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Japan ordered its military Saturday to prepare to shoot down a North Korean ballistic missile after Pyongyang said this week it was ready to launch its first military spy satellite. Placing the satellite into orbit would require a long-range projectile, which North Korea is banned from launching because the United Nations views such exercises as tests of ballistic missile technology. On Saturday Japanese minister Yasukazu Hamada told the country’s Self-Defense Forces “there is a possibility […]
The Philippines’ top diplomat has expressed his concern to Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang over escalating tensions in waters around Taiwan, Manila said on Saturday. Philippine foreign secretary Enrique Manalo met Qin as the two countries seek to deepen economic ties while also managing their dispute in the South China Sea, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said in a statement after the talks. “Secretary Manalo reaffirmed the Philippines’ adherence to the One China Policy, […]
Beijing, China | AFP | Sunday 4/23/2023 by Sébastien RICCI Pummelled by a housing crisis that caused a record-breaking slump last year, some Chinese property developers are starting to see light at the end of the tunnel, but analysts warn the sector is still on course to slow down in the long term. The real estate industry grew at lightning speed after restrictions were eased in 1998 across China, a country where buying a home […]
Hanover, Germany | AFP | Sunday 4/23/2023 by Léa PERNELLE Manufacturers are hoping for the artificial intelligence revolution to reach their factories, envisaging robots being used to repair complex machinery. There has been an explosion of interest in uses of AI across many sectors since the launch last year of chatbot ChatGPT from US startup OpenAI. And at last week’s Hanover Fair on industrial technology in Germany, the potential for artificial intelligence in the manufacturing […]
Paris, France | AFP | Saturday 4/23/2023 EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell called on European navies to patrol the disputed Taiwan Strait, in a opinion piece in a French weekly published Sunday. Borrell’s comments in the Journal Du Dimanche, echo comments he made last week when he stressed how crucial Taiwan is to Europe. Taiwan “concerns us economically, commercially and technologically”, Borrell said. “That’s why I call on European navies to patrol the Taiwan […]
Human Rights Watch on Friday accused Vietnam of kidnapping a blogger critical of the communist government who was living as a refugee in Thailand. Thai Van Duong, who fled to Thailand in 2019 to escape Vietnamese authorities and was subsequently given refugee status, disappeared last week. According to Vietnamese state media, the 41-year-old is now in custody in Vietnam after being detained for “illegally entering” the country through an unofficial border crossing close to Laos […]
The UK will conduct its first test of a new emergency alert service on Sunday, with millions of mobile phones set to emit a loud alarm and vibrate at 3:00pm (1400 GMT). The national system, modelled on similar schemes in Canada, Japan, the Netherlands and the United States, aims to warn the public if there is a danger to life nearby but has generated criticism over “nanny state” intrusion. A message will say: “This is […]
China on Sunday said it had lodged a complaint with Seoul over South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s “erroneous” remarks about Taiwan, as a diplomatic spat simmers between the Asian neighbours. Beijing and Seoul have traded barbs over a Reuters interview with Yoon this month, in which he called tensions between China and Taiwan a “global issue” similar to North Korea and blamed recent heightened tensions on “attempts to change the status quo by force”. […]
The US military evacuated American embassy staff from Khartoum, President Joe Biden said late Saturday, calling for an end to the “unconscionable” fighting in Sudan’s capital between the army and a paramilitary group. “Today, on my orders, the United States military conducted an operation to extract US Government personnel from Khartoum,” Biden said in a statement, adding that the embassy was “temporarily suspending operations.” As the violence entered its second week, Biden pushed for an […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck Surigao del Norte on Saturday, April 22. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 9:06 a.m. The epicenter was 14 kilometers southeast of General Luna. The depth of focus was 15 kilometers. The following instrumental intensities were reported: Instrumental Intensities: Intensity II – City of Surigao, Surigao del Norte Intensity I – Cabadbaran, Agusan del Norte; City of Borongan, Eastern Samar No damage to property […]
(Eagle News) — The easterlies are affecting the eastern sections of Visayas and Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Metro Manila will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms as a result. The rest of the country will experience the same conditions. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. PAGASA said the entire country will have light to moderate winds and coastal waters.
Paris, France | AFP | Friday 4/21/2023 by Didier Lauras with Anna Malpas in Kyiv Russia’s far-right groups have splintered over the war in Ukraine, with some of them now fighting alongside Kyiv’s forces and organising moves to embarrass the Kremlin. In March, the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVK) came out of the woodwork when it claimed responsibility for a violent incursion in Russia’s Bryansk border region. The group represents a “complex mixed threat of cross-border […]
