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by Vessela SERGUEVA Agence France-Presse KAZANLAK, Bulgaria (AFP) — With its huge munitions factories and endless rose fields, Kazanlak in central Bulgaria has been really living up to its “Guns and Roses” nickname since Moscow invaded Ukraine. Bulgaria’s booming arms industry has never had it so good, with exports estimated at $4.3 billion last year (about four billion euros) — three times its previous record. The country’s oldest arms maker Arsenal, which already employs 7,000 […]
by Lucie AUBOURG Agence France Presse Washington, United States (AFP) All hormonal contraceptives carry a slightly increased risk of breast cancer, including the increasingly popular progestogen-only pills, according to a study published on Tuesday. The researchers who carried out the study stressed that the increased risk of breast cancer needs to be weighed against the benefits of hormonal contraceptives, including the protection they provide against other forms of female cancer. Previous studies have established an […]
by Alexandria SAGE Agence France-Presse FOGGIA, Italy (AFP) — It took a loaded pistol pointed at Lazzaro D’Auria’s head for the Italian landowner to finally say yes to the country’s newest and most violent mafia. The Puglia farmer had resisted their extortion attempts in the past –- the threats, the fires, the damage to his crops and property. But surprised by the early morning visit of a dozen men, including a boss with a gun, […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Japan defeated the United States 3-2 on Tuesday to win the World Baseball Classic for a record third time. Home runs from Munetaka Murakami and Kazuma Okamoto helped put Japan ahead before superstar Shohei Ohtani closed out the win from the mound in the ninth inning. It is Japan’s third victory in the baseball showpiece following wins in 2006 and 2009. The star-studded United States, defending champions after winning the […]
by Shaun TANDON Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Few expect Chinese President Xi Jinping’s diplomacy to yield breakthroughs on the Ukraine war. But in Washington, there are fears Beijing may succeed elsewhere — in winning credibility on the world stage. Xi pushed forward positions on Ukraine during two days of talks in Moscow, a week after China announced the restoration of ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia — rivals in a region where […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Ja Morant said Tuesday he is learning to be a more responsible and smarter version of himself as he returned to practice with Memphis Grizzlies teammates for the first time since his suspension. The Grizzlies superstar has not played since posting video of himself in a Colorado strip club brandishing a firearm on March 4. The 23-year-old was subsequently hit with an eight-game suspension for conduct detrimental to the […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies with rain showers are expected in parts of the country. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Metro Manila, in particular, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. The rest of the country, PAGASA said, will experience the same conditions. PAGASA said Northern and Central Luzon will have light to moderate winds and […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — A shareholder lawsuit filed late Monday accuses board members of Instagram and Facebook parent Meta of shirking their duties by ignoring human and sex trafficking on the tech giant’s social platforms. The suit filed in the Court of Chancery in the US state of Delaware calls for Mark Zuckerberg, along with other executives and board members, to be ordered to institute reforms and pay damages. Meta board members and […]
MONTERÍA, Colombia (AFP) — The Colombian army said Tuesday it had killed two members of the infamous Gulf Clan drug cartel and captured one of its bosses as operations resumed after the government called off a ceasefire. On New Year’s Eve, the government of new President Gustavo Petro had declared a bilateral ceasefire with armed groups including the Clan, National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels and dissidents of the disarmed former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Joe Biden used an arts awards ceremony Tuesday — where one honoree was an actress who famously played a fictional president — to drop perhaps his heaviest hint yet that he’s seeking a second White House term in 2024. Presenting a National Humanities Medal to “Underground Railroad” author Colson Whitehead, Biden noted that the writer also had the rare distinction of winning two Pulitzer prizes in a row. The […]
by Patrick T. FALLON Agence France-Presse CORCORAN, United States (AFP) — A lake that dried up 80 years ago looked set on Tuesday to reappear, as monster rainfall accumulated over California’s wet winter season overwhelms the state’s rivers. Even as spring appeared in the northern hemisphere, there was no let-up for America’s most populous state, with forecasters predicting another 4 inches (10 centimeters) of rain and up to 4 feet (120 centimeters) of snow over […]
by Delphine TOUITOU with Camille LAFFONT in Niamey French journalist Olivier Dubois, 48, made an emotional return home on Tuesday following nearly two years in captivity in the Sahel, greeted by his family and President Emmanuel Macron at an airport near Paris. Dubois and 61-year-old US aid worker Jeffery Woodke, who was seized in southwest Niger in October 2016 — arrived in the Niger capital, Niamey, on Monday after being freed. Dubois stepped off […]
