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(Eagle News) — A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental early Monday, Feb. 21. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 5:13 a.m. The epicenter was 115 kilometers southeast of Jose Abad Santos. The depth of focus was 69 kilometers. The following instrumental intensity was reported: Intensity II -General Santos City No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) –The northeast monsoon is affecting Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, as a result, Cagayan Valley, Aurora and Quezon will have cloudy skies with rains. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Meanwhile, Southern Palawan, Zamboanga Peninsula, BARMM, SOCCSKSARGEN and Davao Region […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Satellite images show new deployments of Russian troops and military equipment near the Ukrainian border, a US company said Sunday evening. The pictures show “multiple new field deployments of armored equipment and troops” departing from existing military sites into forests and fields approximately 9 to 19 miles from Russia’s border with Ukraine, US satellite imagery company Maxar said in an email. The new photos, taken Sunday, appear to show vehicle […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Joe Biden is willing to meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin “at any time” to prevent a war in Ukraine, according to his top diplomat who said Sunday Russia appeared on the verge of invading its neighbor. In a rapid-fire round of US talk shows, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN “everything we’re seeing suggests that this is dead serious, that we are on the brink of an invasion.” […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) – Australia opened its international borders to all vaccinated tourists Monday, nearly two years after the island nation first imposed some of the world’s strictest Covid-19 travel restrictions. A Qantas flight from Los Angeles was the first to touch down in Sydney at 6:20 am (1720 GMT) followed by arrivals from Tokyo, Vancouver and Singapore. “It’s fair to say we’ve all been waiting a long time to welcome visitors back to Australia,” […]
CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant and Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell will both miss Sunday’s 71st NBA All-Star Game, pulling out just hours before the scheduled tip-off in Cleveland, Ohio. Durant, who is injured but was to captain one of the two teams, will not attend due to the death of his grandmother, who passed away earlier on Sunday. Mitchell withdrew just hours before tip-off because of an illness. Durant […]
by Robbie Corey-Boulet gence France-Presse GUBA, Ethiopia (AFP) – Ethiopia began generating electricity from its mega-dam on the Blue Nile on Sunday, a milestone in the controversial multi-billion dollar project. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, accompanied by high-ranking officials, toured the power station and pressed a series of buttons on an electronic screen, a move that officials said initiated production. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is set to be the largest hydroelectric scheme in Africa but […]
WARSAW, Poland (AFP) — Hundreds of people rallied in the Old Town in central Warsaw on Sunday in solidarity with neighbouring Ukraine against what they called “Russian aggression”. Participants waved Ukrainian, Polish and EU flags as well as the standard used by the Belarusian opposition. “We Are With Ukraine,” read one placard held up at the demonstration. Another said: “Hands Off Ukraine.” “Putin on trial!” the crowd chanted. Organisers said in a statement that the […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — The death toll from torrential rains that triggered flash floods and landslides in the scenic Brazilian city of Petropolis has risen to 152, authorities said Sunday, as the pope sent his condolences. Rescue workers and residents searching for their missing relatives continued digging through mountains of mud and rubble in the southeastern city, which President Jair Bolsonaro said Friday looked like “scenes of war.” Police said 165 people remain […]
by Jitendra JOSHI Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain’s 95-year-old Queen Elizabeth II tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday but her symptoms are “mild” and she intends to continue with light duties at her Windsor Castle residence, aides said. The news comes after Prince Charles, the queen’s eldest son and heir, tested positive on February 10, two days after meeting his mother at Windsor. No information was given then on whether […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Construction crews from mainland China were helping Hong Kong build two temporary isolation facilities to house thousands of coronavirus patients on Sunday as a senior official declared the city “in full combat mode”. The crowded Chinese financial hub is in the throes of its worst-ever coronavirus outbreak, registering thousands of confirmed cases a day as hospitals reach breaking point. A strict zero-Covid policy like China uses kept infections at […]
(Eagle News) — Over 200 Filipinos have been repatriated from Macau. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, the 203 Filipinos repatriated on Feb. 16 included three wheelchair-bound passengers who were recently hospitalized in Macau. The flight is the 27th organized by the Philippine Consulate General amid the pandemic. With the flight, the Consulate has brought a total of 5,355 Filipinos back home. According to the DFA, following the adoption by the Inter-Agency Task Force […]
