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Pretoria, South Africa | AFP | South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday said a warning by the US embassy of a possible weekend “terrorist” attack in the country’s financial hub in Johannesburg was “unfortunate”. “It is quite unfortunate the US issued that type of warning without having any type of discussion with us,” he said during a press conference. The US embassy on Wednesday posted the alert on its website and identified the potential […]
Belfast, United Kingdom | AFP | by Callum Paton in Belfast and Helen Rowe in London Northern Ireland on Thursday appeared headed for a second election this year after the leader of the pro-UK Democratic Unionist Party said his grouping had not changed its position on contentious post-Brexit trade rules. DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson told reporters insufficient action had been taken to address their concerns on the so-called Northern Ireland Protocol governing post Brexit trade. […]
Stockholm, Sweden | AFP | Swedish automaker Volvo Cars on Thursday rising raw material costs and inflation drove down profits in the third quarter. The group posted a net profit of 665 million kronor ($61 million) in the July-September period, a drop of 71 percent compared to 2.3 billion kronor during the same quarter a year ago. The figure was far below analysts’ forecasts of between 2.15 and 2.19 billion kronor, according to Bloomberg and […]
Moscow, Russia | AFP | Russian-installed authorities in Ukraine’s occupied region of Zaporizhzhia ordered phone checks on local residents on Thursday, announcing the implementation of military censorship under Russian President Vladimir Putin’s martial law decree. “From today in the Zaporizhzhia region, law enforcement officers have begun a selective preventing check of the mobile phones of citizens,” Moscow-appointed official Vladimir Rogov said. He said those subscribed to “propaganda resources of the terrorist Kyiv regime” will receive […]
Seoul, South Korea | AFP | by Kang Jin-kyu The once-disgraced heir to the sprawling Samsung empire was on Thursday named top executive of its most important business, two months after South Korea’s president pardoned him for embezzlement and corruption convictions. The board of Samsung Electronics, one of the world’s biggest smartphone and chipmakers, confirmed Lee Jae-yong’s formal ascent — though he had already been de facto leader since his father’s heart attack in […]
Bangkok, Thailand | AFP | A Thai plastic surgeon on Thursday described drinking pond water to survive during three weeks of captivity at the hands of gun-toting kidnappers in Mali. Nopparat Rattanawaraha, who also runs a popular YouTube channel where he posts travel clips, returned to Thailand after being released on payment of a reported $150,000 ransom. The 49-year-old was back at work just a day after flying back to the kingdom, and recounted the […]
Paris, France | AFP | by Patrick GALEY Country climate pledges leave the world on track to heat by as much as 2.6 degrees Celsius this century, according to a United Nations assessment Wednesday warning that emissions must fall 45 percent this decade to limit disastrous heating. The United Nations Environment Programme, in its annual Emissions Gap report, found that updated national promises since last year’s COP26 summit in Glasgow would only shave less […]
by Cat Barton and Kang Jin-kyu Agence France Presse Jecheon, South Korea (AFP) — If North Korea unleashes a nuclear attack on the South, architecture professor Lee Tae-goo has a plan: he’ll retreat to his purpose-built bunker and stay underground for at least two weeks to avoid radiation poisoning. With thick concrete walls, steel-reinforced doors and an air purification system, Lee says his shelter, buried under a metre (three feet) of earth, could keep him […]
(Eagle News) — More areas are under Signal No. 1 as “Paeng” intensified into a tropical storm as it continued to traverse the Philippine Sea on Thursday, Oct. 27. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the following areas are under the tropical cyclone wind signal: Luzon: Catanduanes, the eastern portion of Albay (Rapu-Rapu), and the eastern portion of Sorsogon (Prieto Diaz, Gubat, Barcelona, Bulusan, Santa Magdalena, Irosin, Juban, Casiguran, City of […]
by Rob Woollard Agence France-Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Los Angeles Lakers’ miserable start to the season continued on Wednesday as the winless NBA giants crashed to a fourth straight defeat against the Denver Nuggets. Nikoka Jokic scored 31 points and hauled down 13 rebounds in a 110-99 win for Denver that left the Lakers rooted to the foot of the Western Conference standings at 0-4. LeBron James finished with 19 points […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Iranian security forces opened fire on protesters who massed in their thousands Wednesday in Mahsa Amini’s hometown to mark 40 days since her death, according to a rights group and verified videos. Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian of Kurdish origin, died on September 16, three days after her arrest in Tehran by the notorious morality police for allegedly breaching the Islamic dress code for women. Anger flared at her funeral and quickly […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — The euro, pound and yen all held their gains against the dollar Thursday and equities rose as traders grow increasingly hopeful the Federal Reserve will slow its pace of interest rate hikes Hong Kong led the gains thanks to a surge in tech firms, extending a recovery from Monday’s rout that was fueled by worries of Xi Jinping’s tightened grip on power in China. After a painful year for markets […]
