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by Joe STENSON with Philippe RATER at the United Nations Agence France Presse KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — The United States was expected to announce tough new sanctions on Russia Wednesday, including a ban on new investments, a day after Ukraine’s president showed the UN Security Council harrowing images of violence and accused Moscow of widespread atrocities. The sanctions come after an outcry over the discovery of dozens of bodies in civilian clothing in areas […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck off Eastern Samar early Wednesday, April 6. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 1:01 a.m. The epicenter was 29 kilometers northeast of Hernani. The following instrumental intensities were reported: Intensity II – Catbalogan City, Samar Intensity I – Abuyog, Alangalang and Palo, Leyte No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rain showers are expected in parts of the country. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Palawan and Mindanao, in particular, will have cloudy skies with scattered to widespread rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the low pressure area 15 km southeast of Davao City or in the vicinity of Laak, Davao de Oro. Flash floods or landslides during moderate to heavy rains are possible. Visayas, meanwhile, […]
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AFP) — Kuwait’s government resigned on Tuesday, three months after it was sworn in, state media reported, amid escalating disputes with parliament. The Gulf emirate’s prime minister, Sabah Khaled Al-Sabah, submitted the cabinet’s resignation to Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the official KUNA news agency said. The move comes a day ahead of a parliamentary vote on a letter of non-cooperation, which 10 lawmakers submitted against the premier after […]
Spain will expel around 25 Russian diplomats and embassy staff over the Russian invasion of Ukraine, following similar moves by Germany and France, Spain’s foreign minister said Tuesday. “The unbearable images we have seen of the massacre of civilians in the town of Bucha after the withdrawal of the Russian army deeply outrage us,” Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said in a reference to a town outside Kyiv. The Russian diplomats and staff “represent a […]
by Femke COLBORNE Agence France Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — German police said Tuesday they have taken down Russian-language illegal darknet marketplace Hydra, the largest such network in the world, and seized bitcoins worth 23 million euros ($25 million). Founded in 2015, Hydra sold illegal drugs but also stolen credit card data, counterfeit currency and fake identity documents, masking the identities of those involved using the Tor encryption network. The marketplace had around 17 […]
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said Tuesday that Rome has expelled 30 Russian diplomats as part of a joint European action after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “We have expelled 30 Russian diplomats for national security reasons,” Di Miao told Italy’s Rai television in Berlin, in news confirmed by the ministry in Rome. Di Maio said Russia’s ambassador to Italy, Sergey Razov, had been summoned earlier Tuesday “to notify him of the Italian government’s decision […]
(Eagle News) — A heavy rainfall warning has been raised over parts of Mindanao. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, a yellow warning level has been hoisted over Zamboanga del Norte (Baliguian, Siocon, Sirawai, Sibuco, Labason, Gutalac, Kalawit), Zamboanga Sibugay (Roseller Lim, Tungawan, Ipil, Titay, Naga), Zamboanga del Sur (Dumalinao, SanPablo, Guipos, Dinas, Dimataling, Pitogo, Tabina, Vincenzo A. Sagun), Zamboanga City, Davao Oriental, Davao de Oro, Davao del Norte and Agusan […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China and Ukraine’s foreign ministers have spoken for the first time in over a month, with Beijing maintaining its push for peace talks even as allegations of Russian atrocities in towns around Kyiv grow. International condemnation of Moscow has intensified in recent days with the discovery of dozens of bodies in areas around the Ukrainian capital from which Russian troops have withdrawn, though they have denied involvement in the deaths. China […]
Over 12.2 million Filipinos have received booster shots as of April 5 (Eagle News) – The Department of Health (DOH) urged the public to get booster shots against Covid-19 amid the threat of another Covid-19 variant, Omicron XE, that has been detected in Thailand. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that getting boosted against Covid would greatly help prevent from contracting the disease, even the new variant Omicrom XE. “Bagama’t naririnig po natin ang […]
(Eagle News) — The results of the 2020/2021 bar exams will be released on April 12 once approved by the Supreme Court. 2020/21 Bar Examinations Committee Chairperson, Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen asked the Court on Tuesday, April 5, to hold a special en banc session on April 12 “for the purpose of considering his report on the first-ever digitalized and regionalized Bar examinations and the release of results,” the SC said. The […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea will use its nuclear weapons to “eliminate” South Korea’s army in the event they launch a pre-emptive strike, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un said Tuesday. Kim Yo Jong’s warning, carried in state media, was her second angry retort in three days to comments made by South Korea’s defense chief Suh Wook last week. They come as North Korea has resumed its sanctions-breaking weapons tests with […]
