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MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia said on Monday it had launched a new hypersonic cruise missile from a submarine, the latest test of emerging weapons President Vladimir Putin has dubbed “invincible”. Moscow has in recent years touted the development of weapons that it hopes will give it the edge in any arms race with the United States at a time of growing tensions with the West. Hypersonics can travel more than five times the speed […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s health has suffered from her frequent appearances before a court run by the military junta that deposed her government, her lawyer said Monday. Suu Kyi went on trial in June, four months after she was taken into custody in a coup that plunged the country into turmoil. The 76-year-old faces a raft of charges, from sedition to illegally importing walkie-talkies, which could see her […]
(Eagle News) — Tropical Depression “Lannie” may make another landfall on Tuesday morning, this time in the vicinity of northern Palawan or Calamian Islands. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said this would have been the tropical depression’s third landfall inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility, after Mahanay Island, Talibon, Bohol at 12:30 p.m., and Banacon Island, Jetafe also in the same province at 12:45 p.m. So far, Signal No. 1 is raised […]
(Eagle News) – The ruling party PDP-LABAN allied with Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi said Senator Manny Pacquiao “expelled himself” from the party after he filed his candidacy as presidential bet of the Cebu-based political party, PROMDI. “We did not expel Senator Pacquiao. Siya yung nag-expel sa sarili niya. Kasi automatic yung expulsion sabi ng batas, ng (PDP-Laban) constitution,” said PDP-Laban Secretary General Atty. Melvin Matibag in a press briefing. He said that what Pacquiao […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar has ordered an accounting of PNP personnel whose relatives would seek an elective post in the 2022 polls. In a statement, Eleazar said he issued the order to all chiefs of police to ensure no policeman engages in partisan politics. He said policemen assigned in areas where their relatives are seeking an elective post will be reassigned to other areas. “This is to ensure that […]
by Laurent Lozano Agence France-Presse SAINT-LOUIS, Senegal (AFP) – In the northern Senegalese city of Saint-Louis, excavators are ripping up the beach to lay giant blocks of basalt, in an eleventh-hour effort to keep the sea at bay. When work is finished, a black sea wall will stretch for kilometres along the coastline of the West African country’s former capital, famed for its colonial-era architecture. Dire warnings about the risk of rising sea levels due […]
(Eagle News) — Several areas in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao are still under Signal No. 1 as Tropical Depression “Lanie” heads towards Camotes Sea. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the following areas are under Signal No. 1 as “Lannie” moves over the coastal waters of Maasin City, Southern Leyte: Luzon The southern portion of Masbate (Pio V. Corpuz, Cataingan, Palanas, Dimasalang, Uson, Mobo, Milagros, Mandaon, Esperanza, Placer, Cawayan, Balud) the […]
by Stéphane ORJOLLET Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) – Half a degree Celsius may not seem like much, but climate experts say a world that has warmed 1.5 degrees Celsius above 19th-century levels compared to 2C could be the difference between life and death. A 2C Earth would see the number of people facing extreme heat waves more than double. A quarter of a billion more people would face water shortages. The Arctic Ocean will […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has rotated over 300 personnel at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport to curb corruption among its personnel. The bureau said the 341 immigration officers will be reporting to their new terminal assignments following Immigration Chief Jaime Morente’s approval of the rotation scheme starting October 3. According to Carlos Capulong, bureau Acting Port Operations Chief, the 341 bureau officers to be rotated do not include the 99 newly-hired immigration […]
Signal no. 1 raised in several areas in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao (Eagle News) – Tropical depression “Lannie” is now over the Surigao Strait and about to make landfall in the vicinity of southern Leyte, according to the country’s weather bureau, PAGASA. PAGASA has also raised tropical cyclone wind signal no. 1 in several areas in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao due to Lannie’s expanse in its 8 a.m. weather bulletin. It has already made […]
by Sonia Logre and Gildas Le Roux Agence France-Presse ROME, Italy (AFP) – The people of Rome voted on Sunday to elect a new mayor who will have the daunting task of tackling poor public transport and disastrous rubbish management in the Italian capital, dubbed one of the dirtiest cities in the world. Across the country from the Eternal City to Milan, Naples and Bologna, voting kicked off late on Monday for municipal elections being […]
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) – South African government on Sunday said the sea pollution linked to a spill from a chemical plant attacked during riots in July had caused a serious environmental catastrophe. Rioters ran amok looting and setting structures ablaze in July after former president Jacob Zuma was sentenced to 15 months in jail for snubbing a corruption inquiry. An agrochemical warehouse near the eastern port city of Durban storing chemicals used for making herbicides, […]
