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Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Saturday 4/15/2023 The Sudanese army said Saturday that paramilitaries attacked its bases in Khartoum and elsewhere, shortly after the paramilitary said their camps were attacked by the regular army. “Fighters from the Rapid Support Forces attacked several army camps in Khartoum and elsewhere around Sudan,” army spokesman Brigadier General Nabil Abdallah told AFP. “Clashes are ongoing and the army is carrying out its duty to safeguard the country.” © […]
Sloviansk, Ukraine | AFP | Saturday 4/15/2023 by Jonathan BROWN Russia shelled a block of flats in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk, killing nine people, authorities said Saturday, including a two-year-old boy who was rescued from the rubble but died on his way to hospital. Friday’s strike on the quiet neighbourhood came as Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill that will make it easier to mobilise citizens into the army and block them […]
Paris, France | AFP | Saturday 4/15/2023 by Baptiste PACE and Stuart WILLIAMS French President Emmanuel Macron signed his controversial pension reform into law Saturday, defying three months of protests and pleas from unions not to implement the legislation. The alterations became law after the text was published before dawn in France’s official journal, prompting accusations from the opposition Macron was seeking to smuggle it through in the depth of the night. The publication came […]
Tokyo, Japan | AFP | Saturday 4/15/2023 by Sara HUSSEIN / Tomohiro OSAKIJapanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida resumed campaigning on Saturday after being evacuated unharmed from the scene of an apparent “smoke bomb” blast. The incident in western Japan’s Wakayama came less than a year after the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, which traumatised the country and forced a security shake-up for public officials. Kishida was in the city to deliver remarks in […]
Beijing, China | AFP | Saturday 4/15/2023 Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Saturday that the United States should stop “encouraging war” in Ukraine “and start talking about peace”. “The United States needs to stop encouraging war and start talking about peace, the European Union needs to start talking about peace,” Lula told reporters in Beijing at the end of a visit where he met with President Xi Jinping. In that way, the […]
Washington, United States | AFP | Saturday 4/15/2023 Police in the US state of New Mexico released footage Friday showing officers shooting a man dead after responding to the wrong address. The Farmington Police Department released body camera videos and 911 audio of the incident on April 5, in which three officers knocked on the door of the wrong house. They were responding to a call about domestic violence from 5308 Valley View Ave but […]
(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 as a result. PAGASA said flashfloods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. The rest of the country will experience the same conditions. The entire country will have light to moderate winds and light to moderate coastal waters.
(Eagle News)–A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Occidental Mindoro early Saturday, April 15. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 2:18 a m. The epicenter was 24 kilometers southeast of Jose Abad Santos. The depth of focus was 189 kilometers. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were reported: Intensity Intensity I – Sarangani and Santa Maria, Davao Occidental Instrumental Intensities: Intensity II – Don Marcelino, Davao Occidental Intensity I – General […]
Tokyo, Japan | AFP | Saturday 4/15/2023 Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated from a port in Wakayama after a blast was heard, but he was unharmed in the incident, local media reported Saturday. Several reports, including by Kyodo news agency, said an apparent “smoke bomb” had been thrown but there were no immediate signs of injuries or damage at the scene. A person was detained at the site in western Japan’s Wakayama where […]
Tokyo, Japan | AFP | Saturday 4/15/2023 Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was rushed from a speech after a blast was heard and smoke filled the area on Saturday, local media reported. The prime minister was safe, and a person was detained at the scene at a port in Wakayama in western Japan, national broadcaster NHK and other media said. This is a developing story…
Jakarta, Indonesia | AFP | Friday 4/14/2023 A strong 7.0-magnitude earthquake was recorded in the sea north of the main Indonesian island of Java, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said on Friday, with no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The quake struck at 4:55 pm local time (0955 GMT), the USGS said, with Indonesia’s geological agency ruling out a tsunami after the epicentre was detected at a depth of 594 kilometres (370 miles). Indonesia […]
Ottawa, Canada | AFP | Thursday 4/13/2023 – 19:10 UTC+2 | 150 words A shallow 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of western Canada Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, but there was no tsunami threat and no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The epicenter of the quake was just five miles (eight kilometers) deep in waters more than 140 miles southwest of Port McNeil, on Vancouver Island in the western province […]
