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BEIJING, China (AFP) — Millions of people in areas surrounding China’s capital were ordered into lockdown Tuesday, with authorities doubling down on efforts to contain Covid-19 ahead of a key ruling Communist Party meeting this year. Nearly four million people in Hebei province, which surrounds Beijing, were ordered to stay home until the end of the week as officials rush to curb a small virus flare-up. And more than 13 million in the neighboring port […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taipei and Beijing have traded barbs over a recent string of drone sorties that have flown from the Chinese mainland to an outlying Taiwanese island, some surveilling military outposts. Photos and video taken by Chinese drones of the Kinmen islands have been circulating on both Taiwan and Chinese social media, with one video showing Taiwanese soldiers hurling rocks at one to drive it off. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said […]
Tokyo, Sydney, Seoul, Singapore, Jakarta and Wellington all rose, but Hong Kong, Shanghai and Manila sank HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets were mixed Tuesday with confidence at a premium as traders contemplate the prospect of more Federal Reserve interest rate hikes and a possible recession. Wall Street suffered another day in the red after Friday’s capitulation in response to a warning from US central bank boss Jerome Powell that more tightening was needed […]
by Joe STENSON Agence France-Presse KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukrainian forces pressed their counter-offensive to retake the Russian-occupied southern region of Kherson, while a team of UN experts were en route to inspect the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant which was targeted by fresh shelling over the weekend. The coastal region of Kherson and its capital city of the same name have been contested by Russian troops since the war broke out six months ago. “Ukrainian armed […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese police have arrested more than 200 suspects linked to one of the country’s biggest-ever banking scandals, which triggered rare mass protests. Four banks in central China’s Henan province suspended cash withdrawals in April as regulators cracked down on mismanagement, freezing the funds of hundreds of thousands of customers and sparking protests that at times ended in violence. Police said Monday they had now arrested 234 people in connection with […]
(Eagle News) — Twenty-two volcanic earthquakes were monitored in Kanlaon in the last 24 hours. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, sulfur dioxide flux was also detected at 48 tons/day as of August 29. A plume reaching 200 meters high was also monitored. PHIVOLCS reminded the public that entry into the four-kilometer radius permanent danger zone remains banned. It also advised pilots against flying close to the volcano. Sudden steam-driven and phreatic […]
CHED chair De Vera cites recent data on vaccine coverage, nature of the virus, and advice of experts for change in policy (Eagle News) – Even students and school personnel who are not vaccinated can join face-to-face classes in higher education institutions, according to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). This was after CHED removed the vaccination requirement for in-person classes. “We’re allowing vaccinated and unvaccinated students, employees and faculty members to now go […]
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — Prosecutors in Ecuador on Monday announced an investigation into the alleged hunting and killing of four giant tortoises on the Galapagos Islands, a unique and fragile ecosystem considered a world heritage site. The prosecutor’s office said on Twitter it was investigating the “suspected hunting and killing of four giant tortoises in the Galapagos National Park wetland complex.” A unit that specializes in environmental crimes is collecting testimonies from national park agents […]
by Rob Woollard Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Serena Williams delayed her farewell to tennis on an electrifying opening night at the US Open on Monday as the sporting icon battled to victory in front of a star-studded crowd. The 23-time Grand Slam winner — who earlier this month signalled she plans to retire from tennis after the tournament — drew on all of her experience to down lowly ranked Montenegrin opponent […]
by Kelly MACNAMARA Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Even without any future global warming, Greenland’s melting ice sheet will cause major sea level rise, with potentially “ominous” implications over this century as temperatures continue to rise, according to a study published Monday. Rising sea levels — pushed up mainly by melting ice sheets on Greenland and Antarctica — are set to redraw the map over centuries and could eventually swamp land currently home to […]
by Guillaume Decamme Agence France-Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — Shelling targeted Baghdad’s high-security Green Zone Monday, a security source said, after Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr said he was quitting politics, sparking chaos in which 15 of his supporters were killed. Tensions have soared in Iraq amid a political crisis that has left the country without a new government, prime minister or president for months, and escalated sharply after Sadr’s supporters stormed the government palace following […]
BRASÍLIA, Brazil (AFP) — The last of his people, a Brazilian indigenous man known only as “the man of the hole” has been found dead, decades after the rest of his uncontacted tribe were killed off by ranchers and illegal miners, officials said. Having lived in complete isolation for 26 years, the man — whose real name was never known to the outside world — was found in a hammock in a hut in the […]
