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Japan’s second-oldest museum forced to crowdfund to pay bills

TOKYO, Aug 9, 2023 (AFP) – Japan’s second-oldest museum has raised $3.4 million through crowdfunding after reportedly being denied additional financial support to cover soaring utility bills to preserve its collection of animal and plant specimens. More than 30,000 people have donated a total of 480 million yen to the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo, easily surpassing the 100-million-yen target, campaign platform READYFOR said on Wednesday. The head of the 146-year-old museum, […]

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Journalist among three dead in Syria bombing: state media

DAMASCUS, Aug 9, 2023 (AFP) – A Syrian television journalist and two soldiers were killed on Wednesday when a roadside bomb exploded in the southern province of Daraa, state media reported. “Correspondent Firas al-Ahmad from (privately owned) Sama TV and two members of our armed forces were killed by an explosive device” as they returned from a counternarcotics operation in the province, state television said. “Terrorists” had planted the bomb, it added. Daraa was the […]

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UN says reached deal with Syria over key aid crossing

UNITED NATIONS, United States, Aug 9, 2023 (AFP) – The United Nations has said it reached agreement with the Syrian government on aid deliveries to rebel-held areas from Turkey, raising concern among relief groups who had wanted Damascus kept out. Under a 2014 deal, most international aid had passed through the Bab al-Hawa crossing from Turkey without the authorization of Damascus. But last month, the Security Council failed to reach consensus on extending the mechanism, […]

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Canceled flights on Wednesday, Aug. 9

(Eagle News) — Several flights on Wednesday, Aug. 9, were canceled due to bad weather conditions. According to the Manila International Airport Authority, these are: Cebu Pacific 5J 922/923 Manila-Fukuoka-Manila Philippine Airlines PR 418/419 Manila-Busan-Manila The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration earlier said it was monitoring a tropical storm outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility, off extreme Northern Luzon. It said rain showers in parts of the country are also expected.

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Cathay Pacific rebounds to first-half profit as travel picks up

HONG KONG, Aug 9, 2023 (AFP) – Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific on Wednesday swung to a healthy profit in the first half of the year thanks to a pick-up in travel, with the airline expecting passenger capacity to reach 70 percent of pre-pandemic levels by end of the year. The airline said it made a $546 million profit in January-June, rebounding from a loss of $640 million in the same period last year. It […]

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Chinese FM Wang Yi to embark on Southeast Asia tour

BEIJING, Aug 9, 2023 (AFP) – China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Singapore, Malaysia and Cambodia this week, Beijing said on Wednesday as it seeks to build ties in the region. Wang, who returned to the post last month after the unexplained disappearance of predecessor Qin Gang, will travel to the three countries from Thursday to Sunday, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement. “China hopes to strengthen strategic communication with the three […]

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Why Europe is hungry for chips

Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC agreed Tuesday on a multibillion-dollar deal to build a plant in Germany, part of a push to put Europe at the centre of the global semiconductor industry. The United States and China are embroiled in a fierce rivalry to dominate the chip industry, and Europe is investing billions to keep up. – Why the rush for chips? Semiconductors are the tiny components found in every electronic device, from children’s toys and smartphones […]

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World’s largest cruise ship to set sail as industry rebounds

With cruise bookings seeing a resurgence after the Covid pandemic caused luxury liners to mothball, a Finnish shipyard is putting the final touches on what will be the world’s largest cruise ship. Royal Caribbean’s luxurious new vessel Icon of the Seas is nearing completion in the Turku shipyard on Finland’s southwestern coast, its maiden voyage scheduled for January 2024. “This ship is as of today, as far as we are aware of, the biggest cruise […]

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The temperature the human body cannot survive

By Daniel Lawler Scientists have identified the maximum mix of heat and humidity a human body can survive. Even a healthy young person will die after enduring six hours of 35-degree Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) warmth when coupled with 100 percent humidity, but new research shows that threshold could be significantly lower. At this point sweat — the body’s main tool for bringing down its core temperature — no longer evaporates off the skin, eventually leading […]

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Russia says shot down two Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow

MOSCOW, Aug 9, 2023 (AFP) – Two Ukrainian combat drones headed for Moscow were shot down, Russian officials said on Wednesday, the latest in a surge of drone attacks targeting the capital. The attempted attack comes a day after the death toll from strikes on the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk rose to nine. “Two combat drones’ attempt to fly into the city was recorded. Both were shot down by air defence,” Moscow Mayor Sergei […]

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PHL employment rate in June at 95.5%: PSA

(Eagle News) — The country’s employment rate in June was reported at 95.5%. Based on data from the Philippine Statistics Authority, this is lower than the 97.7% employment rate reported the month before, but higher than the 94% reported also in June in 2022. The PSA said the 95.5% employment rate in June 2023 translates to 48.84 million people employed. This is as compared to the 46.59 million people reported employed in June 2022 and […]

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