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by Natsuko Fukue Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe by a man resentful of the Unification Church has resurfaced years of controversy over the group. Police say Tetsuya Yamagami targeted Abe because he believed the former prime minister supported a “certain group” to which the man’s mother had made large donations. In a letter published by local media, Yamagami accused Abe of supporting the Unification Church […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Instagram will pause features that users have campaigned against and complained make the social network too much like TikTok, according to a report in the Platformer tech newsletter Thursday. Celebrity sisters Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner were some of the most vocal users to have posted messages on social media this week calling for the company to “make Instagram Instagram again” and stop trying to be like TikTok. The […]
by Elias Huuhtanen Agence France-Presse LAPPEENRANTA, Finland (AFP) — Buses of Russian tourists stream into Finland at Nuijamaa border crossing in the country’s southeast, some hoping to enjoy the peaceful Finnish summer and others planning to travel further into Europe. Finland may be seeking NATO membership following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, but the Nordic country remains Russia’s only EU neighbor to grant tourist visas to Russian citizens. “I have travelled here for 12 years,” 37-year-old […]
by Sebastian Smith Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed to schedule their first in-person summit during a sometimes tense phone call Thursday where Xi warned the United States not to “play with fire” in Taiwan. Although this was their fifth phone or video call since Biden took office a year and a half ago, the summit would be their first in-person meeting as leaders. […]
by Leandro Lozada Agence France-Presse JACKSON, United States (AFP) — Flash flooding caused by torrential rains has killed at least eight people in eastern Kentucky and left some residents stranded on rooftops and in trees, the governor of the south-central US state said Thursday. The world has been hit by extreme weather events in recent months, incidents that scientists say are an unmistakable sign of climate change. “This is going to be the worst flooding […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rain showers are expected in parts of the country on Friday, July 29. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Metro Manila, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, Bicol Region, Zambales, Bataan, Antique, and Aklan, in particular, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. PAGASA said these were due to the southwest monsoon affecting Southern Luzon and Visayas, and the low pressure area (LPA) estimated based 1,020 […]
by Glenn Chapman Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Amazon and Apple were a relative bright spot in a week of otherwise lackluster earnings results for an industry reckoning with the end of heady pandemic-era growth. A crowded period of quarterly financial releases from the world’s biggest tech firms has been marred by misses and uncertainty — making it clear that the boom triggered by Covid-19 restrictions on getting about has tipped toward […]
Metro Manila with 13,135 new COVID-19 cases in last 14 days (Eagle News) — The Philippines registered over 3,000 more COVID-19 cases on Thursday, July 28. The 3,858 additional cases constitute the highest daily tally in the country since February. According to Department of Health data, the new cases pushed the total number of new COVID-19 cases to 3764346. Of these, 29897 were active. Of the regions, Metro Manila logged the highest number of new […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British energy giant Shell said Thursday that its net profit soared more than five-fold to $18 billion in the second quarter, fuelled by resurgent oil and gas prices, and rewarded shareholders with another bumper buyback. The surge in profits in the three months to June was partially attributable to a reversal of $4.3 billion in impairments after the company raised its forecasts for the gas and oil market. “We […]
(Eagle News) — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., inspected the damage done by the strong magnitude 7 quake that shook Abra last Wednesday, July 27, and visited some of the injured who were being treated in hospitals. During his visit to the quake’s epicenter in Abra on Thursday, July 28, the President also checked the condition of the provincial hospital and visited patients who were evacuated to the grounds of the hospital in the […]
by Joe JACKSON Agence France Presse Sea levels are increasing around Britain at a far faster rate than a century ago while the country is warming slightly more than the global average, leading meteorologists said Thursday. The annual study — the State of the UK Climate 2021 — found recent decades have been “warmer, wetter and sunnier” than the 20th century. It comes hot on the heels of temperatures topping 40 degrees Celsius (104 […]
18 more Omicron BA.4 subvariant cases, 15 additional BA.2.12.1 cases also monitored (Eagle News) — Nearly 900 additional cases of the Omicron subvariant BA.5 have been detected in the country, the Department of Health said. According to Health Undersecretary Beverly Ho, based on genome sequencing results covering July 22 to 26, also detected were 18 additional Omicron BA.4 subvariant cases. Fifteen additional Omicron subvariant BA.2.12.1 cases were also detected. BA.5 According to Ho, these additional […]
