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by Emmanuel PARISSE, with Ania TSOUKANOVA in Kyiv Agence France-Presse KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukraine said Monday that its forces regained yet more ground in the past 24 hours and retook an area seven times the size of Kyiv this month, as Russia responded with strikes on some recaptured areas. The territorial shifts marked one of Russia’s biggest reversals since its troops were turned back from Kyiv in the earliest days of the nearly seven […]
by Eugenia LOGIURATTO Agence France-Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Wearing a black T-shirt stamped with the word “Bolsonaro” and a skull, Brazilian ex-cop Elitusalem Gomes Freitas takes aim with his .40-caliber rifle and fires, savoring the smell of gunpowder as he nails his target. Clutching his bulky black rifle at a firing range in the Rio de Janeiro suburbs, a handgun strapped to his thigh, Freitas proudly repeats one of far-right President Jair […]
by Nina LARSON Agence France-Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Afghan women made an impassioned plea at the UN Monday for solid international action to address the “gender apartheid” in their country since the Taliban swept to power last year. “Today, human rights in Afghanistan do not exist,” Afghan Mahbouba Seraj told the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. The outspoken journalist and rights activist said she was “sick and tired” of sounding the alarm […]
VIENNA, Austria (AFP) — Kyiv and Moscow have shown “signs that they are interested” in creating a security zone around Europe’s largest nuclear plant in Ukraine threatened by shelling since Russia invaded its neighbor, the UN atomic watchdog said Monday. Shelling around the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia power plant in southern Ukraine has raised fears of a nuclear disaster. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which has two experts at the plant since a mission there early […]
(Eagle News) — Typhoon “Inday” has accelerated and is about to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the center of the eye of the typhoon was so far estimated 500 km north northeast of Itbayat, Batanes. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 140 kph near the center and a gustiness of up to 170 kph. According to the weather bureau, it is moving north […]
Second straight week of oil price rollback after tumble in world crude prices (Eagle News) – Another oil price rollback is set on Tuesday, September 13, with gasoline prices going down by 45 centavos per liter, and diesel prices being slashed by P1.45 per liter. This is the second straight week of price rollback for petroleum products. Last week, the slash in prices was bigger. Gasoline prices were reduced by P2.60 per liter, while […]
But senior citizens, immunocompromised individuals and those who are not fully vaccinated still urged to wear face masks outdoors (Eagle News) – President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., has allowed the voluntary wearing of face masks outdoors, particularly in open spaces and non-crowded outdoor areas with good ventilation. Face masks, however, will continue to be worn indoors in private and public establishments, including in public transport by land, air or sea where physical distancing cannot […]
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (AFP) The death toll from a massive earthquake in Papua New Guinea rose to seven Monday and is expected to grow as rescuers begin to reach remote landslide-hit communities. Police Commissioner David Manning said the victims of Sunday’s 7.6-magnitude quake had been found across the central north of the country, where there is widespread damage to homes and infrastructure. The quake struck mid-morning and triggered a series of deadly landslides. […]
by Anna MALPAS / Sylvain PEUCHMAURD Agence France Presse EDINBURGH, United Kingdom (AFP) — Tens of thousands of mourners lined the route of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral cortege on Sunday as it left the Scottish retreat where she died, to bid farewell to their longest serving monarch. The hearse carrying the 96-year-old’s oak coffin, draped in the Royal Standard of Scotland, was driven from the Balmoral estate through Aberdeen and Dundee to the capital […]
KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — A Black Hawk helicopter commandeered by the Taliban after the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan crashed during a training session at the weekend, killing two pilots and a crew member, the defense ministry said. The incident occurred Saturday on the campus of the country’s defense university in the capital Kabul. The Black Hawk crashed due to “a technical problem during a training exercise”, the ministry said, adding five crew members were […]
by Emmanuel PARISSE with Anna KORIAGINA in Kyiv Agence France-Presse KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukraine has announced fresh gains in its counter-offensive, including the recapture of the strategic city of Izyum in the country’s east, where Kyiv accused Russia of carrying out reprisal strikes against electricity infrastructure. Throughout the weekend Ukraine claimed new military successes against Russia’s army in the east and south, the latest coming Sunday night when President Volodymyr Zelensky declared Izyum “liberated”. […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Ilocos Norte on Monday, Sept. 12. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 6:50 a.m. The epicenter was 47 kilometers northwest of Burgos. The depth of focus was 18 kilometers. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were reported: Intensity IV – Pasuquin, Bacarra, Bangui, Pagudpud, Adams, Pinili and Laoag City, Ilocos Norte Intensity II- Sinait, Ilocos Sur Instrumental Intensities: Intensity IV […]
