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Astana, Kazakhstan (AFP) — Several restaurants that used to work under the McDonald’s brand in Kazakhstan reopened on Wednesday without the chain’s logo, weeks after the fast-food giant exited the country over supply problems. Food Solutions KZ, the company that used to operate the local McDonald’s franchise, said three restaurants were resuming operations in the capital Astana and information aboud their new name and menu would come soon. The McDonald’s logo no longer appeared on […]
Angoulême, France (AFP) — Swiss artist and writer Martin Panchaud won the Fauve d’Or for the best album of the year at France’s prestigious Angouleme International Comics Festival on Saturday. His book, “The Color of Things”, tells its story using the codes of video games, with characters represented by coloured circles. It was originally published in German. Earlier this week, Franco-Syrian cartoonist Riad Sattouf picked up the festival’s highest accolade, the Grand Prix, for his […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg asked South Korea on Monday to “step up” military support for Ukraine, suggesting it reconsider its policy of not exporting weapons to countries in conflict. Stoltenberg is in Seoul on the first leg of his Asia trip, which will also take in Japan, as part of a drive to boost ties with the region’s democratic allies in the face of the Ukraine conflict and growing […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) – Los Angeles Lakers stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis will sit out Monday’s NBA game against the Nets in Brooklyn, the Lakers announced on Sunday. On the first night of back-to-back games, James will be held out with a sore left ankle, the Lakers said on their injury report. Davis, recently returned from a 20-game absence with a stress injury in his right foot, will be sidelined as the team […]
by Peter HUTCHISON Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The idea of New York in wintertime conjures up images of Manhattan’s Times Square and Central Park shrouded in snow. Not this year. No snow Sunday meant the city broke a 50-year record for the latest first snowfall of the season. It is also close to recording its highest number of consecutive days without any measurable flakes. The snowless streak has New Yorkers puzzled, […]
by Jitendra JOSHI Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday dismissed a senior ally whose murky tax dealings have focused anger at the government as a cost-of-living crisis brings misery to millions. An inquiry into the wealthy Conservative party chairman Nadhim Zahawi’s tax affairs — dating from his founding of the YouGov polling company in 2000 — had found a “serious breach” of ministerial rules, the government said. […]
KHERSON, Ukraine (AFP) — Russian shelling of Ukraine’s southern city of Kherson left at least three people dead on Sunday, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, while a strike on Kharkiv killed one person, according to the regional governor. “Today, the Russian army has been shelling Kherson atrociously all day,” Zelensky said in his evening address. “Two women, nurses, were wounded in the hospital. As of now, there are reports of six wounded and three dead.” The […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) – “Avatar: The Way of Water” continued to dominate the box-office charts, taking in an estimated $15.7 million this weekend in North American theaters to make it the fourth-leading global grosser of all time. The Disney/20thCentury sci-fi film, directed by James Cameron, “has been #1 for 7 straight weeks… a feat that hasn’t been accomplished” since Cameron issued the original “Avatar” in 2009, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said on Twitter. Hefty […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) – Iran on Sunday condemned a “cowardly” night-time drone attack that targeted a defense ministry site, at a time of high tensions over its nuclear programmed and Russia’s war in Ukraine. An anti-aircraft system destroyed one drone and two others exploded, the ministry said, adding that there were no casualties and only minor damage to the site in the central province of Isfahan. “This cowardly act was carried out today as part of […]
Tehran, Iran | AFP | by Ramin KHANIZADEH A 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit northwestern Iran overnight, killing at least three people and injuring more than 800 in the region near the border with Turkey, state officials and media said Sunday. Panicked residents fled their homes as buildings collapsed and rubble crushed cars, with hundreds seeking shelter from freezing winter conditions in evacuation centres as more than 20 aftershocks rattled the region. The shallow quake hit the […]
Memphis, United States | AFP | by Robin LEGRAND The US city of Memphis on Saturday disbanded the special police unit whose officers fatally beat a young Black man, after graphic video of the assault sparked widespread shock and outrage. The video, which shows five officers repeatedly kicking and punching 29-year-old Tyre Nichols as he moans and calls out for his mother, triggered calls for police reform. The southern US city on Saturday announced it […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Sunday, Jan. 29. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 12:23 p.m. The epicenter was 18 kilometers southwest of Sarangani. The depth of focus was 32 kilometers. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were reported: Intensities: Intensity III – General Santos City Instrumental Intensities: Intensity III – Glan, Sarangani; T’Boli, General Santos City, South Cotabato Intensity II – Talakag, Bukidnon; Don […]
