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WASHINGTON, Feb 28, 2024 (AFP) Cities across the United States and Canada reached record February temperatures this week, with multiple municipalities experiencing summer-like heat despite three remaining weeks of winter. The midwestern city of Saint Louis, in Missouri, saw the mercury hit 86 degrees Fahrenheit (30 degrees Celsius) on Tuesday, the highest temperature ever recorded in that month, after the heat peaked at 80F on Monday. An El Nino weather pattern is at play, in […]
36 projects also delisted (Eagle News)–The National Economic Development Authority Board has approved 23 new Infrastructure Flagship Projects (IFPs) under the Build-Better-More Program, including the Davao City Bypass Construction. The Presidential Communications Office said the 23 new projects were added to the IFP list as they complied with set criteria including being consistent with and contributing to national development objectives and priorities; having been incorporated in the Public Investment Program (PIP) and Three-Year Rolling Infrastructure […]
(Eagle News)–The northeast monsoon is affecting Luzon and Visayas. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, as a result, Cagayan Valley and Aurora will have cloudy skies with light rains. Flashfloods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Caraga and Davao Region, meanwhile, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to the trough of a low pressure area. Metro Manila, Visayas and the […]
Cambodia’s ruling party claimed a landslide victory in Senate elections on Sunday, setting the stage for ex-PM Hun Sen to officially return to politics after he stepped down last year. After nearly four decades of hardline rule, Hun Sen handed power to his eldest son Hun Manet after national polls last July held without any significant opposition. Hun Sen at the time made it clear that despite his resignation, he still intended to wield influence. […]
COLOMBO, Feb 27, 2024 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s national airline on Tuesday blamed a rat for grounding a plane for three days, sparking chaotic delays and fears it will scare off investors for the cash-strapped carrier. The stowaway rodent was spotted enjoying the SriLankan Airlines Airbus A330 flight from the Pakistani city of Lahore on Thursday, triggering an aircraft search to ensure it had not chewed through critical components. An airline official said the plane […]
MOSCOW, Feb 27, 2024 (AFP) – A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced top human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov to two and a half years in jail for denouncing Russia’s assault on Ukraine. The 70-year-old, a key figure of the Nobel Prize-winning Memorial group, is the latest target of Kremlin repression, which has intensified since the offensive in Ukraine. “The court has determined Orlov’s guilt and orders a sentence of two years and six months… in […]
NEW YORK, Feb 27, 2024 (AFP) – The iconic but struggling US department store Macy’s announced plans on Tuesday to close almost a third of its eponymous locations by 2026 while building up its upscale Bloomingdale’s and Bluemercury brands. In a new strategy dubbed a “Bold New Chapter” aimed at breathing new life into the 166-year-old retailer, the company said it would shut 150 “underproductive” Macy’s locations. It will close 50 of them by the […]
NEW DELHI, Feb 27, 2024 (AFP) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday toasted the four astronauts preparing for the nation’s first crewed orbital mission, saying the latest advance in spacefaring would inspire the next generation. “The countdown of the rocket inspires thousands of children in India, and those making paper planes today dream of becoming scientists like you”, Modi said. The Gaganyaan — or “Skycraft” — mission is slated to launch the astronauts […]
TOKYO, Feb 27, 2024 (AFP) – DNA analysis has confirmed that a 70-year-old man who confessed on his hospital deathbed last month to being one of Japan’s most-wanted fugitives was indeed the suspect, police said Tuesday. Satoshi Kirishima, a former member of a Japanese radical leftist group behind deadly bomb attacks in the 1970s, was wanted for nearly 50 years, with his bespectacled, smiling mugshots almost omnipresent outside police stations across Japan. The saga took […]
By Lili TISCH-BOSTOCK SYDNEY, Feb 27, 2024 (AFP) – Australian police found the bodies of a TV presenter and his flight attendant boyfriend in a rural area outside Sydney on Tuesday, acting on information from a police officer charged with their murder. The discovery ends an almost week-long high-profile search for the remains of entertainment journalist Jesse Baird, 26, and Qantas flight attendant Luke Davies, 29. A 28-year-old serving police constable who had previously been […]
By Anuj Chopra with Marisha Goldhamer in Washington The “wine trader” wooed her online for months with his flirtatious smile and emoji-sprinkled texts. Then he went for the kill, defrauding the Philadelphia-based tech professional out of $450,000 in a cryptocurrency romance scam. The con — which drained Shreya Datta, 37, of her savings and retirement funds while saddling her with debt -– involved the use of digitally altered deepfake videos and a script so sophisticated […]
By Johannes LEDEL Sweden’s NATO membership bid, submitted in the wake of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, cleared its final hurdle as Hungary’s parliament voted to ratify it on Monday. Accession to the US-led alliance means stark changes for both Sweden’s defence and the geopolitical balance in the region. – Why did Sweden decide to join NATO? – At the end of the Napoleonic wars of the early 19th century, Sweden adopted an official policy […]
