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Washington, United States | AFP | US President Joe Biden on Monday promised to provide advanced air defense systems to Ukraine after Russian missiles rained down on the capital Kyiv and other cities, the White House said in a statement. Biden spoke to President Volodymyr Zelensky and “pledged to continue providing Ukraine with the support needed to defend itself, including advanced air defense systems,” the statement said. Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened more “severe” […]
Paris, France | AFP | by Adam PLOWRIGHT and Daphne BENOIT With Russia firing a hail of missiles into Ukraine on Monday and Belarus making fresh threats against Kyiv, President Vladimir Putin is seeking to escalate the nearly eight-month war and compensate for humiliating recent losses, Western analysts say. According to Ukrainian authorities, 41 out of 75 missiles were intercepted, but the remainder struck cities around the country, including the capital Kyiv and western Lviv […]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | AFP | by M JEGATHESAN Malaysia’s prime minister dissolved parliament Monday to clear the way for snap elections in a bid to restore political stability as the country emerges from the ravages of Covid-19 and a multi-billion dollar corruption scandal. Elections could be held within weeks, mostly likely in November, following Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s announcement, analysts said. Polls were not due until September next year but Ismail faced […]
Moscow, Russia | AFP | President Vladimir Putin said Monday that Russia’s response to any further Ukrainian attacks would be “severe”, after Moscow’s forces carried out retaliatory missile strikes across Ukraine. “It was not possible to leave (Ukrainian attacks) unanswered. If attempts at terrorist attacks continue, the response from Russia will be severe and correspond to the level of threat,” Putin said at the start of a televised meeting of his security council. “Let there […]
Seoul, South Korea | AFP | North Korea announced Monday that its recent spate of missile launches were “tactical nuclear” drills that simulated striking airports and military facilities across the South. Leader Kim Jong Un personally oversaw the exercises, state media said, adding that they showed the country’s nuclear combat forces were “fully ready to hit and wipe out” the enemy. Here is what we know: What are tactical nukes? Tactical nuclear weapons are designed […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Bronny James, the eldest son of NBA superstar LeBron James, is among five amateur basketball players to have signed endorsement deals with Nike, the sports apparel company announced Monday. The younger James, who turned 18 last Thursday, is a guard at Sierra Canyon High School near Los Angeles while his father is the 37-year-old four-time NBA champion playmaker for the Los Angeles Lakers. Bronny James has already become part […]
TD “Maymay” moving southwestward (Eagle News) — Signal No. 1 was raised on Tuesday, Oct. 11, over six areas in Luzon as the low-pressure area off Casiguran, Aurora developed into a tropical depression. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the following areas are under the tropical cyclone signal, with the center of TD “Maymay” 300 km east of Casiguran, Aurora. Isabela Quirino Nueva Vizcaya Aurora Nueva Ecija extreme northern portion of Quezon […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines has logged over 2,000 more COVID-19 cases. According to the Department of Health, the additional 2106 cases pushed the total COVID-19 cases to 3969987. Of these, 26014 were active. Of the regions, Metro Manila logged the highest number of new COVID-19 cases, with 11767 in the last 14 days. It was followed by Calabarzon with 5339 cases, Central Luzon with 2698, Davao Region with 1398 and Western Visayas with 912. […]
Hobart, Australia (AFP) — The death of about 200 pilot whales at a Tasmanian beach has renewed questions about what causes such mass strandings and whether they can be prevented. With the help of Karen Stockin, a whale stranding expert at New Zealand’s Massey University, here are the answers to five key questions: What causes mass strandings? Scientists are still trying to work that out. They do know that there are multiple types of stranding […]
(Eagle News) — The head of the Philippine National Police Custodial Center has been relieved from his post, PNP Chief Police General Rodolfo Azurin Jr. said. According to Azurin, the relief of Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Ramillano would pave the way for an investigation of the brief hostage-taking of former Senator Leila de Lima in Camp Crame. De Lima was unharmed but the hostage-taker and his two alleged cohorts were killed in the incident on Sunday. […]
by Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS Agence France Presse United Nations, United States (AFP) — If rising seas engulf the Maldives and Tuvalu, will those countries be wiped off the map? And what happens to their citizens? The prospect is no longer science fiction as global warming gathers pace, posing an unprecedented challenge to the international community, and threatening entire peoples with the loss of their land and identity. “This is the biggest tragedy that a people, a […]
Manila, Philippines (AFP)– Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos signed a law Monday requiring mobile users to provide personal details when buying a SIM card, a regulation aimed at combating text messaging fraud. The bill was passed by both houses of Congress in September after a controversial provision requiring social media users to register their real names and phones numbers was dropped. Former president Rodrigo Duterte had rejected the original legislation after critics said social media registration […]
