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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Greenland’s ice sheet may have completely melted within the next millennium if greenhouse gas emissions continue at their current rate, according to a new study with implications for sea-level rise around the world. The Greenland ice sheet holds the equivalent of seven meters (yards) of sea level. “If we continue, as usual, Greenland will melt,” said lead author Andy Aschwanden, a research associate professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit Papua, in eastern Indonesia Thursday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The quake hit about 250 kilometers west of the town of Abepura in Papua province at 12:46 am local time, at a depth of 12 kilometers, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake was felt weakly in Abepura, but most people did not notice it. “I was still awake at home but […]
by Tony GAMAL-GABRIEL and Abdelmoneim ABU IDRIS ALI KHARTOUM, Sudan (AFP) — Sudan’s army ruler Wednesday called on protest leaders to resume talks on the transfer of power without any conditions, as the tension between the two sides persists after the bloody dispersal of demonstrators. Dozens of protesters were killed and hundreds wounded on June 3 when a weeks-long protest camp was violently dispersed by gunmen in military fatigues, who stormed the site shooting and […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A US official said Wednesday that Saudi Arabia should do more to ensure accountability over the death of dissident writer Jamal Khashoggi but stopped short of blaming the crown prince after a UN probe linked him to the killing. Brian Hook, who is in charge of pushing President Donald Trump’s hawkish line on Iran, was asked about US support of Tehran’s regional rival Saudi Arabia as he testified before Congress. […]
by Sebastien Berger with Poornima Weerasekara in Beijing BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping makes a historic trip to Pyongyang on Thursday, rebooting a troubled alliance as he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un face their own challenges with US President Donald Trump. Xi will be the first Chinese president to visit North Korea in 14 years after relations between the Cold War era allies deteriorated over Pyongyang’s nuclear provocations and Beijing’s […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies will prevail today, June 20, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. Metro Manila will have cloudy skies to partly cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to localized thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides due to severe thunderstorms are possible. Luzon, VIsayas and Mindanao will have light to moderate rains and slight to moderate coastal waters.
(Eagle News) — The director of the Eastern Police District has been relieved from his post. In a statement, National Capital Region Police Office chief Guillermo Eleazar said he ordered the temporary transfer of Brig. Gen. Christopher Tambungan to the NCRPO following a complaint of physical and verbal abuse from Cpl. April Santiago. According to Eleazar, Santiago struck Tambungan in the head and hit her with a car door while hurling insults at her after […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday, June 19, said the office of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. in Ilocos Region is housed in a building owned by Health Secretary Francisco Duque III. Duque is ex-officio chair of PhilHealth. According to Lacson, he has a copy of the contract of lease for the building in Tapuac district in Dagupan City in Pangasinan. “If this is not conflict of interest I don’t know what is,” […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies are expected in the country today, June 19. In its 4 p.m. advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the country, including Metro Manila, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to localized thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, PAGASA said, will have light to moderate winds and slight to moderate coastal waters.
LUXEMBOURG (AFP) — German sportswear giant Adidas on Wednesday lost a legal battle to trademark its “three stripe” motif in the EU, as a court ruled the design was not distinctive enough to deserve protection. The three parallel stripes seen adorning everything from running shoes to sports bags and the sleeves of t-shirts are “an ordinary figurative mark”, the General Court of the European Union ruled. The court, the EU’s second highest tribunal, upheld […]
(Eagle News) — A 3.0-magnitude earthquake struck Negros Oriental on Wednesday afternoon. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 51 kilometers southwest of Basay at 4:41 p.m. The depth of focus was 33 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News) — The Filipino seafarers who were on board one of the two oil tankers that were damaged in a supposed attack near the Strait of Hormuz on June 13 are back in the country. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the 11 Filipino seafarers of MT Front Altair arrived on Wednesday, June 19. Details on the repatriation of the 21 seafarers on board MT Kokuka Courageous were not made available so far. “The […]
