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London, United Kingdom | AFP | Monday 4/10/2023 by Joe JACKSON Northern Ireland on Monday marks the 25th anniversary of its landmark 1998 peace accords, with the UK province mired in political dysfunction and security concerns that threaten to overshadow the milestone. No major public events are planned for the day itself, but British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and US President Joe Biden will arrive Tuesday to launch several days of high-profile commemorations. The […]
Tokyo, Japan | AFP | Monday 4/10/2023 Japan’s new central bank chief said Monday no major rate hikes were on the horizon, and that a long-standing loose monetary policy remained “appropriate”. Kazuo Ueda took over this month from Haruhiko Kuroda, the bank’s longest-serving governor and architect of a monetary policy intended to help boost the world’s third-largest economy. Ueda, 71, takes the reins with the central bank under pressure to join international peers that have […]
Chiang Mai, Thailand | AFP | Thailand’s Chiang Mai was ranked the world’s most polluted city on Friday, with authorities urging people to work from home to avoid the hazardous air. Smoke from forest fires and farmers burning crop stubble has blanketed the popular tourist destination in recent weeks. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha held video talks with the leaders of neighbouring Myanmar and Laos to discuss the problem, which affects large areas of southeast Asia […]
Moscow, Russia | AFP | Monday 4/10/2023 A Moscow-backed official announced Monday that he had visited the frontline city of Bakhmut in Ukraine, suggesting that Russia’s forces have made significant gains there. The battle for Bakhmut is the longest and bloodiest of Russia’s offensive, and the city has taken on huge symbolic importance even though analysts say it has little strategic value. Denis Pushilin, the Russia-installed head of the eastern Ukrainian Donetsk region, posted […]
Washington, United States | AFP | Monday 4/10/2023 The United States is assessing how the apparent leak of a trove of highly classified documents could impact national security, the Pentagon said on Sunday. The breach — which is being investigated by the Justice Department — appears to include assessments and secret intelligence reports that touch not only on Ukraine and Russia but also highly sensitive analyses of US allies. While the Defense Department is […]
Marseille, France | AFP | Monday 4/10/2023 by Isabelle Wesselingh and Olivier Lucazeau Rescue workers on Monday recovered a fourth body from the rubble of a collapsed apartment in France’s Marseille, a cabinet minister said, as firefighters raced against the clock to find four people still missing. More than 24 hours after a suspected explosion at the building, where residents reported a strong smell of gas, dozens of civil defence staff and sniffer dogs […]
Jericho, Palestinian Territories | AFP | Monday 4/10/2023 Israeli forces killed a Palestinian teenager and injured two other people in the West Bank Monday, the Palestinian health ministry said, in what the army described as a raid to arrest a “terror suspect”. It comes amid surging violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in recent days, coinciding with the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, Jewish Passover and Catholic Easter. Mohammed Fayez Balhan, 15, was killed after being […]
Bangkok, Thailand | AFP | Monday 4/10/2023 Two more people have been found dead following a weekend shootout in southern Thailand, police said Monday, taking the death toll to six. Police are hunting two gunmen over the bloodshed in the southern province of Surat Thani, while local media reported that a third was among the dead. Authorities found the body of a man in his 20s in a car on Sunday evening, and a woman’s […]
Pingtan, China | AFP | Monday 4/10/2023 by Matthew Walsh, with Jack Moore in Matsu, Taiwan China declared it had “successfully completed” three days of war games around Taiwan on Monday, capping a show of force that saw it simulate targeted strikes and practise a blockade of the self-ruled island. Beijing’s exercises were a response to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week, an encounter it had warned would […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — At least 72 people have died by drowning in the Philippines since the start of the month, police said Monday, attributing the unusually high figure in part to millions hitting the beach for the long holiday. The holiday is traditionally marked in the Catholic-majority nation by millions of people leaving the capital Manila to spend time with family. Philippine National Police (PNP) spokeswoman Colonel Jean Fajardo said the high toll was […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Golden State Warriors roared into the NBA playoffs with a 157-101 blowout of Portland on Sunday, ensuring the Los Angeles Lakers will battle in the play-in after a 128-117 victory over the Utah Jazz. Every team was in action on the final day of the regular season, but all eyes were on the Western Conference where more than a dozen potential seeding outcomes rested on the results of […]
MARSEILLE, France (AFP) — Two bodies have been found in the rubble of a building that collapsed in the French city of Marseille following a major explosion, the fire department announced on Monday morning. “Given the particular difficulties of intervention, the extraction (of the bodies from the site) will take time,” the department said in a brief statement, confirming reports in local media. “The judicial authority will then proceed to identify” the victims, it added. […]
