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RHODES, Greece, July 24, 2023 (AFP) – Tens of thousands of people fled wildfires on the Greek island of Rhodes on Sunday as terrified tourists scrambled to get home. And there were reports of wildfires breaking out on Corfu, another popular Greek island, with land and sea evacuations underway late Sunday. On Rhodes, firefighters tackled blazes that erupted in peak tourism season, sparking the country’s largest-ever wildfire evacuation — and leaving flights and holidays cancelled. […]
BANGKOK, July 24, 2023 (AFP) – Fighting between the Myanmar army and anti-junta rebels has flared in recent days, with locals in one village saying Saturday that more than a dozen people were killed in a single raid. Deadly violence has engulfed Myanmar since the military deposed Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government in February 2021 and unleashed a bloody crackdown on dissent that has left thousands dead. The junta has been battling anti-coup “People’s […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Ukrainian drones hit two buildings in Moscow and an ammunition depot in Russian-annexed Crimea on Monday, Russian officials said, as Ukraine reported another Russian strike on a grain facility. Russia said it had neutralized two Ukrainian drones over Moscow during the night with no casualties reported. One of the drones crashed close to the defense ministry in the center of the Russian capital, while the other hit an office building in […]
WELLINGTON, July 24, 2023 (AFP) – The gunman who slayed two victims during a mass shooting in Auckland on the opening day of the Women’s World Cup killed himself during a shoot-out, New Zealand police said Monday. The tournament’s kickoff in Auckland last Tuesday was overshadowed when a gunman opened fire at a building site on the city’s waterfront. A post-mortem of the 24-year-old gunman showed he was injured when shots were exchanged with armed […]
By Pierre-Henry DESHAYES Agence France-Presse KIRKENES, Norway (AFP) — Assault rifles at the ready, binoculars pointed at the Russian shore, the patrol boats carrying Norwegian soldiers power up the Pasvik River at full speed. This is NATO’s most northern border, the only one still officially open between Russia and Europe. It may be 3,000 kilometres (1,900 miles) from Ukraine’s front lines, but the war has turned lives upside down here, and left the Arctic region […]
WELLINGTON, July 24, 2023 (AFP) – Philippines coach Alen Stajcic is backing his Women’s World Cup debutants to “crash the party” when they play co-hosts New Zealand on Tuesday. New Zealand are on a high after beating Norway 1-0 in the tournament opener to end a 15-game winless streak at Women’s World Cups dating back to 1991. The Philippines lost 2-0 to Switzerland in their first game at the finals in New Zealand and Australia […]
By Anuj Chopra with Phil Hazlewood in London WASHINGTON, July 24, 2023 (AFP) – Photo apps digitally undressing women, sexualized text-to-image prompts creating “AI girls” and manipulated images fueling “sextortion” rackets — a boom in deepfake porn is outpacing US and European efforts to regulate the technology. Artificial intelligence-enabled deepfakes are typically associated with fake viral images of well-known personalities such as Pope Francis in a puffer coat or Donald Trump under arrest, but experts […]
LONDON, July 24, 2023 (AFP) – Mick Jagger once sang “what a drag it is getting old” but the most senior swinger in town shows little sign of slowing down as he turns 80 on Wednesday. The Rolling Stones frontman is still strutting and gyrating in front of packed-out arenas, most recently touring Europe to mark the band’s 60th anniversary. The icon of 60s counterculture underwent a heart valve replacement in 2019, but his regime […]
KENDARI, Indonesia (AFP) — At least 15 people were killed and 19 more were missing on Monday after a wooden boat sank off the coast of Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, search and rescue officials said. The boat sank with 40 people onboard just after midnight local time (1700 GMT on Sunday), the local office of Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said in a statement. Six people were rescued and taken to hospital for treatment, it said, […]
By Hiba Aslan JERUSALEM, July 24, 2023 (AFP) – A library in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem offers a rare glimpse into Palestinian history with its treasure trove of manuscripts dating back hundreds of years before the creation of Israel. At the Khalidi Library in the walled Old City, Rami Salameh expertly inspects a damaged manuscript as part of the effort to restore and digitise historical Palestinian documents. “The manuscripts range from jurisprudence to astronomy, the Prophet’s […]
(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos is expected to deliver his second State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 24, following developments that include his signing of the Maharlika Investment Fund into law and the International Criminal Court’s rejection of the Philippine bid to suspend a probe into the drug war. The President is expected to report on what his administration has done so far, and deliver a roadmap for the country to be followed in […]
SAN FRANCISCO, July 23, 2023 (AFP) – Twitter owner Elon Musk and the chief executive he brought aboard just a month ago say the social media network will ditch the bird logo, rebrand the platform with the name X and move quickly into payments, banking and commerce. “Powered by AI, X will connect us in ways we’re just beginning to imagine,” Twitter chief executive Linda Yaccarino tweeted Sunday afternoon. Late Saturday night, Musk indicated he […]
