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The main center of fighting is still in Ukraine's east, Kyiv said Friday, as clashes in the south have prompted speculation that Ukrainian forces could have launched a long-awaited offensive. "The situation is tense in all areas of the front line. The east is the epicentre," Ukrainian Deputy Defence Minister, Ganna Malyar, writes on Telegram. "The enemy continues to concentrate its main efforts on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Maryinka directions", she added, referring to eastern cities where fighting has been raging for months. — AFP

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Novak Djokovic faces the Spanish legend's heir apparent Carlos Alcaraz at the French Open on Friday in a match laced with era-defining potential. Djokovic will be playing a 45th Grand Slam semi-final; for Alcaraz, it will be just his second. With Roger Federer retired and Nadal nursing a hip injury until next year, 36-year-old Djokovic has the responsibility of preserving the legacy of the 'Big Three'. — AFP

9 hours ago

The Vatican says Pope Francis had a good second night in hospital after undergoing hernia surgery. "Last night also went well," the Vatican press office says in a short note, adding that there would be a further update later. Francis, 86, underwent a three-hour operation at the Gemelli hospital in Rome on Wednesday, and was said to be cheerful when he woke up. — AFP

10 hours ago

The White House denies a report that China is planning to set up a surveillance base just off US shores in Cuba. The Wall Street Journal reported that Beijing and Havana have entered into a secret agreement for a Chinese electronic eavesdropping facility on the Caribbean island that could monitor communications across the southeastern United States. The region includes the US Southern and Central Command headquarters, both in Florida. — AFP

11 hours ago

Stocks rally again in Asia on Friday, fired by renewed optimism that the Federal Reserve will hold off lifting interest rates next week as fresh data indicated further tightening in the US labor market. Expectations the central bank will stand pat next week -- for the first time since starting its hiking cycle last year -- have pushed equities higher for most of the month, helped by the end of the US debt ceiling standoff. Confidence was dealt a blow this week by the Bank of Canada's surprise lift and a similar move in Australia, causing concern on trading floors that the Fed will act after all. — AFP

12 hours ago

Smoke from Canadian wildfires shrouds US cities in a noxious haze again, delaying flights and disrupting outdoor events in what President Joe Biden called a "stark reminder" of climate change. Thick skies and an acrid campfire smell hung over the capital Washington, with parts of the mid-Atlantic region reaching "Code Maroon," the highest category of the Air Quality Index (AQI), signaling hazardous conditions. This exceeded some of the most polluted cities in the world in South Asia and China, leading many residents to wear masks to protect their health. Though improving, conditions aren't expected to return to normal until the weekend. More than 111 million people in the United States were living under air quality alerts due to the fires, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday.  — AFP

13 hours ago

Official figures show that Chinese inflation came in flat again in May, as the country's economy sputters owing to softening demand and falling exports, leading to calls for a rate cut and a bigger government stimulus. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.2% on-year, from 0.1% in April, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says. The figure was in line with expectations of analysts polled by Bloomberg. — AFP

14 hours ago

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg tells employees that while Apple's mixed reality gear may be nice, it is not his vision of the future, according to US media reports. Zuckerberg's comments came during the first all-hands gathering at its Silicon Valley campus since the pandemic, and just days after Apple unveiled Vision Pro mixed reality headsets. "I mean, that could be the vision of the future of computing, but like, it's not the one that I want," Zuckerberg reportedly says while assessing what he has seen of Apple Vison Pro. "There's a real philosophical difference in terms of how we’re approaching this." — AFP

15 hours ago

The Sudanese government has declared United Nations envoy Volker Perthes "persona non grata", the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces. "The Government of the Republic of Sudan has notified the Secretary-General of the United Nations that it has declared Mr. Volker Perthes ... persona non grata as of today," the ministry says in a statement, just weeks after army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan accused Perthes of stoking the country's conflict and requested his removal.  — AFP

17 hours ago

Donald Trump says he has been indicted over his handling of classified documents after leaving office, the former US president's most serious legal threat yet as a firestorm of criminal investigations imperil his bid for a second White House term. "The corrupt Biden Administration has informed my attorneys that I have been Indicted, seemingly over the Boxes Hoax," Trump wrote on his platform Truth Social as he broke what would be bombshell news of a historic moment for the United States: the first time a sitting or former commander-in-chief has ever faced federal charges. There was no immediate confirmation from the Justice Department regarding Trump's assertion, although some US media outlets including The New York Times cited sources saying that Trump has indeed been indicted. — AFP

18 hours ago

The head of the upcoming COP28 climate summit, who also is the chief executive of the UAE's national oil company, acknowledged Thursday that a reduction in the use of fossil fuels is inescapable. "The phase down of fossil fuels is inevitable," Sultan al-Jaber said on the sidelines of technical climate talks six months ahead of the summit. "The speed at which this happens depends on how quickly we can phase up zero carbon alternatives, while ensuring energy security, accessibility and affordability," added Al Jaber, who runs the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc). — AFP

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