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PHIVOLCS says no destructive tsunami threat to PHL following quake off Loyalty Islands

(Eagle News)–There is no destructive tsunami threat to the Philippines. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology issued an advisory to this effect following a strong earthquake that struck southeast of Loyalty Islands om Vanuatu. PHIVOLCS pegged the earthquake’s magnitude at 7.4. “This is for information purposes only..,” it said. According to PHIVOLCS,  hazardous tsunami waves are possible for coasts located within 300 km of the earthquake epicenter. The US Tsunami Warning System said these […]

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PAGASA monitoring tropical depression outside PAR

  (Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a tropical cyclone outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. PAGASA said the tropical depression was so far located 2510 kilometers east of northeastern Mindanao. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 45 kph and has a gustiness of up to 55 kph. It is moving northwest at 55 kph. Meanwhile, PAGASA said the Intertropical Convergence Zone was affecting Mindanao. As a result, PAGASA […]

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Russian PM to visit China next week: Beijing

BEIJING, May 19, 2023 (AFP) – Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will visit China from May 23 to 24, Beijing’s foreign ministry and the Kremlin said on Friday. “At the invitation of Premier Li Qiang of the State Council, Russian Federation Prime Minister Mishustin will pay an official visit to China from May 23 to 24,” foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said in a statement. Confirming the visit, the Kremlin said: “Russian-Chinese cooperation in trade […]

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‘Startup Nation’ Israel hopes to ride out storm

By Jonah Mandel JAFFA, Israel (AFP) – The global economic slowdown and domestic political turmoil have not impaired the long-term prospects of Israel’s vaunted hi-tech industry, officials and insiders say, despite a recent decline in hiring in the sector. Nearly 18 percent of Israel’s gross domestic product comes from the tech sector, which employs 12 percent of the workforce, generates nearly a third of its income tax and constitutes half of exports, official figures show. […]

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Tsunami alert lifted after 7.7-magnitude Pacific quake

SYDNEY, May 19, 2023 (AFP) – A tsunami warning in the Pacific has been lifted after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck on Friday, sending many islanders fleeing coastal areas. The quake hit at 0257 GMT, prompting people on multiple South Pacific islands to race to higher ground as sirens warned of possible hazardous waves. “Based on all available data the tsunami threat from this earthquake has now passed,” the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in a […]

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Indonesians fall prey to fake shaman ‘magic money’ scams

By Irvan Maulana with Dessy Sagita and Safrin Labatu in Jakarta Agence France-Presse KARAWANG, Indonesia, May 19, 2023 (AFP) – Indonesian mother-of-three Aslem was a domestic worker in Dubai when she started wiring cash to a self-professed shaman, believing that he would honor his promise to magically multiply her hard-earned wages. But she returned home last year penniless and in shock, saying she had been swindled out of her life savings by a trickster who […]

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Leaner DeChambeau still brings to power to lead at PGA

By Jim SLATER Agence France-Presse ROCHESTER, United States, May 19, 2023 (AFP) — Bryson DeChambeau, once a bulked-up ball basher who prized distance over all else, has slimmed down, found more energy and taken the PGA Championship lead with his trademark powerful drives. The 29-year-old American fired a four-under par 66 to grab the early first-round clubhouse lead Thursday at Oak Hill with six birdies against a pair of bogeys. “It was a fantastic round,” […]

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Wagner chief says Bakhmut ‘unlikely’ to fall soon

KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukraine’s eastern city of Bakhmut is “unlikely” to fall to Russian forces in the coming days, Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group, said early Friday. Wagner has led the grinding, months-long assault on Bakhmut, which has seen the longest and bloodiest battle of the war. “Bakhmut is unlikely to be completely taken tomorrow or the day after tomorrow,” Prigozhin wrote on Telegram, reporting heavy fighting in the southwestern suburbs […]

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Colombia president retracts claim children found after plane crash

BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AFP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Thursday retracted his claim that four Indigenous children missing for more than two weeks after an airplane crash in the Amazon had been found alive. Writing on Twitter, Petro said he had deleted his tweet from Wednesday night in which he had announced the rescue of the four children, including an 11-month-old baby. “I am sorry for what happened. The military forces and Indigenous communities will […]

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New Indiana Jones director gives ‘best version’ of Spielberg

CANNES, France (AFP) — It is no easy feat taking over an iconic saga like Indiana Jones, but new director James Mangold says he wanted to deliver the “best version” of what his childhood hero Steven Spielberg had done with the four previous films. Mangold took the reins from Spielberg to deliver the fifth film in the franchise with “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday, […]

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Montana TikTok ban unrealistic and misguided: experts

By Glenn CHAPMAN Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — A total ban of TikTok in the US state of Montana is set up to face an epic battle in the courts, but many experts wonder whether the law is even technically possible. Montana is the first US state to ban TikTok, with the law set to take effect next year as debate escalates over the impact and security of the popular video app […]

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Tensions high as Israel nationalists march into east Jerusalem

By Rosie Scammell Agence France-Presse JERUSALEM, May 18, 2023 (AFP) — Tens of thousands of Israeli nationalists marched to Jerusalem’s Old City Thursday in an annual flag-waving march commemorating Israel’s capture of it, as tensions on the Gaza border remained high. Palestinians in annexed east Jerusalem closed their shops and were banned from the Damascus Gate entrance to the Old City, a social hub, to make way for the marchers, some of whom attacked journalists […]

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