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BEIJING, China (AFP) — The death toll from Typhoon Lekima rose to 49 on Tuesday and 21 were still missing after the monster storm wreaked havoc on China’s eastern coast, causing huge damage with strong gales and torrential rain. Lekima hit the three Chinese provinces of Zhejiang, Shandong, and Anhui over the weekend and forced more than a million residents to flee. China’s official news agency Xinhua said late Monday that at least 49 people […]
by Pierre-Henry DESHAYES OSLO, Norway (AFP) — A Norwegian man suspected of killing his stepsister and opening fire in a mosque near Oslo this weekend was remanded in custody Monday, suspected of murder, and a “terrorist act” that police say he filmed himself. The man, identified as 21-year-old Philip Manshaus, appeared in the Oslo court with two black eyes and scrapes and bruises on his face, neck and hands, probably obtained when he was overpowered […]
(Eagle News)–Classes in some areas on Tuesday, Aug. 13, were cancelled due to the bad weather. Below is a list: Baguio City – pre-school to senior high school Benguet — pre-school to high school, public and private Macabebe, Pampanga • Brgy. Santa Maria — all levels, public and private • Brgy. Candelaria — all levels, public and private • Brgy. San Gabriel — all levels, public and private • Brgy. Santa Rita — all levels, […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Kyle Lowry of the NBA champion Toronto Raptors has withdrawn from consideration for the US Basketball World Cup team due to a thumb injury. The Raptors guard had surgery on his left thumb in July and had hoped to recover and play for the United States in their bid to win a third straight World Cup title in China. “I was hoping to be cleared and ready for the […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.2-magnitude earthquake struck Cagayan on Tuesday, Aug. 13. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 16 kilometers southwest of Santa Praxedes at 6:51 a.m. Depth of focus was 23 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies will prevail in parts of the country as the southwest monsoon affects the western section of Luzon. Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Zambales, and Bataan will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. Flash floods or landslide due to scattered light to moderate rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, PAGASA said, will have partly cloudy to cloudy […]
by Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday finalized rollbacks to key provisions of the Endangered Species Act, a law supported by a large majority of Americans and credited with saving the gray wolf, bald eagle and grizzly bear. The move was met with anger by environmental groups and Democratic politicians, including presidential candidate Joe Biden, while two states announced they would take legal action. Amendments include removing […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Firefighters have managed to contain a fire raging on the Spanish holiday island of Gran Canaria which sparked the evacuation of hundreds of people, local officials said Monday. “The containment efforts have borne fruit and the prospects are good,” Angel Victor Torres, the president of the regional government of the Canary Islands, told a press conference late Monday. However, the archipelago’s emergency service warned that strong gusts of wind and an […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Operations resumed at Hong Kong airport on Tuesday morning, authorities said, with flights due to start departing and arriving a day after protests shut down the major travel hub. “We have resumed check-ins,” a spokesman for the airport told AFP, confirming flights would be resuming within the next hour at one of the world’s busiest aviation hubs. The flight status board at the departures hall showed several flights listed as “boarding […]
by Elaine YU Agence France Presse HONG KONG, China (AFP) — One of the world’s busiest aviation hubs was in chaos early Tuesday after thousands of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters flooded the city’s airport to denounce police violence, forcing the cancellation of all flights. The abrupt shutdown came as the Chinese government signalled its rising anger at the protesters, denouncing some of the violent demonstrations as “terrorism”, and the United States urged “all sides” […]
(Eagle News) – Expect a refund in electric bills after the Energy Regulatory Commission’s order for the refund to electricity customers of the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) some P1.08 billion after alleged “miscalculations” in the net settlement surplus (NSS) allocations from June last year to May this year. The P1.08 billion was the accumulated amount which ERC has ordered the market operators of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market to return to electric customers covered […]
MOROGORO, Tanzania (AFP) — The death toll from a fuel truck explosion in Tanzania rose to 75 on Monday as four more people succumbed to their injuries, a hospital official said. “We deplore four new deaths. Their bodies are currently resting at the morgue while we wait for relatives to identify them,” said Aminiel Aligaesha, spokesman for the National Hospital in the economic capital, Dar es Salaam. Funeral services which began Sunday were expected […]
