News in Brief(2023-10-03)

FE Team | Published: October 02, 2023 21:37:51

Webb telescope makes discovery
of planet-like objects in Orion
LONDON, Oct 02: Jupiter-sized "planets" free-floating in space, unconnected to any star, have been spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). What's intriguing about the discovery is that these objects appear to be moving in pairs. Astronomers are currently struggling to explain them. The telescope observed about 40 pairs in a fabulously detailed new survey of the famous Orion Nebula. — BBC
10 migrants killed in truck accident
TUXTLA GUTI?RREZ, Oct 02: At least 10 Cuban migrants were killed and 25 injured on Sunday when a cargo truck carrying them overturned in southern Mexico, local officials reported, the latest fatal crash involving US-bound migrants. The accident took place in southern Chiapas state, near the border with Guatemala, the report said. — AFP
US, Philippines begin drills in S China Sea
MANILA, Oct 02: The United States and the Philippines launched annual joint naval war games on Monday, days after the latest diplomatic row between Manila and Beijing over the disputed South China Sea. More than a thousand sailors from the two allies are taking part in the annual "Samasama" (Tagalog for Together) anti-submarine, surface and electronic warfare drills off Manila and the south of Luzon, the main island of the Philippines. — AFP
New UN migration chief to visit Africa
GENEVA, Oct 02: The new head of the UN's migration agency will visit Africa on her first official trip from Sunday to highlight the scale of migration happening around the continent. Amy Pope, the first woman elected to lead the International Organization for Migration, will then head to Brussels as the 27-member EU bloc deals with a recent influx of migrant arrivals in Italy. — AFP