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Landslides leave dozens missing after quake hits Japan’s Hokkaido

by Kyoko Hasegawa Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A powerful 6.6-magnitude quake rocked the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido Thursday, killing two people, collapsing homes, and triggering landslides that left dozens missing. Multiple, large-scale landslides struck the sparsely populated countryside, which was also hit by the edge of a powerful typhoon that surged through Japan earlier this week. Aerial views showed dozens of houses destroyed at the bottom of a hill that was engulfed […]

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Asian investors fight to recover after emerging market rout

HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian equities were mixed Thursday following the previous day’s rout as concerns about contagion from emerging markets fray investor nerves, while sentiment is also being dampened by the possibility of further US tariffs on China. And while EM currencies, which have taken a battering in recent weeks, enjoyed a much-needed breather, there are warnings of further pain to come in foreign exchanges. Worries that financial crises in Argentina, South Africa […]

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Hong Kong stocks extend losses at open

HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong stocks suffered fresh losses in the first few minutes Thursday as emerging market fears build and investors grow concerned the US will impose further sanctions on Chinese imports. The Hang Seng Index shed 0.64 percent, or 174.64 points, to 27,069.21. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index gave up 0.25 percent, or 6.76 points, to 2,697.58, while the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China’s second exchange, lost 0.38 […]

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34 arestado dahil sa hindi pagtayo nang patugtugin ang pambansang awit sa sinehan sa Batangas

LEMERY, Batangas (Eagle News) – Arestado ang mahigit na 30 katao matapos silang maaktuhang binabalewala ang pambansang awit sa loob ng sinehan sa Lemery, Batangas nitong Miyerkules, Setyembre 5. Ayon sa mga otoridad, hindi tumayo ang 34 na katao kahit tumugtog na ang pambansang awit bago magsimula ang isang pelikula bandang alas 2 ng hapon. Paglabag anila ito sa  section 38 at 39 ng Republic Act No. 8491 o ang Flag and Heraldic code of the […]

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DOJ: Court order dismissing coup d’état case vs Trillanes has “no leg to stand on” as amnesty granted to him is “void ab initio”

(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice maintained Senator Antonio Trillanes IV was still facing a coup d’état case despite a Makati court issuing an order dismissing the same. In a statement, Acting Prosecutor General Richard Anthony Fadullon said this was because the amnesty granted to Trillanes, on which the dismissal of the case was supposed to be anchored on, was void ab initio, or was as if it never existed in the first place. “Thus […]

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Two Koreas agree to hold September summit in Pyongyang: Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet with the South’s President Moon Jae-in in a summit in Pyongyang from September 18 to 20 to discuss nuclear disarmament, Seoul said Thursday. During the third meeting between the two leaders, Kim and Moon will discuss issues including “practical measures” to denuclearize the flashpoint peninsula, South Korean envoy Chung Eui-yong told reporters. Chung — Moon’s national security advisor — flew to Pyongyang […]

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Commercial building sa Sampaloc, Maynila nasunog

Ni Earlo Bringas Eagle News Service MAYNILA, Metro Manila (Eagle News) – Nilamon ng apoy ang apat na palapag na gusali sa Maynila nitong Miyerkules, Setyembre 5. Sa sobrang kapal ng usok na lumalabas sa gusali sa Claro M. Recto pasado alas nuebe ng gabi isinara muna ng mga otoridad ang kalsada sa lugar sa mga motorista. Mabilis namang nakaresponde ang mga bumbero. “Ang sunog ay nag-ooriginate dito sa baba, sa first floor. Ang difficult […]

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DFA: No Filipino hurt in onslaught of Typhoon “Jebi” in Japan

(Eagle News) — No Filipino was hurt in the onslaught of Typhoon Jebi in Japan, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday, Sept. 5. In a statement, the DFA said the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo and the Philippine Consulate General in Osaka have not received any reports of Filipinos being among the 10 fatalities and 300 injured after Japan’s most powerful typhoon  in 25 years struck the Asian country. Nevertheless, the DFA said the embassy […]

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Semi-finalist Serena says still ‘long way to go’ at US Open

by Rebecca Bryan Agence France Presse NEW YORK. United States (AFP) — Serena Williams is taking nothing for granted as she heads into the US Open semi-finals on Thursday with a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title on the horizon. “I’d been a couple of steps away at the last Grand Slam, so I’m definitely not ahead of myself,” said Williams, who fell to Angelique Kerber in the Wimbledon final in July. “I still know that […]

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Business deals worth $10 million to be signed during Duterte’s trip to Jordan

(Eagle News) — Some $10 million worth of business deals are expected to be signed between Filipino and Jordanian companies, the Department of Trade and Industry said. These are reportedly apart from the agreements on defense, foreign affairs and labor the two countries are expected to ink after President Rodrigo Duterte’s arrival on Wednesday night. The President will be in Jordan from Sept. 5 to 8, the first visit by a Philippine leader since formal ties […]

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UK seeks two Russian spies over nerve agent attack

by Alice Ritchie and Antoine Pollez Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Prime Minister Theresa May said Wednesday that two Russian spies carried out a nerve agent attack on a former colleague in Britain, as prosecutors named the suspects and issued a warrant for their arrest. Prosecutors announced charges against Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov for trying to kill Russian former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia with Novichok in the […]

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Landslides after powerful 6.6 magnitude quake hits Japan’s Hokkaido

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A powerful 6.6 magnitude quake hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido early Thursday, triggering landslides, bringing down several houses, and killing one person. No tsunami warning was issued after the relatively shallow quake, which struck 62 kilometers (39 miles) southeast of the regional capital Sapporo. An aftershock measuring 5.3 rocked the area moments later and smaller aftershocks followed throughout the night. The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of a slight sea […]

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