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NASA’s Artemis 3 mission, set to return humans to the Moon in 2025, might not involve a crewed landing after all, an official said Tuesday. Jim Free, the space agency’s associate administrator for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, told reporters in a briefing that certain key elements would have to be in place — notably the landing system that is being developed by SpaceX. Should that not be ready on time, “We may end […]
By Daniel Rook RETOSACHI, Mexico, Aug 9, 2023 (AFP) – Romayne Wheeler sits at his grand piano overlooking Mexico’s Copper Canyon and plays music inspired by the mountains and remote Indigenous communities that he now dedicates his life to helping. The 81-year-old California-born composer no longer lives in the cave where he slept with his solar-powered portable piano after arriving several decades ago in the Sierra Tarahumara in northwestern Mexico. But he feels as close […]
Canadian rapper Tory Lanez, convicted of shooting US artist Megan Thee Stallion in the feet during a drunken argument after a Hollywood party, was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison. A Los Angeles judge handed down the sentence after hearing how Lanez had ordered the hip-hop star to “Dance, bitch” as he shot at her several times while she stood on the road. The sentencing follows Lanez’s conviction in December for assault with a […]
BURBANK, United States, Aug 9, 2023 (AFP) – In his dry cleaning shop near the Warner Bros. and Disney studios, Tom Malian looks in despair at a carousel mostly empty of the shirts, jackets and pants it held before Hollywood went on strike. Film and TV production ground to a halt 100 days ago when writers downed their pens, only to be joined on the picket lines in mid-July by actors. The double strike emptied […]
By Eugenia LOGIURATTO Eight South American countries agreed Tuesday to launch an alliance to fight deforestation in the Amazon, vowing at a summit in Brazil to stop the world’s biggest rainforest from reaching “a point of no return.” The closely watched summit of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) adopted what host country Brazil called a “new and ambitious shared agenda” to save the rainforest, a crucial buffer against climate change that experts warn is […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Cagayan on Wednesday, Aug. 9. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 7:42 a.m. The epicenter was 23 kilometers northwest of Claveria. The depth of focus was 11 kilometers. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were reported: Intensity: Intensity III- Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte Intensity II- Pasuquin, Bacarra, and City of Batac, Ilocos Norte Instrumental Intensity: Intensity III – Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte Intensity I – […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a tropical storm outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. PAGASA said “Lan” is so far located 2670 kilometers east northeast of extreme Northern Luzon. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 75 kph near the center and a gustiness of 90 kph. It is moving westward slowly. PAGASA said Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Abra and Benguet will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers […]
In a significant achievement reported by the Bureau of Customs on Tuesday (August 8, 2023), the Philippines secures the second rank in Southeast Asia within the UN Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation 2023. This achievement is underscored by the Philippines’ Trade Facilitation score of 87.10%. This ascent from the third position in the 2021 survey underscores the nation’s unwavering momentum in modernizing trade processes and achieving top-tier customs administration standards, as stated […]
https://youtu.be/PGDFGieOuGI SYDNEY, Aug 8, 2023 (AFP) – Flashes of light seen across the sky over south-eastern Australia on Monday night were likely to have been remnants of a Russian rocket, the country’s space agency said. The dazzling display was spotted over the southern states of Victoria and Tasmania, captivating stargazers who thought it might be a meteor. But the Australian Space Agency said it was more likely to have been a Russian Soyuz-2 rocket […]
WASHINGTON, Aug 8, 2023 (AFP) – Much of the eastern United States was lashed by intense storms Monday, leaving at least two people dead, hundreds of thousands without power and thousands of flights canceled or delayed. Millions of people were under severe weather alerts, including tornado watches, as rain, strong winds and hail swept east along nearly the entire eastern seaboard, from Alabama to New York. The National Weather Service (NWS) had predicted a “moderate […]
TAIPEI, Aug 8, 2023 (AFP) – Former Japanese prime minister Taro Aso warned a Taipei security forum Tuesday that the international community must “wake up” to the worsening situation surrounding the Taiwan Strait, a hotspot waterway separating the democratic island from China. Taiwan has in recent years been under increased political and military pressure from China, which claims the island as its territory and has vowed to retake it one day. The past year has […]
NAIA says flight operations won’t be affected (Eagle News) — Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport will experience a four-hour power supply interruption on August 8 and 9. According to NAIA, the scheduled outage from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. is “necessary to facilitate essential maintenance and upgrades to NAIA Terminal 3’s electrical system..” It said this was aimed at improving “overall reliability.” While the power interruption won’t have an impact on flight […]
