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(Eagle News) — Severe Tropical Storm “Nanmadol” may enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility tonight or tomorrow morning. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, once inside PAR, it will be given the domestic name “Josie.” The weather bureau said so far, “Nanmadol” was located 1,760 km east northeast of extreme Northern Luzon. It’s packing maximum sustained winds of 110 kph near the center and a gustiness of up to 135 kph. […]
PARIS, France (AFP) – Eintracht Frankfurt have been charged with several offences including “racist behavior” by UEFA after the German club’s Champions League win away to Marseille on Tuesday was marred by incidents. The charges come after Marseille’s police prefecture said it had informed UEFA that some visiting fans “performed Nazi salutes in the away section” during the game. Frankfurt was also charged for the “throwing of objects” by their supporters, who were accused of […]
750K metric tons for industrial users, while another 750K MT for consumers; delivery set not later than November 15, 2022 (Eagle News) – The Sugar Regulatory Administration has authorized the importation of 150,000 metric tons of refined sugar – half of which are allocated to industrial users, while the other half is allocated to consumers. In SRA’s Sugar Order No. 2 signed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., and other agriculture and SRA officials, the […]
KHARKIV REGION, Ukraine (AFP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday promised “victory” on a visit to the strategic city of Izyum that was recently recaptured from Russia by Kyiv’s army in a lightning counter-offensive. The visit comes at a decisive moment in Russia’s six-month invasion, with Ukraine routing Moscow’s forces from swathes of the east and seriously undermining the Kremlin’s ambitions to capture the entire Donbas region of Ukraine. “Our blue-yellow flag is already […]
Luxembourg, Luxembourg (AFP) — The European Union’s second-highest court on Wednesday overwhelmingly upheld the EU’s record fine against Google over its Android operating system for mobile phones, slightly reducing the fee for technical reasons. In a statement, the EU’s General court said it “largely confirms the commission’s decision that Google imposed unlawful restrictions on manufacturers of Android mobile devices” in order to benefit its search engine. The court, however, said the fine should be slightly […]
Shanghai, China (AFP) All passenger flights at Shanghai’s two international airports have been cancelled as Typhoon Muifa nears landfall on China’s east coast, the airport operator said Wednesday. “Shanghai Airport Group will announce flight adjustments at both airports to the public in a timely manner, in line with the typhoon’s impact,” the firm said in a social media statement. Typhoon Muifa is expected to make landfall at around 7:00 pm on Wednesday (1100 GMT), […]
KISANGANI, DR Congo (AFP) – Fishermen perch precariously on wooden scaffolds stretching over turbulent rapids in northeastern Democratic Republic Congo, hauling up wicker baskets in the hope of catching tilapia or a Nile perch -– a time-honoured practice now threatened by overfishing. Basket fishing was once the lifeblood of the Wagenya community, feeding them handsomely on a section of the mighty Congo River close to Kisangani, a city in Tshopo province. But fish numbers have […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Lufthansa said Wednesday the German state had sold the stake it took in the airline as part of a rescue package at the peak of the Covid pandemic, and booked a healthy profit in the process. In the spring of 2020, borders were shutting worldwide, forcing airlines everywhere to ground planes and put staff put on forced leave. To save Lufthansa from bankruptcy, the German government took a 20-percent stake in […]
by Chris Lefkow Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Ken Starr, who headed the investigation that led to the impeachment of president Bill Clinton for lying about his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, died on Tuesday. He was 76. Starr died in Houston, Texas, of complications from surgery, his family said in a statement. A former judge and conservative legal stalwart, Starr was best known for leading the probe that […]
Seoul, South Korea (AFP) A South Korean court issued an arrest warrant Wednesday for the founder of the failed Terra cryptocurrency, which collapsed earlier this year, wiping out about $40 billion of investors’ money. Do Kwon, the 31-year-old South Korean who is the founder of Terraform Labs, is believed to be in Singapore, where he last month gave his first media interview since the collapse admitting that he was “wrong”. The prosecutors’ office on Wednesday […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allotted around P100-million worth of interventions to support the Philippine onion industry. The agriculture department has identified the country’s major onion producing regions as Central Luzon, Ilocos, Mimaropa, and Cagayan Valley. But it said it is also considering “partnering with farmers in the Visayas and Mindanao regions to expand local onion production and assist them with market linkage activities.” For this year, the DA High Value […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities seized over P7.7 million worth of illegal drugs in Sadanga, Mountain Province, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, also arrested at a checkpoint on Tuesday were Eliseo IV San Pedro Quiambao, 23; and John Cedric Gadia, 21. The PNP said apart from the 67 marijuana bricks with an estimated street value of P7,713,960, also seized from the suspects were one Samsung android cellular phone. “Sa pamamagitan ng ating […]
