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MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — President Vladimir Putin on Thursday joked with a schoolboy that Russia’s borders “don’t end anywhere”. Putin was speaking at a televised awards ceremony held by the Russian Geographical Society. On stage Putin questioned Miroslav Oskirko, a nine-year-old prodigy who said he knew the borders of every country in the world. Putin asked the boy where Russia’s borders ended, with Oskirko saying “Russia’s borders end at the Bering Strait with the United […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — The Mexican currency broke the 21 peso per dollar psychological barrier again on Thursday in the wake of Donald Trump’s US election victory as fears persist about his protectionist policies. Analysts say the peso is also affected by the prospect of an interest rate hike by the US Federal Reserve in December. The currency of Latin America’s second biggest economy traded hands at 21.05 pesos for every dollar, dropping 0.48 […]
by Abbas al-Ani with Max Delany in Mosul HILLA, Iraq (AFP) — A suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 70 people, mainly Shiite pilgrims, south of Baghdad Thursday, as Iraqi forces battle to retake Mosul from the jihadists. The huge truck bomb blast ripped through a petrol station where buses packed with faithful returning from the Arbaeen commemoration in Karbala were parked, officials said. Most of the victims were Iranians, […]
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AFP) — El Salvador and Nicaragua on Thursday lifted a tsunami alert they had briefly declared following an offshore earthquake in the Pacific Ocean. Officials in both Central American countries said the 7.0 temblor, which occurred around 120 kilometers off El Salvador’s coast, did not generate any destructive waves. Nicaragua had declared a national emergency because of the quake and a simultaneous hurricane hitting its Caribbean coast. There were no immediate […]
SAN SALVADOR, EL Salvador (AFP) — A Pacific Ocean earthquake with a 7.0 magnitude shook El Salvador and Nicaragua on Thursday, officials said, an hour after a powerful hurricane hit Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast. Tsunami alerts were issued as a precaution by the authorities in Nicaragua and El Salvador, where residents were told to evacuate from the Pacific coast. The 7.0-magnitude temblor occurred around 120 kilometers (75 miles) off the coast of El Salvador, at a […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan early Friday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no reports of damage or casualties. The quake hit at 5:55 am (2155 GMT Thursday) and was centered 81 kilometers (50 miles) east of the city of Hualian at a depth of 10 kilometers, USGS said. The tremor comes after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake in February left 117 dead when an apartment complex collapsed in the southern […]
BAYBAY, Leyte (Eagle News) – Maghapong inulan nitong huwebes, November 24 ang Leyte lalo na ang lungsod ng Baybay. Bandang 9:00 ng gabi ay bumayo ang may kalakasang hangin na may kasamang ulan na tumagal hanggang 2:00 ng madaling araw nitong biyernes, November 25. Wala namang naiulat na casualties subalit nag-iwan ito ng kalat at basura lalo na sa mga tabing aplaya. Sa kasalukuyan ay umaaraw na at medyo maaliwalas na ang panahon subalit maalon pa rin ang […]
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) – by Fulya OZERKAN A car bomb exploded in the car park of the governor’s office in the southern Turkish city of Adana Thursday killing two people and wounding 33, officials said, in the latest attack to rock Turkey this year. The explosion sparked a fire, with a cloud of dark smoke spewing into the sky, and caused damage to the governorate itself, state-run Anadolu news agency said, describing the blast as […]
HAIFA, Israel (AFP) – by Jonah Mandel Raging bushfires forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people from parts of Israel’s third city Haifa on Thursday as firefighters struggled to control blazes across the country. Some residents were trapped in their homes as the army called up reservists to help cope with a third day of fires which authorities speculated could have been started deliberately. Haifa municipality spokeswoman Or Doron told AFP that 50,000 […]
ESSEN, Germany (AFP) – by Richard HEISTER A German court began hearing Thursday a complaint by a Peruvian farmer who accuses energy giant RWE of contributing to climate change that has caused glacial melting in the Andes, threatening his home and livelihood. Saul Luciano Lliuya argues that RWE, as a major historic emitter of greenhouse gases, should share in the cost of protecting his hometown Huaraz from a nearby glacial lake that is at risk of […]
HILLA, Iraq (AFP) – by Abbas al-Ani with Max Delany in Mosul A suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 70 people, mainly Shiite pilgrims, south of Baghdad Thursday, in the latest jihadist attack as Iraqi forces battle to retake Mosul. The huge truck bomb blast ripped through a petrol station where buses packed with faithful returning from the Arbaeen commemoration in Karbala were parked, officials said. Most of the victims […]
Isang magnitude 5.6 na lindol ang muling yumanig sa northeastern Japan. Naganap ito, dalawang araw pa lamang ang nakalilipas makaraang tumama sa naturang rehiyon ang malakas na magnitude 6.9 na lindol na nag-generate ng lokal na tsunami. Nilinaw naman ng Japan Meteorological Agency na walang panganib na masundan ng tsunami ang kagaganap na lindol. Ang lindol ay naramdaman alas sais beinte tres ng umaga –oras sa Japan. Ang epicenter nito ay sa layong 210 km […]
