Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
NEW YORK, Aug 6, 2023 (AFP) – A popular online influencer who drew a massive crowd to a Manhattan square with promises of a game console giveaway, only for the gathering to turn into a bottle-tossing melee, was charged on Saturday with rioting, New York police said. The alleged instigator of the fracas, 21-year-old Kai Cenat, drew the crowd Friday night with promises that he would give away PlayStation 5 consoles. Word of the event […]
MANILA, Aug 6, 2023 (AFP) – The Philippines condemned the China Coast Guard Sunday for allegedly firing water cannon at its vessels in the disputed South China Sea, describing the actions as “illegal” and “dangerous”. The latest incident happened Saturday as the Philippine Coast Guard escorted boats carrying food, water, fuel and other supplies for Filipino military personnel stationed at Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands. In a statement, the US State Department […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies and rain showers are expected in parts of the country. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said these were due to the southwest monsoon affecting the western section of Luzon. PAGASA said cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms, in particular, are expected in Ilocos Region, Batanes, and Babuyan Islands. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain […]
🔔#Earthquake (#地震) M5.4 occurred 24 km SE of #Dezhou (#China) 11 min ago (local time 02:34:03). More info at:📱https://t.co/bKBgMenA4F🌐https://t.co/Y1YWZSPd2f🖥https://t.co/nZpmpw8uwc pic.twitter.com/IaSwSr6Cs2 — EMSC (@LastQuake) August 5, 2023 BEIJING, Aug 5, 2023 (AFP) – A shallow 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck eastern China in the early hours of Sunday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, with state media reporting at least 10 people injured and dozens of buildings collapsed. Videos on social media showed shaking light fixtures, trembling […]
BRUGES, Belgium, Aug 5, 2023 (AFP) – Inhabitants of Belgium’s cobblestone-and-canal city of Bruges are clear: summertime tourism has hit capacity. “It’s really reached a red line now,” says one, 55-year-old architect Arnout Goegebuer, as he sits inside a cafe, peering out a window across a packed outside terrace. “We don’t need more tourists anymore, it’s enough — maybe a little bit less” is needed, he says. It’s a sentiment reiterated by other residents of […]
LOS ANGELES, Aug 4, 2023 (AFP) – NBA All-Star forward Anthony Davis has agreed to terms on a three-year maximum contract extension worth $186 million, a deal with the NBA’s richest-ever annual extension at $62 million, ESPN reported Friday. When completed, the agreement would link Davis to the Lakers through 2028 at a cost of $270 million, according to the agent for Davis, Rich Paul. Davis, who helped the Lakers win the 2020 NBA crown […]
MADRID, Aug 5, 2023 (AFP) – Spain’s Ricky Rubio of the Cleveland Cavaliers announced on Saturday that he was taking a break from his NBA career to “take care of my mental health”. His decision comes a few weeks before the Basketball World Cup, which Rubio won with Spain four years ago. “I have decided to suspend my professional activity to take care of my mental health,” Rubio said. The 32-year-old, playing in the NBA […]
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany : This photo taken on August 4, 2023 shows the art installation ‘Shattered Souls … in a Sea of Silence’ by German artist Dennis Josef Meseg in front of Cologne Cathedral, western Germany. With his installation, the artist wants to make the public aware of the desperate, silent cry of abused children for justice for their maltreated souls. 333 small mannequins, draped in the colours of innocence and the Curia, will […]
KYIV, Ukraine, Aug 5, 2023 (AFP) – Moscow hit back with missiles Saturday after Ukraine carried out a drone strike overnight on a Russian tanker in the Kerch Strait, a day after another of its ships was hit in the Black Sea. The Russian strike was the latest against critical infrastructure since Moscow exited a deal last month that had ensured Ukrainian grain exports despite the ongoing conflict. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said a Russian […]
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake took place 17km NNW of Dezhou, China at 18:34 UTC (8 minutes ago). The depth was 35km and was reported by EMSC. #earthquake #earthquakes #Dezhou #China pic.twitter.com/67eXc1W6R6 — Earthquake Alerts (@QuakeAlerts) August 5, 2023 Prelim M5.5 Earthquake Hebei-Shandong border region, China Aug-05 18:33 UTC, updates https://t.co/1h3RTo7frE — USGS Tweet Earthquake Dispatch (@USGSted) August 5, 2023 🔔#Earthquake (#地震) M5.4 occurred 24 km SE of #Dezhou (#China) 11 min ago (local time 02:34:03). […]
WASHINGTON, Aug 4, 2023 (AFP) – NASA has succeeded in re-establishing full contact with Voyager 2 by using its highest-power transmitter to send an “interstellar shout” that righted the distant probe’s antenna orientation, the space agency said Friday. Launched in 1977 to explore the outer planets and serve as a beacon of humanity to the wider universe, it is currently more than 12.3 billion miles (19.9 billion kilometers) from our planet — well beyond the […]
RIYADH, Aug 5, 2023 (AFP) – Saudi Arabia is hosting talks on the Ukraine war on Saturday in the latest flexing of its diplomatic muscle, a session that Kyiv acknowledged would “not be easy” given the wide range of countries represented. The meeting, which Ukrainian organisers had said would include representatives from nearly 40 countries but not Russia, began on Saturday afternoon in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah, participants said. According to an […]
