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With his father King Charles III undergoing treatment for cancer and his wife recovering from surgery, Britain’s Prince William will return to royal frontline duties on Wednesday. The king’s shock cancer diagnosis, announced on Monday, and Catherine’s abdominal operation have left William shouldering a heavy royal burden. William, 41, Charles’s eldest son and heir to the throne, postponed public engagements to care for his wife, the Princess of Wales, and their three children after she […]
By Adel Zaanoun with Shaun Tandon in Tel Aviv Israel on Tuesday said it was examining Hamas’s response to a plan to halt nearly four months of fighting in Gaza, after key mediator Qatar said the Palestinian militants had given a “positive” reply to the proposed agreement. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on his fifth tour of the region since the war broke out in October, arrived in Israel to discuss what he called […]
At least 11 people were injured when a rain-induced landslide buried two buses picking up workers from a gold mine in the southern Philippines, officials said. The incident took place Tuesday evening in Maco municipality in the mountainous province of Davao de Oro, on the country’s second-largest island of Mindanao, following days of heavy rain. Eleven people were injured, with one in critical condition, the municipal disaster agency said Wednesday on Facebook. It did not […]
By Daniel Lawler One in 10 premature births in the United States have been linked to pregnant women being exposed to chemicals in extremely common plastic products, a large study said on Wednesday. The chemicals, called phthalates, are used to soften plastic and can be found in thousands of consumer items including plastic containers and wrapping, beauty care products and toys. Phthalates have been known for decades to be “hormone disruptors” which affect a person’s […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Surigao del Sur on Wednesday, Feb. 7. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit 75 kilometers northeast of Lingig at 8:09 a.m. The depth of focus was one kilometer. The following intensity was reported: Intensity I – City of Bislig, Surigao del Sur No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News)–The country’s headline inflation further eased to 2.8 percent in January, the Philippine Statistics Authority has reported. According to the PSA, this was the lowest inflation rate reported since October 2020, when the rate was at 2.3 percent. January’s headline inflation is also down from the 3.9 percent reported in December last year and the 8.7 percent reported in January 2023. It was well within the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ forecast range of 2.8 […]
(Eagle News)–The easterlies are affecting the eastern section of the country. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said, as a result, Davao Region, Caraga, Northern Mindanao, Southern Leyte and Bohol will have partly cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Batanes, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Metro Manila and the rest of […]
STOCKHOLM, Feb 6, 2024 (AFP) – Swedish radio reported Tuesday that an Iranian couple, believed to be working for Iranian intelligence, were deported after being suspected in a plot to kill Swedish Jews. According to an investigative report by Swedish Radio (SR), the couple, Mahdi Ramezani and Fereshteh Sanaeifarid, had applied for and been granted asylum in Sweden posing as Afghans. Suspected of plotting to kill Swedish Jews, the couple were arrested in April 2021 […]
TAIPEI, Feb 6, 2024 (AFP) – TSMC will build a second foundry in Japan, the semiconductor giant and its local partners announced Tuesday, weeks before its first in the country officially opens. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company — which counts Apple and Nvidia as clients — controls more than half the world’s output of silicon wafers, used in everything from smartphones to cars and missiles. In recent years, it has had to navigate geopolitical tussles between […]
HONG KONG, Feb 6, 2024 (AFP) – A Hong Kong airport ground worker was killed when he was hit by a towed aircraft on Tuesday, authorities said, a rare incident that prompted an arrest for dangerous driving. The unnamed victim, a 34-year-old Jordanian national working in Hong Kong, is believed to have been riding in the passenger seat of a tow truck when he fell out of the vehicle and hit by the plane being […]
By Helen ROWE, Stuart GRAHAM LONDON, Feb 6, 2024 (AFP) – King Charles III’s cancer was caught early, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday, after treatment began for the monarch who is just 18 months into his reign. Buckingham Palace has not specified the type of cancer afflicting the 75-year-old monarch, who has stepped back from his public appearances but continues his other official state duties. The shock announcement sparked an immediate deluge […]
NEW DELHI, Feb 6, 2024 (AFP) – At least eight people died and 80 were injured Tuesday in a giant explosion at a firework factory in India that saw balls of flames soar into the sky, officials said. Footage on Indian television showed a tower of flame after the explosion at the firecracker plant, with dozens of ambulances sent and army helicopters called in to evacuate the wounded. Senior district police official Rajeshwari Mahobia told […]
