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MOSCOW, June 28, 2023 (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said that he did not doubt the support of Russian citizens during the rebellion by the Wagner mercenary group. “I did not doubt the reaction in Dagestan and in all of the country,” he said as he met Sergei Melikov, the head of the Caucasus region, according to an extract of the meeting aired on Russian television. Putin was replying to Melikov who had […]
CHICAGO, June 28, 2023 (AFP) – Smoke from Canada’s worst-ever wildfires was severely impacting air quality Wednesday across Ontario and at least 15 US states, with monitors warning that over one hundred million people face potentially unhealthy conditions. Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland recorded some of the worst air quality in the United States, with residents told to stay inside or limit outdoor activity as smoke blanketed huge swaths of the country just weeks after communities […]
BEIJING, June 29, 2023 (AFP) – China’s top diplomat said Thursday a new foreign relations law would help counter “bullying” from abroad after Beijing approved legislation it said would enhance its powers to counter sanctions. The United States has imposed sanctions on a lengthy list of Chinese companies and individuals, accusing them of complicity in human rights abuses that Beijing has strenuously denied. The sanctions — particularly those restricting access to critical technology needed for […]
TAIPEI, June 29, 2023 (AFP) – Taiwan has rejected applications by Chinese tourism officials to enter the island for an international travel fair next month, authorities said Thursday, citing the current “cross-strait situation” with China. China views self-ruled democratic Taiwan as part of its territory — to be seized one day, by force if necessary — and exchanges between the two sides had tapered off due to political tensions as well as pandemic-driven border closures. […]
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, June 29, 2023 (AFP) — Saudi authorities were investigating Thursday after an assailant and a security guard were killed in an exchange of gunfire outside the US consulate in Jeddah, the gateway city for the massive hajj pilgrimage taking place in Mecca. The gunman and a Nepalese security guard both died after the exchange of fire outside the consulate on Wednesday evening, officials said, giving no possible motive for the incident. “At […]
KRAMATORSK, Ukraine, June 29, 2023 (AFP) — The toll from a Russian missile strike on a restaurant in eastern Ukraine rose to 12 dead and at least 60 wounded on Thursday morning, including children, as the Kremlin insisted Russian forces only hit military-linked targets. The latest tragedy came as US President Joe Biden denounced Vladimir Putin as a “pariah” while German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the Russian president had been weakened by mercenary group Wagner’s […]
HANOI, June 29, 2023 (AFP) – Vietnam’s economic growth slowed in the first half of the year as exports were hit by a slump in demand, authorities said Thursday. The Southeast Asian country, a global manufacturing hub for clothing, shoes and electronics, saw expansion of 3.72 percent in January-June, down from 6.42 percent in the same period of 2022. “The economic growth was not high… in the context of difficulties and challenges from inside and […]
By Laetitia DREVET and Sylvie MALIGORNE Agence France-Presse PARIS, June 29, 2023 (AFP) — Unrest erupted in France for a second night in a row as balaclava-clad protesters burning rubbish and shooting fireworks clashed with security forces in violent demonstrations over the fatal shooting of a teenager by police. Nahel M., 17, was shot in the chest at point-blank range on Tuesday morning in an incident that has reignited debate in France about police tactics […]
By Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, June 29, 2023 (AFP) – Virgin Galactic is set Thursday to finally begin commercial spaceflights, a major milestone for the company founded in 2004 by British billionaire Richard Branson. Its first paying customers are a three-member crew from the Italian Air Force and National Research Council of Italy, with a fourth seat occupied by a Virgin Galactic astronaut instructor. Dubbed Galactic 01, the 90-minute mission will take off from Spaceport America, […]
(Eagle News)–Almost 300 rockfall events were monitored in Mayon in the last 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said apart from the 296 rockfall events, also monitored were seven dome-collapse pyroclastic density current events and two lava front collapse pyroclastic density current events. Lava flow reaching 2.1 kilometers and 1.5 kilometers long was also detected along Mi-si and Bonga gullies. Sulfur dioxide flux was pegged at 595 tons per day. PHIVOLCS said […]
(Eagle News)–The southwest monsoon is affecting Central and Southern Luzon and Visayas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Metro Manila, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa and Pangasinan, as a result, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. The rest of the country, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. PAGASA […]
TORONTO, Canada, June 28, 2023 (AFP) – Geoffrey Hinton, one of the so-called “godfathers” of artificial intelligence, urged governments on Wednesday to step in and make sure that machines do not take control of society. Hinton made headlines in May when he announced that he was quitting after a decade of work at Google to speak more freely on the dangers of AI, shortly after the release of ChatGPT captured the imagination of the world. […]
