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Zelensky says over 10 mn Ukrainians without electricity

Kyiv, Ukraine | AFP | President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that millions of Ukrainians had no electricity, as fresh Russian strikes hit cities across Ukraine and crippled the country’s energy infrastructure. “Currently, more than 10 million Ukrainians are without electricity,” he said, adding that the regions of Odessa, Vinnytsia, Sumy and Kyiv were most affected. “We are doing everything to normalise the supply,” Zelensky added. Ukraine has faced strikes against its power grid following battlefield […]

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Japan, US held military drills after N. Korea missile: Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan | AFP | Japan and the United States held joint military drills in the airspace over the Sea of Japan after North Korea fired a missile on Friday, Tokyo defence officials said. The announcement came after Japan said the ballistic missile was believed to have landed in waters within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) west of Hokkaido. The EEZ extends up to 200 nautical miles from Japan’s coastline, beyond the limits of […]

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Banksy unveils Ukraine mural in town bombed by Russia

Borodyanka, Ukraine (AFP) Banksy, the elusive British street artist, has painted a mural on a bombed-out building outside Ukraine’s capital, in what Ukrainians have hailed as a symbol of their country’s invincibility. On Friday night the world-famous graffiti artist posted on Instagram three images of the artwork — a gymnast performing a handstand amid the ruins of a demolished building in the town of Borodyanka northwest of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. The caption read “Borodyanka, Ukraine”. […]

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Japan inflation hits four-decade high in October

Tokyo, Japan (AFP) by Katie Forster / Mathias CENA Japanese inflation hit a four-decade high last month, government data showed Friday, fuelled by high energy costs and a weak yen and ramping up pressure on the central bank to move away from its ultra-loose monetary policies. Core consumer prices excluding volatile fresh food rose 3.6 percent on-year in October, marginally higher than analyst expectations. The reading marked the fastest pace since 1982, although it remains […]

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Bus plunge kills 20 in southern Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP) – At least 20 people were killed, including 11 children, when a minibus crashed into a deep and water-logged ditch in southern Pakistan, police said Friday. Pakistan has a staggeringly high rate of road deaths, blamed on decrepit highways and reckless driving. Late Thursday in Sindh province, the bus “fell into a water-filled ditch on a road swept away by floods this summer”, local police official Khadim Hussain told AFP. “The driver could […]

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Twitter exodus begins after Musk ‘hardcore’ ultimatum

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) – Employee departures were multiplying at Twitter on Thursday after an ultimatum from new owner Elon Musk, who demanded staff choose between being “extremely hardcore” and working intense, long hours, or losing their jobs. “I may be #exceptional, but gosh darn it, I’m just not #hardcore,” tweeted one former employee, Andrea Horst, whose LinkedIn profile still reads “Supply Chain & Capacity Management (Survivor) @Twitter.” She added the hashtag “#lovewhereyouworked,” as did […]

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New wave of Russian strikes batter Ukraine grid as first snow falls

by Ania TSOUKANOVA Agence France-Presse KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Fresh Russian strikes hit cities across Ukraine on Thursday, crippling the country’s energy infrastructure and plunging millions into darkness as winter sets in and temperatures drop. Repeated barrages have disrupted electricity and water supplies across Ukraine, but the Kremlin blamed civilians’ suffering on Kyiv’s refusal to negotiate, rather than on Russian attacks. AFP journalists in several Ukrainian cities said the latest assault coincided with the season’s […]

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Philippines logs 1,153 new COVID-19 cases

(Eagle News) –The Philippines logged 1,153 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, Nov. 18. According to the Department of Health, as a result, total COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 4,022127. Active cases are at 18,467. Metro Manila logged the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days, with 2,996. It was followed by Calabarzon, with 1765, Western Visayas, with 1,377, Central Luzon with 1,048 new cases, and Central Visayas with 941. […]

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N. Korea fires suspected ICBM, Seoul and Tokyo say

Seoul, South Korea (AFP)  – North Korea fired a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile Friday, Seoul’s military said, its second launch in two days, which Japan said had splashed down in its exclusive economic zone. Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said it had “detected a presumed long-range ballistic missile around 10:15 (0115 GMT) fired from the Sunan area in Pyongyang towards the East Sea,” referring to the body of water also known as the Sea of […]

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Amazon confirms it has begun laying off employees

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) – Amazon confirmed on Thursday that it is laying off staff, after days of rumors that the e-commerce behemoth would become the latest tech giant to unleash a large-scale redundancy plan amid a souring economic environment. “The economy remains in a challenging spot and we’ve hired rapidly the last several years,” wrote chief executive Andy Jassy in an internal memo published on the Amazon website. US media have previously reported that […]

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Japan PM says N. Korean missile fell in exclusive economic waters

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A suspected intercontinental ballistic missile launched by North Korea on Friday is believed to have fallen in Japan’s exclusive economic waters, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said. Kishida called the launch “absolutely unacceptable”, saying there had been no reports of damage to ships or aircraft. “The ballistic missile launched by North Korea is believed to have landed in our EEZ (exclusive economic zone) west of Hokkaido,” Kishida told reporters in Bangkok, […]

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North Korea fires suspected intercontinental ballistic missile, Seoul says

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea fired a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile Friday, Seoul’s military said, the second launch in two days as Pyongyang continues a record-breaking blitz that has sent fears of a nuclear test soaring. A South Korean defense official told AFP that they “estimated that North Korea had fired an ICBM”, without giving further details. Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff earlier said it had detected the “launch of an unidentified ballistic […]

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