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by W.G. Dunlop Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — FBI agents on Thursday arrested a 21-year-old national guardsman suspected of being behind a major leak of sensitive US government secrets — including about the Ukraine war. Broadcast live on TV networks, the dramatic arrest was the culmination of a weeklong investigation — fueled by intense media coverage — into one of the most damaging leaks of classified information since the 2013 dump of National […]
by Lucie AUBOURG Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Dry-spells known as flash droughts, with a surprisingly rapid onset and often devastating impact, are becoming more frequent as human activity warms the planet, according to a study published Thursday. Though droughts are generally thought of as long-term phenomena, some can occur quite suddenly, in a matter of weeks, when the conditions are right. Global warming is a recipe for increasing those special conditions around […]
by Matthew WALSH China will ban ships from entering an area north of Taiwan on Sunday due to “possible falling rocket wreckage”, a provincial maritime authority said, days after Beijing conducted large-scale military drills around the self-ruled island. The area around 160 kilometres (100 miles) from the Taiwanese capital, Taipei, will be closed from 9:00 am (0100 GMT) to 3:00 pm (0700 GMT), the maritime safety administration of China’s eastern Fujian province said Thursday. It […]
Paris, France | AFP | Thursday 4/13/2023 by Laurent BARTHELEMY Hundreds of thousands of people are set to take to the streets across France again on Thursday to protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms, in a final day of demonstrations before a crucial court decision on the legislation. Police expect around 400,000 to 600,000 people to take part nationwide. That would be fewer than half the nearly 1.3 million reached in March at the […]
Seoul, South Korea | AFP | Thursday 4/13/2023 South Korea’s top court ruled Thursday that Google must disclose details of any personal information of South Korean nationals that it had shared with third parties, sending the case back to a lower court. The ruling comes in response to a 2014 lawsuit filed by a group of activists against the global tech giant and its local unit, Google Korea, demanding it disclose how their personal information […]
Jakarta, Indonesia | AFP | Thursday 4/13/2023 The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), criticised for its inaction over the deepening Myanmar crisis, strongly condemned on Thursday air strikes that reportedly killed dozens of people. Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s biggest economy, is the 2023 chair of the regional bloc and is hoping to kickstart a five-point plan, agreed with the Myanmar junta two years ago, and other mediation attempts that have so far failed to end […]
Oslo, Norway | AFP | Thursday 4/13/2023 Norway on Thursday announced the expulsion of 15 “intelligence officers” working at the Russian embassy in Oslo. “The 15 intelligence officers have been engaging in activities that are not compatible with their diplomatic status,” Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt said in a statement. According to the statement the “officers” had been declared “personae non gratae,” and that they must leave “shortly.” Contacted by AFP, the Russian embassy in Oslo […]
Severe Weather Update: Severe Tropical Cyclone Ilsa now category 5. Video current: 3:00pm AWST 13 April 2023. Know your weather. Know your risk. For the latest forecasts and warnings go to our website https://t.co/4W35o8iFmh or the BOM weather app. pic.twitter.com/6Sbs904Joe — Bureau of Meteorology, Australia (@BOM_au) April 13, 2023 Sydney, Australia | AFP | Thursday 4/13/2023 A powerful tropical cyclone hurtled towards Western Australia on Thursday, triggering a “red alert” emergency and evacuation orders as […]
PALAYAN, Philippines | AFP | Thursday 4/13/2023 by Mikhail FLORES US and Philippine troops held anti-tank missile exercises on Thursday, as the allies stepped up their largest war games, which have already drawn China’s ire. Under a plume of black smoke, three cars parked on scrubland were crushed by missiles fired from about 600 metres (0.37 miles) away by three soldiers at a military base in the north of the Philippines. The annual Balikatan manoeuvres […]
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — Ecuadoran authorities arrested three people in connection to a gang-related shooting that left nine dead in the northern coastal city of Esmeraldas, President Guillermo Lasso said on Wednesday. Around 30 men on motorcycles and boats opened fire indiscriminately on a crowd at a fishing port in the city on Tuesday, CCTV images showed, with passers-by jumping into the water to escape the bullets. “There are three people in custody from the […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China’s exports rose in March for the first time in six months, customs data showed Thursday, as the world’s second-largest economy continued its recovery following the end of onerous coronavirus curbs late last year. The 14.8 percent surge in overseas shipments marked the first since September, according to the General Administration of Customs, and will provide a boost to hopes for a lasting rebound. Beijing long maintained some of the world’s […]
by Anna MALPAS Agence France-Presse NOVOGRYGORIVKA, Ukraine (AFP) — His fields peppered with Russian shells, Ukrainian farmer Vitaliy Sydor has resorted to desperate measures to clear explosives from the land himself so he can plant crops. “I bought metal detectors and had a bit of a look on the Internet,” said Sydor, 28. He had no protective equipment, he admitted, and relies on a friend with army experience. His village, Novogrygorivka, in Ukraine’s southern Mykolaiv […]
