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WASHINGTON, Nov 19, 2023 (AFP) – Former US first lady Rosalynn Carter, the wife of former president Jimmy Carter, died Sunday at 96 at the couple’s home in the southern state of Georgia, their nonprofit organization announced. Carter was best known for her work post-White House, as she and her husband championed human rights, democracy and health issues around the world — all while maintaining a notably humble public image. She had joined her husband […]
BUENOS AIRES, Nov 19, 2023 (AFP) – Libertarian outsider Javier Milei will be Argentina’s next president, said his rival, Economy Minister Sergio Massa, who conceded defeat after Sunday’s election. “Obviously the results are not what we had hoped for, and I have spoken to Javier Milei to congratulate him and wish him well, because he is the president that the majority of Argentines have elected for the next four years.” This is a developing story…
JERUSALEM, Nov 19, 2023 (AFP) – Israel’s military released security camera footage Sunday it said showed hostages being brought into Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City after being kidnapped in the October 7 Hamas attacks on southern Israel. In one of the clips a man is brought in on a gurney by several individuals, at least four of them armed, while in another someone struggles to resist while being forcibly dragged into a building resembing a […]
JAKARTA, Nov 19, 2023 (AFP) – A collision between a train and a minibus at a level crossing in the east of Indonesia’s most populous island Java on Sunday killed at least 11 people and injured several others, an official told local media. The train was travelling towards the port city of Surabaya when it hit a minibus carrying a dozen passengers at a crossing in the East Java city of Lumajang at around 8:00 […]
BANGKOK, Nov 19, 2023 (AFP) – More than 250 Thais trapped in northern Myanmar by an upsurge in fighting between the junta and an alliance of ethnic minority groups are to be repatriated through China, Thailand’s foreign ministry said Sunday. Fighting has surged across a swathe of Myanmar since late October, when the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Arakan Army (AA) launched attacks on the military. The rugged, […]
By Fran BLANDY and Sandra FERRER BUENOS AIRES, Nov 19, 2023 (AFP) – Argentina braced Sunday for the outcome of a knife-edge presidential election between Economy Minister Sergio Massa and outsider Javier Milei, who represent wildly different visions for the country’s future. Voters cast their ballots gripped by fear, uncertainty and resignation, with few confident either candidate could halt decades of economic decline and financial mismanagement of an economy that is Latin America’s third-biggest and […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Nov 18, 2023 (AFP) – Taiwan’s two leading opposition parties failed to agree Saturday on who would lead the ticket in a joint presidential bid for January’s crucial elections. The lead-up to Taiwan’s January 13 vote is being closely watched because it will shape Taipei’s future relations with China, which claims the self-ruled island as its territory. The current frontrunner is Vice President Lai Ching-te of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which […]
SAN SALVADOR, Nov 19, 2023 (AFP) – Nicaragua’s Sheynnis Palacios was crowned Miss Universe 2023 on Saturday at the 72nd edition of the pageant, held this year in El Salvador. Palacios, 23, received the crown and sash from her predecessor, R’Bonney Gabriel from the United States. This is the first time a contestant from Nicaragua has won the contest, with Thailand’s Anntonia Porsild and Australia’s Moraya Wilson rounding out the top three. Palacios, who said […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies and rains are expected in parts of the country on Sunday, Nov. 19. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said, in particular, cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms are expected over Masbate, Sorsogon, Visayas, Northern Mindanao, Caraga, and Davao Region. PAGASA said these were due to the shear line affecting the eastern section of Visayas and the trough of a low pressure area off Surigao del Norte. Meanwhile, […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Sarangani early Sunday, Nov. 19. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake that hit 22 kilometers southwest of Glan was an aftershock of the 6.8-magnitude earthquake of Davao Occidental on Nov. 17. The depth of focus was 33 kilometers. The following instrumental intensities were reported: Instrumental Intensities: Intensity I – Kiamba and Malungon, Sarangani; City of General Santos No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported. […]
(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos said he and China President Xi Jinping both agreed that the present challenges in the West Philippine Sea should not define the two countries’ relationship. President Marcos, who is in the US for the Asia-Pacific Economic Leaders’ Summit, revealed this during an interview at the Ritz-Carlton San Francisco, according to the Presidential Communications Office. The conversation between the two leaders took place on the sidelines of the summit. The President said […]
NUIJAMAA, Finland, Nov 17, 2023 (AFP) – Dozens of asylum seekers arrived at four Finnish border crossings with Russia on Friday, just hours before they were to close, a border guard captain told AFP. Finland is to shut half of its eight crossings along its eastern land border with Russia from midnight (2200 GMT). Authorities have accused Russia of seeking to destabilise Finland by letting undocumented migrants — mainly from the Middle East and Africa […]
