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Washington, United States (AFP) Russia’s space agency is discussing with Moscow a continuation of its participation in the International Space Station past 2024, a Roscosmos official said Monday. Sergei Krikalev, head of Russia’s human space flight programs, told reporters that Roscosmos had started “to discuss extending our participation in ISS program with our government and hope to have permission to continue next year.” With ties between Russia and the West rupturing over the war in […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) – Solomon Islands said Tuesday it had objected to the first draft of a US-Pacific partnership declaration because it was “not comfortable” with some indirect references to China. The Solomons’ foreign minister, Jeremiah Manele, was quizzed by reporters in New Zealand about his country’s reported qualms over the joint statement, signed in Washington last week. “In the initial draft there were some references that we were not comfortable with,” the foreign […]
BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken began his tour of Latin American countries on Monday in Colombia, where combatting drug trafficking topped the agenda. Blinken met with Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s first ever leftist president, who has harshly criticized the war on drugs as a failure. After Colombia, Blinken will travel to Chile and Peru, which also recently elected leftist presidents. But in Colombia, Petro’s policy of offering an olive-branch to leftist […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Less than a year after Will Smith shocked millions around the world by slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars, his new film “Emancipation” will be released this December, Apple said Monday. The slavery drama was broadly assumed to have been delayed in the wake of Smith’s assault on comedian Rock, which drew widespread condemnation and resulted in Smith being banned from attending the Academy Awards ceremony for 10 years. […]
Paris, France | AFP | by Kelly MACNAMARA Climate change increased the rainfall from Hurricane Ian by more than 10 percent, according to a new quick-fire analysis, as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the United States devastated parts of Florida. Ian “could be the deadliest hurricane in Florida history”, President Joe Biden said after the storm brought ferocious winds, turned streets into churning rivers that swept away homes and left an […]
Fort Myers, United States | AFP | by Gerard MARTINEZ Hurricane Ian, one of the worst storms ever to hit the United States, roared into South Carolina on Friday, delivering a powerful second punch after walloping Florida. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Ian made landfall near Georgetown, South Carolina, as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 85 miles (140 kilometers) per hour. It was later downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone but […]
Washington, United States | AFP | President Joe Biden said Friday that the United States and NATO will not be intimidated by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and warned that the Western alliance would defend “every inch” of its territory. “America and its allies are not going to be intimidated,” he said in remarks at the White House. Putin is “not going to scare us.” Biden then addressed the Kremlin leader directly, pointing his finger into the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – US President Joe Biden on Thursday warned that Hurricane Ian may end up being Florida’s “deadliest” storm ever and cited fears there could be “substantial” numbers of fatalities across the state. “This could be the deadliest hurricane in Florida history,” he said after a briefing at the FEMA emergency management headquarters in Washington. “The numbers… are still unclear, but we’re hearing reports of what may be substantial loss of life,” […]
Fort Myers, United States (AFP) Hurricane Ian unleashed “historic” devastation in Florida, flooding homes, washing out roads and bridges and leaving millions without power, officials said Thursday, as President Joe Biden warned of a potentially “substantial” death toll. The storm, one of the most powerful ever to hit the United States, churned towards South Carolina as a Category 1 hurricane after hammering Florida, where at least eight people died and many awaited rescue in […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — US Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in South Korea Thursday to strengthen Washington’s alliance with Seoul, a day after nuclear-armed North Korea tested more ballistic missiles. Harris, who landed at Osan airbase after a trip to Tokyo to attend the state funeral of assassinated former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, is due to meet South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol. She is also set to visit the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Apple on Wednesday confirmed that it removed popular Russian social network VKontakte from its App Store globally due to sanctions imposed by Britain. The British government on Monday sanctioned 92 Russian individuals and entities after President Vladimir Putin’s regime held referendums in Moscow-controlled areas of Ukraine — denounced by Kyiv and its allies as a “sham” — and stepped up threats against the West. “Sham referendums held at the […]
by Shaun Tandon and Sebastian Smith Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Joe Biden’s administration on Wednesday rolled out the red carpet for Pacific Island leaders in the face of rising Chinese influence in the region and said it expected a united front, despite friction with one nation — the Solomon Islands. In a first-of-a-kind summit in Washington, the United States promised greater aid and diplomatic engagement on issues from maritime security to […]
