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Charleston, United States | AFP | Tuesday 2/14/2023 Former US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced Tuesday she is running for president in 2024, challenging fellow Republican candidate Donald Trump by proposing a “new generation” of leadership in Washington. “I’m Nikki Haley and I’m running for president,” the 51-year-old former governor of South Carolina and the child of Indian immigrants said in a video statement. “It’s time for a new generation of leadership […]
Washington, United States | AFP | Tuesday 2/14/2023 A gunman who killed at least three people and wounded five on a US university campus shot himself dead Monday after a massive police manhunt. Thousands of students at Michigan State University were ordered to shelter in place after shots were fired in a campus building in the early evening, leaving two dead. The gunman fled to the students’ union, where he killed one more person, sparking […]
Manila, Philippines | AFP | Tuesday 2/14/2023 Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos summoned Beijing’s ambassador Tuesday to express “serious concern” after a Chinese security vessel was accused of using a military-grade laser light against a Philippine patrol boat in the disputed South China Sea. The confrontation marks an escalation in the diplomatic row, after the Philippine foreign ministry earlier filed a protest to the Chinese embassy condemning the “aggressive” actions of the Chinese coastguard vessel that […]
Colombo, Sri Lanka (AFP) — Sri Lanka will ban single-use plastics, the government said Tuesday, in a move that follows a series of wild elephant and deer deaths from plastic poisoning. Cabinet spokesman and media minister Bandula Gunawardana said the manufacture or sale of plastic cutlery, cocktail shakers and artificial flowers will be prohibited from June. The move was recommended by a panel appointed 18 months ago to study the impact of plastic waste on […]
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi Arabia will send its first ever woman astronaut on a space mission later this year, the latest move by the kingdom to revamp its ultra-conservative image. Rayyana Barnawi will join fellow Saudi Ali Al-Qarni on a 10-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said. Barnawi and Al-Qarni will fly to the ISS aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft as part of a mission […]
Mexico City, Mexico (AFP) — Mexico on Monday paid tribute to a military rescue dog that died while searching for survivors buried under the rubble of the earthquake in Turkey. Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval announced the death of the German shepherd called Proteo at President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s daily news conference. “You accomplished your mission… thank you for your heroic work,” the military said on Twitter. Proteo was one of more than a […]
by Benoit NOEL Agence France-Presse Malmedy, Belgium (AFP) — In a land with no mountains and scarcely ever any snow, ski craftsmanship might not seem a priority. But Pierre Gerondal has put the limits of Belgium’s geography and climate aside and carved out a respected place in the industry. His durable made-to-measure wooden skis have attained a peak of quality and are climbing towards the summit of success. Gerondal’s workshop in Malmedy lies in Belgium’s […]
by Phil HAZLEWOOD Agence France Presse Avdiivka, Ukraine (AFP) — The civilians of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine have been in the crossfire of fierce fighting since pro-Russian rebels seized control of nearby Donetsk in 2014. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last February, the once-thriving industrial city of 30,000 in the disputed Donbas region has become a ghost-town. Those who haven’t fled now hide indoors, huddling in the basements of apartment blocks with no running water […]
(Eagle News) — The trough of a low pressure area is affecting Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the northeast monsoon is affecting Luzon. Visayas and Mindanao, PAGASA said, will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides due to light to moderate with at times heavy rains are possible. Palawan will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. Metro Manila and […]
Washington, United States | AFP | by Paul HANDLEY / Brian KNOWLTON A US warplane shot down a new flying object near the Canadian border on Sunday, the latest of three mysterious devices spotted since military radar settings were cranked up in the wake of the downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon. Jittery Americans have been watching the skies as the mysterious incursions unfolded against a backdrop of acute tensions with China — although only the first […]
Brussels, Belgium | AFP | Monday 2/13/2023 NATO needs “to ramp up production” of ammunition as Ukraine’s rate of usage is far outstripping current capacities and draining stockpiles, the defence alliance’s chief Jens Stoltenberg said Monday. “The war in Ukraine is consuming an enormous amount of munitions, and depleting allied stockpiles,” Stoltenberg told journalists. “The current rate of Ukraine’s ammunition expenditure is many times higher than our current rate of production. This puts our defence […]
Washington, United States | AFP | Monday 2/13/2023 The White House on Monday denied Beijing’s accusation that the United States has been sending balloons over China to conduct surveillance, as tensions about espionage rise between the two superpowers. “Any claim that the US government operates surveillance balloons over the PRC is false,” National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said on Twitter. “It is China that has a high-altitude surveillance balloon program for intelligence collection, that […]
