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By Adel Zaanoun with Emmanuel Duparcq in Jerusalem Israel sent troops into a hospital in war-torn Gaza on Thursday where it said hostages may have been held, as medics warned the key medical facility was operating in “near impossible” conditions. The raid came after days of intense fighting between troops and Hamas militants around the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis — one of the largest medical sites in southern Gaza, and one of the territory’s […]
(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos on Thursday, Feb. 15, launched the Philippine Domestic Submarine Cable Network. According to the President, the network spans 2500 kilometers, making it the country’s longest and highest capacity domestic submarine fiber cable network. He expressed optimism the PDSCN, which will connect the country’s islands “in various touchpoints from the provinces of Quezon to Zamboanga,” would provide faster Internet speed for Filipinos. The President congratulated InfiniVAN Inc. and its partners Globe Telecom […]
By Mack Heard, with Lili Tisch-Bostock in Sydney Die-hard Taylor Swift fans flocked to a Melbourne stadium early Friday, snapping up merchandise hours before the first Australian date of her money-raking, two-year-long “Eras” tour. The 34-year-old megastar kicks off seven Australia shows in Melbourne on Friday, the first of three stadium gigs in the city, before heading to Sydney for four more sell-out dates. “The Eras Tour”, which takes fans through the Swift discography, is […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck off Surigao del Sur on Friday, Feb. 16. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 7:58 a.m. The epicenter was 16 kilometers southeast of Marihatag. The depth of focus was 23 kilometers. The following instrumental intensity was reported: Intensity I – City of Bislig, Surigao Del Sur No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.
By Danny KEMP WASHINGTON, Feb 15, 2024 (AFP) – Russia is developing a space-based anti-satellite weapon that is “troubling” for the United States but poses no immediate threat to people on Earth, the White House said Thursday. The announcement came a day after a wave of speculation sparked by US lawmakers making a cryptic warning of an unspecified but serious national security threat to the country. Moscow denied the “malicious” and “unfounded” claims, describing them […]
DANA POINT, United States, Feb 15, 2024 (AFP) – Multi-million-dollar homes crouched on a California clifftop got a little bit closer to the edge when a landslide brought tons of rock and soil crashing into the sea. Heart-stopping pictures show three mega-mansions in the city of Dana Point apparently now perilously close to the Pacific Ocean following the rockfall. But astonishingly, the properties are still livable, with engineers assuring owners that their homes are in […]
JERUSALEM, Feb 15, 2024 (AFP) – The Israeli army alleged on Thursday that bodies of hostages could be held at a hospital in southern Gaza, after troops raided the facility which medics say has been “besieged” for a month. The military said troops were involved in a “precise and limited operation” inside Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis city, after intense fighting between troops and Hamas militants around the facility. “We have credible intelligence from a […]
DUBAI, Feb 15, 2024 (AFP) – The US military said on Thursday it seized an Iranian weapons shipment in January that had been destined for Yemen’s Huthi rebels who have been attacking vessels in the Red Sea. The seizure is part of a wider effort by the United States to counter Huthi attacks which have triggered reprisals by US and British forces, including a fresh wave of American strikes on Wednesday. The US Navy “seized […]
By Bhuvan BAGGA NEW DELHI, Feb 15, 2024 (AFP) – Thousands of Indian farmers on tractors are riding towards New Delhi in a revival of past protests that saw highways into the capital blockaded by agricultural machinery for more than a year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government was pressed into a rare retreat in 2021 after a successful campaign by farmers demanding it repeal new laws deregulating agricultural markets. Farm union leaders say the […]
KYIV, Ukraine, Feb 15, 2024 (AFP) – Ukraine has sent more soldiers to the embattled eastern town of Avdiivka, an army unit said Thursday, describing the situation there as “extremely critical”. Russian forces have been storming the city in the eastern Donetsk region since last year and have it surrounded by three sides. “The Third Separate Assault Brigade confirms that it was urgently redeployed to strengthen Ukrainian troops in the Avdiivka area,” the brigade said […]
By Aminu ABUBAKAR KANO, Nigeria, Feb 15, 2024 (AFP) Desperate Nigerians have been protesting against soaring food prices as an economic crisis forces people to skip meals and eat poor-grade rice used as fish food. To feed their children, women in northern Nigeria have even resorted to digging up anthills in search of grain stored by the insects, according to videos shown on social media. Since coming to office last year President Bola Ahmed Tinubu […]
MOSCOW, Feb 15, 2024 (AFP) – Russia on Thursday launched a supply rocket to the International Space Station, one of the rare Russia-US projects kept alive since Russia’s offensive against Ukraine. A Soyuz-2 rocket carrying the Progress MS-26 cargo ship was launched at the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan, Russia’s space agency said on its Telegram channel, showing a video of the lift-off. The rocket was due to arrive at the ISS on Saturday, the […]
