In a letter to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday ( Aug 23 ), India’s Narendra Modi demanded that he sit down for talks with Russia in order to end the conflict in Ukraine. He also pledged to act as a friend during their meeting in Kyiv. The first time anContinue Reading
BEIJING: China took” countermeasures” against two Philippine military aircraft that flew into its airspace over the South China Sea, the foreign ministry said on Friday ( Aug 23 ). ” On Aug 22, two Philippine military aircraft trespassed into the airspace near the Nansha Islands, including Zhubi Jiao ( SubiContinue Reading
BEIJING: China took” countermeasures” against two Philippine military aircraft that flew into its airspace over the South China Sea, the foreign ministry said on Friday ( Aug 23 ). ” On Aug 22, two Philippine military aircraft trespassed into the airspace near the Nansha Islands, including Zhubi Jiao ( SubiContinue Reading
SEUL: South Korean cab driver Park Jeong-soon purchased his electric vehicle ( EV ) about four months ago because he wanted to spend less on fuel.
He now pays about 400,000 won ( US$ 299 ) per month, which is roughly a third of what he used to pay for his previous diesel-powered car, which has the intended effect.
While he is content with the money saved, current EV fires are making him anxious.
” In my house, I charge my car completely in the underwater parking lot, and that makes me nervous”, he told CNA.
A Mercedes-Benz electronic coupe made by China’s Farasis Energy on August 1 caught fire in the underground storage of an house in Incheon, South Korea.
More than 100 vehicles were reportedly damaged in the blaze, which took more than eight hours to destroy. More than 20 persons even suffered smoke inhalation and had to be hospitalised.  ,
According to preliminary investigations, the park lot’s sprinkler ‘ malfunction caused the fire to get worse.  ,
Only days later, a Kia EV6 burned out in a park building in South Chungcheong state, taking more than an hour to set out.
In a report published in February, the Seoul Metropolitan Fire &, Disaster Headquarters said 1, 399 fires occurred in underground parking lots in South Korea between 2013 and 2022 with 43.7 per share attributed to automobiles.  ,
More than half of vehicles fires in underwater garages were caused by electrical sources, according to the report.
Describing the Jokowi-Prabowo ally as “tenuous”, Professor Vedi Hadiz, chairman of the Asia Institute at University of Melbourne, said that once Mr Prabowo assumes the best job, Mr Jokowi’s control will be considerably eroded.
Prof Hadiz, who teaches Eastern reports, explained what might be at job.
” All of the patronage networks that ( Mr Jokowi ) has built potentially could shift to Prabowo’s direction. Therefore, what he needs to do is place as many people as possible in important opportunities to ensure that Prabowo has liquidity on him,” he told CNA’s Asia First.
He noted that Mr. Jokowi was even able to remove the former head of the second-largest social party in the country, Golkar, and replace him with a nationalist.
” He’s obviously positioning himself but that he does not become useless, outdated come October 20, when Prabowo becomes leader”, said Prof Hadiz.
While Mr. Jokowi has typically attracted high ratings of support, a lot of his actions have become” so obvious in its intention of grabbing his power and influence” as he has said, according to Prof. Hadiz.
He added that Indonesians no longer tolerated his previous deeds because of it.
” We have to see whether this explosion of rally is a one-off that, after this particular discussion has passed, whether it builds up into something more regular, where some sort of civil society-based surveillance of the elites can get place”, he said.
However, recent history in Indonesia has revealed that maintaining these things is extremely difficult, largely because the opposition is incredibly fragmented and poorly organized.
The chances of parliament reconvening before that are “virtually zero,” according to Prof. Chin, and registration for regional elections begins on Tuesday ( Aug 27 ).  ,
There is another deterrent for the government, he said: The way the matter has resonated with Indonesia’s fresh.  ,
” If they ( the government ) try to pull a fast one, I suspect nobody is willing to pay the political price”, he said.
While passing the law before Tuesday “does seemed economically and naturally impossible,” Prof. Hadiz claimed that there is a “history of high-level collusion among the social leaders” behind why the protesters in Indonesia have continued to follow what is happening.
” They do n’t trust anything that comes out of the mouth of the leadership, of parliament. So essentially, they’re standing by to make sure that no crawl attempt to hold a conference will take place”, he said.
Bangkok: A lawyer for the victims ‘ families announced on Friday ( Aug 23 ) that seven officials will stand trial for the deaths of scores of Muslim protesters who died in Thailand’s deep south almost 20 years ago. The event on October 25, 2004, is still one of theContinue Reading
The warning was issued a day after the squad of 23 Filipinos and two Russians were rescued from a Greek-flagged oil tanker that was Wednesday attacked by some projectiles off Yemen’s rebel-held Hodeida port. The Sounion strike set off a fire and reduced motor power. Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimedContinue Reading
JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities, including local governments, may get serious about catastrophe prevention as it is” just a matter of day” before a strong earthquake caused by two converging tectonic plates hits the land, its weather and geophysics company has warned.
