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by Haitham EL-TABEI Agence France Presse RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Energy giant Saudi Aramco said Sunday its 2021 net profit soared by more than 120 percent, due to higher crude prices, as global economic growth recovered from a pandemic induced downturn. The announcement came hours after Yemen’s Huthi rebels — against whom Saudi Arabia leads a military coalition — targeted several locations, including Aramco facilities, in cross-border armed drone attacks. Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea fired multiple rocket launchers on Sunday, Seoul said, the latest in a series of provocations by the nuclear-armed nation to heighten tensions in the region. Pyongyang launched a string of banned weaponry this year and tested what it claimed were components of a “reconnaissance satellite” — although Seoul and Washington have described them as a new ICBM system. “There were shots suspected to be from North Korea’s […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia said Sunday it has again fired its newest Kinzhal hypersonic missiles in Ukraine, destroying a fuel storage site in the country’s south. The Russian defence ministry also said it killed more than 100 members of Ukrainian special forces and “foreign mercenaries” when it targeted a training centre in the town of Ovruch in northern Ukraine with sea-based missiles. “Kinzhal aviation missile systems with hypersonic ballistic missiles destroyed a large […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Occidental Mindoro on Sunday, March 20. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake, which was an aftershock of the 6.4-magnitude earthquake that hit the province in Lubang on March 14, struck at 1:58 p.m. The epicenter was 72 kilometers northwest of Lubang. The depth of focus was one kilometer. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News)–The Shaw Boulevard Station Building A entry and exit points will be closed to the public starting March 21. According to the MRT-3, instead of using the Edsa Shangri-la and Starmall entry and exit points, passengers should use the Greenfield/Parklea entry and exit points for the duration of the temporary closure. The MRT-3 did not give a reason for the temporary closure. The closure, however, it said, will last until March 22.
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Thousands of demonstrators hit the streets across Spain on Saturday in protest at the soaring cost of food, light and fuel, which have been exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The rallies, which took place in Spain’s main cities, were called by the far-right Vox party which sought to tap into growing social discontent over the spiralling cost of living that has left many families struggling to pay their bills. […]
Diesel prices expected to go down by P10.70 to P10.90 per liter, gasoline by P5.10 to P5.30 per liter (Eagle News) – For the first time this year, oil prices are expected to have a huge rollback after 11 consecutive price hikes, with diesel prices expected to be reduced by around P11 per liter and gasoline by around P5 per liter at least. This big time price rollback is due to the global movement […]
by Emmanuel Duparcq and Dmytro Gorshkov Agence France Presse KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) — Russia said Saturday that it had unleashed hypersonic missiles against an arms depot in Ukraine, the first use of the next-generation weapons in combat, after Kyiv’s embattled leader pressed for “meaningful” talks to halt an invasion now in its fourth week. Moscow also said its troops had broken through Ukrainian defences to enter the strategic southern port city of Mariupol, prompting […]
ALGIERS, ALgeria (AFP) — An earthquake rocked the Algerian port city of Bejaia Saturday injuring two people, emergency services said. The 5.2 magnitude quake hit shortly before 11 am (1000 GMT), with its epicentre offshore 10 kilometres (six miles) under the Mediterranean seabed, according to the US Geological Survey. Two people were injured in the mainly Berber-speaking city, in the Kabylie region some 240 kilometres (150 miles) east of the capital Algiers, emergency services […]
(Eagle News) — Twelve earthquakes have been monitored at Taal in 24 hours. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the earthquakes at the volcano, which remains on alert level 2, included four volcanic tremors two to three minutes long. Sulfur dioxide flux was at 13370 tons on March 18. A steam plume reaching 2400 meters high was also monitored. PHIVOLCS said entry into the Taal Permanent Danger Zone especially the main crater […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard Fleet has a new commander. According to the PCG, CG Rear Admiral Charlie Q. Rances assumed the responsibilities of the outgoing commander CG Rear Admiral Allan Victor T. Dela Vega in a change of command ceremony attended by PCG Commandant, CG Admiral Artemio M. Abu on March 16. Dela Vega, meanwhile, is the new commander of the Coast Guard Weapons, Communications, Electronics and Information System Command. The minor […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rains are expected in parts of the country. In its 4 p.m. advisory on Saturday, March 19, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the cloudy skies with light rains, in particular, are expected over Batanes. The weather bureau said this was due to the northeasterly surface windflow. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, PAGASA said, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated […]
