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By Juan José Rodríguez On a tiny Caribbean island, hundreds of people are preparing to pack up and move to escape the rising waters threatening to engulf their already precarious homes. Surrounded by idyllic clear waters, the densely populated island of Carti Sugtupu off Panama’s north coast has barely an inch to spare with houses crammed together — some jutting out into the sea on stilts. The island’s Indigenous community of fewer than 2,000 souls […]
Car giant Toyota on Wednesday blamed a shutdown of all its factories in Japan last month on a system malfunction caused by “insufficient disk space”. The world’s top-selling automaker said the one-day stoppage on August 29 at all 14 of its domestic plants happened after servers that process parts orders broke down following a maintenance procedure. During this operation “data that had accumulated in the database was deleted and organised, and an error occurred due […]
A Canadian man accused of slamming his pick-up truck into a Muslim family, killing four people in an alleged terrorist attack, pleaded not guilty to murder on Tuesday. Nathaniel Veltman, 20 at the time of his arrest, appeared in court in Windsor, southern Ontario province, during the opening of the jury selection. “(He pleaded) not guilty to five counts, and we chose the jury,” his lawyer, Christopher Hicks, told AFP. Veltman was charged with four […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.4- magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Wednesday, Sept. 6. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 8:07 a.m. The epicenter was 320 kilometers southeast of Balut Island. The quake was tectonic in origin. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News)–Classes in some areas on Wednesday, Sept. 6, were cancelled due to bad weather. The following are covered by the cancellation: Basista, Pangasinan – Pre-school to senior high school, public and private schools Binmaley, Pangasinan – Pre-school to senior high school, public and private schools Calasiao, Pangasinan – Pre-school to senior high school, public and private schools Dagupan City, Pangasinan – all levels, public schools Lingayen, Pangasinan – all levels, public and private schools […]
JAKARTA, Sept 5, 2023 (AFP) – South Korea and Southeast Asian nations must “join forces” to respond to North Korea’s nuclear threats, president Yoon Suk Yeol said Tuesday, as Washington warned Pyongyang’s leader was set to make a rare trip to Russia for arms talks. Yoon will meet with counterparts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta on Wednesday after their leaders’ summit, before attending the 18-nation East Asia Summit […]
HAVANA, Sept 5, 2023 (AFP) – Cuba has identified an alleged human trafficking ring aimed at recruiting its citizens to fight in Russia’s war in Ukraine, the foreign ministry said Monday. The government was working to dismantle a “trafficking network that operates from Russia to incorporate Cuban citizens living there, and even some from Cuba, into the military forces involved in military operations in Ukraine,” the ministry said in a statement. The Cuban government had […]
WASHINGTON, Sept 5, 2023 (AFP) – US First Lady Jill Biden on Monday tested positive for Covid-19, the White House said. President Joe Biden tested negative. The 72-year-old first lady is experiencing “only mild symptoms,” her office said, and will remain in the couple’s home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Jill Biden last tested positive for Covid a year ago. President Biden, 80, was administered a Covid test Monday evening and tested negative, the White House […]
JAKARTA, Sept 5, 2023 (AFP) – Southeast Asian leaders strongly condemned violence and attacks on civilians in Myanmar, directly blaming the ruling junta, with host Indonesia saying at a summit on Tuesday there had been scant progress on an agreed peace plan. Myanmar has been ravaged by deadly violence since the 2021 military coup deposed Aung San Suu Kyi’s government and prompted a bloody crackdown on dissent. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) — […]
LONDON, Sept 5, 2023 (AFP) – European stocks drifted slightly higher but dipped slightly in the US Tuesday after investors set aside data showing growth faltering in China, but oil prices jumped as Russia and Saudi Arabia extended export cuts. The dollar strengthened as bond yields rose, following some recent weakness as traders expect the Federal Reserve to pause its hiking of interest rates. The price of the main international oil contract, Brent crude, hit […]
The price of Brent oil rose above $90 per barrel for the first time since November on Tuesday as Saudi Arabia and Russia announced they were extending their respective production and export cuts. The international benchmark rose 1.4 percent to reach $90.24 at 1350 GMT while West Texas Intermediate, the main US futures contract, jumped 1.9 percent to $87.16. This is a developing story… © Agence France-Presse
NEW YORK, Sept 5, 2023 (AFP) – Elon Musk, the owner of social media platform X, formerly Twitter, said the site is considering suing the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) over accusations of anti-Semitism, which he blames for falling revenue. Musk late Monday accused the US-based Jewish organization of making unfounded complaints against him and X that have scared away advertisers. “To clear our platform’s name on the matter of anti-Semitism, it looks like we have no […]
