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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) – Monkeypox cases fell by a fifth last week as infections in Europe dropped but the outbreak is going through “intense transmission” in the Americas, the World Health Organization said Thursday. The WHO sounded the alarm for Latin America in particular, pointing to a lack of awareness and public health measures to control the spread of the virus. A surge in monkeypox infections has been reported since early May outside the African […]
PARIS, France (AFP) – Former men’s world number one Novak Djokovic said he will not play in the US Open which begins on Monday as Covid protocols mean he cannot travel to the United States. It is the second Grand Slam the 35-year-old Serb will miss due to not being vaccinated as he was deported prior to the Australian Open earlier this year. “Sadly, I will not be able to travel to NY this time […]
JABALIA, Palestinian Territories (AFP) – Living in one of the poorest parts of the Middle East and facing some of the region’s highest fuel costs, Palestinians in Gaza are burning plastic to make affordable diesel. It’s an economic and practical solution in a territory blockaded by Israel for 15 years, but one which poses serious environmental and health risks, experts say. Standing before rusty metal machinery and fuel containers, Mahmoud al-Kafarneh described how he and […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – Signs are growing that Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social is in financial trouble, with just a modest following six months after launching. Fox Business Network reported Thursday that the platform has halted payments to the company that hosts it, RightForge, and owes $1.6 million. The platform’s parent company, Trump Media and Technology Group, did not respond to a request for comment. A RightForge spokesman would not comment […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea said Friday that the fever cases it detected earlier this week were found to be influenza, and not a Covid-19 resurgence as initially suspected. The state media announcement came a day after authorities said they had locked down parts of Ryanggang province — which borders China — after finding four new “fever” cases there. North Korea refers to “fever patients” rather than “Covid patients” in case reports, apparently […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines logged over 3,000 new COVID-19 cases. According to the Department of Health, the 3,126 new cases pushed the total to 3867071. Of the total cases, 31037 were active. Metro Manila logged the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days, with 12723. Calabarzon followed suit, with 7053 new cases in the last 14 days; Central Luzon with 4275; Western Visayas with 2247; Cagayan Valley with 1798. Of […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Elon Musk’s SpaceX satellites will connect directly to T-Mobile cellphones to provide service access even in the most remote places beyond the reach of cell towers from next year, the two companies announced Thursday. The new service, which will work on existing cellphones and utilize SpaceX’s network of thousands of Starlink satellites in Earth’s orbit, will begin offering text messaging services from late 2023, with voice calls and data […]
by Joe STENSON Agence France-Presse KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Washington on Thursday warned Russia against diverting energy from a nuclear plant Kyiv says was cut off from its grid, as calls for an independent inspection of the facility mount. Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is under occupation by Moscow’s troops and was disconnected from the national power supply on Thursday, the state energy operator said. The United States cautioned Russia against redirecting energy from the site. […]
by Roland JACKSON Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — European natural gas prices climbed Thursday towards a record peak on heightened fears over Russian supplies, while equities rose on the eve of a key speech from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Europe’s benchmark Dutch TTF gas contract advanced to 322 euros per megawatt hour, not far from the record high 345 euros struck in March shortly after key gas producer Russia invaded Ukraine. […]
by Valerie LEROUX Agence France-Presse ALGIERS, Algeria (AFP) — French President Emmanuel Macron announced a “new page” in ties with Algeria on Thursday, the first day of a three-day visit aimed at mending ties with the former French colony months after it marked 60 years of independence. Macron’s office said his visit aims to “lay a foundation to rebuild and develop” a sometimes difficult relationship with the North African nation after a particularly tense few […]
Washington, United States (AFP) The months-old James Webb Space Telescope has added another major scientific discovery to its growing list: detecting for the first time signs of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system. Although the exoplanet would never be able to support life as we know it, the successful discovery of CO2 gives researchers hope that similar observations could be carried out on rocky objects more hospitable to […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — The number of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon hit a nearly 15-year high this week, according to official figures that provided the latest warning on the advancing destruction of the world’s biggest rainforest. Satellite monitoring detected 3,358 fires on Monday, August 22, the highest number for any 24-hour period since September 2007, according to the Brazilian space agency, INPE. The number was nearly triple that recorded on the […]
