Nusa Dua (Indonesia) (AFP) – US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen heaped pressure on Russia on Monday ahead of the G20 summit in Indonesia, saying the best way to end world economic tumult was to stop the Ukraine war. “Ending Russia’s war is a moral impe…
‘Black Panther’ sequel scores huge opening, at home and abroad
Los Angeles (AFP) – Disney and Marvel’s highly anticipated “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” had a huge opening this weekend, taking in an estimated $180 million in North American theaters, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday. That dome…
Biden to seek red lines in talks with Xi
Nusa Dua (Indonesia) (AFP) – US President Joe Biden said Sunday he will seek to establish “red lines” in America’s fraught relations with Beijing in high-stakes talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. The superpower sit-down will come on the sidelin…
US Democrats celebrate Senate win over distraught Republicans
Washington (AFP) – Democrats celebrated Sunday a stunning victory to hold the US Senate, leaving Republicans in disarray and providing a critical base of political and legislative support for the remainder of Joe Biden’s presidency. Although the fate o…
Two WWII planes collide at Dallas air show: US aviation agency
Houston (AFP) – Two World-War-II-era airplanes collided Saturday at an air show in Dallas, US authorities said, with social media footage showing the aircraft crashing into each other and hitting the ground with a fiery explosion. It was not immediatel…
FTX working to secure assets after ‘unauthorized’ transactions
New York (AFP) – The new CEO of troubled cryptocurrency platform FTX said Saturday the company was making “every effort to secure all assets” following unauthorized transactions potentially worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. “Unauthorized access t…
GMO skeptics still distrust big agriculture’s climate pitch
New York (AFP) – As a changing climate intensifies extreme weather, agricultural multinationals are hyping the ability of genetically modified crops to boost yields when facing drought, heat or even heavy rainfall. But skeptics of engineered foods, or …
Alec Baldwin files cross-complaint in fatal movie-set shooting
Los Angeles (AFP) – American actor Alec Baldwin has filed a lawsuit against four people involved in the Western film “Rust,” saying they were negligent in providing him with a gun that discharged, killing the movie’s cinematographer. The death on Octob…
You say Cambodia, Biden says Colombia
Phnom Penh (AFP) – Southeast Asian regional bloc ASEAN gained a surprise new member from the other side of the world Saturday — at least for an instant, courtesy of a verbal slip by US President Joe Biden. “I want to thank the prime minister for Colom…
Nomadic Latino migrant labor aids Florida hurricane recovery
Fort Myers (United States) (AFP) – Hour by hour, day by day, hurricane-devastated southwest Florida is starting to get back on its feet — and the workers doing the hard labor are largely undocumented migrants. They have names like Jael, Juan and Franc…