DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal headed to the polls on Sunday to vote in legislative elections that the president hopes will give his party a clear majority and the means to implement an ambitious agenda for reforms. The heated campaign period has revived concerns about unrest as political rivals clashed, sometimes …
Baca Lagi »Venezuela says it frees 225 arrested after anti-government protests
CARACAS (Reuters) -Venezuela has freed 225 people arrested during anti-government protests over the nation’s disputed presidential election in July, Attorney General Tarek Saab said late on Saturday. The releases were based on new evidence gathered by prosecutors, Saab said in a statement. “Between the afternoon of Friday the 15th and …
Baca Lagi »Iran denies meeting between envoy and Elon Musk
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi on Saturday strongly denied a reported meeting between Tehran’s United Nations envoy and U.S. billionaire Elon Musk, in an interview with state TV. Araqchi also warned that Iran was “prepared for confrontation or cooperation” in its dispute with the UN nuclear watchdog …
Baca Lagi »Internet cut during protests in India’s violence-hit Manipur state
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – Authorities in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur suspended internet and mobile services and imposed an indefinite curfew on Saturday in areas where protesters were besieging politicians’ homes over deadly inter-ethnic violence. In the latest deaths, security forces found three bodies believed to be members of …
Baca Lagi »Philippines urges residents to flee as super typhoon Man-Yi strengthens on approach
MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine authorities issued an urgent appeal on Saturday for residents in low-lying areas and coastal towns to move to safety as super typhoon Man-Yi gained strength on its approach towards the country’s main Luzon island. Man-Yi, the sixth tropical cyclone to hit the Philippines in a month, intensified …
Baca Lagi »IMF, Pakistan wrap up unscheduled talks on $7 billion bailout
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday it held constructive talks with authorities in Pakistan on economic policy and reform efforts to reduce vulnerabilities during an unscheduled staff visit. The unusual visit from Nov 12 to Nov 15 discussed a $7-billion bailout within six weeks of …
Baca Lagi »Honduras battles flooding as Tropical Storm Sara unleashes heavy rainfall
TELA, Honduras (Reuters) – Wading through waist-deep water, residents along the northern coast of Honduras trudged through the streets on Friday carrying their belongings and pets, as heavy rains from Tropical Storm Sara caused widespread flooding across the area. Sara churned menacingly near the Caribbean coast of Honduras, close to …
Baca Lagi »Austria to be cut off from Russian gas from Saturday
(Reuters) -Russia’s Gazprom has told Austria that it is suspending gas deliveries from Saturday, a gas flow monitoring platform reported on Friday, in a development that could signal the end of the last Russian gas supplies to Europe. In a notice published on the central European gas hub platform, Austrian …
Baca Lagi »Further mass displacement possible in Ukraine if energy sector hit, UN warns
GENEVA (Reuters) – Any additional Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy system could trigger a further wave of mass displacement as winter approaches, a senior U.N. official said on Friday. As the war grinds towards its third winter, civilians are more vulnerable than at any other winter during the conflict due …
Baca Lagi »AI weather models have shown promise this hurricane season
When Hurricane Beryl was rushing across the Atlantic basin in July, the weather forecasting tool made by Google Deepmind, the tech company’s artificial intelligence unit, saw something other models missed. Deepmind’s AI-driven program, called GraphCast, forecast the storm would take a sharp turn away from southern Mexico to southern Texas …
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