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(Eagle News) — Aftershocks are expected following the 6.4 magnitude quake in waters off Lubang, Occidental Mindoro which was felt in various parts of the Philippines’ main island of Luzon on Monday, March 14, 2022. This was according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) in a bulletin on the 6.4 magnitude quake which occurred at a fairly shallow depth of 29 kilometers. The tectonic quake struck at 5:05 a.m. Monday, March […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A high-level US delegation meets in Rome Monday with a top Chinese official, the White House said as it warned Beijing would face severe “consequences” if it helps Russia evade sanctions over its war in Ukraine. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Yang Jiechi, the Chinese Communist Party’s chief diplomat, “will discuss ongoing efforts to manage the competition between our two countries and discuss the impact of Russia’s war […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A strong quake struck off the west coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island early on Monday, sending residents fleeing from their homes, but no damage or victims were reported immediately. The shallow 6.7-magnitude earthquake hit at 4:06 am (2109 GMT) at a depth of 21 kilometres (13 miles), with its epicentre 167 kilometres west of the coastal city of Pariaman, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicentre was 197 […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Conflict talks between Russia and Ukraine are set to resume Monday, negotiators and the Kremlin have said, after both sides hailed progress at earlier rounds aimed at ending more than two weeks of fighting. The talks would resume by video conference on Monday, Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and part of the negotiating team, said late Sunday. His statement, on Twitter, confirmed an earlier statement by Dmitry […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A powerful earthquake struck off the Philippines’ main island Monday, jolting buildings in the capital Manila, but there were no immediate reports of damage and a tsunami warning was not issued. The shallow 6.4-magnitude quake hit about 110 kilometres (68 miles) off Morong in Bataan province on Luzon island at 5:05 am (2105 GMT), with residents in nearby Manila woken by their buildings shaking. Shallow quakes tend to do more damage […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia detained more than 250 people for protesting Moscow’s “military operation” in Ukraine Sunday, as the conflict continues for a third week. OVD-Info, which monitors arrests during protests, said police had detained 268 people during demonstrations in 23 Russian cities. An AFP journalist present at a protest in the capital Moscow witnessed at least a dozen arrests and said police were taking away anybody without press papers. A young woman […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 3670749 on Sunday, March 13, after the Department of Health reported 564 additional cases on the same day. According to the DOH, the regions with the most additional COVID-19 cases reported in the last 14 days were Metro Manila with 2307, Calabarzon with 1253, Western Visayas with 903, Central Luzon with 775 and Central Visayas with 796. The cities and provinces with the most additional COVID-19 cases […]
A dozen ballistic missiles targeted Iraq’s northern city of Arbil, including US facilities, causing damage but no major casualties early on Sunday, security forces in the autonomous Kurdistan region said. Local authorities said the missiles came from beyond the eastern border, suggesting that the source of the fire was Iran — a country that wields considerable political and economic influence over its neighbour. “Twelve ballistic missiles” on Sunday targeted the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, Arbil, […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Sunday, March 13. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 6:10 a.m. The epicenter was 202 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. The depth of focus was 34 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
China reported 3,393 new Covid-19 cases Sunday, the National Health Commission said, more than double the previous day, as the country faces its gravest virus outbreak in two years. A nationwide surge in cases has seen authorities close schools in Shanghai and lock down several northeastern cities, as almost 19 provinces battle local outbreaks of the Omicron and Delta variants. The city of Jilin has been partially locked down, with hundreds of neighbourhoods sealed up, […]
Airlines and airports called Friday for an end to pandemic measures for European domestic flights as most countries in the region begin to relax requirements to present proof of vaccination and wear masks. “Covid-19, and specifically the Omicron variant, is now pervasive throughout all of Europe, and population immunity is at such levels that the risk of hospitalisation or death has dramatically reduced, especially for vaccinated people,” said joint statement from ACI Europe and IATA. […]
Two female employees were stabbed inside New York’s prestigious Museum of Modern Art on Saturday, allegedly by an angry patron, police said, causing the museum to be evacuated. The women were injured “in the back, in the collarbone, in the back of the neck” but are both “going to be ok,” said John Miller, New York police department deputy commissioner of intelligence and counterterrorism. The suspect, who had not been arrested as of late Saturday […]
