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Northeasterly surface windflow affecting extreme Northern Luzon: PAGASA

(Eagle News)–The northeasterly surface windflow is affecting extreme Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, and Apayao will have cloudy skies and rains as a result. PAGASA said flashfloods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Eastern Visayas, Sorsogon, Masbate, Surigao del Norte, and Dinagat Islands, meanwhile, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. The weather bureau said this was […]

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Runaway black hole creating trail of new stars: scientists

Los Angeles, United States | AFP | A huge black hole is tearing through space, leaving behind a 200,000-light-year-long trail of newborn stars, space scientists say. The supermassive monster — likely born of a bizarre game of intergalactic billiards — is rampaging through the blackness and plowing into gas clouds in its path. The incredible forces at play mean this gas is being forged into a contrail of new stars, which have been captured on […]

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4.2-magnitude earthquake strikes off Davao Occidental

(Eagle News) — A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Friday, April 7. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 9:43 a.m. The epicenter was 69 kilometers southeast of Balut Island. The depth of focus was 85 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.

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PAGASA: Ridge of high pressure area extending over extreme N. Luzon

(Eagle News) — The ridge of a high pressure area is extending over extreme Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Metro Manila will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms. The rest of the country will experience the same conditions. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. The weather bureau said Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao will have light to moderate winds and coastal waters.

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Heat scorch 76ers, boost NBA playoff position bid

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Jimmy Butler and Tyler Herro scored 24 points apiece to lead Miami to a 129-101 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday that kept the Heat in the hunt for direct entry into the NBA playoffs. With two games left the Heat still have a chance to grab sixth place in the Eastern Conference from the Brooklyn Nets and avoid the play-in tournament for the seventh- through 10th-placed teams. […]

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Violent explosions in Tyre in southern Lebanon: AFP

TYRE, Lebanon (AFP) — At least three explosions were heard in southern Lebanon’s Tyre region at dawn on Friday, according to AFP reporters, as Israel announced it was carrying out strikes in response to rocket fire. “At least two shells fell near” a Palestinian refugee camp near Tyre city, said camp resident Abu Ahmad, who told AFP he “heard explosions”. A missile fell on a farmer’s house near the camp, causing material damage, an AFP […]

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NBA denies Mavs’ protest of Golden State defeat

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The NBA has denied the Dallas Mavericks’ protest of their March 22 loss to the Golden State Warriors while acknowledging game officials could have done better. The Mavs protested the outcome of the contest, claiming officials failed to properly administer an out-of-bounds call with about two minutes left in the third quarter of the Warriors’ 127-125 victory. Confusion over possession — after Dallas came onto the court after a […]

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Nearly a million Sahel children face ‘severe wasting’, UN says

DAKAR, Senegal (AFP) — Nearly a million young children in Africa’s Sahel region will face severe acute malnutrition this year amid high food prices, conflict and climate change, UNICEF warned Friday. “An estimated 970,000 children under 5 from West Africa’s three central Sahel countries (Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger) will face severe wasting this year”, the UN children’s agency said in a statement. The three countries are poor, landlocked and fighting jihadist insurgencies. Niger is […]

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SpaceX prepares for rehearsal, test flight of Starship rocket

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — SpaceX plans to carry out a launch rehearsal next week of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, and its first test flight possibly the following week, the private space company said Thursday. SpaceX published photos of the massive Starship, which is designed to eventually send astronauts to the Moon and beyond, on its launchpad at the company’s base in Texas. “Starship fully stacked at Starbase,” SpaceX said in a […]

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Quebec ice storm leaves two dead, million without power

MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — An ice storm that battered eastern Canada left two dead and some million people without electricity on Thursday, as fallen trees blocked roads and downed power lines. The storm pummeled Quebec and Ontario, Canada’s two most populous provinces. “Montreal is devastated,” but the situation is “under control,” Quebec Minister of Economy and Energy Pierre Fitzgibbon said at a media briefing after weather warnings were lifted. Even so, authorities called for caution, […]

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Israel strikes Gaza after rocket salvo from Lebanese soil

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — Israel launched air strikes against Hamas in the Gaza Strip late Thursday after vowing retaliation for a barrage of cross-border rockets fired from Lebanon, which it blamed on Palestinian groups. Tensions have soared between Israel and Palestinians during what is both the Jewish Passover and the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, prompting condemnations and calls for restraint from abroad. The latest flare-up of violence comes after Israeli police clashed […]

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4.2-magnitude earthquake strikes off Catanduanes early Thursday, April 6

(Eagle News) — A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Catanduanes early Thursday, April 6. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 2:45 a.m. It said it was an aftershock of the 6.2-magnitude earthquake that hit offshore Catanduanes on April 4. The epicenter of the quake on Thursday was 125 kilometers southeast of Gigmoto. The depth of focus was 48 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.

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