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The World Health Organization voiced alarm Thursday at the growing spread of H5N1 bird flu to new species, including humans, who face an “extraordinarily high” mortality rate. “This remains I think an enormous concern,” the UN health agency’s chief scientist Jeremy Farrar told reporters in Geneva. The current bird flu outbreak began in 2020 and has led to the deaths of tens of millions of poultry, with wild birds also infected as well as land […]
Meta on Thursday introduced an improved AI assistant built on new versions of its open source Llama large language model for powering the technology. Meta AI is smarter and faster due to advances in publicly available Llama 3, the tech titan said in a blog post. “The bottom line is we believe Meta AI is now the most intelligent AI assistant that you can freely use,” Meta co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said in […]
By Amanda MOUAWAD Dubai airport, one of the world’s busiest, witnessed major disruption for a third straight day Thursday after the heaviest rains on record drenched the desert United Arab Emirates. Emirates, Dubai’s state-owned flagship airline, and sister carrier flydubai resumed check-ins after telling passengers to stay away on Wednesday, when thousands of delayed passengers clogged the airport. The airport, which handles more international passengers than any other, hopes to resume “something approaching normality” within […]
WASHINGTON, April 19, 2024 (AFP) – The CIA chief warned Thursday that Ukraine could lose the war to Russia by the end of this year unless the United States sends more military aid. The grim warning by Bill Burns came as the US House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Saturday on a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine that has been held up for months by Republican lawmakers allied with Donald Trump as he […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Friday, April 19. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 6:17 a.m. The epicenter was 394 kilometers southeast of Balut Island. The depth of focus was 13 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News)–The ridge of a high pressure area is extending over the eastern section of Luzon. In its weather forecast, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Metro Manila, as a result, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. The rest of the country, meanwhile, PAGASA said, will experience the same conditions. According to the weather bureau, the entire […]
Legendary Japanese animators Studio Ghibli will receive an honorary Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May, organisers announced Wednesday. The Oscar-winning studio, co-founded by Hayao Miyazaki 40 years ago, is beloved worldwide for its masterpieces like “Spirited Away”, “My Neighbour Totoro” and “Howl’s Moving Castle”. It will mark the first that that Cannes gives an award to a collective, rather than an individual. Miyazaki makes few public appearances and his long-time collaborator Isao […]
DAKAR, April 18, 2024 (AFP) – The deadly heatwave that hit Africa’s Sahel region in early April would not have occurred without “human-induced” climate change, according to a study by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group published Thursday. The West African nations of Mali and Burkina Faso experienced an exceptional heatwave from April 1 until April 5, with soaring temperatures above 45 degrees Celsius triggering a large number of deaths. Observations and climate models used […]
By Hiba Aslan with Mohammed Abed in the Gaza Strip JERUSALEM, April 18, 2024 (AFP) – Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country reserved the right to protect itself after Iran’s unprecedented attack, and that it alone would decide how to do so. Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles at Israel over the weekend in an attack that caused little damage after most of the projectiles were intercepted. The Israeli military has […]
MANADO, Indonesia, April 18, 2024 (AFP) – Indonesian rescuers raced to evacuate thousands of people Thursday after a volcano erupted five times, forcing authorities to close a nearby airport and issue a warning about falling debris that could cause a tsunami. The crater of Mount Ruang flamed with lava against a backdrop of lightning bolts overnight after erupting four times on Wednesday, forcing authorities to raise its alert level to the highest of a four-tiered […]
LOS ANGELES, April 18, 2024 (AFP) – The Philadelphia 76ers, fueled by 23 points from NBA Most Valuable Player Joel Embiid, rallied to beat the Miami Heat 105-104 on Wednesday and book a first-round NBA playoff clash with the New York Knicks. Embiid, still not back to peak form after missing two months in the wake of knee surgery, stepped it up in the second half for the Sixers, who trailed by as many as […]
JERUSALEM, April 18, 2024 (AFP) – Israel considered carrying out a strike on Iran in retaliation for last weekend’s unprecedented attack but then aborted the plan, according to Israeli and US media reports. Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles against Israel over the weekend in an attack that caused little damage after most of the projectiles were intercepted. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to respond to the attack, prompting global powers, […]
