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MOSCOW, March 12, 2024 (AFP) – Russia on Tuesday shut schools temporarily in the city of Kursk near the Ukraine border, after attacks on the region by pro-Kyiv militias and an increase in Ukrainian drone strikes. The news that schools would close until the end of the week followed an announcement by Moscow that it had deployed warplanes, rockets and artillery to fend off an attack on its territory from Ukraine. “In connection with recent […]
By Thanaporn PROMYAMYAI BANGKOK, March 12, 2024 (AFP) – Thailand’s election commission said Tuesday it will ask the Constitutional Court to dissolve the reformist Move Forward Party, which won the most seats at last year’s polls. The MFP upended the kingdom’s political order in May’s election, scoring the most votes after a campaign promising reform of the military, business monopolies and to amend the lese-majeste laws. But their audacious bid shocked the Thai establishment and […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 12, 2024 (AFP) – Apple said Tuesday its users in the EU will be able to download apps directly from websites, bypassing app marketplaces, as it yields to a sweeping new law and pressure from developers. Apple and five other global tech giants — Google’s Alphabet, Amazon, TikTok’s ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft — have been obliged to obey the EU’s landmark Digital Markets Act (DMA) since March 7. The DMA curbs how […]
By Stanislav DOSHCHITSYN KYIV, Ukraine, March 12, 2024 (AFP) – Pro-Ukrainian militias staged a brazen cross-border raid on Tuesday, claiming to take control of a Russian village, as Kyiv launched one of its largest drone attacks since the start of the war. Groups of pro-Kyiv volunteer fighters, made up of Russians who oppose the Kremlin, said that they had broken into the Kursk and Belgorod regions, while Moscow said it had fired rockets and artillery […]
MOSCOW, March 12, 2024 (AFP) – A Ukrainian drone hit city hall in the Russian border city of Belgorod, injuring two people and blowing out the building’s windows, the regional governor said on Tuesday. The strike came amid a wave of attacks on Russia’s border regions and an announcement by Moscow that it had foiled multiple attempted cross-border raids by pro-Ukrainian paramilitaries. “In Belgorod, an enemy drone crashed into the city administration building,” governor Vyacheslav […]
By Shaun TANDON KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 12, 2024 (AFP) – Haiti’s prime minister agreed late Monday to step aside as armed gangs plunge his country into anarchy, as he accepted a regional push for a transition that sets the stage for international intervention. Caribbean nations secured Ariel Henry’s resignation at an emergency meeting in Jamaica where US Secretary of State Antony Blinken offered another $100 million to pave the way for the security force, […]
BEIRUT, March 12, 2024 (AFP) – Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah said Tuesday it launched over 100 rockets at Israeli military positions in retaliation for a strike on the country’s east that killed one person the day before. Hamas ally Hezbollah and its arch-foe Israel have exchanged near-daily fire since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in Gaza in October. Strikes have largely been confined to border regions, but several Israeli strikes have hit Hezbollah positions further north in […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Tuesday, March 12. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 12:21 p.m. Its epicenter was 125 kilometers southeast of Jose Abad Santos. The depth of focus was 40 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos has arrived in Berlin, Germany for a three-day working visit. According to the Presidential Communications Office, the plane carrying the President, First Lady Louise Araneta-Marcos, and the Philippine delegation arrived at the Brandenburg International Airport at 9:49 pm local time (4:49 am in Manila). The President, First Lady, and the Philippine delegation were ll welcomed by Philippine Ambassador to Germany Irene Susan Natividad and some select personnel from the Philippine Embassy […]
(Eagle News)–The northeast monsoon is affecting extreme Northern Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the easterlies are also affecting the country. As a result, Davao Region, Caraga, Aurora and Quezon will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, and Ilocos Region, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with […]
Elon Musk on Monday said he would make his Grok chatbot, a rival to ChatGPT, open source as his feud with OpenAI deepens. The multi-billionaire unveiled Grok late last year as he attempts to catch up with OpenAI which he helped create in 2015 along with its CEO Sam Altman, providing key financing in its early days. He left OpenAI a few years later and last week filed a shock lawsuit against the company for […]
