Seoul, South Korea | AFP | North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles on Friday, the South’s military said, the latest in a blitz of launches that Washington and Seoul have warned could culminate in Kim Jong Un conducting another nuclear test. The launch comes as South Korea and the US conclude 12 days of amphibious naval joint military drills, and just ahead of the Monday start of major combined air drills that will involve […]
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Flight cancellations for Friday, October 28
(Eagle News) — Airport authorities on Friday, Oct. 28, announced the cancellation of several flights due to inclement weather. According to the Manila International Airport Authority, the following flights are canceled: Cebu Pacific 5J 703/704 Manila-Dipolog-Manila 5J 196/197 Manila-Cauayan-Manila 5J 373/374 Manila-Roxas-Manila CebGo DG 6177/6178 Manila-Masbate-Manila DG 6179/6180 Manila-Masbate-Manila DG 6111/6112 Manila-Naga-Manila DG 6881/6882 Manila-Surigao-Manila DG 6841/6842 Manila-Del Carmen-Manila Earlier, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said 13 areas are under Signal No. […]
UPDATE: Thirteen killed as storm lashes southern Philippines
Cotabato, Philippines | AFP | Landslides and flooding killed 13 people as heavy rain from an approaching storm lashed the southern Philippines, with some residents stranded on rooftops, a disaster official said Friday. Torrents of rainwater unleashed flash floods laden with uprooted trees, rocks and mud overnight in mainly rural communities around waterlogged Cotabato, a city of 300,000 people. Seven people were missing, Naguib Sinarimbo, the spokesman and civil defence chief for the regional government, […]
4.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Ilocos Norte early Friday, October 28
(Eagle News) — A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck Ilocos Norte early Friday, October 28. The epicenter was nine kilometers northeast of Nueva Era. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were reported: Reported Intensities: Intensity III- Nueva Era, Ilocos Norte Intensity II- Vigan City, Sinait, San Juan, Alilem, San Ildefonso, Santa Catalina, Banayoyo, San Vicente, Magsingal, and Santo Domingo, Ilocos Sur; Manabo,Bangued, San Juan, and Lagayan, Abra; Pinili and Batac, Ilocos Norte intensity I- Pasil, Balbalan and […]
Portions of Luzon, Visayas under Signal No. 2 as TS “Paeng” slightly intensifies
(Eagle News) — Portions of Luzon and Visayas are under Signal No. 2 as Tropical Storm “Paeng” slightly intensified on Friday, Oct. 28. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the following areas are under the tropical cyclone wind signal: LUZON: Catanduanes, Albay, Sorsogon, and the eastern portion of Camarines Sur (Caramoan, Garchitorena, Presentacion, Lagonoy, Goa, San Jose, Tigaon, Iriga City, Saglay, Buhi) VISAYAS: Northern Samar and the northern portion of Eastern […]
Israel, Lebanon strike ‘historic’ maritime border deal
Naqura, Lebanon | AFP | by Mahmoud Zayyat Israel and Lebanon struck a US-brokered maritime border agreement Thursday that opens up lucrative offshore gas fields for the neighbours that remain technically at war. US President Joe Biden hailed the “historic” deal, that comes as Western powers clamour to open up new energy production and reduce vulnerability to supply cuts from Russia. The agreement was signed separately by Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun in Beirut and by […]
Former PM Netanyahu eyes return to power as Israel votes yet again
Jerusalem, Israel | AFP | by Rosie SCAMMELL Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu is eyeing a return to power when the country holds its fifth election in four years Tuesday, his chances potentially boosted by the rise of the extreme-right. The longest-serving leader in Israeli history, the 73-year-old right-winger and security hawk is for the first time in years campaigning from the opposition. He is up against the centrist caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid, who last […]
Rare canine rabies case discovered near Paris
Paris, France | AFP | A rare case of rabies has been detected in a dog in the Paris region which had bitten several people, the French agriculture ministry announced Thursday. “The Pasteur Institute confirmed a case of rabies in a Husky-cross dog held in a shelter in Evry-Courcouronnes in Essonne,” south of the French capital, the statement said. Before being isolated, the infected dog had “bitten several people who were quickly taken care of […]
President Putin: World’s ‘most dangerous’ decade since the end of World War II
Moscow, Russia | AFP | President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the war in Ukraine was part of Russia’s wider struggle against Western domination, and warned that the world is probably entering the “most dangerous” decade since the end of World War II. The Russian leader showed no sign of backpedalling on the eight-month-old invasion of Ukraine, and indeed painted the current situation as part of the decline of Western dominance in global affairs. […]
Elon Musk takes control of Twitter, fires executives: US media
San Francisco, United States | AFP | Elon Musk took control of Twitter and fired its top executives, US media reported late Thursday, in a deal that puts one of the top platforms for global discourse in the hands of the world’s richest man. Musk sacked chief executive Parag Agrawal, as well as the company’s chief financial officer and its head of legal policy, trust and safety, the Washington Post and CNBC reported citing unnamed […]
Canada seeks to join Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
Ottawa, Canada | AFP | Canada, with the backing of the United States, will seek to join the US-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly announced Thursday. At a joint news conference with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Joly said the two countries aimed to “further align our approaches” in the Indo-Pacific. “To further economic cooperation in the region, I’m pleased to announce that Canada will seek membership in the Indo-Pacific Economic […]
Japan to unveil huge economic package to address inflation
Tokyo, Japan | AFP | Japan is on Friday expected to announce an economic stimulus package that local media said could be worth $200 billion to cushion the impact of inflation and a weak yen. Prices are rising in the world’s third-largest economy at the highest rate in eight years, although its three-percent inflation remains below the sky-high levels seen in the United States and elsewhere. The yen has also lost over 20 percent of […]
