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The Japanese capital and surrounding areas have been hit by a strong earthquake, causing power cuts and stopping trains, although no major damage has been reported and no tsunami risk has been flagged. Late Thursday, an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 was registered around Tokyo. The tremor was recorded at 10:41pm local time […]
Tehran is poised to build two power plants in Lebanon, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said, as the Islamic Republic extends further support to economically hard-hit Beirut. Speaking after a meeting with Lebanese officials on Thursday, Amir-Abdollahian revealed that Iran is ready to construct two power stations, one in the capital city of Beirut […]
France has said it could cut power to the British Crown dependencies in the English Channel to “pressure” London in a dispute over fishing licenses for French boats. Under the 2020 UK-EU trade deal, French boats are allowed to continue catching fish in British waters if they obtain a license. They also need to provide […]
President Emmanuel Macron has asserted that France is still “an Indo-Pacific power regardless of any contract,” following a three-way snub by the UK, US and Australia that saw Canberra bin a major French submarine deal. Speaking on Tuesday at a press conference, Macron insisted that Australia’s decision to scrap the multi-billion-euro contract it had with […]
Iceland’s ruling coalition has increased its majority in the general election, while the final tally shows that women will make up the majority of a country’s parliament for the first time in European history. Of 63 seats in the Althing, the island nation’s parliament, 33 seats – or roughly 52% – were won by women, […]
Germans are voting to elect a new parliament that will then replace the venerable Chancellor Angela Merkel. The race has been extremely tight, and the coalition-building to follow will likely be messy. Polling stations opened across Germany on Sunday morning, with just over 60 million people eligible to vote. The Bundestag officially has 598 seats, […]
Breaking with some of its neighbors, the Philippines welcomed the new security deal between Australia, the US and UK as beneficial to the Indo-Pacific region. The arrangement sparked a row with France and was criticized by China. In a statement released on Tuesday, Philippine Foreign Minister Teodoro Locsin said the country welcomed the recently announced […]
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party is projected to win most of the seats in the country’s legislature, putting him on course to stay in office. It’s unclear if his bid to seize full control of the parliament materializes. Canada’s ruling Liberal Party is set to receive enough votes in Monday’s federal election for incumbent […]
A key gas pipeline, damaged in an attack claimed by Islamic State terrorist group, has been repaired and power supply in Damascus fully restored, following a brief but widespread blackout, according to Syrian state media. The repairs were completed and gas supply fully restored to the Deir Ali power station, the Ministry of Oil and […]
The Syrian capital was thrown into darkness after an “attack” on a gas line feeding a major power plant, the country’s electricity minister told state media, noting repairs are underway and that the issues would soon be resolved. “There was a significant direct drop in gas pressure, which led to the failure at the Deir […]
Indonesia’s foreign ministry has said it is concerned about the sale of US and UK nuclear-powered submarines to Australia, claiming it is contributing to an arms race and increasing power projection in the Indo-Pacific. In a statement on Friday, the Indonesian Foreign Ministry said it was watching “with caution” a deal which sees the UK […]
Vienna will take no part in the resettlement of Afghan refugees evacuated from Kabul after the Taliban takeover, said Austria’s chancellor Sebastian Kurz, insisting that the country already has enough migrants from Afghanistan. The US and its allies have flown more than 123,000 civilians out of the Afghan capital Kabul after it fell into the […]
Venezuela’s electrical system was targeted by another “terrorist attack” on Sunday, minister of electric power Nestor Reverol has said, referring to power outages in the Caracas area and other parts of the Latin American country. There was an explosion and fire at an electrical substation in the Jose Angel Lamas municipality of northern Aragua state, […]