Giorno: 31 Maggio 2023

South Auckland Residents Wake up to Toxic Smoke

Read More A scrapyard blaze in south Auckland briefly brought the city’s train network to a standstill as residents received health warnings over the toxic smoke covering the region. Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) were alerted to smoke in south Auckland at midnight on May 31. On arrival, they found a pile of scrap […]

Japan, China to Restart Reciprocal Visits of Defense Officers After 4 Years

Read More Japan and China will restart mutual visits by their defense officers in July after a four-year hiatus to establish a mutual understanding amid strained relations, the program’s organizer said on May 30. Japan’s Self-Defense Forces (SDF) will send 10 senior officers to visit China in July, while the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) members […]

Typhoon Mawar Losing Strength as It Heads Toward Japan’s Okinawa Islands

Read More NAHA, Japan—Typhoon Mawar appeared to be losing force as it headed Wednesday toward Japan’s Okinawa Islands, where the United States maintains a significant military presence, after largely skirting Taiwan and the Philippines. After tearing across Guam last week, Mawar passed by Taiwan on Tuesday with sustained winds of 155 kph (96 mph) and […]

New Zealand Airline Is Asking Passengers to Weigh in Before Their Flights

Read More WELLINGTON, New Zealand—New Zealand’s national airline is asking passengers to step on the scales before they board international flights. Air New Zealand says it wants to weigh 10,000 passengers during a monthlong survey so pilots can better know the weight and balance of their planes before takeoff. But the numbers from the scales […]

Tone-deaf Ramaphosa says citizens must help ease load-shedding

Read More President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg/Getty Images South Africans must play their part to reduce load-shedding as temperatures drop, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday. His renewed call to load-shedding fatigued citizens — who have experienced power cuts every day this year — comes as the country ping-pongs between stages four and six […]

Man who stabbed ex-girlfriend to death in west London jailed for life

Read More A man who stabbed a woman to death and attempted to decapitate her after she ended their relationship has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 29 years. Dennis Akpomedaye, 30, stabbed his ex-girlfriend Anna Jedrkowiak in an alleyway in west London on 17 May 2022, having stalked her from his […]

UK should play leading role on global AI guidelines, Sunak to tell Biden

Read More Rishi Sunak will tell Joe Biden next week the UK should become a global hub for developing international regulation of artificial intelligence, as the prime minister rapidly shifts his position on the emerging technology. Sunak will travel to Washington DC on 7 and 8 June for meetings with the US president, as well […]

Covid inquiry: Boris Johnson hands over WhatsApps and notes to Cabinet Office

Read More Boris Johnson has handed over a tranche of WhatsApps and notebooks to the Cabinet Office, challenging it to release the documents in unredacted form to the Covid inquiry. In a move that will pose a major headache for the government, Johnson released a new statement saying it should “urgently disclose” the contents to […]

Indiana state rep arrested driving while intoxicated, leaving site of car crash

An Indiana state politician has been arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated and abandoning his car after a crash. Republican Indiana Rep. Jim Lucas was taken into police custody Wednesday morning on charges of operating while impaired and leaving the site of an accident, according to authorities. “A blood test was performed at Schneck […]