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MOSCOW, Oct 5, 2023 (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called Canada’s former parliament speaker an “idiot” after the legislature celebrated a Ukrainian World War II veteran who had fought alongside the Nazis. Putin was referring to an embarrassing incident that marred a visit to Canada by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last month. During a visit to parliament by Zelensky, parliament speaker Anthony Ruta hailed an elderly Ukrainian immigrant from his district as […]
MOSCOW, Oct 6, 2023 (AFP) President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that explosive traces were discovered in the remains of Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and his crew after their plane crashed over Russia in August. Prigozhin’s plane crashed between Moscow and Saint Petersburg in August, two months after he led a brief mutiny against Russia’s top military brass. Kremlin critics and Western countries have suggested foul play. Putin’s comments were the first significant update […]
PARIS, Oct 5, 2023 (AFP) – Russian mercenary group Wagner in 2022 signed a contract with a Chinese firm to acquire two satellites and use their images, aiding its intelligence work as the organisation sought to push Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a document seen by AFP. The contract was signed in November 2022, over half a year into Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in which the Wagner group under its founder Yevgeny Prigozhin was […]
By Rim Taher TRIPOLI, Oct 6, 2023 (AFP) – Nearly a month after floods hit Derna in eastern Libya, survivors are struggling to overcome the psychological toll, with many grieving the loss — or still without news — of loved ones. Extreme rainfall from hurricane-strength Storm Daniel caused two upstream dams to burst on September 10, sending flood waters that have been likened to a tsunami crashing through the middle of Derna. The deluge razed […]
LOS ANGELES, Oct 6, 2023 (AFP) – A US man who groped a sleeping passenger on a plane was jailed Thursday for nearly two years. Mohammad Jawad Ansari, 50, put his hand on the inner thigh of a woman as she slept in the middle seat of a flight from Cleveland to Los Angeles in February 2020. The victim, who was wearing a dress, woke up and pushed Ansari’s hand away before leaving her seat […]
WASHINGTON, Oct 6, 2023 (AFP) – Former president Donald Trump shared classified information about US nuclear submarines with an Australian businessman shortly after he left office, in a meeting at his Florida private members club Mar-a-Lago, US media said Thursday. The New York Times, citing unnamed sources, identified the businessman as billionaire Anthony Pratt, who heads one of the world’s largest packaging companies. ABC News, which first revealed the story, said Pratt later shared sensitive […]
Every year, millions of babies are born prematurely. In 2020, an estimated 13.4 million babies were born early, with nearly one million dying from preterm complications. This is equivalent to around 1 in 10 babies born worldwide, UN agencies and partners said in a new report on Thursday. The highest rates of preterm birth occur in sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia, where over 13% of babies are born preterm. The rates in the worst affected […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Budget and Management has allotted P38.63 billion in the proposed 2024 national budget for the career advancement and allowances of public school teachers. According to the DBM, over 900,000 are expected to benefit from the allocation, should it be approved. Of the figure, P2.16 billion are expected to be for a training program to foster and support the professional and career advancement of personnel in schools and learning centers, […]
NEW YORK, Oct 5, 2023 (AFP) – Six artworks stolen by the Nazis and returned recently to the heirs of the Austrian Jew who owned them will be auctioned in New York next month, Christie’s said Thursday. New York authorities announced on September 20 that leading institutions that include New York’s Museum of Modern Art had agreed to return seven works by the Austrian Expressionist artist Egon Schiele to the family of Fritz Grunbaum, a […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government has said it was redoubling its efforts to mitigate the effects of inflation, which accelerated to 6.1 percent in September. In a statement, Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said authorities were, in particular, currently intensifying and accelerating its efforts in warehouse investigations and forfeiture procedure, the filing of charges against market players on alleged reports of anti-competitive practices, and the strict price monitoring of imported rice in the logistics chain. […]
By W.G. DUNLOP WASHINGTON, Oct 5, 2023 (AFP) – US warplanes on Thursday shot down a Turkish drone that was deemed a threat to American forces in Syria, the Pentagon said — an incident likely to raise tensions between the NATO allies. The shootdown came as Turkey targeted Kurdish forces in Syria following a suicide bombing in Ankara that was claimed by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). US troops observed drones carrying out strikes early […]
CARACAS, Oct 6, 2023 (AFP) – The Venezuelan prosecutor’s office said Thursday it had issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader Juan Guaido and would ask for Interpol’s help in his apprehension. Prosecutors were appointed “to issue an arrest warrant against him and to request a Red Notice from Interpol so that he pays for his crimes,” Prosecutor Tarek William Saab said. Living in exile in the United States, Guaido was accused of treason, usurpation […]
