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JOHANNESBURG, Aug 23, 2023 (AFP) – BRICS leaders on Wednesday will debate admitting new members to their five-nation bloc as it pursues a bigger role in shaping world affairs it sees as dominated by western powers. China is seeking to rapidly grow the club of large emerging economies amid rising competition with the United States, and more than 40 nations are lining up to join. But the BRICS other major power, India, is wary of […]
PARIS, Aug 23, 2023 (AFP) – Temperatures in France hit an all-time high for late summer on Tuesday, the weather authority said, as the country continues to swelter under a punishing heatwave. The nationwide average temperature over 24 hours hit 27.1 degrees Celsius (81 Fahrenheit), Meteo France announced Wednesday — ahead of an expected peak in the August hot spell expected in the second half of the week. Such continuously high temperatures have never been […]
GENEVA, Aug 23, 2023 (AFP) – As Europe and other regions swelter, a UN researcher cautioned that climate change was enabling increasingly intense and long-lasting heatwaves, which in some areas could soon begin to hit year-round. Extreme heat has dominated the headlines in recent weeks, from the current “heat dome” cooking much of Europe, to heat-fuelled wildfires raging in Greece, Spain, Canada and Hawaii, and soaring temperatures in the middle of the South American winter. […]
NEW DELHI, Aug 23, 2023 (AFP) – India became the first nation to successfully land a craft on the Moon’s south pole on Wednesday, the latest milestone in a renewed push for lunar exploration that has drawn in both the world’s top space powers and new players. New Delhi’s attempt came days after the crash-landing on the Moon of Russia’s Luna-25 probe. Here is the latest on various missions to the celestial body: – India’s […]
BENGALURU, India, Aug 23, 2023 (AFP) – India on Wednesday became the first nation to land a craft near the Moon’s south pole, a historic triumph for the world’s most populous nation and its ambitious, cut-price space programme. The unmanned Chandrayaan-3, which means “Mooncraft” in Sanskrit, touched down at 6:04 pm India time (1234 GMT) as mission control technicians cheered wildly and embraced their colleagues. Its landing comes days after a Russian probe crashed in […]
ATHENS, Aug 23, 2023 (AFP) – Greek firefighters on Wednesday struggled to contain uncontrolled fires throughout the country for a fifth day, several of them bordering an acrid, smoke-filled Athens. In the last two days nineteen people believed to be migrants — including two children — have been killed in forest fires. A fire fanned by strong winds ripped through the foothills of Mount Parnitha, the largest forest adjoining the capital, burning near the outskirts […]
NEW DELHI, Aug 23, 2023 (AFP) – At least 18 labourers working on a railway bridge being built across a ravine in India’s northeastern Mizoram state were killed when it collapsed on Wednesday, police said, with several others missing. Video footage posted by Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga showed a metal frame that had toppled off towering columns into a wooded valley below. “Under construction railway over bridge at Sairang, near Aizawl collapsed,” Zoramthanga, who uses […]
BENGALURU, India, Aug 23, 2023 (AFP) – India’s lunar spacecraft landed safely near the Moon’s little-explored south pole on Wednesday, sparking wild celebrations and applause among technicians guiding the mission. “Chandrayaan-3 has successfully soft-landed on the Moon,” the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced at its headquarters. India Moon landing is “historic day”, says PM Narendra Modi. This is a developing story.
KYIV, Ukraine, Aug 23, 2023 (AFP) – Civilians were killed in attacks in both Russia and Ukraine Wednesday, while Moscow was hit by drones for the sixth night in a row as the war — which is now hitting Russian territory daily — dragged into its 19th month. Kyiv, which vowed this summer to “return” the war to Russia, has regularly hit Moscow and other cities deep inside Russia with drone attacks. The latest attacks […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental early Wednesday, Aug. 23. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 2:38 a.m. The epicenter was 189 kilometers southeast of Balut Island. The depth of focus was 89 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rain showers are expected in parts of the country on Wednesday, Aug. 23. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Cagayan Valley and Cordillera Administrative Region, in particular, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. PAGASA said these were due to the trough of a low pressure area, which is located 445 km east of Aparri, Cagayan. Flooding or landslides due to moderate with […]
