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By Ryland JAMES WELLINGTON, July 25, 2023 (AFP) – The Philippines won a World Cup match for the first time as they stunned co-hosts New Zealand on Tuesday, while teenage star Linda Caicedo scored to help Colombia surge past South Korea. Philippines coach Alen Stajcic said on the eve of the New Zealand match that his side wanted to “crash the party”, and they did just that with a gutsy 1-0 victory in front of […]
By Cecil MORELLA Agence France-Presse MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A super typhoon swept towards the northern Philippines on Tuesday, the country’s weather agency said, triggering evacuation orders for coastal communities expected to bear the brunt of the powerful storm. Super Typhoon Doksuri was packing maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometers per hour (115 miles per hour) as it headed towards the northern tip of the main island of Luzon. The storm, which is called “Egay” […]
By Kelly MACNAMARA Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Blistering heat that has baked swathes of North America and Europe this month would have been “virtually impossible” without human-caused climate change, researchers said Tuesday, as intense temperatures spark health alerts and stoke ferocious wildfires. With tens of million people affected in the northern hemisphere and July on track to be the hottest month globally since records began, experts warn that worse is to come unless […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Gifted teenager Linda Caicedo scored as Colombia beat a disappointing South Korea 2-0 to open their Women’s World Cup campaign on Tuesday. The 18-year-old Real Madrid striker, who overcame cancer three years ago, was the beneficiary of a glaring goalkeeping error against a blunt South Korea. One of the best young attackers in women’s football, Caicedo has now scored at the Under-17 World Cup, the Under-20 World Cup and the biggest […]
By Paula RAMON LOS ANGELES, July 25, 2023 (AFP) – Tue Nguyen became a TikTok star by posting videos of herself cooking Vietnamese dishes during the pandemic. With lockdowns over, the young chef has leapt from the virtual to the real world to open her first restaurant near Los Angeles. “I think that’s always kind of been like a dream,” Nguyen, 25, told AFP recently at Di Di, her restaurant in the vibrant suburb of […]
MANILA, July 25, 2023 (AFP) – A super typhoon swept towards the northern Philippines on Tuesday, the country’s weather agency said, triggering evacuation orders for coastal communities expected to bear the brunt of the powerful storm. Super Typhoon Doksuri was packing maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometres an hour (115 miles per hour) as it headed towards a group of three lightly populated islands off the northern tip of the main island of Luzon, the […]
By Glenn CHAPMAN with Alex PIGMAN in Washington SAN FRANCISCO, July 24, 2023 (AFP) – Elon Musk killed off the Twitter logo on Monday, replacing the world-recognized blue bird with a white X as the tycoon accelerates his efforts to transform the floundering social media giant. Musk and the company’s new chief executive Linda Yaccarino announced the rebranding Sunday, scrapping one of technology’s most iconic logos in the latest shock move since the tycoon took […]
SEOUL, July 24, 2023 (AFP) – Pyongyang conducted twin missile launches late Monday, ahead of Korean War anniversary celebrations that will be attended by Chinese dignitaries in the first foreign delegation visit to the country since its 2020 pandemic border closure. South Korea’s defence ministry described the two projectiles as ballistic missiles that flew about 400 kilometers (248 miles) before falling into the sea, according to reports by news agency Yonhap of South Korea and […]
LOME, Togo (AFP) — A top envoy to Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on Monday said it was “time for peace” in Sudan and the Darfur region even as RSF’s war with Sudan’s regular army passed its 100th day. RSF representative Youssef Ezzat made his remarks in the West African nation of Togo where he was attending talks aimed at preventing Sudan’s Darfur region from sliding deeper into war. Sudan’s conflict broke out in the […]
(Eagle News) — More areas are under Signal No. 2 as Typhoon “Egay” steadily intensified and moved north northwestward on Monday evening. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the following areas are under the tropical cyclone wind signal: Luzon Catanduanes eastern portion of Albay (Rapu-Rapu, Bacacay, City of Tabaco, Malilipot, Malinao, Tiwi) northern portion of Camarines Norte (Calaguas and Maculabo Islands) eastern portion of Camarines Sur (Caramoan, Presentacion, Garchitorena, Lagonoy, San Jose, […]
HONG KONG, July 24, 2023 (AFP) – Hong Kong national security police on Monday took in family members of businessman-turned-activist Elmer Yuen for questioning, one of the eight fugitives with bounties on their heads for allegedly breaching national security. The city announced this month that eight pro-democracy activists, all of whom now live overseas, are wanted for national security crimes, and offered rewards of HK$1 million ($128,000) for each of them. Since then, the […]
Below is the full transcript of President Bongbong Marcos’ second State of the Nation Address. The transcript was provided by the Presidential Communications Office. ————- Thank you. Thank you very much. Allow me to greet Vice President Sara Zimmerman Duterte; the former Presidents – our former Presidents, President Joseph Ejercito Estrada and President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo; Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri and the Honorable Members of the Senate; House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez and the Honorable […]
