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Easterlies affecting eastern sections of Southern Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao

(Eagle News) — The easterlies are affecting the eastern sections of Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, as a result, Metro Manila will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. The rest of the country will have the same conditions. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. The rest of the country, PAGASA said, will have light to moderate […]

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Chock, Bates lead ice dance at world figure skating worlds

Saitama, Japan (AFP) Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates took a big step towards their first ice dance world title Friday after winning the rhythm dance at the world figure skating championships in Japan. Chock and Bates scored 91.94 — less than a point behind the world record of 92.73 — to lead Italy’s Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri on 88.21 and Canada’s Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier on 87.34. France’s reigning Olympic and world […]

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Escape-artist zebra back at zoo after Seoul adventure

Seoul, South Korea (AFP) A zebra that escaped its pen and roamed freely for hours through the South Korean capital, captivating the internet and sparking thousands of memes, is safely back at the zoo, officials told AFP Friday. Sero the zebra is back in his pen in a “stable condition, healthy and sound,” an official at the Seoul Children’s Grand Park said, after the animal spent three hours Thursday trotting along roads and dodging cars […]

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UN’s global disaster alert systems goal faces uphill climb

by Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS Agence France-Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — How can anyone seek shelter from a natural disaster they don’t even know is coming? Last year the United Nations called for every person on the planet to be covered by early warning systems by 2027 — but months into the effort it is becoming clear that the project will require more data and expertise. With a relatively low price tag of $3.1 billion, […]

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President Bongbong Marcos creates help desk to address requests for financial, medical assistance

(Eagle News) — President Bongbong Marcos has directed the establishment of a help desk that will address the financial and medical requests for assistance being submitted to the Office of the President. In ordering the creation of the Presidential Help Desk, the President, through Executive Order No. 20, said there was “a need to develop and establish a project that will provide accessible and direct medical assistance to the Filipino people..” The EO said this […]

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Yemen’s children threatened by aid funding shortfall: UN

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — The UN warned Friday it could be forced to slash support for children in Yemen without a funding boost, a war-torn country where it said dozens already die daily from “preventable causes”. “More than 540,000 children under the age of five (are) suffering life-threatening severe acute malnutrition, with one child continuing to die every 10 minutes from preventable causes,” the UN children’s agency UNICEF said. “If funding is not […]

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Biden arrives in Canada to discuss trade, migration challenges

by Aurélia END Agence France-Presse OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — US President Joe Biden arrived Thursday in Canada where he will meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and address parliament, with reports that a deal has been struck on managing undocumented migration across the neighbors’ long border. Trade, Canada’s anemic defense spending, and a potential international force to stabilize troubled Haiti are expected to be on the agenda in the events set largely for Friday. As Biden […]

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Japan inflation slows to 3.1% in February

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s consumer prices rose 3.1 percent in February from a year earlier, government data showed Friday, slowing from the four-decade highs seen in previous months. The figure, which excludes volatile fresh food, met market expectations and comes after the government introduced relief measures for soaring energy bills. It is the first deceleration in over a year and marks a drop from January, when consumer prices jumped 4.2 percent on-year — the […]

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Brazil police raid leaves 13 dead in favela near Rio: media

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — A police raid on a favela near Rio de Janeiro Thursday left at least 13 people dead, including the suspected leader of a crime gang active in the north of Brazil, local media reported. “There are 13 dead, two individuals detained and a large number of weapons seized,” Fabricio Oliveira, from the Coordination of Special Resources of the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro, told a press conference. Police […]

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James working ‘around the clock’ to return for Lakers

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — LeBron James said Thursday he is working “around the clock” to regain full fitness but rejected reports that he had set a target date to return before the end of the NBA regular season. Multiple US media outlets reported on Thursday that the Los Angeles Lakers superstar was eyeing a possible return in the final three games of the season. James, who has not played since suffering a foot […]

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Trump gave ‘false expectation’ of arrest: New York prosecutor

by Peter HUTCHISON Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump created a “false expectation” of his imminent arrest, the New York prosecutor investigating the ex-president over hush money said Thursday, as tensions build over a possible indictment. The comments come amid uncertainty over when a grand jury hearing the case will take a vote on charging Trump, a historic move that would inflame the 2024 election campaign in which the 76-year-old Republican […]

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Zelensky pleads for jets, missiles, after visit to frontline

by Victoria Lukovenko Agence France-Presse KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday told European leaders that “delays” sending fighter jets and long-range missiles could extend the war, after he paid a visit to the frontline southern region of Kherson. On the train home from the war-ravaged areas, Zelensky gave an emotional account of what he had seen as he addressed a summit of his EU counterparts gathered in Brussels via video link, […]

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