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QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — Five police officers were killed, several more wounded and prison guards taken hostage Tuesday in the latest wave of attacks in a deadly gang war consuming Ecuador, authorities said. President Guillermo Lasso declared a state of exception and nightly curfew in two coastal provinces, Guayas and Esmeraldas. The move allows the government to limit freedom of assembly and movement. Officials said organized crime groups launched nine attacks with explosives and firearms […]
by Julie JAMMOT Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — New Twitter head Elon Musk said Tuesday the site will charge $8 per month to verify users’ accounts, arguing the plan would solve the platform’s issues with bots and trolls while creating a new revenue stream for the company. The announcement comes only days after the world’s wealthiest man took sole control of the social media giant in a contentious $44 billion deal. “Power […]
(Eagle News) — “Queenie” has weakened into a remnant low. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the remnant low, however, may bring light to moderate with at times heavy rains over Caraga and Davao Oriental. PAGASA said the low-pressure area was so far estimated 420 km east of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur. It is moving northwestward at 20 km/h. “This remnant low will continue moving generally northwestward and may dissipate in […]
(Eagle News) — “Queenie” has weakened into a tropical depression. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, however, said light to moderate with at times heavy rains are likely over Caraga and Davao Oriental, with “Queenie” estimated 490 km east of Davao City or 425 km east southeast of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 45 km/h near the center and a gustiness of up to 55 km/h. It […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Kevin Durant scored 36 points on a milestone night Monday to help the Brooklyn Nets fend off the Indiana Pacers 116-109 — claiming a badly needed second win of the NBA season. As the Nets ended a four-game slide, the Milwaukee Bucks remained the only unbeaten team in the league, improving to 6-0 with a hard-fought 110-108 victory over the Detroit Pistons. The Bucks, led by 31 points from […]
by Emmanuel PEUCHOT Agence France-Presse KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukraine suffered sweeping blackouts and water supplies were cut to large parts of Kyiv on Monday after another wave of Russian missile strikes on key infrastructure. The Ukrainian army’s commander in chief, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, said on Telegram that Russia had launched 55 cruise missiles and dozens of other munitions at “civilian targets” across the country, days after Russia blamed Ukraine for drone attacks on its fleet […]
MAJURO, Marshall Islands (AFP) — Marshall Islands officials say they are ready to resume talks with the United States this week on renewing a long-standing economic and security deal, provided Washington addresses grievances stemming from the testing of nuclear weapons on the Pacific archipelago more than 70 years ago. The United States detonated 67 nuclear bombs in the Marshall Islands between 1946-58, and the health and environmental impacts are still felt on the islands and […]
by Sam Reeves Agence France-Presse FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz makes a high-stakes trip to China this week, walking a tightrope between shoring up a key economic relationship and facing heightened concerns about over-reliance on authoritarian Beijing. Scholz, accompanied by a delegation of business executives, will be the first European Union leader to visit the world’s second-biggest economy since 2019. During the one-day trip on Friday, he will hold talks with President […]
Washington, United States | AFP | An international team of astronomers on Monday announced the discovery of a large asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Earth, creating a small chance far in the future of a catastrophic collision. The 1.5 kilometer- (0.9 mile-) wide asteroid, named 2022 AP7, was discovered in area notoriously difficult to spot objects due to the glare from the Sun. It was found along with two other near-Earth asteroids using […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Railways is offering special trips on Tuesday, Nov. 1. However, the PNR said full operations are not yet possible following the onslaught of “Paeng.” The PNR said the following trips are being offered: Tutuban to Alabang – 5:36 AM; 6:36 AM; 7:06 AM; 8:06 AM; 9:06 AM; 10:06 AM; 11:06 AM Alabang to Tutuban – 7:12 AM; 8:02 AM; 8:42 AM; 9:42 AM 10:32 AM; 11:32 AM Binan to […]
(Eagle News) — Rains are expected in parts of the country as Tropical Storm “Queenie” moves westward over the Philippine Sea east of Mindanao. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the center of the tropical storm was estimated 490 km east of Davao City. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h near the center and a gustiness of up to 80 km/h. It is moving westward at 20 km/h. […]
By AFP – Agence France Presse Moscow on Monday summoned the Dutch ambassador to “protest strongly” against Western efforts to “recruit” Russian diplomats in the Netherlands, the foreign ministry said. Ambassador Gilles Beschoor Plug was called in to hear Moscow “protest strongly against an attempt to recruit the military attache of Russia’s embassy in The Hague on October 20 by a representative of the British intelligence services,” the ministry said. “Such provocative actions are unacceptable… […]
