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4.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Samar

(Eagle News) — A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck Samar on Friday, Oct. 27. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 9:05 a.m. The epicenter was 11 kilometers northeast of San Jose de Buan. The depth of focus was 28 kilometers. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were reported: Reported Intensities: Intensity II – Can-Avid, EASTERN SAMAR; Lope de Vega, Northern Samar Instrumental Intensities: Intensity III – City of Catbalogan, Samar Intensity […]

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Northeast monsoon affecting Northern and Central Luzon: PAGASA

(Eagle News) — The northeast monsoon is affecting Northern and Central Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley and Central Luzon will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, PAGASA said, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms, this time, due to the trough of a low […]

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‘Last’ Beatles song set for release next week

By Joe JACKSON A much-anticipated “new” Beatles record, created with the help of artificial intelligence, will be released next week on November 2, former band members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr revealed Thursday. “Now And Then”, first written and sung by ex-Beatle John Lennon and developed by the rest of the band, has now been finally finished by McCartney and Starr — and AI — decades after its original recording. McCartney, 81, announced its imminent […]

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UN panel to recommend how to govern use of AI

The UN secretary-general on Thursday set up a panel of experts to make recommendations in the field of artificial intelligence, a technology with “transformative potential” yet also great risks to democracy and human rights. “The last year has seen an extraordinary advance in the capabilities and use of artificial intelligence (AI), through chatbots, voice cloning, image generators, video apps and more,” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. He called on the panel to race “against the clock” […]

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Li Keqiang, former Chinese premier who helped steer country through global financial crisis, dies at 68

BEIJING, Oct 27, 2023 (AFP) – Former Chinese premier Li Keqiang has died after suffering a heart attack, state media reported Friday. Li served as premier during President Xi Jinping’s first two five-year terms. Xinhua news agency said Li had a sudden heart attack on Thursday, and had passed away in the early hours of Friday in Shanghai, where he had been resting. He was 68 years old. A career bureaucrat who spoke fluent English, […]

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Richard Roundtree, America’s ‘first Black action hero,’ dead at 81

WASHINGTON, Oct 25, 2023 (AFP) – American actor Richard Roundtree, heralded as “the first Black action hero” for his starring role in the iconic 1971 hit “Shaft,” died Tuesday at 81, US media reported. Hollywood publication Deadline said that the actor, known for opening doors for other Black artists in the industry, died with his family at his bedside, “after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer.” “Shaft,” in which Roundtree played the eponymous private eye […]

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Acapulco devastated by category 5 hurricane Otis

By Aurora Harrison ACAPULCO, Mexico, Oct 26, 2023 (AFP) – Mexican authorities rushed to send emergency aid, restore communications and assess damage in the Pacific beach resort of Acapulco on Wednesday after a powerful hurricane left a trail of destruction and tourists stranded. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador personally joined an official convoy heading for the seaside city by road, despite landslides and other debris blocking the way. “The army is bringing machinery and we’re […]

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China launches new mission to space station

By Glenda KWEK JIUQUAN, China, Oct 26, 2023 (AFP) – China sent a fresh crew to its Tiangong space station on Thursday, in the latest mission for a growing space programme that plans to send people to the Moon by 2030. The Shenzhou-17 blasted off from the Jiuquan launch site in northwest China at 11:14 am (0314 GMT), carrying a three-astronaut team with the youngest average age since the space station’s construction. At a farewell […]

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URGENT: Deadly Maine shootings: Police identify ‘armed and dangerous’ person of interest

WASHINGTON, Oct 26, 2023 (AFP) – Police have released the name of an “armed and dangerous” person of interest in the deadly Maine shootings that have claimed the lives of at least 22 people and left many more injured. Police in the city of Lewiston said they are trying to locate Robert Card, 40, “as a person of interest regarding the mass shooting at Schemengees Bar and Sparetime Recreation this evening,” adding that he “should […]

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel ‘preparing’ Gaza ground war

By Rosie Scammell in Jerusalem with Adel Zaanoun in Gaza JERUSALEM, Oct 26, 2023 (AFP) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel is readying a ground war in Gaza, pressing ahead with plans that have troubled allies and threaten to worsen an already cascading humanitarian crisis. Facing ever-louder international calls to temper Israel’s ferocious 19-day bombing campaign in the Hamas-controlled territory, Netanyahu delivered a nationally televised address. He told fellow Israelis still grieving […]

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EU leaders eye call for ‘humanitarian pause’ in Gaza

By Max DELANY BRUSSELS, Oct 26, 2023 (AFP) – EU leaders will on Thursday debate calling for a “humanitarian pause” in Israel’s war with Hamas, as the bloc grapples with another conflict on its fringes alongside Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The European Union has struggled for both unity and influence in the face of the crisis that has engulfed the Middle East since Hamas launched its surprise attack on Israel on October 7. The surge […]

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New US rocket Vulcan Centaur set to launch on December 24

A new US rocket, United Launch Alliance (ULA)’s Vulcan Centaur, is to make its maiden flight on December 24 with a payload that includes a private lunar lander. The mission, called Cert-1, will also carry on board the cremated remains of several people associated with the original “Star Trek” series, including creator Gene Rodenberry and cast member Nichelle Nichols, who portrayed the character Uhura. Rodenberry’s ashes have been launched into orbit before. Liftoff is scheduled […]

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