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Wonju, South Korea | AFP | New Zealand’s Lydia Ko fired a 65 on Sunday to capture her 18th LPGA Tour title at the BMW Ladies Championship — and her first in South Korea, the country of her birth. The 25-year-old’s seven-under par final round gave her a four-shot victory over American Andrea Lee at Oak Valley Country Club. Ko carded eight birdies with just one bogey to capture the $300,000 winner’s cheque after finishing […]
Ahoada, Nigeria | AFP | by Alexandre MARTINS LOPES It was pitch black when the waters came, forcing mother Fortune Lawrence and her eight children to jump on a makeshift boat and flee their house. For the past two weeks, they have been living in dire conditions near Ahoada, in Rivers state, in a school now crowded with more than a thousand people displaced by Nigeria’s worst floods in a decade. “I was afraid to die […]
American director, screenwriter and producer Tim Burton receives the Prix Lumière 2022 from the actress Monica Bellucci, to a standing ovation from the audience. “It’s such an honour to be in the birthplace of cinema”, Burton told the audience. (AFP)
Rome, Italy (AFP) by Alice Ritchie and Clement Melki Giorgia Meloni officially took over Sunday as Italy’s first woman prime minister at the helm of the country’s most right-wing government since World War II. Four weeks after her post-fascist Brothers of Italy party won general elections, Meloni joined outgoing premier Mario Draghi for a handover ceremony at Chigi Palace, the prime minister’s seat in Rome. After almost 90 minutes of private talks, the pair […]
Seoul, South Korea (AFP) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent his “warmest congratulations” to Chinese President Xi Jinping on securing a third term as head of China’s ruling Communist Party, state media reported Sunday. The unusually prompt report from Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency came after the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee elected Xi as its general secretary for another five-year term. “Please accept my warmest congratulations to you upon the glad […]
Beijing, China | AFP | by Laurie CHEN Xi Jinping secured a historic third term as China’s leader on Sunday and filled his inner circle with close allies, achieving after a decade in power complete dominance over the ruling Communist Party. The party’s Central Committee elected Xi as its general secretary for another five-year term, bringing the country back towards one-man rule after decades of power-sharing among its elite. “I wish to thank the […]
(Eagle News)–A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Sunday, Oct. 23. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 10:15 a.m. The epicenter was 447 kilometers southeast of Balut Island. The depth of focus was 259 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News)–Thirty-three volcanic earthquakes were monitored in Bulusan in the last 24 hours. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, also monitored were 462 tons per day of sulfur dioxide flux as of Oct. 21. A weak steam soaring 100 meters high was also monitored. The volcano edifice has also been slightly inflated. PHIVOLCS reminded the public about the ban on the entry into the 4-kilometer radius Permanent Danger Zone. It also advised […]
Beijing, China | AFP | by Laurie CHEN / Matthew WALSH Chinese President Xi Jinping locked in support for a historic third term in power at the Communist Party’s Congress on Saturday, but the dramatic removal of his predecessor from the event stole the headlines. At the end of the week-long gathering in Beijing, China’s ruling party approved a sweeping reshuffle that saw a number of top officials — including Premier Li Keqiang — […]
London, United Kingdom | AFP | by Joe JACKSON Former prime minister Boris Johnson on Saturday returned to Britain from a holiday to launch an audacious political comeback, as Conservative leadership rival Rishi Sunak reached the minimum threshold to contest the UK’s top job. Johnson cut short a Caribbean trip to join the seemingly three-person race to replace outgoing leader Liz Truss, with allies telling British media he was “up for it”. The divisive 58-year-old […]
Paris, France | AFP | A partial solar eclipse will be visible across a swathe of the Northern Hemisphere on Tuesday, with amateur astronomers warned to take care watching the rare phenomenon. The eclipse will start at 0858 GMT in Iceland and end off the coast of India at 1302 GMT, crossing Europe, North Africa and the Middle East on its way, according to the IMCCE institute of France’s Paris Observatory. Solar eclipses occur […]
(Eagle News)–All tropical cyclone wind signals have been lifted as “Obet” continues to move westward over the Philippine Sea. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, “Obet” is now located 240 kilometers west of Basco, Batanes. It is unlikely to bring heavy rainfall over any part of the country. PAGASA said under the influence of the surge of the northeast monsoon and the tropical depression, however, a marine gale warning remains in […]
