China says military development of islands within its rights
BEIJING, China (AP) — China on Tuesday said it has the right to develop South China Sea islands as it sees fit in the wake of U.S. accusations that it… Read more »
Monthly Archives: March 2022
East Africa’s hunger crisis needs global action, says Oxfam
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Widespread hunger across East Africa could become “a catastrophe” without an injection of funds to the region’s most vulnerable communities, the international aid group Oxfam warned… Read more »
ASEAN envoy for Myanmar crisis arrives on first mission
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Cambodia’s foreign minister arrived Monday in Myanmar’s capital Naypyitaw on his mission as a special regional envoy seeking to facilitate peacemaking in the fellow Southeast Asian… Read more »
Ukraine war is backdrop in US push for hypersonic weapons
PORTLAND, United States (AP) — Lagging behind Russia in developing hypersonic weapons, the U.S. Navy is rushing to field its first, with installation on a warship starting as soon as… Read more »
3 cosmonauts arrive at space station in yellow and blue
NEW YORK, United States (AP) — Three Russian cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station on Friday wearing yellow flight suits with blue accents. The men were the first new… Read more »
Hot poles: Antarctica, Arctic 70 and 50 degrees above normal
LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) — Earth’s poles are undergoing simultaneous freakish extreme heat with parts of Antarctica more than 70 degrees (40 degrees Celsius) warmer than average and areas of… Read more »
Turkey builds massive bridge linking Europe and Asia
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The president of Turkey, South Korea’s prime minister and other officials inaugurated a massive suspension bridge Friday over the Dardanelles Strait that connects the European and… Read more »
Russia-Ukraine war: Key things to know about the conflict
LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) — Russian forces largely bogged down outside major cities in Ukraine have turned to shelling them from a distance, including dozens of confirmed attacks on health… Read more »
7.3 magnitude quake hits north Japan, tsunami risk receding
TOKYO, Japan (AP) — A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan on Wednesday evening, triggering a tsunami advisory and plunging more than 2… Read more »
The Eiffel Tower grows even higher, thanks to new antenna
PARIS, France (AP) — The Eiffel Tower grew by six meters (nearly 20 feet) on Tuesday after engineers hoisted a new communications antenna at the very top of France’s most… Read more »