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LOS ANGELES, Aug 3, 2023 (AFP) – Two serving members of the US Navy have been arrested on suspicion of spying for China, the Department of Justice said Thursday. The men are suspecting of selling secret information to Beijing that included manuals for warships and their weapons systems, as well as blueprints for a radar system and plans for a huge US military exercise. “These arrests are a reminder of the relentless, aggressive efforts of […]
BANGKOK, Aug 4, 2023 (AFP) – Eight people were killed on Friday when a freight train hit a pick-up truck trying to cross the tracks in central Thailand, the kingdom’s railway agency said. The crash took place around 2:20 am (1920 GMT Thursday) at an unauthorised crossing in Chachoengsao province, east of Bangkok, the State Railway of Thailand said in a statement. The train driver had sounded his warning horn as he approached the crossing […]
MOSCOW, Aug 4, 2023 (AFP) – Russia said Friday it had thwarted Ukrainian sea and air drone attacks on a naval base in the Black Sea and the Crimean peninsula. The number of attacks in the sea has increased from both sides since Moscow exited a deal last month that had allowed Ukrainian grain exports via the shipping hub during the conflict between the two countries. “Tonight, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the use […]
WASHINGTON, Aug 3, 2023 (AFP) – The United States is preparing to deploy Marines and Navy personnel aboard commercial tankers transiting the Gulf as part of efforts to deter Iran from seizing ships, a US official said Thursday. The security forces would provide a further layer of protection for the tankers in addition to the warships and planes operating in the strategically vital area, through which around a fifth of the world’s oil passes. […]
WASHINGTON, Aug 3, 2023 (AFP) – Former president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to criminal charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election and defraud the American people. Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, entered his plea during a nearly 30-minute hearing at the same Washington courthouse where hundreds of his supporters have been convicted for their roles in January 6, 2021 attack on the US […]
SEOUL, Aug 3, 2023 (AFP) – A man went on a “stabbing rampage” near a South Korean subway station, police said Thursday, with as many as 14 people reported wounded two weeks after a similar attack killed one person. The attack took place near the Seohyeon subway station in Bundang, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) southeast of Seoul, an official at the National Police Agency told AFP. The suspect “had been arrested at the scene”, […]
BAMENO, Ecuador, Aug 4, 2023 (AFP) – Armed with a long blowgun and darts laced with poison extracted from plants, Kominta walks naked through the thick Ecuadorian jungle, where oil exploration is threatening his way of life. “The jungle is my home, and I don’t want strangers in my territory,” the Waorani hunter tells AFP in the southeastern village of Bameno, in a region bordering Peru. His community of about 200 people is in Yasuni […]
Unused coronavirus medication for humans will be made available to treat cats in Cyprus, where they have been dying in their thousands from feline Covid, officials announced Thursday. The government gave the green light in line with a recommendation from the agriculture ministry. A strain of coronavirus — feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), not transmittable to humans — has been wreaking havoc on the prolific cat population of the Mediterranean island. “Stocks of preparations that were […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – NBA legend Michael Jordan’s tenure as a majority owner in the league officially ended Thursday as the sale of his stake of the Charlotte Hornets was approved by league governors. The purchasing group is led by Gabe Plotkin, chief investment officer at Tallwoods Capital LLC, and Rick Schnall, co-president of private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. “The sale, which has been approved by the NBA Board of Governors, immediately gives Plotkin […]
(Eagle News) — Classes in public schools will start on August 29 for this school year 2023 to 2024, the Department of Education said on Thursday, Aug. 3. According to DepEd, private schools, meanwhile, may choose when to start classes. The date they choose, however, should not be later than the last day of August. More than 28 million students enrolled in public schools in the school year 2022 to 2023. Over 12,000, meanwhile, enrolled […]
Fort Lauderdale, United States Lionel Messi made it five goals in three appearances for Inter Miami as he scored twice in a 3-1 win over Orlando City in the Leagues Cup round-of-32 on Wednesday. Messi scored twice from close range to maintain his 100 percent winning record with Miami, who were winless in 11 league games before his arrival. Messi will now head on the road with Miami for the first time with Sunday’s match […]
SYDNEY, Aug 3, 2023 (AFP) – Human remains have been found at the site where an Australian military helicopter plunged into the sea off the country’s northeast coast, authorities said Thursday. Four crew members were on board the MRH-90 Taipan helicopter when it crashed close to the Whitsunday Islands during a multinational military exercise on the night of July 28. The army’s chief of joint operations, Lieutenant General Greg Bilton, told reporters in Queensland that […]
