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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — More than 200 people are feared to have died when a tunnel caved in at North Korea’s nuclear test site after its latest detonation, a Japanese news report said Tuesday. A tunnel collapsed at Punggye-ri in early September, days after North Korea conducted its sixth and largest underground nuclear test on September 3, TV Asahi said, quoting unnamed North Korean sources. Some 100 workers were involved in an initial collapse. Another […]
Reuters — Wednesday (November 1) marks 100 days until the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea. On Tuesday (October 31), the flame that will burn during the Games was handed over to organizers in Athens. Following Tuesday’s handover, the flame is due to arrive in South Korea on November 1 for a 2,018-kilometer relay before reaching Pyeongchang for the opening ceremony on February 9. The Games will take place from February 9-25 in the […]
Inks defense, business agreements; secures pledge for Build, Build, Build program (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte arrived in the country on Tuesday night, after what he described as a “most productive and engaging” two-day visit to Japan. According to the President, he discussed with his “good friend” Prime Minister Shinzo Abe “concrete, time-bound and specific ways to further intensifying bilateral cooperation.” He said on top of both leaders’ agenda was “vital support for the […]
(Eagle News) – The low pressure area southwest of Masbate City has developed into a tropical depression and was named “Ramil,” prompting the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Services Administration to place Metro Manila, Bicol, CALABARZON and MIMAROPA under signal number 1. The country’s weather bureau forecast the estimated amount of rainfall from “moderate to occasionally heavy rains within the 200 kilometer diameter of the tropical depression.” It has maximum sustained winds of 45 kilometers […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo shares opened higher on Wednesday, tracking gains on Wall Street with a weaker yen supporting the market, while Sony was set to rally after forecasting record annual profits. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index edged up 0.57 percent, or 126.46 points, to 22,138.07 in early trade while the broader Topix index was up 0.54 percent, or 9.47 points, at 1,775.43. © Agence France-Presse
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AFP) — A plague that has claimed 128 lives in Madagascar has slowed down, health authorities on the island nation said Tuesday, citing a decline in the numbers of the infected and dying. “There is an improvement in the fight against the spread of the plague, which means that there are fewer patients in hospitals,” Dr. Manitra Rakotoarivony, Madagascar’s director of health promotion, told local radio. “There are almost no more deaths due […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Baby bats learn language from peers in their colony, and will adopt the group’s dialect, or accent, instead of their mother’s, researchers said Tuesday. The difference is similar to speaking with a London accent versus a Scottish accent, said the report in the journal PLOS Biology. The findings shed new light on crowd-learning of language, a skill thought to belong to mainly to humans and just a few other mammals. […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Singapore’s Changi Airport opened a cutting-edge terminal Tuesday with a fully automated check-in system including facial scanning and computerized baggage drop points, but some passengers struggled with the new technology. Terminal 4, built at a cost of Sg$985 million (US$723 million), will have an annual capacity of 16 million people and is aimed at coping with an expected increase in passenger numbers through one of Asia’s top travel hubs. It is […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — A “monster” planet, which should in theory not exist, has been discovered orbiting a faint dwarf star far, far away, surprised astronomers said Tuesday. The existence of the gassy giant challenges long-standing theories that such a big planet — about the size of Jupiter — cannot be formed around a star so small. The star has a radius and mass about half that of the sun. Theory had predicted that small […]
HAMAT, Lebanon (Reuters) — The United States delivered two A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft to Lebanon’s army on Tuesday (October 31), a sign of continued US support despite Israeli accusations that the Lebanese military is controlled by Hezbollah. The planes are the first of six promised by the US and will be used as armed observation aircraft, a security source in Lebanon said. They represent a big upgrade for the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Rap superstar Kanye West is back nearly a year after suffering a breakdown — making a brief musical appearance in which he appears to keep his feud with Taylor Swift alive. West, a once omnipresent celebrity with a prolific media presence and high-profile marriage to Kim Kardashian, abruptly ended a tour and was hospitalized in November 2016 after unusual rants on stage. Making his most visible appearance this year, […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Taylor Swift led the nominations announced Wednesday for the MTV Europe Music Awards after she caused a stir with her vengeful new persona on “Look What You Made Me Do.” The pop superstar was up for six prizes including Best Artist and Best Video at the international edition of MTV’s awards gala, which will take place in London on November 12. “Look What You Made Me Do,” the lead […]
