accused the Chinese coast guard Friday of “dangerous harassment” of Filipino boats in the disputed South China Sea, including firing a water cannon. The latest incident near Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands comes nearly three weeks after two collisions between Chinese and Philippine vessels during a resupply mission to the same tiny garrison. The countries, which have a long history of maritime disputes in […]
The Philippines accused the Chinese coast guard Friday of “dangerous harassment” of Filipino boats in the disputed South China Sea, including firing a water cannon. The latest incident near Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands comes nearly three weeks after two collisions between Chinese and Philippine vessels during a resupply mission to the same tiny garrison. The countries, which have a long history of maritime disputes in the hotly contested waters, traded blame for […]
South Korean smartphone giant Samsung Electronics will roll out a real-time translation service on calls using AI technology next year, a company representative told AFP on Friday. Samsung is the world’s largest smartphone maker accounting for a fifth of global sales between July and September, as Apple trails in second with 16 percent of the market, according to market tracker Counterpoint. The new real-time translation feature will be incorporated into Samsung’s new Galaxy flagship model, […]
By Jing Xuan TENG SUZHOU, China, Nov 10, 2023 (AFP) – When Han Jiali’s beloved cat Dabai was taken from her Shanghai home last year, she embarked on a hunt for her pet that took her deep into the bowels of China’s underground feline meat trade. Most people in China do not eat cat meat, but an estimated four million furry friends are slaughtered for food each year in an illegal market that includes areas […]
YANGON, Nov 10, 2023 (AFP) – Almost 50,000 people have been displaced by fighting in northern Myanmar after an alliance of ethnic armed groups launched an offensive against the military two weeks ago, the United Nations said Friday. “As of 9 November, almost 50,000 people in northern Shan were forced into displacement,” the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said in an update. Fighting has raged for two weeks across northern […]
(Eagle News) — Fifty-six more Filipinos have left Gaza amid the conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas. According to President Bongbong Marcos, this “brings the total to 98 out of the 137 originally in Gaza, now en route to Cairo.” He said of the 98 Filipinos, 34 have boarded their flight to Qatar and will arrive in Manila later at 4:30 p.m. “The safe journey of our nationals is of utmost importance, and […]
WASHINGTON, Nov 10, 2023 (AFP) – Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ruled out a ceasefire in Gaza on Thursday, saying the military was performing “exceptionally well,” but insisted Israel does not plan to reoccupy the Palestinian territory. “A ceasefire with Hamas means surrender,” he told Fox News, adding there was no “timetable” for the military offensive. “I think the Israeli army is performing exceptionally well,” he added. “However long it takes, we’ll do it.” Israel […]
Frank Borman, the NASA astronaut who led the 1968 Apollo 8 mission, the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon, has died at the age of 95, the US space agency said Thursday. He passed away on November 7 in Billings, Montana. “Today we remember one of NASA’s best,” said the agency’s administrator Bill Nelson, in a statement. “His lifelong love for aviation and exploration was only surpassed by his love for his wife Susan.” […]
US health authorities on Thursday approved the world’s first vaccine for chikungunya, a virus spread by infected mosquitoes that the Food and Drug Administration called “an emerging global health threat.” The vaccine, developed by Europe’s Valneva which will be marketed under the name Ixchiq, was approved for people 18 and over who are at increased risk of exposure, the FDA said. Ixchiq’s green-light by the US drug regulator is expected to speed the vaccine’s rollout […]
MEXICO CITY, Nov 9, 2023 (AFP) – Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak suffered a “minor” stroke in Mexico but has left hospital and is returning to the United States, he told ABC News on Thursday. Wozniak, 73, was scheduled to speak at the World Business Forum on Wednesday in Mexico City, where he was taken to a hospital after falling ill. Wozniak told ABC News that he had experienced dizziness and vertigo and found himself unable […]
SANTIAGO, Nov 9, 2023 (AFP) – Hunger affected some 43.2 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022, about 6.5 percent of the region’s population, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization said Thursday. While an improvement from 2021, the figure was higher than pre-Covid — representing some six million extra hungry people from 2019, the agency said in a regional overview of food security and nutrition. The FAO cited the pandemic, the climate […]
