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BEIJING, May 31, 2023 (AFP) – Beijing blamed US “provocation” Wednesday for an incident last week in which a Chinese plane crossed in front of an American surveillance aircraft over the South China Sea. The incident comes at a time of frayed ties between Washington and Beijing over issues including Taiwan, which China regards as its territory, and the shooting down of an alleged Chinese spy balloon that flew over the United States this year. […]
MOSCOW, May 31, 2023 (AFP) – Russia said it would evacuate hundreds of children from villages due to intensifying shelling in the border region of Belgorod, where the situation was deemed “alarming” by the Kremlin. Russia has seen intensifying attacks on its soil over a year into its Ukraine campaign, with an unprecedented incursion last week in the southern region of Belgorod and a drone attack on Moscow on Tuesday. “We are starting today to […]
(Eagle News) — Signal No. 1 remains hoisted over several Luzon areas as Typhoon “Betty” accelerates over the sea east northeast of Batanes. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the following are under the tropical cyclone wind signal: Batanes the eastern portion of Babuyan Islands (Calayan Is., Babuyan Is., and Camiguin Is.) PAGASA said the center of the eye of Typhoon “Betty” was estimated based 410 km east northeast of Itbayat, […]
HANOI, May 31, 2023 (AFP) — Faced with record-breaking heat, Vietnam’s capital Hanoi has turned off some street lights to save electricity as demand for air conditioning soars. Parks in the city of eight million people are now plunged into total darkness after 11 pm, while two-thirds of street lights are also switched off at the same hour. Scientists have warned that global warming is intensifying extreme weather events such as heatwaves. In early May, […]
BEIJING, May 31, 2023 (AFP) — Elon Musk and China’s industry minister discussed ways to develop new energy vehicles Wednesday, a day after the Tesla CEO flew into Beijing and declared he wanted to expand his business in the world’s second largest economy. The mercurial billionaire, one of the world’s richest men, is on his first trip to China in more than three years. On Wednesday he met Jin Zhuanglong in Beijing to discuss “the […]
Other parts of Luzon under Signal No. 1 (Eagle News) — Batanes is still under Signal No. 2 as Typhoon “Betty” maintains its strength and accelerates over the sea east northeast of the province. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Signal No. 1, meanwhile, remains hoisted over the following areas: The northeastern portion of Isabela (Santa Maria, San Pablo, Divilacan, Maconacon, Palanan, Cabagan) Apayao Cagayan including Babuyan Islands PAGASA said “Betty” is […]
WELLINGTON, May 31, 2023 (AFP) – The US Geological Survey on Wednesday reported a 6.2-magnitude earthquake off New Zealand’s southern coast, near the mostly uninhabited Auckland Islands. New Zealand’s GeoNet monitoring agency said the epicentre was 33 kilometres (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. There was no immediate tsunami warning and no reports of damage on the New Zealand mainland. A city council official from Invercargill — the nearest sizable city — said there had […]
MIAMI, May 31, 2023 (AFP) — Desperate. Urgent. Incredible. Unique. World class. Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra has used an array of adjectives to describe Jimmy Butler over the course of his team’s remarkable postseason campaign. On Monday, Spoelstra was once again plundering his vocabulary after Butler led Miami’s scoring in a do-or-die game seven blowout of the Boston Celtics to seal a place in the NBA Finals. It was the latest in a […]
MANILA, May 31, 2023 (AFP) — A radio broadcaster was shot dead outside his home in Oriental Mindoro on Wednesday, the Philippine National Police said. Cresenciano Bunduquin, 50, was killed by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Calapan City, police Colonel Samuel Delorino told AFP. Delorino said one of the assailants died after Bunduquin’s son hit the gunmen with his vehicle as they fled the scene of the pre-dawn attack. “The remaining suspect was able to run off. […]
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – In an industrial wasteland in Los Angeles, Kreigh Hampel is uprooting California buckwheat with a pitchfork to find out how much lead it has absorbed. The plant’s delicate white and pink flowers belie an astonishing cleaning power, which scientists think could be harnessed to get rid of dangerous pollutants — and even recycle them. “That’s the miracle of life,” enthuses 68-year-old Hampel, who is volunteering on the project. “Plants really can […]
By Mussa Hattar Agence France-Presse AMMAN, May 31, 2023 (AFP) — Jordan is gearing up for Crown Prince Hussein’s wedding on Thursday, an event already greeted with fireworks, concerts and social media frenzy in the usually quiet desert kingdom. The eldest son of King Abdullah II will marry Saudi fiancée Rajwa Al Saif at the grand royal wedding with regional monarchs, US First Lady Jill Biden and the king of the Netherlands among the guests. […]
DENVER, May 31, 2023 (AFP) — Nikola Jokic can cap an improbable journey to the pinnacle of his sport by leading the Denver Nuggets to a first ever championship when the NBA Finals get under way on Thursday. Nine years ago, the softly spoken Serbian center barely caused a murmur of attention when the Nuggets chose him with the 41st overall pick in the draft. That selection was so low-key that it was not even […]
