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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan braced for its second storm in two days on Sunday after Typhoon Nesat battered the island, leaving at least 103 injured while causing flooding and widespread power outages. Much of Taiwan came to a standstill on Saturday after Nesat made landfall in eastern Yilan county, whipping up massive waves of over 49.2 feet (approx 15 meters) and dumping rain of up to 23 inches (58 centimeters) in the southern region […]
(Eagle News) – Typhoon “Gorio” has left the country, but a new weather disturbance, tropical storm “Huaning” (international name Haitang) has taken its place. Storm “Huaning” entered the country Sunday morning with maximum sustained winds of 80 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 110 kph, and could trigger possible flashfloods and landslides, according to the country’s weather bureau PAGASA. It will be bringing in moderate to heavy rains within 500 kilometers of […]
A mayor named as being involved in the narcotics trade was shot dead in a police raid Sunday, authorities said. President Rodrigo Duterte has singled out some local officials, policemen and judges as part of the drug trade in a crackdown that has made him popular with many Filipinos Among those Duterte named was Reynaldo Parojinog, mayor of Ozamiz city, who was killed along with 11 others in a dawn raid on his home, police […]
(Eagle News) – Typhoon Gorio is expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) Sunday morning (July 30), as it heads towards Taiwan, according to PAGASA’s latest weather bulletin. As of 10 a.m. today (July 29), the eye of typhoon Gorio was located at 335 kilometers north of Basco, Batanes with maximum sustained winds of 145 kilometers per hour near the center and gusts of up to 180 kph. By Sunday morning, it […]
Boxing hero Manny Pacquiao lifted the spirits of troops in a visit on Saturday Marawi, where soldiers have been battling pro-Islamic State militants for over two months. The boxer-turned-senator, dressed in a military camouflage uniform, joked that he would join the fight in the city of Marawi where militants have been on a rampage, holding hostages and burning buildings while flying the black IS flag. “You are the real heroes, not Manny Pacquiao. I am […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) clarified that President Rodrigo Duterte has no intention of destroying the indigenous community or the lumads, when he gave a warning that he intended to destroy schools being operated by miltant groups which are allegedly using the schools to teach hatred and rebellion against government. Instead, the President’s statement on the lumad schools “sends a strong message for illegal education centers to comply with government […]
by Julie Charpentrat Agence France Presse FREMONT, United States (AFP) — Tesla began delivering on a dream to make an electric car for the masses, rolling out the first of its keenly-awaited “Model 3” cars, aiming to disrupt a world accustomed to automobiles powered by pollution-spewing fossil fuel. An initial batch of the ‘Model 3’ cars that rolled out of the Tesla plant in Fremont, California late Friday were given to customers, most of […]
by Park Chan-Kyong Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Jong-Un boasted of North Korea’s ability to strike any target in the US after a second ICBM test that weapons experts said Saturday could even bring New York into range -– in a potent challenge to President Donald Trump. China condemned the test but US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Beijing and Moscow bore “unique responsibility” for the growing threat posed by […]
MANADO, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia and Australia on Saturday co-hosted a counter-terrorism meeting to address the rising threat of foreign fighters, as the Philippines battles pro-Islamic State militants. The one-day gathering in North Sulawesi brings together six countries including Malaysia, Philippines and New Zealand. Ministers are due to discuss the challenges posed by growing terrorism in Southeast Asia as well as concerns that IS is trying establish a regional caliphate in the Philippines, where government forces are pitted against Islamist […]
(Eagle News) — Policemen on a special operation in San Nicolas, Pangasinan had an encounter on Friday (July 28) with around 20 members of the New People’s Army (NPA), where one police officer was killed and another one injured. Pangasinan Provincial office director Senior Supt. Ronald Lee said the encounter happened on the third day of police operations of the Philippine National Police Regional Public Safety Battalion (RPSB) after sightings of NPA rebels had been […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia’s foreign ministry on Friday announced counter measures in response to tough new sanctions proposed by the United States, ordering Washington to reduce its diplomatic staff. Moscow ordered the US to reduce its diplomatic presence in Russia to 455 diplomats and staff and also barred it from using a Moscow summer house and storage facility. The ministry said that this was in response to the passing of a new bill on […]
SAVONLINNA, Finland (Reuters) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday (July 27) that Russia was ready to cooperate with neutral countries that bordered the Baltic Sea like Finland which is not part of the NATO military alliance. Speaking on an official visit to Finland, Putin said an ongoing joint naval exercise with China in the Baltic Sea was a threat to nobody. Putin, speaking at a news conference with his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto, […]
