Survivors of an earthquake that flattened villages in eastern Afghanistan, killing more than 800 people, spent the night in the open as rescuers worked Tuesday to pull victims from the rubble. The 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck just before midnight Sunday, with the worst of the destruction in Kunar province, which borders Pakistan. Rescuers searched into the night […]
Read MoreThousands rallied across Indonesia Monday as the military was deployed in the capital after six people were killed in nationwide protests sparked by anger over lavish perks for lawmakers. At least 500 protesters gathered outside the nation’s parliament in Jakarta, watched by soldiers and police throughout the day, before dissipating after President Prabowo Subianto warned […]
Read MoreUnder fluttering flags and in a fever of national pride, legions of lock-stepped Vietnamese patriots are due to march through Hanoi on Tuesday in celebrations marking 80 years since the declaration of independence. Some 40,000 troops and civilians are set to parade just after dawn, feting the date when communist revolutionary Ho Chi Minh declared […]
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Nach ihrer vorübergehenden Rückkehr in den Hafen von Barcelona ist die Gaza-Hilfsflotte mit der schwedischen Aktivistin Greta Thunberg an Bord wieder in See gestochen. Die Schiffe verließen am Montagabend erneut den Hafen der spanischen Metropole, wie Journalisten der Nachrichtenagentur AFP berichteten. Die rund zwanzig Boote mit palästinensischen Flaggen hatten sich am Sonntagnachmittag mit hunderten Aktivisten […]
Read MoreDwayne “The Rock” Johnson said Monday he had turned his heavily muscled back on action movie roles to be able to express himself as an actor in his latest film “The Smashing Machine” which premiered in Venice. The 53-year-old was the day’s star attraction at the Venice Film Festival — his first appearance at a […]
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Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin took turns Monday to swipe at the West during a gathering of Eurasian leaders aimed at putting Beijing front and centre of regional relations. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)touts itself as a non-Western style of collaboration between 10 countries in the region and seeks to be an alternative to […]
Read MoreDer US-Technologiekonzern Apple wird mit Hilfe eines Software-Updates die Strahlung seines Smartphone-Modells iPhone 12 in der gesamten EU senken. Die Änderung werde “in den kommenden Wochen” umgesetzt, hieß es am Montag in einer Erklärung des Unternehmens. 2023 hatte Apple diese Maßnahme bereits in Frankreich ergriffen, nachdem die französische Strahlenaufsicht ANFR festgestellt hatte, das Modell sende […]
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The UK, Japan and South Korea sweltered this year through the hottest summers since each country began keeping records, their weather agencies said Monday. Temperatures the world over have soared in recent years as human-induced climate change creates ever more erratic weather patterns. The UK’s provisional mean June-August temperature was 16.1C, which was 1.51C above […]
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Vor dem Hintergrund der Bemühungen um ein Kriegsende berät die sogenannte Koalition der Willigen am Donnerstag mit dem ukrainischen Präsidenten Wolodymyr Selenskyj über Sicherheitsgarantien für Kiew im Fall eines Waffenstillstands mit Russland. Selenskyj werde dazu in Paris erwartet, weitere Teilnehmer der insgesamt rund 30 Länder würden per Video zugeschaltet, teilte der Elysée-Palast am Montag mit. […]
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