Local governments should prepare mitigation measures including spatial planning on earthquake-proof buildings that can accommodate the community in case of megathrust earthquakes, Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency ( BMKG ) said this week.
No buildings may be constructed on the beach, and there should be restrictions on growth on the coast. In a press conference on Tuesday ( Aug 20 ), BMKG head Dwikorita Karnawati stated that a hotel must be ready to face a megathrust earthquake, which would require the building to be able to withstand 8.5 magnitudes.
The BMKG has developed significantly quick and accurate monitoring, control, and info dissemination systems for earthquake and tsunami earlier warnings for its component.
In Indonesia, following Japan’s earlier this month’s megaquake update, there has been renewed interest in disaster preparedness.  ,
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a megaquake advice for the first time on August 8 after a 7.1 % earthquake struck the Nankai earthquake zone and struck Kyushu, indicating that the collapse could have been a forerunner to an even greater one that could have seriously impacted people’s lives.
A week later, the organization said people were free to resume their daily lives.
According to Mr. Daryono, the mind of the BMKG’s Earthquake and Tsunami Center, disasters had already occurred at two supervolcano zones a while ago.
Off the southeastern shores of Sumatra and the Java islands, Mr. Daryono was referring to two subduction areas, known as the Sunda Strait and Mentawai-Siberut parts.  ,
The meeting point between the moon’s tectonic plates has the potential to cause powerful earthquakes and floods.
Because it has been hundreds of years since a significant disaster occurred, he wrote on  , X, previously known as Twitter, on August 11.” The release of disasters in these two parts can be said to be a matter of day,” he wrote.
According to Mr. Daryono, Chinese scientists are concerned about the Nankai Megathrust in the same way that Indonesian experts are about the Sunda Strait and the Mentawai-Siberut megathrust, which have not experienced tremors or geological spaces for a while.
” The Sunda Strait geological space has been 267 times and the Mentawai-Siberut has been 227 years, while other parts have experienced disasters, my job is to inform ( of the need for ) vigilance”, Mr Daryono said in another article.
His study resulted in “megathrust” becoming a trendy topic on social media in the country, as well as regional media reports.  ,
Indonesia has experienced numerous earthquakes and volcanic eruptions and is situated at the crossing of the nation’s major tectonic plates and many smaller plates.  ,
There are 13 tectonic areas that have the potential to cause earthquakes of greater than scale 8 and floods, according to an earthquake risks cause image released by BMKG in 2017.
Mr. Daryono continued, noting that the supervolcano was a topic of conversation in the consumer prior to the Aceh wave disaster in 2004, which claimed more than 220 000 lives.
Researchers and officials have stated in recent days that earthquakes must be avoided with prevention measures.
The potential of a tectonic quake in Indonesia should be of major concern for the government, according to House of Representatives member Daniel Johan.
” Do not let the initial information conveyed by BMKG be dismissed and ( as a result ) we do not make preparations”, Mr Daniel said, as quoted by news outlet Jawa Pos.
The Ministry of Social Affairs announced that it had sent a staff to Mentawai Island in West Sumatra to map out places that might be prone to quake earthquakes and wave disasters in response to the BMKG’s notice.
The team consists of personnel from the ministry’s Disaster Preparedness Cadets ( Tagana ) and BMKG.  ,
Tri Rismaharini, the team’s director of social affairs, stated that the team will also provide residents with advice and information on disaster response and evacuation preparedness in addition to mapping the area.  ,
On assessment aggregator Metacritic, the sport has garnered a report of 81 out of 100, indicating “generally advantageous” testimonials from both critics and people.
Some have praised its physical talent and output quality, Sixth Tone publication reported.
On Steam, user reviews – numbering more than 260, 000 – have been “overwhelmingly good”.  ,
Video game page IGN gave Black Myth: Wukong an 8 out of 10, commending its “fantastic battle, interesting bosses, tantalising secrets and a wonderful earth” despite some “frustrating professional issues”.  ,
Niko Partners attributed the show’s success to its “high-end images, change game” and social network resonating firmly with Taiwanese gamers.  ,
One scientist told the South China Morning Post that China’s emergence from AAA game was another factor in its popularity.
Games with higher development and marketing costs are referred to as the categorization.
” As the world’s largest gaming market and ( home to ) the richest gaming company ( Tencent ), there were no products that were truly recognised as AAA games globally. This has become a source of pain for Taiwanese game designers and people, according to Zhang Shule of CBJ Think Tank.
” This is also the reason why Black Myth: Wukong was so very anticipated”.
The displaced have gathered in 450 shelters, the officials said, with a full of about 1.7 million affected, along with substantial damage to system, crops and livestock. Another hazard administration official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, saying that the majorityContinue Reading