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YEREVAN, Armenia (AFP) – US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday condemned what she described as an “illegal” attack by Azerbaijan on Armenia that sparked the worst fighting since their 2020 war. Baku and Yerevan have accused each other of starting Tuesday’s border clashes, which claimed the lives of more than 200 people. “We strongly condemn those attacks — on behalf of Congress — which threaten (the) prospects of the much-needed peace agreement,” Pelosi told […]
(Eagle News) — A thunderstorm advisory has been raised over parts of Mindanao. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, light to moderate to at times heavy rain showers with lightning and strong winds are affecting portions of Bukidnon (Sumilao), Lanao del Sur (Bubong, Maguing, Mulondo, Lumba-Bayabao), Misamis Occidental (Sapang Dalaga, Calamba, Concepcion, Don Victoriano Chiongbian, Jimenez), and Zamboanga del Norte (Salug, Gutalac). The same conditions are affecting Zamboanga del Sur (Dumingag, […]
by Atish PATEL / Yuichi YAMAZAKI Agence France Presse IZUMI, Japan (AFP) — Millions of people in Japan were under evacuation warnings on Monday as Typhoon Nanmadol brought strong winds and heavy rain to the southwest of the country after making landfall overnight. The powerful system has weakened since arriving on land Sunday evening around Kagoshima city in the southwestern region of Kyushu, but it has still uprooted trees, smashed windows and left rivers […]
PONTINDA, Italy (AFP) – Italy’s anti-immigration leader Matteo Salvini, who is trailing the far-right’s Giorgia Meloni in the polls ahead of next week’s general election, sought on Sunday to galvanize his hard-right, populist, Eurosceptic base. “This is Italy, full of hope and dreams and looking to the future,” Salvini told the crowd in the northern town of Pontida, which has for three decades been the venue for the annual mass gathering of the far right. […]
ANCHORAGE, United States (AFP) – Residents in towns and villages on Alaska’s western coast were beginning Sunday to assess the damage from one of the most powerful storms to hit the region in decades. The vast remains of Typhoon Merbok battered coastal towns as it rumbled northward, and by Sunday morning it had largely moved into the Chukchi Sea, north of the Bering Strait. But coastal towns in that northern region remained under flood warnings […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) – Do Kwon, the wanted South Korean founder of the failed cryptocurrency Terra, denied Sunday he was on the run after the Singapore police said he was not in the city-state as had been believed. Kwon’s whereabouts have been thrown into question after the Singapore Police Force (SPF) statement late Saturday, and his tweets did not reveal where he was. The collapse of Terraform Labs earlier this year wiped out about $40 […]
LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) – Saul “Canelo” Alvarez retained his undisputed super-middleweight world title on Saturday, seeing off Gennady Golovkin to complete their epic fight trilogy in Las Vegas. Mexico’s Alvarez was in charge for most of an electric 12 rounds at the T-Mobile Arena, winning a unanimous decision to spark wild scenes of celebration among the Mexican fans who made up most of the sell-out crowd. One judge scored the bout 116-112 while […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Joe Biden said Sunday that US forces would defend Taiwan against a Chinese invasion, while the White House said Washington’s policy was unchanged. Asked by the CBS “60 Minutes” program whether US troops would defend Taiwan, Biden said “yes,” if it were “an unprecedented attack.” This was not the first time that Biden has declared US forces would take part in a war between China and Taiwan, with […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines logged 2,367 more COVID-19 cases on Sunday, Sept. 18. According to Department of Health data, the additional cases pushed the tally to 3920693. Of these, 26401 are active. Of the regions, Metro Manila logged the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days, with 10684. It was followed by Calabarzon with 3777, Central Luzon with 2222, Davao Region with 1242, and Western Visayas with 953. Of the […]
(Eagle News) — The southwest monsoon is affecting the western sections of Southern and Central Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, as a result, partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms are expected over Bicol Region, Northern Samar, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque and Romblon. Meanwhile, PAGASA said localized thunderstorms are affecting Northern Luzon. The weather bureau said partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or […]
Taipei, Taiwan – (AFP) by Amber WANG A strong earthquake struck southeastern Taiwan on Sunday, killing at least one person, bringing down a handful of buildings and tearing up roads — but forecasters said the threat of a regional tsunami had passed. The quake hit at 2:44 pm (0644 GMT) about 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of the city of Taitung at a depth of 10 kilometres, the United States Geological Survey said. Its […]
Izumi, Japan (AFP) by Atish PATEL / Yuichi YAMAZAKI Typhoon Nanmadol made landfall in southwestern Japan on Sunday night, as authorities urged millions of people to take shelter from the powerful storm’s high winds and torrential rain. The storm officially made landfall around 7 pm local time (1000 GMT) as its eyewall arrived near Kagoshima city, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. It was packing gusts of up to 234 kilometres (146 miles) per […]
