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US flies bombers over Korean peninsula for drill: Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — The US flew four stealth fighter jets and two bombers over the Korean peninsula on Monday in a show of force after North Korea’s latest nuclear and missile tests, South Korea’s defense ministry said. Four F-35B stealth fighters and two B-1B bombers flew over the peninsula to “demonstrate the deterrence capability of the US-South Korea alliance against North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats,” the ministry said in a statement. They were the first flights since the North conducted its […]

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UN urged to punish Myanmar army over Rohingya ‘atrocities’

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) – Pressure tightened on Myanmar Monday as a rights group urged world leaders to impose sanctions on the country’s military, which is accused of driving out more than 400,000 Rohingya Muslims in an orchestrated “ethnic cleansing” campaign. The call from Human Rights Watch came as the UN General Assembly prepared to convene in New York, with the ongoing crisis in Myanmar billed as one of most pressing topics. The mass exodus of Rohingya refugees to […]

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Typhoon Talim brings heavy rain, major disruption in southern Japan

KYOTO, Japan (CCTV) — A powerful typhoon ripped into southern Japan on Sunday, dumping torrential rain, halting train services and affecting tourism. Typhoon Talim made landfall in Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands, around 11:30 on Sunday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. Because of strong winds, power has been cut off in the Kagoshima, Kumamoto and Miyazaki prefectures, affecting more than 3,000 households. Nearly 800 flights have been canceled in Kyushu and […]

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Hurricane Maria following Irma’s path

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Maria became a hurricane Sunday as it barreled toward the storm-battered eastern Caribbean with 75 mile (120 kilometers) per hour winds, the US National Hurricane Center said, on a path similar to that of mega storm Irma earlier in the month. Storm warnings and watches went up in many of the Caribbean islands still reeling from Irma’s destructive passage. As of 2100 GMT, Maria was a Category One hurricane, the […]

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Emmy winners in key categories

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Here is a list of the winners in key categories for the 69th Emmy Awards, which were handed out in Los Angeles on Sunday: OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES : “The Handmaid’s Tale” OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES: “Veep” BEST LEAD ACTOR, DRAMA: Sterling K. Brown, “This is Us” BEST LEAD ACTRESS, DRAMA: Elisabeth Moss, “The Handmaid’s Tale” BEST LEAD ACTOR, COMEDY: Donald Glover, “Atlanta” BEST LEAD ACTRESS, COMEDY: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep” BEST […]

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Powerful wind storm kills eight in Romania

BUCHAREST, Romania (AFP) — A storm packing powerful winds ripped off roofs and toppled trees in Romania on Sunday, killing eight people and injuring dozens more, authorities and witnesses said. With gusts that reached nearly 100 kilometres (60 miles) an hour, the storm pounded the area around the western city of Timisoara before heading north toward Ukraine. Most of the victims were outside when the winds swept in. One man was hit by a falling tree, another […]

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Two dead, three missing as typhoon rips through Japan

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A powerful typhoon ripped through the Japanese archipelago on Monday, leaving two people dead and three others missing, officials and news reports said. Typhoon Talim made landfall Sunday in Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands, packing winds of up to 162 kilometers (105 miles) per hour, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The storm, moving northeast along the country, reached the nation’s northern island of Hokkaido by Monday morning, dumping […]

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Bucs defense stifle Bears in 29-7 victory​

By Jay Rosquites EBC Florida Bureau TAMPA, FL (Eagle News) – A week after a forced bye-week , due to Hurricane Irma, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers began their first official home game of the 2017-2018 NFL season with renewed strength. The Bucs wasted no time in the first half with solid defensive tackling , a forced fumble, and two interceptions. They lead 26-0 at half time, the first time that Tampa Bay has kept an […]

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Chinese skiers cool off at world’s largest indoor ski park

by Yanan Wang Agence France Presse HARBIN, China (AFP) — It was a hot summer afternoon in Harbin and tourists strolled cobblestone streets with the Chinese city’s famous milk popsicles in hand. But indoors, it was perfect weather for skiing. At the city’s new Ice and Snow Park, chilly winds blew snowflakes around skiers zipping down the manmade slopes of the world’s largest indoor ski park, a potent symbol of China’s ambitions to turn itself […]

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Giant sea snail plan to rescue Barrier Reef

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A giant starfish-eating snail could be unleashed to help save the Great Barrier Reef, officials said Monday, with a trial underway to breed thousands of the rare species. Predatory crown-of-thorns starfish, which munch coral, are naturally-occurring but have proliferated due to pollution and run-off at the struggling World Heritage-listed ecosystem. Their impact has been profound with a major study of the 2,300-kilometer (1,400-mile) long reef’s health in 2012 showing coral cover halved […]

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Moss wins actress Emmy for ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Elisabeth Moss on Sunday won the Emmy for best leading actress in a drama series for her central role in the dystopian “The Handmaid’s Tale.” The 35-year-old won her first Emmy for playing Offred in “The Handmaid’s Tale,” the dark story of a misogynistic dictatorship that takes shape in New England in response to a fertility crisis. The series, carried by the on-demand service Hulu, also won the Emmy […]

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Faeldon files ethics complaint vs Lacson

(Eagle News) — Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon formally filed on Monday an ethics complaint against Senator Panfilo Lacson, who accused him of receiving a P100-million “pasalubong” when he was the newly installed Customs chief. Faeldon, who has been detained at the  Office of the Sergeant at Arms since his surrender days ago after being cited in contempt by the Senate for his refusal to attend subsequent Senate blue ribbon committee hearings into the P6.4-billion […]

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