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KOKOPO, Papua New Guinea, July 20, 2023 (AFP) – An “armed and dangerous” World War II bomb was dug up and defused Thursday on the small Pacific island of Nauru, the country’s police force said. Schools were closed and Nauru’s 12,000 residents were urged to stay at home as Australian military specialists worked on the 500-pound (227-kilogram) explosive, which was first discovered almost two weeks ago. Nauru’s government declared a state of emergency across the […]
By Diego Opatowski, Andy SCOTT AUCKLAND, July 20, 2023 (AFP) – A gunman killed two people and wounded six others at a building site in central Auckland Thursday, hours before New Zealand’s biggest city was to host the opening match of the 2023 FIFA football World Cup. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said the gunman died at the scene and there was no national security threat, so the marquee tournament would go ahead as planned. The […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies and rain showers are expected in parts of the country on Thursday, July 20. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Visayas, Romblon, Sorsogon, Masbate, Zamboanga del Norte, Misamis Provinces, Camiguin, Agusan del Norte, Surigao del Norte and Dinagat Islands, in particular, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest […]
By Jonathan Sawaya AMCHÎT, Lebanon, July 20, 2023 (AFP) – In a pristine patch of Lebanon’s north coast, a rare marine visitor has fuelled opposition to a seafront development, in a country where unchecked construction has obstructed access to beaches. Residents of Amchit say a Mediterranean monk seal sometimes visits the area, taking refuge in the crystal-blue waters of a sea-cave accessible only by wading or paddling between low rocks to reach a tiny, sheltered […]
PARIS, July 20, 2023 (AFP) – Struck by near-record temperatures and wildfires during this week’s heatwave, the Mediterranean region is ranked as a climate-change “hot spot” by scientists. The beaches, seafood and heritage sites in the region spanning parts of southern Europe, northern Africa and western Asia are under threat. Here are five key threats to the region flagged by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Its reports are the most comprehensive […]
THE HAGUE (AFP) – A Dutch court sentenced a man to prison on Tuesday for selling “suicide kits” which prosecutors said led to the deaths of at least 10 people. The defendant was accused of providing 1,600 packages of a deadly drug cocktail since 2018, in a case the court noted was the first of its kind in the Netherlands. Although euthanasia is legal in the Netherlands, it can only be provided only under strict […]
By Francois BECKER PARIS, July 20, 2023 (AFP) – The story of the invention of the atomic bomb told in the new film “Oppenheimer” is a “warning” to the world as we grapple with artificial intelligence, insists the movie’s director Christopher Nolan. The British-born maker of “Memento”, “Dunkirk” and the “Batman” trilogy said he believes a lot of the anguish around technology “in our imagination stems from (Robert) Oppenheimer,” the physicist who helped invent nuclear […]
(Eagle News)–Lieutenant General Romeo Brawner Jr. has been named the next chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Brawner, the Philippine Army commanding general, is set to replace General Andres Centino, who will serve as the Presidential Adviser on the West Philippine Sea. Brawner served as the brigade commander of the 103rd Infantry Brigade after the Marawi Siege. He also served as the Commandant of the Cadets in the Philippine Military Academy. According to […]
BOGOTÁ (AFP) – Heavy rains on Wednesday complicated the search for nine people still missing after a landslide that killed at least 20 in central Colombia, authorities said. More than 400 military troops, firefighters and other government rescue workers searched for survivors under intense downpours, two days after Monday’s disaster in the Cundinamarca department. “We have at this time a toll of 20 fatalities” including five minors, fire department chief Alvaro Farfan told reporters Wednesday. […]
By Yannick PASQUET ATHENS (AFP) – Millions suffered through intense heat Wednesday as fires raged, health worries mounted and the world appeared headed for its hottest month of July on record. As temperature records tumbled on three continents, experts pointed the finger at climate change driven by the burning of fossil fuels, saying global warming had a key role in destructive weather. Governments and the World Health Organization issued warnings as vulnerable parts of the […]
By Glenn CHAPMAN SAN FRANCISCO, July 19, 2023 (AFP) – Netflix on Wednesday said subscriptions to the media streaming service climbed by nearly 6 million in the wake of its crackdown on password sharing. The streaming giant finished the recently ended quarter with a total of 238 million subscribers and a profit of $1.5 billion, according to an earnings release. The bumper pickup in subscribers came as a potentially crippling writers and actors strike hits […]
ADDIS ABABA, July 19, 2023 (AFP) – Social media networks like Facebook and Instagram were back online in Ethiopia on Wednesday after being blocked for five months, according to an internet advocacy organisation and an AFP journalist. A service run by the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI), an association that tracks online censorship, showed that access to social networks in Africa’s second-most populous country was freely available after being shut down in early February. […]
