PARIS, France - Top science publisher Springer Nature said it has withdrawn a study that presented misleading conclusions on climate change impacts after an investigation prompted by an AFP inquiry. (Photo from AFP) AFP reported in September 2022 on concerns over the peer-reviewed study by...
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan announced Thursday it will loosen restrictions on Chinese business and group travellers in a step towards resuming tourism exchanges with China. Beijing suspended individual tourism permits to Taiwan in 2019 in a sign of worsening relations under Taiwanese President...
BEIJING, China - Seafood sellers in Beijing expressed consternation Thursday over Japan's gradual release of wastewater from the disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean. (Photo from AFP) Hours before the release began, a store manager named Wang Jinglong in one of the Chinese...
LOS ANGELES, United States -- At least 1,100 people are still missing two weeks after deadly wildfires ravaged the Hawaiian island of Maui, authorities said Tuesday, with the FBI seeking family members' help in identifying the remains of the dead. The fires were the deadliest to hit the United...
Pheu Thai Party's prime ministerial candidate Srettha Thavisin arrives at the party headquarters in Bangkok on August 22, 2023, ahead of the Thai Parliament's second prime ministerial vote. Thailand's Pheu Thai party on August 22 formally nominated business tycoon Srettha Thavisin to become prime...
Students with painted faces surround a replica of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft in Chennai on August 22, 2023. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) confirmed that the lander module of the Chandrayaan-3, which means "Mooncraft" in Sanskrit, had "successfully separated" from the propulsion...
Former US President Donald Trump. AFP / MANILA BULLETIN MILWAUKEE, United States -- The Republican White House hopefuls prepared to do battle in the first debate of the 2024 primary contest on Wednesday -- with Donald Trump set to upstage his rivals despite his decision not to show up. Five...
From top left: former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie; Vivek Ramaswamy; former US Vice President Mike Pence; and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. From top bottom: former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley; former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson; North Dakota governor Doug Burgum; and US Senator...
This file picture taken on January 20, 2023 shows the storage tanks for contaminated water at the Tokyo Electric Power Company's (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) TOKYO, Japan -- The final preparations to discharge waste water...
This handout photograph, taken and released by the Russian Foreign Ministry on August 22, 2023, shows (L-R) Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China's President Xi Jinping, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia’s Foreign Minister...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US President Joe Biden will urge reforms to the IMF and World Bank that will better serve developing country needs at the G20 summit in New Delhi next month, the White House said Tuesday. White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that the two need to...
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra greets his supporters after landing at Bangkok's Don Mueang airport on August 22, 2023. Thaksin Shinawatra bowed in homage to the Thai king's portrait as he returned to the kingdom Tuesday after 15 years in exile, before being led away by officials to...
