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Iran executes 4 over links to Israeli intelligence: judiciary

Tehran, Iran (AFP) Iran on Sunday put to death four people accused of working with Israel’s intelligence service, the judiciary said. “This morning, the sentences of four main members of the gang of mobsters related to the Zionist intelligence service were executed,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website reported. Iran carried out the sentences four days after the Islamic republic’s supreme court upheld the penalty of capital punishment for “their intelligence cooperation with the Zionist regime […]

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More than 500 Ukrainian localities without power: ministry

Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) More than 500 Ukrainian localities remained without power Sunday following weeks of Russian airstrikes on the electric grid, an interior ministry official said. “The enemy continues to attack the country’s essential infrastructure. Currently, 507 localities in eight regions of our country are cut off from electricity supplies,” deputy interior minister Yevgueny Yenin told Ukrainian television. “The Kharkiv region is the worst hit with 112 isolated villages,” Yenin added. Another 90 villages were […]

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Strong quake hits Indonesia’s Java island, injures one

Jakarta, Indonesia (AFP) A strong earthquake hit Indonesia’s main island of Java on Saturday, injuring at least one person and shaking the same town devastated by a tremor last month that left more than 330 people dead. The 5.7-magnitude quake struck on land at a depth of 112 kilometres (70 miles), with the epicentre located 18 kilometres southeast of the West Java city of Banjar, according to the United States Geological Survey. Indonesia’s meteorological agency, […]

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Shanghai axes some Covid testing requirements

Beijing, China (AFP) Authorities in China’s financial hub of Shanghai will from Monday scrap some testing requirements in the country’s latest relaxing of its strict zero-Covid policy following nationwide protests unseen in decades. Multiple cities have started to roll back some restrictions after public resentment at harsh and prolonged containment measures reached a boiling point last weekend, when spontaneous protests broke out in multiple Chinese cities. Shanghai residents will no longer need a 48-hour negative […]

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Indonesia’s Mount Semeru erupts, forcing thousands to flee

Lumajang, Indonesia (AFP) by Agus Harianto with Agnes Anya in Jakarta Indonesia’s Mount Semeru erupted Sunday spewing hot ash clouds a mile high and rivers of lava down its side while sparking the evacuation of nearly 2,000 people exactly one year after its last major eruption killed dozens. The burst from the highest mountain on Indonesia’s main island of Java, around 800 kilometres (500 miles) southeast of the capital Jakarta, prompted authorities to raise the alert […]

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Philippines logs 1,234 new COVID-19 cases

(Eagle News)–The Philippines logged over 1,000 new COVID-19 cases. According to the Department of Health, the 1,234 new cases pushed the COVID-19 tally to 4,039,978. Of these, 18430 are active cases. Of the regions, Metro Manila logged the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days with  4616. It was followed by Calabarzon with 1989 cases, Central Luzon with 1028, Western Visayas with 986, and Central Visayas with 935. Of the cities […]

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DOJ: Justice Secretary Remulla to meet with visiting UN Special Rapporteur

(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla is set to meet with visiting United Nations Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, Mama Fatima Singhateh, the Department of Justice said. According to DOJ spokesperson Mico Clavano, the meeting will take place next week, on Thursday. “The purpose of the meeting is for Secretary Remulla to express his gratitude to the UN representative for visiting the Philippines and to answer any questions she may […]

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Easterlies affecting Philippines: PAGASA

(Eagle News)–The easterlies are affecting the country. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, eastern Metro Manila will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers and thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. PAGASA said Luzon will have moderate to strong winds and moderate to rough coastal waters. Visayas and Mindanao will have light to moderate winds and slight to moderate coastal waters.

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Prince William awards Earthshot prizes as US visit wraps up

Boston, United States (AFP) by Peter HUTCHISON Prince William honored climate change innovators during a star-studded ceremony in Boston Friday at the culmination of a US trip overshadowed by a race row and estranged brother Harry’s Netflix series. Britain’s heir to the throne rewarded five entrepreneurs with £1 million each ($1.2 million) as part of his Earthshot Prize initiative to support efforts to save the planet from warming temperatures. Annie Lennox and sisters Chloe x Halle […]

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NGOs take aim at Indonesia over orangutans, academic freedom

Jakarta, Indonesia (AFP) More than a dozen NGOs have issued a letter accusing Indonesia of stymieing scientific research, after Jakarta banned a group of foreign academics who opposed an official claim that orangutan numbers are increasing. Indonesia is home to the world’s oldest tropical rainforest where the critically endangered apes are losing tracts of their habitat to logging, palm oil plantations and mining. The legal letter of objection, filed to the environment ministry Thursday by […]

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MLS fines Galaxy, club exec over salary violations

  New York, United States (AFP) Major League Soccer fined the Los Angeles Galaxy $1 million and suspended club president Chris Klein on Friday for improper payments involving Argentine forward Cristian Pavon in 2019. “The LA Galaxy entered into agreements that were not disclosed that included payments that were not accounted for in the calculation of Cristian Pavon’s salary budget and roster category,” MLS said in a statement. The league said the undisclosed payments resulted […]

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US hoax trials spotlight misinformation profiteer

Washington, United States (AFP) by Anuj CHOPRA American radio host Alex Jones reaped millions spouting conspiracy-laden falsehoods that helped drive up sales of products like libido boosters, exploiting an internet ecosystem that experts say makes misinformation a lucrative business. Jones, a serial provocateur who founded the far-right website InfoWars, has been ordered to pay nearly $1.5 billion in damages for calling a 2012 mass shooting in an elementary school –- which left 20 first graders and […]

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