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WASHINGTON, Sept 29, 2023 (AFP) – A man was shot on Thursday in the southwestern US state of New Mexico during a protest against the installation of a statue of a Spanish conquistador, authorities and activists said. “Protesters and counter protesters had gathered… in response to the county’s plans to install a statue of Juan de Onate,” a statement from the city of Espanola read. Onate, who in the late 16th and early 17th centuries […]
By Nick Gammon and Julie Capelle with Richard Carter in The Hague ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Sept 28, 2023 (AFP) – A gunman dressed in combat gear and wearing a bulletproof vest went on a shooting rampage at a house and a hospital in Rotterdam Thursday, killing a 14-year-old girl, her mother, and a teacher. Dutch police said they were still investigating the motive for the twin attacks by the 32-year-old man, who also set fire to […]
TOKYO, Sept 29, 2023 (AFP) – Japan will begin releasing a second batch of wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant from next week, its operator has said, an exercise that angered China and others when it began in August. On August 24, Japan began discharging into the Pacific some of the 1.34 million tonnes of wastewater that has collected since a tsunami crippled the facility in 2011. “The inspections following the first release have […]
MONTEVIDEO, Sept 29, 2023 (AFP) – An estimated 400 seals and sea lions have turned up dead on the coast of Uruguay in recent weeks, blamed by authorities on bird flu. Multiple ministries are monitoring the situation after a first case of H5 bird flu was detected in a sea lion on a beach in Montevideo, where the River Plate empties into the Atlantic. The dead animals have turned up on the Atlantic coast and […]
Manila, Philippines – K-pop sensation Twice is all set to make their return to the Philippines this weekend as part of their 5th world tour, ‘Ready To Be.’ Fans, known as Once, are eagerly awaiting the group’s performances at the iconic Philippine Arena on Saturday and Sunday. Twice’s Global Phenomenon Twice, the nine-member girl group hailing from South Korea, has established themselves as a global phenomenon with their infectious music and captivating choreography. Their immense […]
By Xinqi SU HONG KONG, Sept 29, 2023 (AFP) – Hong Kong unionist Joe Wong had applied for permission to hold a Labour Day march, but cancelled his request to police in an abrupt U-turn after he briefly went missing. He cannot reveal what led to the change of heart, a result of a confidentiality clause in a sweeping national security law Beijing imposed on Hong Kong in 2020 to quell dissent. Three years after […]
Apple’s former lead designer Jony Ive is in talks to team up with ChatGPT creator OpenAI to create an “iPhone of Artificial Intelligence,” the Financial Times reported on Thursday. Citing three unnamed sources, the report said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman had turned to Ive’s company LoveFrom to develop what would be the ChatGPT creator’s first consumer device. The project would be financed with an investment of $1 billion by Japanese conglomerate Softbank, with its chip […]
By Joseph Boyle and Kilian Fichou PARIS, Sept 28, 2023 (AFP) – Their language was salty and the message was clear: game developers believed their livelihoods were under threat and they were not going to accept it. Unity, a US company whose software is used to create and run thousands of games including smash hits like “Pokemon GO” and “Genshin Impact”, announced on September 12 new fees for developers. The firm was going to charge […]
By Susannah Walden and Ashraf Khan KARACHI, Sept 28, 2023 (AFP) – The cow had been slaughtered and bags of rice purchased but young bride Wahida’s nuptials were cut short when her groom was arrested on their wedding day, one of hundreds caught in a recent crackdown on Afghans living in Pakistan. The 20-year-old now lives with her in-laws at the Afghan Muhajir aid camp in the port mega-city of Karachi but without her husband-to-be, […]
STOCKHOLM, Sept 28, 2023 (AFP) – Since 1901, Nobel prizes have been awarded to men, women and organisations for work that has led to great advances for mankind, in line with the wishes of inventor Alfred Nobel. The winners of this year’s prizes will be announced daily from Monday, October 2 through October 9. Here are five things to know about the prizes and their creator. – In absentia – Since 1901, six Nobel peace […]
By Shahid HASHMI KARACHI, Sept 28, 2023 (AFP) – As a young boy in a family of seven cricket-mad brothers, Pakistan pace bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi immersed himself in the sport — even when sleeping. “I used to come home after training and he would take my pads and somehow wear them to bed,” said elder brother Riaz, a decent player himself with one Test cap to his name. “He would place the stumps next […]
