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Northeast monsoon affecting Northern Luzon: PAGASA

Eastern sections of Central and Southern Luzon affected by shear line (Eagle News) — The northeast monsoon is affecting Northern Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the shear line is also affecting the eastern sections of Central and Southern Luzon. The weather bureau said Isabela, Quirino, Aurora, and the northern portion of Quezon will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms as a result. Flash floods or landslides […]

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WHO eyes end to Covid emergency in 2023

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) – The World Health Organization said Wednesday it hoped that Covid-19 would no longer be a public health emergency in 2023, as it urged China to share information that could pinpoint how the pandemic started. As the third anniversary of the original outbreak rolls around, the WHO said the virus was here to stay but would need managing alongside other respiratory illnesses. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the weekly Covid death toll […]

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US political world seeks distance from disgraced donor Bankman-Fried

by Aurélia END Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — After years of benefitting from the enormous contributions of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried — accused of massive financial fraud — America’s political elite are now skittering away, eager to put distance between themselves and the disgraced cryptocurrency darling. The 30-year-old tycoon — currently detained in the Bahamas awaiting US extradition proceedings — had in recent years become one of the largest public donors to the […]

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Japan to radically overhaul defence policy on China threats

    Tokyo, Japan (AFP) by Sara HUSSEIN Japan is expected to announce its biggest defence overhaul in decades this week, hiking spending, reshaping its military command and acquiring new missiles to tackle the threat from China. The policies, to be outlined in three defence and security documents as soon as Friday, will reshape the defence landscape in a country whose post-war constitution does not even officially recognise the military. “Fundamentally strengthening our defence capabilities […]

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Asian markets extend US rally after inflation boost, eyes on Fed

  Hong Kong, China (AFP) Asian markets rose Wednesday and the dollar struggled to recover as investors welcomed softer-than-expected US inflation data that could allow the Federal Reserve to slow down its pace of interest rate hikes. The reading provided some much-needed holiday cheer on trading floors and came the day before the US central bank’s last policy decision of the year, which will be pored over for clues about its plans for 2023. There […]

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Zara owner’s profits rise despite inflation

Madrid, Spain (AFP) Zara owner Inditex reported Wednesday a jump in profits in the third quarter of its fiscal year despite soaring inflation and the war in Ukraine impacting business costs. The group, which also owns Massimo Dutti, said it pulled in a net profit of 1.3 billion euros ($1.4 billion), between August 1 and October 31, compared to 1.23 billion euros in the same period last year. Analysts surveyed by financial information service Factset […]

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President Bongbong Marcos meets with European Council President Charles Michel

(Eagle News) — President Bongbong Marcos met with European Council President Charles Michel in Brussels, Belgium. The meeting at the Europa Building in Brussels took place on Wednesday, Dec. 14, Manila time, ahead of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations–European Union Commemorative Summit. The President is also set to meet with leaders from Estonia, Czech Republic, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, and Finland on the sidelines of the ASEAN-EU Summit. The President had […]

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As Peru protests rage, court denies ex-president’s release appeal

by Carlos MANDUJANO / Patrick FORT Agence France-Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) — A court in Peru rejected on Tuesday an appeal by former president Pedro Castillo to be freed from detention on charges of rebellion and conspiracy, as officials warned protests demanding his release could spiral out of control. Prosecutors late Tuesday filed a request to hold Castillo in pre-trial detention for 18 months, marking the formal start of the investigation against him, a prosecution […]

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Antetokounmpo powers Bucks over Warriors

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks piled more road misery on NBA champions Golden State on Tuesday, thumping the Warriors 128-111. The Warriors, coming off a convincing victory over the league-leading Boston Celtics in San Francisco, were hoping this trip would signal a reversal of their road fortunes. Instead they fell to 2-12 away from home, 14-14 overall, in a testy encounter between the last two NBA champions that […]

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Ukraine secures 1 bn euros in aid ‘to get through winter’

by Adam Plowright and Delphine Touitou Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Ukraine’s Western allies pledged an additional one billion euros ($1.1 billion) in emergency winter aid on Tuesday, responding to pleas from President Volodymyr Zelensky to help the country withstand Russia’s onslaught against its energy grid. Around 70 countries and international organizations gathered in Paris for a meeting aimed at enabling Ukrainians “to get through this winter”, said French President Emmanuel Macron. In a […]

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Release set for animator Miyazaki’s first film in 10 years

Tokyo, Japan (AFP) — Oscar-winning Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki’s first feature film in a decade will be released in July next year, its distribution company has said. The 81-year-old Miyazaki, who co-founded celebrated anime house Studio Ghibli, came out of retirement to make the movie, titled “How Do You Live?” It has been in production for years with details kept tightly under wraps, and will now be released in Japan on July 14, according to […]

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Nicaragua bishop who criticized govt charged with conspiracy

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AFP) — A Nicaraguan bishop who has been a sharp critic of the government of President Daniel Ortega and who has been under house arrest since August was charged Tuesday with conspiracy and propagation of false news, a judicial body reported. Bishop Rolando Álvarez, 56, was charged with “crimes of conspiracy to undermine national integrity and propagation of false news through information and communication technologies to the detriment of the Nicaraguan state and […]

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