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China is slated to send another crew to its Tiangong space station on Thursday, in the latest mission for a growing space programme that plans to send people to the moon by 2030. The Shenzhou-17 is scheduled to blast off from the Jiuquan launch site in arid northwest China at 11:14 am (0314 GMT), carrying a three-astronaut team with the youngest average age since the space station’s construction. A send-off ceremony on Thursday morning saw […]
X is tinkering with video and audio calling at the platform formerly known as Twitter, according to a post Wednesday by owner Elon Musk. “Early version of video and audio calling on X,” Musk wrote in a post that contained a screen capture showing how to turn the feature on in the platform’s settings. The screen capture showed options of enabling voice and audio calls to those in a user’s address book, all verified users, […]
American toy maker Mattel revised its annual earnings forecast after its third quarter results beat analysts’ expectations, riding on the success of the “Barbie” blockbuster. “Consumer demand for our product increased in the quarter, and we continued to outpace the industry,” Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz said in a press release. He added: “Our results benefited from the success of the Barbie movie, which became a global cultural phenomenon, and marked a key milestone for Mattel.” […]
By Glenda KWEK JIUQUAN, China, Oct 25, 2023 (AFP) – China will send its youngest-ever crew of astronauts to the Tiangong space station this week, officials said Wednesday, as Beijing pursues plans for a manned mission to the Moon by the end of the decade. Tiangong is the crown jewel of Beijing’s space programme, which has also landed robotic rovers on Mars and the Moon and made China the third country to put humans in […]
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh, Oct 25, 2023 (AFP) – Nearly 275,000 people in Bangladesh fled to shelters on Wednesday as Cyclone Hamoon barrelled into the southeastern coast, killing at least two people, officials said. Hamoon is the latest major storm to batter Bangladesh’s coast, with the low-lying South Asian nation witnessing an increasing number of severe weather events as climate change fuels bigger and deadlier storms. Power lines were cut and intense rainfall lashed coastal villages […]
By Clara LALANNE LONDON, Oct 20, 2023 (AFP) – Elianne Andam was headed to school like any other teenager in London last month when she was stabbed to death, becoming the latest victim of rising knife crime in England and Wales. The 15-year-old suffered a “brutal attack” in Croydon, south London, shortly after she and her friends had stepped off a public bus on a Wednesday morning, prosecutors have said. A 17-year-old boy arrested nearby […]
WASHINGTON, Oct 16, 2023 (AFP) – Any move by Israel to occupy the Gaza Strip again would be a “big mistake,” US President Joe Biden said in an interview released on Sunday, as Israeli troops prepared for a ground invasion. Israel, seeking vengeance for an attack by Hamas on October 7, has declared war on the militant group, launching a relentless bombing campaign and warning more than a million people in northern Gaza to move […]
Targets free Wi-Fi for all by the end of 2026 or middle of 2027 (Eagle News)–The government is eyeing total national fiber backbone connectivity in 2026, with the National Fiber Backbone 70% completed in Luzon, an Informations and Communications Technology official said. Undersecretary Jeffrey Dy said also in the pipeline is free Wi-Fi, with a target of setting up 110,000 sites by the end of 2026 or by the middle of 2027. With 70 percent […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines’ Southeast Asian neighbors are offering assistance in helping repatriate Filipinos affected by the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict and have asked for help to ensure the safety of their own citizens. Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega said Indonesia, for instance, is offering to help Filipinos leave the West Bank. “While they have no presence in Gaza, obviously, but they have citizens in Gaza so they are asking our assistance,” he added. According to […]
By Danny KEMP WASHINGTON, Oct 9, 2023 (AFP) – President Joe Biden said Monday that Americans are likely being held hostage by Palestinian militant group Hamas after its surprise attack on Israel, and that at least 11 US citizens were killed in the assault. Hamas dragged off about 150 hostages in its weekend onslaught on southern Israel from Gaza, an attack that a senior US defense official said involved “ISIS-level savagery”. Hamas threatened on Monday […]
By Stuart WILLIAMS PARIS, Oct 3, 2023 (AFP) – An Iranian girl aged 16 has been left in a coma and is being treated in hospital under heavy security after an assault on the Tehran subway, a rights group said on Tuesday, blaming the Islamic republic’s notorious morality police. The Kurdish-focused rights group Hengaw said the teenager, named as Armita Garawand, had been badly injured in a confrontation on the Tehran metro with female police […]
ISMAILIA, Egypt, Oct 2, 2023 (AFP) – A huge fire ripped through a regional police headquarters in the Egyptian city of Ismailia before dawn Monday, gutting the building and leaving at least 45 people injured. Authorities said they had launched a probe into the cause of the blaze that destroyed the Security Directorate building in the city 110 kilometres (70 miles) northeast of Cairo. Several people could be seen trapped inside the burning building, screaming […]
