Other News

Russia says it is ready for talks if Ukraine ‘lays down arms’

  MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday Moscow was ready for talks if Ukraine’s military surrendered, as he insisted that invading forces were looking to free the country from “oppression”. Russian President Vladimir Putin “took the decision to conduct a special military operation to demilitarise and de-Nazify Ukraine so that, freed from oppression, Ukrainians themselves could freely determine their future”, Lavrov said at a press conference in Moscow. The comment […]

Continue Reading →

DND ready to assist in repatriation of overseas Filipinos from Ukraine

(Eagle News) — The Department of National Defense is ready to provide assistance in the repatriation of overseas Filipinos in Ukraine following Russia’s attack. According to Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, they shall provide the aid to agencies led by the Department of Foreign Affairs “if and when we are called upon to do so.” “We are monitoring the situation closely and are standing by…,” Lorenzana said. Echoing the DFA’s statement, the defense chief expressed hope […]

Continue Reading →

UN condemns over 1,800 arrests of anti-war protesters in Russia

  GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The United Nations on Friday condemned numerous “arbitrary arrests” of people in Russia for protesting the country’s invasion of Ukraine and urged their immediate release. “Arresting individuals for exercising their rights to freedom of expression or a peaceful assembly constitutes an arbitrary deprivation of liberty,” UN rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani told reporters in Geneva. She said the agency understood that “more than 1,800 protesters were reportedly arrested. It is […]

Continue Reading →

DOH logs 1,671 more COVID-19 cases

(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 3,658,892 on Friday, Feb. 25, after the Department of Health reported 1,671 additional cases. The DOH said all laboratories were operational on Feb. 23 while three laboratories did not submit data to the  COVID-19 Document Repository System (CDRS). According to the DOH, of the total cases, 55140 were active. Of these, 645 were asymptomatic, 49988 were mild, 2784 were moderate, 1424 were severe, and 299 […]

Continue Reading →

Bird flu in parts of Bulacan and Pampanga detected

DA says infected quail and ducks “promptly culled” (Eagle News) – Bird flu or avian influenza has been detected in a duck farm in Baliuag, Bulacan, and quail farms in Candaba and Mexico, Pampanga. The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it had already “acted swiftly” to contain the disease through the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), municipal and veterinary personnel in the said towns, with the help of the farm owners themselves. “We immediately carried […]

Continue Reading →

PHL calls on int’l community to reaffirm commitment to peaceful settlement of disputes

  (Eagle News) – The Philippine government called on the international community to “reaffirm by more than words its commitment to the peaceful settlement of disputes” amid the increasing tensions between Russia and Ukraine. In a statement on the Ukraine situation issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday, February 25, the DFA recalled the United Nations’ General Assembly’s adoption of the Manila Declaration of the Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes. The DFA […]

Continue Reading →

Ukraine crisis challenges oil industry caution at high prices

by John BIERS Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – As commodity prices soar, the Ukraine crisis has prompted demands from petroleum lobbies for a reboot of US energy policy to promote domestic oil and gas production. But recent history suggests Wall Street may be an even bigger barrier than Washington to increased exploration and production. As oil prices have risen over the last year — including Thursday’s brief surge above $100 a barrel […]

Continue Reading →

Russian forces press deep into Ukraine

  by Dave Clark, with Thibaut Marchand in Chuguiv, Ukraine Agence France Presse KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Invading Russian forces pressed deep into Ukraine as deadly battles reached the outskirts of Kyiv, with explosions heard in the capital early Friday that the besieged government described as “horrific rocket strikes”. The blasts in Kyiv set off a second day of violence after Russian President Vladimir Putin defied Western warnings to unleash a full-scale ground invasion and […]

Continue Reading →

Loud explosions heard in central Kyiv: AFP

Two loud blasts were heard in the centre of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv early Friday, an AFP journalist said, a day after Russian troops launched an invasion of its Western-backed neighbour. Russian missiles and shelling rained down on Ukrainian cities on Thursday after President Vladimir Putin unleashed a full-scale ground invasion and air assault, forcing civilians to shelter on metro systems. Invading Russian forces pressed deep into Ukraine as deadly battles reached the outskirts of Kyiv […]

Continue Reading →

Macron says useful to ‘leave path open’ for dialogue with Putin

  BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday it was useful to keep alive the chance of dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin after he launched an invasion of Ukraine. Macron said after a summit of EU leaders that “while condemning, while sanctioning” it remained useful “to leave this path open so that the day when the conditions can be fulfilled, we can obtain a cessation of hostilities”. Macron on Thursday was […]

Continue Reading →

EU leaders agree ‘sanctions that bite’ Russia

EU leaders wrapped up an emergency summit Friday with agreement to punish Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine with “severe” sanctions targeting its financial, energy and transport sectors. “We need sanctions that bite,” Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said as he went into the Brussels meeting late Thursday — the same day Russia blasted Ukrainian military targets and sent tanks and paratroopers into its pro-Western neighbour Ukraine. The leaders quickly agreed “further restrictive measures […]

Continue Reading →

6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia’s Sumatra island

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Friday, the United States Geological Survey said, with residents sent fleeing from their homes. The quake hit the island’s north at a depth of 12 kilometres (7.5 miles), about 70 kilometres from the town of Bukittinggi in West Sumatra province, according to USGS. No tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of serious damage, but the quake was felt in the neighbouring provinces of […]

Continue Reading →
1 … 1,062 1,063 1,064 1,065 1,066 … 7,408