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Legendary American pop composer Burt Bacharach, whose prolific output provided a chart-topping playlist for the 1960s and 70s with hits like “I Say a Little Prayer,” has died in Los Angeles aged 94, US media said Thursday. Bacharach worked with stars such as Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield and Tom Jones and also wrote hits such as “Walk On By” and “Do You Know the Way to San Jose.” Bacharach, who died on […]
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and his wife and First Lady Liza visit the palace and meet Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako during their trip to Tokyo. © Agence France-Presse
by Dmitry ZAKS Agence France-Presse Istanbul, Turkey (AFP) — Twitter was blocked for at least 12 hours on major Turkish mobile providers in an outage that ended early Thursday, following a flurry of online criticism of the government’s response to this week’s deadly earthquake. By about 5 am (0200 GMT), the social media site was accessible again. Online monitor netblocks.org on Wednesday showed Twitter becoming throttled and then completely blocked across all major cell phone […]
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse Paris, France (AFP) — Whether out-of-the-box thinking or a sign of desperation, scientists on Wednesday proposed the regular transport of moon dust to a gravity point between Earth and Sun to temper the ravages of global warming. Ideas for filtering solar radiation to keep Earth from overheating have been kicking around for decades, ranging from giant space-based screens to churning out reflective white clouds. But the persistent failure to draw […]
by Andrew MARSZAL Agence France-Presse Los Angeles, United States (AFP) — James Cameron doesn’t have many regrets — after all, he has now directed three of the four highest-grossing films of all time. But if he could go back and remake “Titanic,” the film that started his record streak 25 years ago and is being re-released in theaters Friday, there is one thing he would change. “Based on what I know today, I would have […]
SOLLENTUNA, Sweden (AFP) — The frigid water under the frozen Ravalen lake north of Stockholm doesn’t intimidate Elton as the 11-year-old schoolboy takes the plunge to the applause of his classmates. Forty pupils are taking part in an “isvaksovning”, or a hole-in-the-ice exercise, part of their school’s physical education class to learn what to do if they ever fall through the ice on one of Sweden’s many lakes or out in the archipelago. Every day […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said Thursday it was working on a rival to ChatGPT, joining a flurry of global tech firms rushing to match the popular AI-powered chatbot. ChatGPT has sparked a gold rush in artificial intelligence technology, with Microsoft, Google and China’s Baidu all working to develop chatbots that can mimic human speech. The service, created by San Francisco company OpenAI, has caused a sensation for its ability to write […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Los Angeles Lakers are poised to trade Russell Westbrook to the Utah Jazz in a three-team deal that will bring Minnesota’s D’Angelo Russell to the Lakers, US media reported on Wednesday. ESPN reported that the Lakers will also land Minnesota’s Malik Beasley and Jarred Vanderbilt while the Timberwolves will receive Jazz guards Mike Conley and Nickeil Alexander-Walker as well as draft picks. The Jazz will receive Westbrook along […]
The death toll from a massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria climbed above 15,000 on Wednesday, as rescuers raced to save survivors trapped under debris in freezing weather. Officials and medics said 12,391 people had died in Turkey and 2,992 in Syria from Monday’s 7.8-magnitude tremor, bringing the confirmed total to 15,383. © Agence France-Presse
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US state of Texas on Wednesday executed a man sentenced to death for a triple murder despite claims by his lawyers that his trial was tainted by racial bias. John Balentine, a 54-year-old African American, received a lethal injection, nearly 25 years after he shot three white teenagers as they slept. Balentine was pronounced dead at 6:36 pm local time (0036 GMT Thursday) in the city of Huntsville, the […]
Washington, United States (AFP) — NASA’s Curiosity rover has found wave-rippled rocks — evidence of an ancient lake — in an area of the planet expected to be drier, the US space agency said Wednesday. “This is the best evidence of water and waves that we’ve seen in the entire mission,” said Ashwin Vasavada, Curiosity’s project scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. The rover, which has been exploring Mars since 2012, beamed back […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Thousands of Twitter users on Wednesday reported problems using the platform as the Elon Musk-owned social network began letting paying users post tweets as long as 4,000 characters. “Twitter may not be working as expected for some of you,” the company said in a tweet. “Sorry for the trouble. We’re aware and working to get this fixed.” Reports of Twitter troubles spiked at website Downdetector early afternoon in Silicon […]
