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by Nicolas CAMUT Agence France Presse Way up in the snowy Alps, the border between Switzerland and Italy has shifted due to a melting glacier, putting the location of an Italian mountain lodge in dispute. The borderline runs along a drainage divide — the point at which meltwater will run down either side of the mountain towards one country or the other. But the Theodul Glacier’s retreat means the watershed has crept towards the […]
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | AFP Vote counting in Papua New Guinea’s general elections was extended by a fortnight on Tuesday, as violence and destruction disrupted the already month-long poll. The country’s governor general announced the extension, with the return of writs moving from July 29 to August 12, as he called for an end to attacks in an election marred by the “hijacking” of ballot boxes and at least a dozen deaths. […]
Move to bring in initial P11.7 billion revenue in 2023 alone (Eagle News) – President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., said he would implement “tax administration reforms” to increase revenue collections and “implement a sound fiscal management” to improve the country’s economy. In his first State of the Nation Address (SONA), Marcos Jr., explained his blueprint to uplift the Philippine economy and “immediately address the economic scarring” brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. One of […]
Washington, United States | AFP British researchers reported a breakthrough Monday in mysterious hepatitis cases affecting young children, finding the serious liver condition was linked to co-infection of two common viruses, but not the coronavirus. The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported at least 1,010 probable cases, including 46 that required transplants and 22 deaths from the illness dating back to last October. Previous theories had centered on a spike in commonly found adenovirus infections […]
Brussels, Belgium | AFP by Daniel ARONSSOHN / Alex PIGMAN EU ministers debated Tuesday how to reduce gas consumption this winter, an act of solidarity for Germany and a response to Russia’s manipulation of supplies as an economic weapon. The plan, under discussion in Brussels, could see exceptions and carve-outs as European Union countries blanched at making too deep a sacrifice for Berlin and a few landlocked member states. Germany, the EU’s economic powerhouse, is […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s former emperor Akihito has been diagnosed with heart failure but is in stable condition after being prescribed medication, the Imperial Household Agency said Tuesday. The diagnosis was made during an unrelated health checkup last month on the 88-year-old, who in 2019 became the first member of the world’s oldest royal family to abdicate the throne in more than 200 years. The examination confirmed heart expansion and pleural fluid, an agency […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan simulated intercepting Chinese attacks from the sea in annual war games on Tuesday, with President Tsai Ing-wen hailing the military’s “determination” as she watched from onboard a destroyer. Democratic Taiwan lives under constant threat of being invaded by China, which views the self-ruled island as part of its territory to be seized by force if necessary. On the second day of the island’s largest annual war drills, Tsai, dressed […]
Phnom Penh, Cambodia | AFP Myanmar’s execution of four prisoners, including a former member of Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, is “highly reprehensible,” said the chair of a regional bloc leading diplomatic efforts to resolve the post-coup crisis. Cambodia, which currently heads the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), said the bloc was “extremely troubled and deeply saddened” by the executions — Myanmar’s first in decades. In a statement issued Tuesday, it accused the junta […]
Yangon, Myanmar | AFP The four prisoners Myanmar’s junta executed in the first cases of capital punishment in the country in decades “deserved many death sentences”, a military spokesman said on Tuesday. “If we compare their sentence with other death penalty cases, they have committed crimes for which they should have been given death sentences many times,” junta spokesman Zaw Min Tun said at a regular press briefing. The executions announced on Monday sparked widespread […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines will soon have its own Center for Disease Control and Prevention as well as a vaccine institute to better prepare the country in view of more global health emergencies. President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., assured this on Monday, July 26, during his first State of the Nation Address (SONA), pushing the creation of these agencies that were first called for by his predecessor, former President Rodrigo Duterte. He called […]
(Eagle News) — Criminal charges have been filed against the suspect in the shooting in Ateneo that left three dead on Sunday, July 24, the Philippine National Police said. Charges of three counts of murder and frustrated murder have been filed against Chao Tiao Yumol, 38, a medical doctor from Basilan. The police said Yumol is also facing complaints for violation of the New Anti-Carnapping Act of 2016 and malicious mischief. The shooting in front […]
RABAT, Morocco (AFP) — One volunteer firefighter has been killed and another injured in a forest fire in northern Morocco, where new blazes have broken out after a few days of calm, according to local authorities. The two victims were helping Monday in operations to extinguish a fire in Tanouate province near Fez and Meknes, local sources told AFP. The injured volunteer was hospitalized but his life was not in danger. Firefighting services were working […]
