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by Charlotte Plantive with Patrick Fort in Kharkiv Agence France-Presse NOVI PETRIVTSI , Ukraine (AFP) — Balls of dough file past on the assembly line and a sweet scent fills the air at a bread factory that embodies Ukraine’s determination and its tentative recovery 100 days on from Russia’s invasion. Located near the capital Kyiv, the Tsar-Khlib factory continued production even as Russian troops advanced, keeping city residents fed despite a missile attack on a […]
by Qasim Nauman and Kang Jin-kyu Agence France-Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Ten years after “Gangnam Style” became a global phenomenon, South Korean rapper Psy is living his best life –- proud of his “greatest trophy” and free from the pressure of repeating that unprecedented success. Uploaded to YouTube on July 15, 2012, the song’s wacky music video became a runaway megahit, with its trademark horse-riding dance spawning thousands of imitations, spoofs and spinoffs. […]
by Blaise Gauquelin, with Quentin Tyberghien in Donbas Agence France-Presse KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Russia claimed Tuesday that its forces had taken full control of residential neighborhoods in eastern Ukraine’s Severodonetsk, after Kyiv said its outnumbered troops were fighting on in the key eastern hub. The brutal weeks-long contest for the key city in the Lugansk region continued to grind on, with civilians fleeing and some 800 taking refuge in a chemical factory. “The residential […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — US, diplomacy, Latin America, summit, Maduro, Venezuela, Turkey, Russia Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived in Turkey on Tuesday for an official visit as other Latin American leaders gathered for a summit in Los Angeles, to which the United States did not invite him. The VTV state channel showed footage of Maduro arriving at the airport in Ankara, where he was received by senior officials of Turkey, an important ally of Venezuela. “I […]
by Marcelo Silva de Sousa Agence France-Presse BRASÍLIA, Brazil (AFP) — Rights groups and families of a British journalist and Brazilian indigenous expert who went missing deep in the Amazon after receiving threats pleaded Tuesday for authorities to accelerate the search operation. Veteran freelance journalist Dom Phillips, 57, and respected indigenous specialist Bruno Pereira, 41, went missing early Sunday while traveling by boat in Brazil’s Javari Valley, near the border with Peru, where Phillips was […]
by Michelle Fitzpatrick Agence France-Presse FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) — Former German chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday defended her years-long policy of detente towards Moscow, saying she had “nothing to apologize for” even as the Ukraine war casts a pall on her legacy. In her first major interview since stepping down six months ago, Merkel insisted she had not been naive in her dealings with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Diplomacy isn’t wrong just because it hasn’t […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) –North Korea, believed poised to test a new nuclear weapon, has ignored multiple US overtures for discussions as well as offers to help in its Covid-19 outbreak, a US diplomat said Tuesday. Speaking after Pyongyang test-launched eight ballistic missiles in a single day Sunday, Sung Kim, the US Special Representative to North Korea, said the country has not responded to months of public and private communications seeking to engage over tensions. […]
Japan’s unbeaten Naoya Inoue stopped Nonito Donaire of the Philippines in the second round Tuesday to add the WBC bantamweight world title to his WBA and IBF belts. Inoue, who also beat Donaire in a 2019 classic, floored the 39-year-old veteran at the end of the first round and stopped him 1 min, 24 sec into the second to take his record to 23 wins, 20 of them by knockout. Inoue and Donaire’s previous […]
A Russian court sentenced four members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, the US-based evangelical movement, to six years in prison for “extremism”, investigators said Tuesday. The four adherents of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, who hail from the city of Chita in eastern Siberia, were found guilty of organising “extremist” activities between 2017 and 2020, the Investigative Committee said. They organised meetings, collected donations and distributed religious literature, investigators said in a statement. The court sentenced two of […]
Hong Kong is not becoming a “police state”, the city’s top law enforcement officer said Tuesday, days after his officers stamped out the city’s once-permitted commemorations marking Beijing’s deadly Tiananmen crackdown. The Chinese business hub is preparing for an upcoming leadership change as well as the 25th anniversary of the city’s handover from Britain, for which President Xi Jinping is widely expected to visit. Speaking to local outlet HK01 about beefed-up security activity around the event, commissioner Raymond […]
(Eagle News) — A thunderstorm advisory has been raised over parts of Mindanao. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, moderate to at times heavy rain showers with possible lightning and strong winds are being experienced over portions of Davao del Norte, Davao de Oro (Laak, Monkayo, Montevista), Bukidnon, Misamis Oriental (Manticao, Gingoog, Laguindingan), Iligan City, portions of Lanao del Norte (Kolambogan, Tubod, Sultan Naga, Dimaporo, Bacolod, Kauswagan, Linamon), Lanao del Sur, […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has acquired around P764 million worth of equipment. According to the PNP, the acquisitions include: a. 16 new vans b. three light transport vehicles c. 8,358 9mm pistols d. 8,500 5.56mm basic assault rifles e. 34 7.62mm light machine guns f. 620 night vision devices g. 5,298 all-purpose vests The PNP said also acquired were 45 detector dogs. The PNP said all of these were successfully procured from […]
