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BEIJING, June 18, 2023 (AFP) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday began the highest-level trip by a US official to China in nearly five years as the two powers looked to notch down the temperature in an escalating rivalry. Both sides have voiced guarded hope of improving communication and preventing conflict, with the world’s two largest economies at odds on an array of issues from trade to technology and regional security. Officials though […]
MOSCOW, June 17, 2023 (AFP) – South Africa’s president, in Russia as part of a delegation pushing for peace between Kyiv and Moscow, told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Saturday that the fighting had to stop. His delegation put forward a set of principles that the Kremlin deemed “very difficult to implement”, a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ruled out talks with Moscow. The delegation brought the voice of a continent that has […]
(Eagle News)– The Philippine Coast Guard has announced the completion of oil removal and recovery operations in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro after the sinking of MT Princess Empress. The PCG said Marine Environmental Protection Commander, CG Vice Admiral Robert Patrimonio, joined the PCG Management Team led by CG Commodore Geronimo Tuvilla in presiding over the final inspection. Based on ROV live videos, all eight cargo oil tanks are now empty. Only oil drips from the cargo […]
MOSCOW, June 16, 2023 (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin on Friday confirmed Russia had sent nuclear arms to its ally Belarus which borders Ukraine. “The first nuclear warheads were delivered to the territory of Belarus… This is the first part,” Putin told an annual economic forum, where AFP and media of other countries Russia deems “unfriendly” were not accredited. The Russian leader had announced the plans to send tactical nuclear weapons — less powerful than […]
(Eagle News)–There is no tsunami threat after a strong earthquake struck Tonga early Saturday, June 17, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. PHIVOLCS said this was based on available data. There is no required action at this time, PHIVOLCS said. PHIVOLCS issued the statement after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Tonga at 3:11 a.m. The earthquake’s epicenter was located 270 km south of Tonga.
(Eagle News)–Mayon Volcano continued to show intensified unrest, with a very slow effusion of lava flow and lava collapse found within 3.3 kilometers from the crater, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said on Saturday, June 17. PHIVOLCS said the lava flow had a maximum length of 1.5 kilometers and the lava collapse was found on Mi-isi and Bonga gullies. Two volcanic earthquakes, 280 rockfall events, and nine pyroclastic density current events were also […]
(Eagle News)–The Intertropical Convergence Zone is affecting Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the entire country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms as a result. Flashfloods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. PAGASA said the entire country will have light to moderate winds and slight to moderate coastal waters.
WELLINGTON, June 15, 2023 (AFP) – A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific island nation of Tonga on Friday, but no tsunami warning was issued, US monitoring agencies said. The earthquake struck shortly after 7:00 am (1800 GMT Thursday) at a depth of 167 kilometres (103 miles) some 290 kilometres southwest of the capital Nuku’alofa, the United States Geological Survey said. Gary Vite, chief meteorologist at the Tonga Meteorological Services told AFP there were […]
BORDEAUX, June 16, 2023 (AFP) – A rare 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit large parts of western France on Friday evening, with the seismology bureau BCSF calling it “very strong” amid reports of damage to buildings. Ecology transition minister Christophe Bechu said it was “one of the strongest quakes registered on the mainland”. AFP records show the last earthquakes of similar strength in France struck in the early 2000s. The national network for seismic surveillance RENASS […]
GENEVA, June 16, 2023 (AFP) – A Swiss village came within a hair’s breadth of being wiped off the map when a mountain towering above it collapsed overnight, officials said Friday. The massive rockslide missed Brienz in the east of the country, which had been evacuated on Monday, “by a hair”, they said. The 84 inhabitants were ordered from their homes on Monday after the authorities said the Insel peak had become instable. They said […]
MOSCOW, June 16, 2023 (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said Ukraine’s counteroffensive would fail as Kyiv’s troops sought to advance in several directions, including the southeastern region of Zaporizhzhia. “I think that Ukraine’s armed forces stand no chance here, as well as in other directions — I have no doubt about that,” Putin told an annual economic forum in Saint Petersburg. AFP and representatives of other countries the Kremlin deems “unfriendly” were […]
LAUSANNE, June 16, 2023 (AFP) – Swiss rider Gino Maeder died on Friday from the injuries he sustained when he plunged into a ravine during the Tour of Switzerland. The 26-year-old Bahrain Victorious rider fell during a high-speed descent on the fifth stage between Fiesch and La Punt on Thursday, after an exhausting day marked by three ascents over 2,000 metres altitude. He had been found “lifeless in the water” of a ravine below the […]
