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(Eagle News)–A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Surigao del Sur on Wednesday, March 6. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 5:19 p.m. Its epicenter was 62 kilometers southeast of Marihatag. The depth of focus was 31 kilometers. No damage to property was reported but aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos on Wednesday, March 6, said the Philippines will protest the recent provocations by China in Ayungin Shoal. “We continue to view with great alarm these continuing dangerous maneuvers and dangerous actions that are being done against our seamen, our Coast Guard. And this time, they damaged a cargo ship and caused some injury to some of our seamen and I think that we cannot view this any way but in the […]
By Esther MAMANI A violent attack by would-be robbers steered Bolivian Lidia Mayta towards the martial art of taekwondo. Three years later, she helps train other Indigenous women to defend themselves against rampant gender-based violence in the South American country. Mayta told AFP she would have died if neighbors had not come out of their own homes to scare off the assailants choking her outside her front door. They were trying to steal her wallet. […]
From the outside, Seoul’s main hospitals seem unchanged: ambulances pull up, patients walk in, staff in white coats walk around purposefully. But for weeks, South Korean healthcare has been struggling. Surgeries have been cancelled, crucial chemotherapy sessions delayed, and it is nearly impossible to get a walk-in appointment since thousands of junior doctors walked off the job on February 20 in a standoff with the government over medical training reforms. AFP spoke with those involved: […]
It may have deadly animals and wild weather, but Palm Cove in Australia’s northeast has been named the world’s best beach, beating rivals in Hawaii, Greece and Fiji. The two-kilometre stretch of pristine white sands backed by rows of palm trees was ranked number one beach in the world by the magazine Conde Nast Traveller. Palm Cove sits well within Australia’s “Croc Country” and its bustling restaurants and high-end hotels were battered by Tropical Cyclone […]
Natural predators like birds, beetles and bugs might be an effective alternative to pesticides, keeping crop-devouring pests populations down while boosting crop yields, researchers said Wednesday. Pests are responsible for around 10 percent — or 21 million tonnes — of crop losses every year, but controlling them has lead to the widespread use of chemical pesticides. Could birds, spiders and beetles among other invertebrate predators do the job as well? Researchers in Brazil, the United […]
By Frankie Taggart with Romain Fonsegrives in Huntington Beach, California and Moises Avila in Houston, Texas WASHINGTON, March 6, 2024 (AFP) – Donald Trump tightened his grip on the Republican presidential nomination with big wins in the “Super Tuesday” primaries, setting up an all-but-certain rematch with President Joe Biden in November. Fifteen states — including California and Texas — were staging nominating contests on the biggest day of the 2024 race so far, with both […]
By Issam Ahmed with AFP bureaus WASHINGTON, March 6, 2024 (AFP) – Children have begun starving to death in Gaza, where the United Nations has warned a famine is “almost inevitable.” Here’s what to know about the hunger crisis engulfing the war-torn Palestinian territory. – Emaciated children – At least 15 children have died from starvation and dehydration in a single hospital, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory. Media including AFP have […]
(Eagle News)–Former First Lady Imelda Marcos has “no difficulty breathing” and is “resting well.” This is according to President Bongbong Marcos, who gave an update on his 94-year-old mother’s condition after she was hospitalized for pneumonia. According to the chief executive, based on information from his mother’s doctors, while she “is suffering from slight pneumonia and is running a fever,” she has been “put on a course of antibiotics and the doctors are confident that […]
After two years of rigorous training, ten Americans officially became astronauts on Tuesday, and are now eligible for planned NASA missions to the International Space Station, the Moon, and — if all goes well — to Mars. Two Emiratis who trained alongside them also graduated Tuesday during a ceremony at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Members of the class, nicknamed “The Flies,” were selected from more than 12,000 applicants in 2021 and their training […]
WASHINGTON, March 6, 2024 (AFP) – Amazon founder Jeff Bezos took back his spot as the world’s richest man on Monday, dethroning Elon Musk on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Bezos’ net worth stands at $200 billion, according to the tracker, surpassing the Tesla chief’s $198 billion. Musk, who also heads X (formerly Twitter) and SpaceX, has seen his riches fall by more than $30 billion as Tesla’s share price has dropped 25 percent in recent […]
By Frankie Taggart with Romain Fonsegrives in Huntington Beach, California and Moises Avila in Houston, Texas WASHINGTON, March 6, 2024 (AFP) – Polls began closing Tuesday on the biggest day of the year for US presidential primaries, with Donald Trump expected to cement his hold on the Republican nomination and set up a rematch with President Joe Biden in November. “Super Tuesday” decides Republican and Democratic primaries in the giant states of California and Texas, […]
