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Pokhara, Nepal (AFP) by Sagar Ghimire Nepali rescue workers scoured a debris-strewn ravine Monday for more bodies from the mangled wreckage of a plane with 72 people on board, with hopes of any survivors now “nil”, according to officials. The Yeti Airlines ATR 72 plummeted into the steep gorge, smashed into pieces and burst into flames as it approached the central city of Pokhara on Sunday morning, in Nepal’s worst aviation disaster since 1992. The […]
Surabaya, Indonesia (AFP) Five Indonesian men charged with negligence leading to one of the worst stadium disasters in football history appeared in court by video link on Monday as their trial began. The stampede in October in the East Java city of Malang — which killed 135 people, including more than 40 children — came after police fired tear gas into packed stands when supporters invaded the pitch at the end of a match between rivals […]
Jakarta, Indonesia (AFP) Two workers including a Chinese national were killed at a nickel smelting plant in Indonesia at the weekend after a riot broke out during a protest over labour conditions, officials said Monday. The clashes began Saturday evening at the facility on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island operated by PT Gunbuster Nickel Industry (GNI), a local unit of China’s Jiangsu Delong Nickel Industry. The island is a hub for the mineral-rich country’s production of the […]
(Eagle News) — Over 900 police colonels and generals have submitted their courtesy resignations following Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos’ appeal, Philippine National Police Chief Ronaldo Azurin Jr. According to Azurin, the PNP received their courtesy resignations through the Directorate for Personnel and Records Management. Azurin said this number represents 97.48% of 953 3rd-level police officials. The submissions came days after Abalos called on the high-ranking police officials to do the same as part of the […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) – LeBron James became only the second player in NBA history to score more than 38,000 career points on Sunday but his Los Angeles Lakers fell to a third straight defeat with a 113-112 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. James is now second only to fellow Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s record of 38,387 points on the NBA’s all-time career scoring list and he is expected to surpass that total in the coming […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) – Cate Blanchett criticized the “patriarchal pyramid” of Hollywood awards shows as she accepted a best actress gong from the Critics Choice Association in Los Angeles on Sunday. The Australian actor and Oscars frontrunner, whose performance as an ambitious, morally dubious conductor in classical music drama “TAR” is sweeping awards, told a packed ballroom that she wished the whole “structure” of awards shows could be changed. “It’s like, what is this […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) – “Avatar: The Way of Water” easily stayed atop the North American box office for a fifth straight week, taking in an estimated $38.5 million on a long holiday weekend, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Sunday. That brought the domestic total for the Disney/20th Century blockbuster — the story of a blue-skinned race on a distant moon — to an impressive $570 million, on top of an international total of $1.33 […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) – Teenager Shang Juncheng created a slice of history Monday by becoming the first male Chinese player to win an Australian Open main draw singles match. The gifted 17-year-old, a qualifier, battled past Germany’s Oscar Otte 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (2/7), 7-5 in nearly three hours of intense tennis to progress. After saving two break points in the opening set, he did not face another as he sealed the win on his third match […]
by Jules BONNARD Agence France Presse Paris, France (AFP) — Know-it-all chatbots landed with a bang last year, convincing one engineer that machines had become sentient, spreading panic that industries could be wiped out, and creating fear of a cheating epidemic in schools and universities. Alarm among educators has reached fever pitch in recent weeks over ChatGPT, an easy-to-use artificial intelligence tool trained on billions of words and a ton of data from the web. […]
by Romain FONSEGRIVES Agence France-Presse SANTA CRUZ, United States (AFP) — Soggy Californians on Sunday wearily endured their ninth successive storm in a three-week period that has brought destructive flooding, heavy snowfalls and at least 19 deaths, and forecasters said more of the same loomed for another day. “Rain and heavy mountain snow to continue across the West,” the National Weather Service (NWS) said. One to three feet (30 to 91 centimeters) of new snow […]
by Laetitia Drevet, Arthur Connan and Philippe Alfroy in France, Julie Capelle in the Netherlands, and David Salazar in Colombia Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — “Seventy euros for one, 120 for two,” said the cocaine dealer as the young woman opened her door on Paris’ chic Left Bank. “I’m like all the delivery riders speeding around Paris dropping off sushi and groceries,” he smiled. “I get orders and I deliver them.” Getting cocaine in […]
Pokhara, Nepal (AFP) by Sagar GHIMIRE At least 67 people were confirmed dead Sunday after a plane with 72 on board crashed in Nepal, police said, in the Himalayan country’s worst aviation disaster in three decades. Six children were among those on board the ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop aircraft when it plummeted into a steep gorge, smashed into pieces and burst into flames in the central city of Pokhara, officials said. As light faded late […]
