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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen warned of “catastrophic consequences” if the island were to fall to China and vowed to “do whatever it takes” to guard against threats in an article published on Tuesday. Taiwan lives under the constant threat of invasion by China, which views the self-ruled democratic island as its territory to be re-taken one day, by force if necessary. President Xi Jinping has described the seizure of Taiwan as […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The Catholic Church has been repeatedly rocked by child sex abuse scandals over the last three decades. An independent inquiry on Tuesday found there were 216,000 victims of French clergy between 1950 and 2020. It is the latest in a series of landmark reports and investigations that have helped lift the “veil of silence” around the crimes. – Australia – After a series of scandals, Australia’s government set up a […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck off Tawi-Tawi on Tuesday, Oct. 5. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake struck at 4:51 p.m. It had its epicenter 311 kilometers southeast of South Ubian. The depth of focus was 541 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia on Tuesday recorded its highest daily coronavirus death toll as cases linked to the Delta variant spike amid a lacklustre vaccination drive and few anti-virus restrictions. A government tally reported 895 fatalities over the past 24 hours, a record in Russia since the start of the pandemic. The new figure brings total deaths from Covid-19 to 211,696 — the highest in Europe. Authorities have been accused of playing down the […]
by Karine PERRET and Joseph SCHMID Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — An independent inquiry into alleged sex abuse of minors by French Catholic priests, deacons and other clergy has found some 216,000 victims from 1950 to 2020, a “massive phenomenon” that was covered up for decades by a “veil of silence.” The landmark report, released Tuesday after two and a half years of investigations, follows widespread outrage over a string of sex […]
(Eagle News) — All tropical cyclone wind signals have been lifted as “Lannie” accelerates while traversing the West Philippine Sea. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to heavy rains, however, are still likely over Palawan including Calamian, Kalayaan, and Cuyo Islands, with the center of Tropical Depression “Lannie” estimated 380 km west of Coron, Palawan or 465 km west of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro. “Lannie,” PAGASA said, is packing maximum sustained […]
by Raziye Akkoc Agence France-Presse AKKUZULU, Turkey (AFP) – Turkish farmer Hava Keles stares inconsolably at withered vines of rotting tomatoes in a field that has been devastated by a series of droughts blamed on climate change. “My tomatoes, my beans, my peppers are ruined. My watermelons didn’t even grow. The cucumbers I planted have shrivelled up on the branches,” lamented Keles, 58, standing in an arid Anatolian plot in Akkuzulu, north of Ankara. Keles […]
VATICAN CITY (AFP) — The trial of a once powerful Catholic cardinal and nine others resumes Tuesday at the Vatican over alleged financial fraud and a disastrous London property deal paid for with charity funds. Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who served as the equivalent of chief of staff for Pope Francis at the time of the deal and was later fired from another post, is being tried alongside high-rolling London-based financiers and other Church employees. […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India is facing possible energy supply problems in the coming months due to coal shortages and a post-pandemic surge in demand, the power minister said in a report published Tuesday. His comments come as China and European countries face energy crises that are disrupting global supply chains and sending prices soaring. “Normally the demand starts coming down in the second half of October… when (the weather) starts cooling,” R. K. […]
by Delil Souleiman with Maher al-Mounes in Damascus Agence France-Presse TAL SHAEER, Syria (AFP) – After Syrian farmer Abdelbaqi Souleiman lost his last wheat crop to a wildfire, he had hoped for a better harvest this summer. But this spring there was hardly any rain. “Last year the field I planted was burnt to the ground,” said the 48-year-old. “This year there wasn’t enough rain, and we didn’t harvest any wheat.” As man-made climate change […]
Takes his oath as chair and standard bearer of Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) (Eagle News) — Former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., announced on Tuesday, Oct. 5, that he will run for president in the 2022 elections. “I am today announcing my intention to run for the presidency of the Philipines in the upcoming May 2022 elections,” said the 64-year-old Marcos who ran for vice-president in the 2016 elections. He joins a growing field […]
