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(Eagle News) – The low pressure area east of Aparri, Cagayan “developed into a tropical depression” as of 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 25, the country’s weather bureau, PAGASA said. The LPA was named Dodong, becoming the first tropical cyclone to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) this June, and the fourth tropical cyclone so far this year. This came about as PAGASA issued a thunderstorm advisory, saying heavy rain showers with lighting and […]
A Greek Cypriot army captain who murdered five women and two girls was handed seven life sentences Monday in an unprecedented serial killing case that has shocked the Mediterranean island. Nikos Metaxas, 35, had pleaded guilty to the premeditated murders, all targeting foreigners, which sparked anger over perceived police racism. Three of his victims were Filipinas working there, while another girl — the seventh victim recovered by authorities — was a daughter of one […]
(Eagle News) – The strong rains in Metro Manila the past few days had benefited La Mesa Dam which now has a water level that has gone above the critical level mark of 69 meters as of 6 a.m. Tuesday, June 25. The La Mesa Dam water level was recorded at 69.20 meters from Monday’s 68.66 meters. In just 24 hours, the water level in La Mesa Dam in Quezon City had an additional […]
by Alexander NEMENOV DZHESKAZGAN, Afghanistan (AFP) — The first crew to blast off to the International Space Station following a launch accident that deepened doubts over Russia’s space program returned to earth safely on Tuesday. NASA astronaut Anne McClain, veteran cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, and Canadian Space Agency record-holder David Saint-Jacques emerged from the spacecraft to applause from support crews, after touching down near the Kazakh city of Dzhezkazgan. Live footage from the landing […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has chosen the next General Manager of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). Cebu City Police Office Director Col. Royina Garma has been named as the new PCSO GM, replacing the former general manager Alexander Balutan who was axed last March as his stint had been marred by accusations of improper spending. “Balutan has been out, si Garma ang papalit,” Duterte told media at the premiere night of […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Milwaukee Bucks star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo was named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player for the 2018-19 regular season on Monday. The 24-year-old from Greece wept as he accepted the honor at the glitzy NBA Awards show broadcast from Santa Monica, California, becoming the youngest MVP since Derrick Rose was the youngest winner ever in 2011. Antetokounmpo beat out 2018 MVP James Harden of the Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City […]
by Thanaporn PROMYAMYAI / Dene-Hern CHEN BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Southeast Asian leaders gathered in Bangkok on Saturday determined to drive forward the world’s largest commercial pact, with the trade war between the US and China clouding the outlook for their export-led economies. Disputes in the flashpoint South China Sea and Myanmar’s persecution of Rohingya Muslims are expected to be tussled over by leaders on Sunday, the final day of the Association of Southeast Asian […]
by Joseph Schmid PARIS, France (AFP) — Fans flew off store shelves and water fountains offered relief from the heat as temperatures soared in Europe on Monday, with officials urging vigilance ahead of even hotter conditions forecast later in the week. Meteorologists blamed a blast of torrid air from the Sahara for the unusually early summer heatwave, which could send thermometers up to 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) across large swathes of the continent with […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump will meet an array of world leaders on the sidelines of this week’s G20 summit in Japan, including China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, a US official said Monday. Also on the list are Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Trump will also sit down with Saudi […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A hacker used a tiny Raspberry Pi computer to infiltrate NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory network, stealing sensitive data and forcing the temporary disconnection of space-flight systems, the agency has revealed. The April 2018 attack went undetected for nearly a year, according to an audit report issued on June 18, and an investigation is still underway to find the culprit. A Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized device sold for about […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Microsoft missed its chance to be the dominant firm in mobile technology because it was “distracted” during a lengthy antitrust battle with US authorities, company co-founder Bill Gates said Monday. Gates, speaking at a forum in Washington, said Microsoft would be even more valuable if it had won the battle over operating software for mobile devices against Google and its Android platform. “We were in the field of doing operating […]
by Sebastian Smith WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States imposed sanctions Monday against Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and top military chiefs, tightening the screws on a country that President Donald Trump threatened with “obliteration” if it seeks war. Signing the punitive financial measures in the Oval Office, Trump called them a “strong and proportionate response to Iran’s increasingly provocative actions.” Repeating that “never can Iran have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said […]
