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US southwest on high alert as Hurricane Hilary climbs Mexico coast
AFP, Published on 20/08/2023
» CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico: States across the typically arid US southwest were racing Saturday to prepare for a life-threatening flooding forecast as Hurricane Hilary approaches from Mexico, where damage and one death were reported.
France's Macron denounces 'new imperialism' in Pacific
AFP, Published on 27/07/2023
» PORT VILA (VANUATU) - French President Emmanuel Macron denounced "new imperialism" in the Pacific during a landmark visit to the region on Thursday, warning of a threat to the sovereignty of smaller states.
Russian, Chinese officials to visit North Korea
Published on 25/07/2023
» SEOUL: North Korea will this week welcome Russia’s defence minister and a high-level Chinese delegation to Pyongyang for Korean War armistice anniversary celebrations, state media said Tuesday, marking a key shift in the nuclear-armed country’s stringent Covid-19 border restrictions.
Modi honoured for France's Bastille Day in shadow of riots
AFP, Published on 14/07/2023
» PARIS - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be guest of honour for France's Bastille Day celebrations on Friday, which are set to take place under tight security two weeks after riots swept the country.
Military ties in spotlight as Modi visits France
AFP, Published on 13/07/2023
» PARIS: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins a two-day visit to France on Thursday where he will attend the traditional Bastille Day military parade as guest of honour and discuss major new defence deals.
North Korea fires long-range missile
Published on 12/07/2023
» SEOUL: North Korea has fired a long-range ballistic missile, the South Korean military said on Wednesday, days after Pyongyang threatened to down US spy planes that violated its airspace.
Searchers detect undersea sounds in hunt for missing Titanic sub
Reuters, Published on 21/06/2023
» NEW YORK: Search teams detected underwater sounds while scanning the North Atlantic for a tourist submersible that vanished with five people aboard during a deep-sea voyage to the century-old wreck of the Titanic, the United States Coast Guard said early on Wednesday.
Search for missing Titanic sub like 'going into space'
AFP, Published on 21/06/2023
» LOS ANGELES: Rescuers desperately searching for the orca-sized submersible that vanished on its way to visit the wreck of the Titanic face a gargantuan task that will test the limits of technical know-how, experts say.
Sister city strains
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 28/05/2023
» City officials in the northern German port of Kiel were flattered this year when the Chinese port of Qingdao -- about 40 times its size -- proposed partnering up as a sister city. They rushed to embrace the offer.
Typhoon Mawar leaves trail of destruction as it moves from Guam
AFP, Published on 25/05/2023
» LOS ANGELES - A typhoon that slammed into Guam, knocking out power and flooding buildings with a powerful storm surge, was moving away Thursday -- leaving residents of the US Pacific Ocean territory to survey the damage.