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TOKYO, April 15, 2024 (AFP) – Temperatures in Japan’s northern city of Sapporo — famous for winter sports — passed 25 degrees Celsius (77 Fahrenheit) on Monday, the earliest point of the year on record, a weather agency official said. Sapporo, the main city on the country’s northern island of Hokkaido, hosted the Winter Olympics in 1972 and each winter holds a snow festival where massive ice sculptures draw tens of thousands of visitors. “The […]
By Guillaume Lavallee JERUSALEM, April 15, 2024 (AFP) – Gaza’s ancient Greek site of Anthedon has been bombed, its “Napoleon’s Palace” destroyed and the only private museum burned down: the war has taken a terrible toll on the rich heritage of the Palestinian territory. But in a strange twist of fate, some of its greatest historical treasures are safe in a warehouse in Switzerland. And ironically, it is all thanks to the blockade that made […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States, April 14, 2024 (AFP) – Iran’s United Nations envoy told the Security Council Sunday that the Islamic republic was exercising its “inherent right to self-defense” in its unprecedented attack on Israel. “The Security Council… failed in its duty to maintain international peace and security” after Israel’s apparent strike on an Iranian consulate in Damascus earlier this month, Amir Saeid Iravani said. Therefore, Tehran “had no choice” but to respond, he […]
KABUL (AFP) – At least 33 people have been killed over three days of heavy rains and flash flooding in Afghanistan, the government’s disaster management department said Sunday. “From Friday onward, because of the rains there were flash floods which caused high human and financial losses,” department spokesman Janan Sayeq said. “The primary information shows that, unfortunately, in the floods, 33 people were martyred and 27 people got injured.” Most casualties were from roof collapses […]
DAR ES SALAAM, April 14, 2024 (AFP) – Heavy rains and flooding have killed at least 58 people, including children, in Tanzania since the beginning of April, a government spokesman said on Sunday. “From April 1 to April 14, 2024, there were 58 deaths caused by the heavy rains, which led to flooding,” Mobhare Matinyi told a press briefing, stressing that the coastal region of the East African country was one of the worst affected. […]
PETROPAVL, Kazakhstan, April 14, 2024 (AFP) – Floodwaters in southern Russia on Sunday threatened to submerge thousands more homes in the Kurgan region, where the governor predicted a “very difficult situation” in the coming hours. There is widespread flooding in the Russian Urals regions and neighbouring Kazakhstan, caused by melting ice swelling rivers, exacerbated by heavy rainfall. In some places, only the roofs of houses are visible above murky waters that have engulfed entire neighbourhoods. […]
Iran’s foreign minister on Sunday said Tehran had informed the United States and gave a 72-hour warning to neighbouring countries of its retaliatory attack on Israel. “We announced… to the White House in a message that our operations will be limited, minimal and will be aimed at punishing the Israeli regime,” said Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. The Iranian top diplomat was speaking during a briefing to foreign diplomats about Tehran’s drone and missile attack on Israel in […]
By Danny KEMP The United States said Sunday it will not join any Israeli counterattack on Iran, with President Joe Biden warning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “think carefully” about any escalation. The White House said Biden did not want a wider war after helping key ally Israel repel a massive aerial attack by Tehran — itself in retaliation for a presumed Israeli strike that killed an Iranian general in Damascus. “We’re not looking for […]
ROME, April 14, 2024 (AFP) – G7 leaders offered their full support for Israel on Sunday following an attack by Iran, and said they were ready to “take further measures” in response to “further destabilising initiatives”. In a statement following a video meeting, the leaders of the Group of Seven powers said they “unequivocally condemn in the strongest terms Iran’s direct and unprecedented attack against Israel”. “We express our full solidarity and support to Israel […]
🔔#Earthquake M6.5 occurred 101 km E of #Kimbe (Papua New Guinea) 13 min ago (local time 06:56:29). More info at: 📱https://t.co/IbUfG7TFOL 🌐https://t.co/P8rXgW2hcx 🖥https://t.co/cRhOb4y8Oz pic.twitter.com/iZ97n9L3fi — EMSC (@LastQuake) April 14, 2024 KOKOPO, Papua New Guinea, April 14, 2024 (AFP) – A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit northern Papua New Guinea early Monday, but there was no threat of a tsunami, US seismologists said. The epicentre of the quake, which hit at 0656 local time (2056 GMT), was […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States, April 14, 2024 (AFP) – United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned the international community Sunday against deeper descent into conflict, addressing the Security Council during a meeting over Iran’s weekend attack on Israel. “Neither the region nor the world can afford more war,” Guterres said. “The Middle East is on the brink,” he told the Security Council. “The people of the region are confronting a real danger of a devastating […]
WASHINGTON, April 14, 2024 (AFP) – The United States does not want to see an escalation of the crisis in the Middle East, a top White House official said Sunday after Israel repelled a massive missile and drone attack from Iran. “We don’t want to see this escalate,” White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said on NBC’s “Meet the Press”. “We’re not looking for a wider war with Iran.” Israel was on high […]
