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(Eagle News) – What happened in Batangas was an “earthquake swarm” — a series of quakes without a distinct very large earthquake – and there is no sign it has stopped, according to the director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) Renato Solidum Jr. For Phivolcs, what was the main “shock” before of April 4 recorded at 5.5 magnitude had been replaced by this 6.0 magnitude of last Saturday, April 8, […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — One woman was killed in an air strike Saturday on the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhun, site of a suspected chemical weapons attack earlier this week, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was unclear if the strike on the rebel-held town in northwest Syria’s Idlib province was carried out by Syrian planes or those of government ally Russia. The death was the first in the town […]
By Pia Ohlin STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — Swedish police found a suspect device in the truck that ploughed into a Stockholm crowd killing four in Europe’s latest such terror attack, officials said Saturday. The alleged driver, who is in custody, is a 39-year-old man from Uzbekistan who was already known to Swedish police, authorities said. “We have found a device in the vehicle that doesn’t belong there … A technical examination is ongoing, we can’t […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has cancelled a scheduled visit to Moscow next week, his office announced Saturday, saying “developments in Syria have changed the situation fundamentally.” “My priority is now to continue contact with the (United States) and others in the run up to the G7 meeting on 10-11 April,” said Johnson, who was due to travel to Moscow on Monday. “We deplore Russia’s continued defence of the Assad […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — At least 15 civilians, including four children, were killed in a suspected US-led coalition airstrike on Saturday near the Islamic State group’s Syrian bastion Raqa, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 17 people were injured in the strike on Heneyda, and that the death toll could rise further because several of the wounded were in serious conditions. The Britain-based group said the strike was […]
(Eagle News) – A series of quakes – the strongest of which were magnitude 5.6 and 6.0 — shook the province of Batangas at past 3 p.m. Saturday, April 8, and were felt in other Southern Tagalog provinces and parts of Metro Manila, according to the Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). The quakes were tectonic in origin, with its epicenter near Mabini town in Batangas, where they were felt at intensity 7. […]
by Carole LANDRY / with Omar Haj Kadour in Khan Sheikhun Agence France Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The United States warned Friday it is ready to hit Syria again after a missile strike that infuriated Moscow and fueled calls for a push to end the six-year war. US Ambassador Nikki Haley delivered the warning at an emergency session of the UN Security Council called after the US strikes, which were launched to punish […]
President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered Filipino troops to build more structures in islands already occupied by the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea, including reefs claimed by Manila. Duterte told reporters he has ordered soldiers to build structures on Philippine-claimed islands and reefs in the strategically located Spratly archipelago. Duterte also said he “may” visit the Philippine-claimed areas on June 12 to mark Philippine Independence Day.
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — At least 20 people were killed when a boat carrying scores of wedding guests collided with a river barge at night in western Myanmar, authorities said Saturday, with more feared drowned as rescue workers renewed their search in daylight. Most of the dead were women, according to officials, who said the boat sank Friday evening on a river in Pathein, a port city west of the commercial capital Yangon. “Altogether 16 […]
by John Biers Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Wall Street stocks finished modestly lower Friday following a disappointing US jobs report, while Pentagon missile strikes on Syria lifted defense shares and oil prices. Gold prices, a traditional safe haven in times of turbulence, also rallied following the Syria action, while global stock markets were mixed. The Labor Department reported that the US added just 98,000 jobs in March, far below […]
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — Four people were killed and at least 15 injured when a stolen truck slammed into a crowd of people outside a busy department store in central Stockholm, in what the prime minister described as a “terror attack.” Here is what we know about the truck attack in Sweden’s capital: What happened? The incident occurred just before 1300 GMT on Friday at the corner of the Ahlens department store and Drottninggatan, […]
Damascus residents criticize an American air strike on a Syrian airbase that marked the first direct US assault on President Bashar al-Assad’s government, saying it amounts to “international terrorism against a sovereign state.” Najeed Haj Bakri, university student said, “The US will intervene, whether it’s in the Shayrat airfield or any other airfield, every time the Syrian army advances and captures new areas. The Israelis and Turks did the same thing.” Esam Remeh, a […]
