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KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — As many as 13,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed since Russia’s invasion in February, a senior adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. “We have official estimates from the General Staff… And they range from 10,000 … to 13,000 dead,” Mykhailo Podolyak told Ukraine’s Channel 24 on Thursday. Zelensky would make the official data public “when the right moment comes”, he added. In June, as Russian forces battled to take full […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard expressed support for two bills filed in the House of Representatives that seek to create the Coast Guard Regional Training Center and Coast Guard Response Base in Occidental Mindoro. In House Resolution No. 243, Occidental Mindoro Lone District Representative Leody Tarriela emphasized the PCG’s need for additional funding for the construction of the Coast Guard Regional Training Center in Paluan, Occidental Mindoro. Under House Resolution No. 244, Tarriela […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – US automaker Tesla on Thursday delivered its first battery-powered heavy duty truck, dubbed “Semi,” and built to tackle long hauls with the handling of a sporty sedan. “That thing looks like it came from the future,” Tesla chief Elon Musk said while handing over the keys to PepsiCo executives at the vehicle maker’s Nevada manufacturing plant. With its sleek design, the Semi has been highly anticipated since Musk unveiled a […]
by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA Agence France-Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — All that balding Indian television executive Athar Rasheed wanted was to look handsome and get married. But the 30-year-old’s seemingly harmless hair transplant went fatally wrong. Women have been judged on their appearance for millennia, but in an increasingly materialistic Indian society, men are also feeling pressure to look young and presentable for fear of losing their social standing. More and more prematurely balding men […]
by Lucie AUBOURG Agence France-Presse SKOKIE, United States (AFP) — At LanzaTech’s lab in the Chicago suburbs, a beige liquid bubbles away in dozens of glass vats. The concoction includes billions of hungry bacteria, specialized to feed on polluted air — the first step in a recycling system that converts greenhouse gases into usable products. Thanks to licensing agreements, LanzaTech’s novel microorganisms are already being put to commercial use by three Chinese factories, converting waste […]
(Eagle News) — The shear line is affecting the eastern section of Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said, as a result, Batanes, Babuyan Islands, Camarines Norte, and the northern portion of Quezon will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Eastern Visayas, Caraga, Davao Region, and Palawan, meanwhile, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain […]
by Harumi OZAWA / Atish PATEL Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — As the final whistle blew on Japan’s shock victory over Spain, thrilled fans flooded onto Tokyo’s Shibuya Scramble crossing to celebrate a win few had dared to dream of. “Japan, bravo! Japan, bravo!”, they cheered after the 2-1 victory, singing the popular “Vamos Nippon” football chant and waving the country’s flag. Dressed in their team’s blue kit, some with hats against the morning […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – Social network Parler announced Thursday that its planned sale to Kanye West has been called off, as the rapper-businessman now known as Ye continues to alienates fans and commercial partners with anti-Semitic comments. “Parlement Technologies would like to confirm that the company has mutually agreed with Ye to terminate the intent of sale of Parler,” the network — seen as a home for online extremist rhetoric — said in a […]
KYIV, Ukraine AFP – More than 1,300 prisoners have been returned to Ukraine since Russian troops invaded the pro-Western country, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday. Zelensky was speaking following a new exchange of prisoners with Russian and pro-Russian forces. “After today’s exchange, there are already 1,319 heroes who returned home,” Zelensky said on Instagram, posting a photo showing a few dozen men holding Ukrainian flags. “We will not stop until we get all our people back,” […]
by Francesco Fontemaggi and Sebastian Smith Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron emerged from White House talks Thursday pledging to close ranks in helping Ukraine and pressuring Russia’s Vladimir Putin to make peace. Following lengthy Oval Office talks they also signalled they’d calmed the waters on a burgeoning transatlantic trade dispute. Addressing a joint press conference on the second day of Macron’s rare state visit […]
by John WEAVER Agence France-Presse DOHA, Qatar (AFP) — Germany suffered a second straight group-stage exit at the World Cup on Thursday as Japan stunned Spain 2-1, a result which sent both teams through to the last 16. The Germans were the reigning champions when they crashed out in the first round four years ago in Russia and they were eliminated in repeat fashion in Qatar despite beating Costa Rica 4-2. Germany fell behind after […]
by Santiago PIEDRA SILVA Agence France-Presse QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — The warden of an Ecuadoran prison where deadly riots broke out two weeks ago was killed by gunmen on Thursday, the federal prisons agency announced. Retired police colonel Santiago Loza took up his post as head of Quito’s Pichincha 1 prison on November 9. But just over a week later, on November 18, riots broke out after gang leaders were transferred to another facility, with […]
