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Paris, France | AFP | by Ali BEKHTAOUI The European Union threatened Monday to take retaliatory measures against the United States for electric car subsidies that favour domestic manufacturers. The 27-nation bloc is upset about Washington’s “Inflation Reduction Act”, which will see vast spending on green energy initiatives and includes tax breaks for US-made electric cars and batteries. Brussels says those benefits for American electric vehicle makers would put e-cars made in the EU at […]
San Francisco, United States | AFP | Facebook-parent Meta will become the latest tech firm to scale back its workforce, with plans to layoff thousands of employees this week, US media reported Sunday. The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that the layoffs could impact “many thousands” of Meta employees and that an announcement was expected as soon as Wednesday. As of September 30, Meta had about 87,000 employees worldwide […]
by Frankie TAGGART Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump headline a frantic last day of campaigning Monday on the eve of a midterm election that will shape the rest of the US president’s term — and could pave the way for a White House comeback by his predecessor. Biden’s Democrats are facing a gargantuan struggle to hang on to Congress, after a race the president has cast as a […]
San Francisco, United States | AFP | Twitter began rolling out a controversial new paid subscription system on Saturday that the social network’s unpredictable new owner, billionaire Elon Musk, ordered staff to build after taking over last week. Days into the Tesla boss’s stewardship of one of the world’s leading platforms for discourse and activism, his promises and provocations are prompting a wave of reactions — including warnings from the United Nations and an […]
Seoul, South Korea | AFP | North Korean forces said they would respond to joint exercises by the United States and South Korea with “sustained, resolute and overwhelming” military measures, its state media reported Monday. The warning came following a spate of missile tests by North Korea last week, including four ballistic missiles on Saturday, while the United States and South Korea conducted their biggest-ever air force drills. A statement from the General Staff of […]
Los Angeles, United States | AFP | Aaron Carter, the American singer who soared to fame at the turn of the millennium with his hit album “Aaron’s Party (Come Get It),” died Saturday, TMZ said. He was 34 years old. The entertainment outlet reported that the brother of Backstreet Boy Nick Carter was found dead in his tub at his residence in Lancaster, California. A police spokesperson told AFP that officers responded to Carter’s home […]
Philadelphia, United States | AFP | by Andrea Bambino with Frankie Taggart in Washington President Joe Biden, Democratic superstar Barack Obama and Republican firebrand Donald Trump all converged Saturday on Pennsylvania to push their parties to the finishing line in a race Biden said marks a “defining” moment for US democracy. The battle of the serving and two former presidents marked the start of a final crescendo before Tuesday when Americans will decide who […]
Tornadoes extended into Oklahoma and Arkansas as well as Texas yesterday, and the widespread damage is still being assessed. Field correspondent Brandon Clement documented this devastation in Idabel, OK.#severewx #OKwx #tornado pic.twitter.com/ap3Z6LNw0b — WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) November 5, 2022 Here is a collection of frame grabs if New Boston, Texas #tornado. This tornado lifted debris up above 30,000 feet per radar when between Naples and Boston. NWS damage surveys will be out in force today. Our […]
At least 38 people were injured in a fire in a New York City apartment building that may have been caused by a lithium ion battery, officials told US media on Saturday. Two of the wounded were in critical condition and five were seriously injured after the blaze on East 52nd Street in Manhattan, CNN quoted fire commissioner Laura Kavanagh as saying. Dan Flynn, chief fire marshal, told CNN it was nearly the 200th fire […]
Washington, United States | AFP | by Natalie WADE Election misinformation is spreading on TikTok ahead of the US midterms despite the company’s policies — and watchdogs are concerned about its effect on young voters as more Americans use the platform as a source of news. Posts spreading unfounded claims of voter fraud, falsehoods about mail-in ballots and misleading videos about different state laws have found a home on the immensely popular app. Perhaps […]
Seoul, South Korea | AFP | by Claire Lee and Qasim Nauman North Korea fired four ballistic missiles on Saturday, the South Korean military said — the latest in Pyongyang’s testing blitz this week as Washington and Seoul concluded their biggest-ever air force drills. The flurry of North Korean launches has included an intercontinental ballistic missile and one that landed near the South’s territorial waters. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has called the barrage “effectively […]
Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | UN human rights chief Volker Turk on Saturday urged Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk to ensure that respect for human rights is central to the social network following his sacking of around half the company’s employees. Reports of Musk laying off the platform’s entire human rights team were “not, from my perspective, an encouraging start”, Turk said in an open letter. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights […]
