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by Eric Randolph and Sandra Biffot-Lacut Agence France Presse Paris, France (AFP) — There are vanishingly few great collaborations in the annals of fine art. For a brief moment in the 1980s, Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat showed the world how it was done. It started with a bang. Warhol, 54, met Basquiat, 22, for lunch in October 1982 and took a polaroid of them together. Basquiat took it to his studio and returned just […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Firefighters were scrambling Monday to contain wildfires across South Korea as a dry spell led to blazes in multiple regions, including on a mountain popular with hikers in central Seoul. A fire broke out Sunday morning on Mount Inwang, a popular outdoor destination in Seoul’s Jongno district, and spread rapidly due to strong winds, the city government said in a statement. About 120 households were forced to evacuate, but no […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia’s Wagner paramilitary group on Monday claimed it had “in a legal sense” captured the eastern Ukraine town of Bakhmut — the site of the longest battle of Moscow’s operation in the country — with its units now in control of city hall. The Wagner group has supported Russian troops throughout the offensive to surround Bakhmut, the fight for which both sides have invested heavily, despite analysts’ assertions that the city […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Atlanta Hawks overcame a 41-point display from Kyrie Irving to leave the Dallas Mavericks on the brink of elimination from playoff contention on Sunday as the New York Knicks sealed their place in the NBA postseason with victory over the Washington Wizards. A thrilling duel in Atlanta saw the Hawks squeeze home 132-130 in overtime after Irving gave up a costly foul with 1.8 seconds remaining to hand […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Oil prices soared almost six percent in Asian trade Monday morning after major producers led by Saudi Arabia announced a surprise cut of more than one million barrels per day. The West Texas Intermediate contract jumped 5.74 percent to $80.01 a barrel, while Brent jumped 5.67 percent to $84.42. The move by Saudi Arabia, Iraq, UAE, Kuwait, Algeria and Oman will be in effect from next month until the end […]
Houston, United States (AFP) NASA is to reveal the names on Monday of the astronauts — three Americans and a Canadian — who will fly around the Moon next year, a prelude to returning humans to the lunar surface for the first time in a half century. The mission, Artemis II, is scheduled to take place in November 2024 with the four-person crew circling the Moon but not landing on it. As part of the […]
#Earthquake confirmed by seismic data.⚠Preliminary info: M7.2 || 42 km SE of #Ambunti (Papua New Guinea) || 10 min ago (local time 04:04:13). Follow the thread for the updates👇 pic.twitter.com/Kq5fTJZXIj — EMSC (@LastQuake) April 2, 2023 A magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurred in Papua New Guinea at 8:04 AM HST. There is NO tsunami threat to Hawai’i. pic.twitter.com/PtCfaWOd2c — Hawaii EMA (@Hawaii_EMA) April 2, 2023 Notable quake, preliminary info: M 7.0 – New Guinea, Papua New […]
Pretoria, South Africa | AFP | by Dinki Mkhize South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius was refused parole on Friday after seeking early release from prison, a decade after he shot and killed his girlfriend, lawyers and authorities said. The Department of Correctional Services said a parole board found Pistorius had not completed the minimum detention period required to be let out. “We were… advised at this point in time that it has been […]
Sofia, Bulgaria | AFP | Sunday 4/2/2023 by Vessela SERGUEVA Bulgarians vote on Sunday in their fifth general election in two years, a record in the European Union, amid deep divisions over the war in Ukraine. Russia’s invasion of its neighbour has deepened the political crisis that has engulfed Bulgaria since 2020, the worst instability since the fall of Communism. The poor Balkan nation of 6.5 million people is a member of the EU […]
Dominican anti-narcotics agents have seized more than two tonnes of cocaine stashed in a shipment of bananas en route from Ecuador to the Netherlands, authorities reported Saturday. “During an operation at the Caucedo terminal, which lasted just over 10 hours, the authorities confiscated 2,188 packages, presumably cocaine,” said a spokesman for the National Directorate for Drug Control of the Dominican Republic (DNCDRD). Each package weighed about one kilogram (2.2 pounds). It is considered the largest […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police has launched a manhunt operation against the person they believe was behind the robbery and killing of a university student in Cavite on Tuesday, March 28. The PNP identified the suspect in the case of Queen Leanne Daguinsin, then a graduating Dela Salle University- Dasmariñas student, as Angelito Lacerna Erlano, also known as “Kulet.” The PNP said Erlano was identified using footage from closed-circuit television cameras near the scene of […]
Pakistan’s year-on-year inflation hit 35.37 percent in March — the highest in nearly five decades — as the government scrambled to meet International Monetary Fund (IMF) conditions to unlock a desperately needed bailout. Month-on-month inflation was 3.72 percent, according to government data released Saturday, while the average inflation rate for the past year was 27.26 percent. Years of financial mismanagement and political instability have pushed Pakistan’s economy to the brink of collapse, exacerbated by […]
