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BEIJING, China (AFP) — Japanese tech investment titan SoftBank has decided to sell nearly all of its stake in Alibaba to limit exposure to China, the Financial Times reported Thursday. SoftBank was an early investor in the Chinese internet giant founded by Jack Ma but began to offload its shares last year. According to the report, SoftBank, which once owned 34 percent of Alibaba, has sold more than $7 billion of its shares since the […]
by Adam PLOWRIGHT Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — French first lady Brigitte Macron turns 70 on Thursday, but don’t expect her to talk about it. “Wait for April 13, 2023 when I’m going to be 70,” she told women’s lifestyle magazine S in January with barely disguised dread about the coming flood of news articles. “You’re going to hear about it, I’m sure. “I won’t read a thing that day.” Brigitte, who has three […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Zach LaVine led a second-half fightback as the Chicago Bulls eliminated the Toronto Raptors from the NBA’s play-in tournament on Wednesday. LaVine finished with 39 points –- 30 of them scored after half-time — in a 109-105 road victory for the Bulls, who will now face Miami on Friday with the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs up for grabs. LaVine and former Toronto star DeMar DeRozan showed […]
by Etienne BALMER Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — It was once touted as a miracle solution to Japan’s energy problems: creating a “hydrogen society” by sharply ramping up use of the fuel for vehicles, industry and housing. But the country’s plan to expand its hydrogen market and slash greenhouse emissions has suffered delays and criticism over the fuel’s green credentials. As G7 climate ministers meet this weekend in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo, […]
11153, United States (AFP) by Romain FONSEGRIVES An explosion of oranges, yellows, purples and whites has covered California’s hillsides, as a rare “super bloom” bursts into life in the wake of a very wet winter. Vast stretches of countryside that spend months of the year as a muted, dry brown have been transformed into a carpet of color that can be seen from space. “It almost feels like a painting,” says Triana Montserrat as she […]
Washington, United States (AFP) by Beiyi SEOW World Bank member countries have endorsed measures allowing a $50 billion lending boost over the next decade, its outgoing president David Malpass said Wednesday. The move, announced during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank spring meetings in Washington, is part of an ongoing evolution of the development lender amid pushes for it to meet global challenges like climate change. Earlier on Wednesday, US Treasury Secretary Janet […]
Los Angeles, United States (AFP) — The opening game of the 2023-2024 US collegiate women’s basketball season will be staged in Paris in November, organisers announced on Wednesday. South Carolina and Notre Dame will face off on November 6 in what is the first time a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) regular season basketball game has been held in France. The South Carolina Gamecocks are coached by US women’s basketball icon Dawn Staley, a four-time […]
New York, United States (AFP) — The first Harry Potter television series is set to be made, with author JK Rowling acting as an executive producer, Warner Bros. Discovery announced on Wednesday. Rowling has recently faced accusations of transphobia for putting an emphasis on biological sex over gender identity in comments about trans women. She denies the accusation. Warner Bros. Discovery said the series will be “a faithful adaptation” of Rowling’s mega-selling books about the […]
Seoul, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea fired an unspecified ballistic missile towards the sea Thursday morning, Yonhap news agency reported, citing South Korea’s military. The agency said the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff reported the missile was fired toward the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, in the latest act of defiance from Pyongyang amid acute tensions with Seoul and Washington. The South’s military gave no immediate details of the launch, […]
Taipei, Taiwan | AFP | Wednesday 4/12/2023 China will set up a brief no-fly zone north of Taiwan on Sunday due to what the island’s transport ministry described as “space activities”. The closure comes after Beijing completed three days of massive war games around self-ruled Taiwan last week, during which China simulated targeted strikes and practised a blockade of the island. The no-fly zone does not appear to be linked to the drills, with […]
Paris, France | AFP | Wednesday 4/12/2023 Solar and wind energy surged to make a record 12 percent of the world’s electricity in 2022, a climate think tank calculated in a report Wednesday — though coal remained the leading source globally. The report provides the latest gauge of renewable energy growth as countries scramble to meet emissions targets to curb climate change and secure alternative power sources after gas-exporter Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February […]
Washington, United States | AFP | Wednesday 4/12/2023 Former US president Donald Trump, having been criminally charged in New York, pledged Tuesday to “never drop out” of the 2024 race for the White House, and insisted Joe Biden is not fit to run again. The Republican real estate magnate, who is facing 34 felony counts in New York over alleged hush money paid to an adult film actress, told Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson that […]
