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By Luna LIN Agence France-Presse BEIJING, June 7, 2023 (AFP) — Among the millions of fresh-faced high schoolers sitting China’s dreaded “gaokao” college entrance exam on Wednesday, Liang Shi sticks out like a sore thumb — a grey-haired, self-made millionaire stubbornly taking the test for the 27th time. Liang, 56, is no fool. He worked his way up from a menial job on a factory floor to establishing his own successful construction materials business. But […]
(Eagle News) — Tropical Storm “Chedeng” has further intensified over the Philippine Sea. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the center of Tropical Storm “Chedeng” is so far estimated 1,060 km rast of Southeastern Luzon. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 75 kph near the center and a gustiness of up to 90 kph. The weather bureau said “Chedeng” is unlikely to directly bring heavy rainfall over any portion of […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — Canada’s Quebec province, not used to the huge number, scale and strength of wildfires ravaging the rest of the country, has become the latest hotspot with about 160 fires burning on Tuesday, most of those out of control. In the hardest-hit Abitibi-Temiscamingue region of the province, more than 650 kilometers (400 miles) north of Montreal, fires that have disrupted mining and forestry operations are “worrying,” said Quebec Premier François Legault. “We […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Republican former New Jersey governor Chris Christie jumped into the 2024 race for the White House on Tuesday, positioning himself as a political knife-fighter and the only candidate willing to take on frontrunner Donald Trump. Christie, who filed his paperwork with the Federal Election Commission before an evening announcement in Manchester, New Hampshire, presents a novel challenge as the only Republican contender so far willing to land genuinely damaging blows […]
KHERSON, Ukraine, June 6, 2023 (AFP) — An attack on a major Russian-held dam in southern Ukraine on Tuesday unleashed a torrent of water that flooded two dozen villages and forced the evacuation of 17,000 people, sparking fears of a humanitarian disaster. Washington warned there would be “likely many deaths” as Moscow and Kyiv traded blame for ripping a gaping hole in the Kakhovka dam, which is located on the frontline and provides cooling water […]
TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards unveiled an intermediate range ballistic missile Tuesday capable of travelling at hypersonic speeds of up to 15 times the speed of sound, state television reported. President Ebrahim Raisi hailed the new missile’s hypersonic capability, saying it would boost Iran’s “power of deterrence” and “bring peace and stability to the countries of the region”. The official IRNA news agency published photographs of the ceremony in a closed area it did […]
HSINCHU, Taiwan, June 6, 2023 (AFP) — Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC said Tuesday its production of ever-smaller microchips will remain on the island, hopeful that the critical industry will have a “stabilizing effect on global geopolitical conflicts”. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company — whose clients include Apple and Intel — controls more than half the world’s output of silicon wafers, used in everything from smartphones to cars and missiles. Recent years have seen it navigating geopolitical […]
By Ashraf KHAN, Cyril BELAUD, Lehaz Ali Agence France-Presse DADU, Pakistan, June 6, 2023 (AFP) — Noor Bibi lost her mother, her daughter and the roof over her head in the catastrophic floods that drowned Pakistan last summer. One year later she remains homeless, living with the remnants of her family in spartan tents marking where the village of Sohbat Khosa was gutted by the deluge in southern Sindh province. Noor, a farm worker approaching […]
KYIV, Ukraine, June 6, 2023 (AFP) — The Kakhovka hydroelectric dam in southern Ukraine was partially destroyed on Tuesday, with Moscow and Kyiv accusing each other of being responsible. News of rising water levels were noted in several areas near the dam as expectations built over Ukraine’s long-awaited offensive against Russian forces. “Kakhovka hydroelectric plant. Another war crime committed by Russian terrorists. The president has convened the National Security Council,” the Ukrainian president’s chief of […]
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, June 6, 2023 (AFP) — More than 30 people accused of a coup plot have been arrested in Kyrgyzstan, the national security service said Tuesday. The impoverished Central Asian country with ties to Russia and China has seen three presidents resign over political crises fueled by corruption, nepotism and disputed votes since gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. The GKNB state security agency said it dismantled the preparations of a group […]
SYDNEY, June 6, 2023 (AFP) — Australia coach Graham Arnold said Tuesday he wants “revenge” over Lionel Messi’s Argentina when his side meet the world champions in a Beijing friendly next week. Messi terrorized the Socceroos and scored a sublime goal in a 2-1 win in the last 16 at the World Cup in Qatar, before going on to lift the trophy. But Arnold’s unfancied team gave Argentina a scare and the Australia coach said […]
KYIV, Ukraine, June 6, 2023 (AFP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday praised his troops for advances claimed near the devastated city of Bakhmut, while Russia said it had repelled a large-scale attack. The contrasting claims came as Pope Francis’s peace envoy, Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, arrived in Kyiv for two days of talks. “Well done, warriors! We see how hysterically Russia reacts to any step we take there, all positions we take. The […]
