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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Ivana Trump — Donald Trump’s first wife and mother of his three eldest children — died on Thursday at the age of 73, the former president announced. Ivana Trump “passed away at her home in New York City,” Donald Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. He did not provide a cause of death but the New York Times reported that law enforcement officials were investigating […]
Intensity III felt in Malabon, other parts of the PHL (Eagle News) — A 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck off Zambales on Friday, July 15. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology, the earthquake struck at 4:36 p.m. Its epicenter was 11 kilometers northwest of Masinloc. The depth of focus was 28 kilometers. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were reported: Reported Intensities: Intensity III – Masinloc, Iba, and San Felipe, Zambales; Malabon City Intensity II – […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India has reported its first confirmed case of monkeypox after a 35-year-old man with a history of travel to the Middle East showed symptoms, officials said. The federal government rushed a multi-disciplinary team to the southern state of Kerala in view of the confirmed case of monkeypox there, according to an official statement. The man, who travelled from the United Arab Emirates to Kerala on Tuesday, was in stable condition […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Leyte on Friday, July 15. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 3:18 p.m. The epicenter was 7 kilometers southwest of Burauen. The depth of focus was one kilometer. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were reported: Intensities: Intensity IV – Ormoc City Instrumental Intensities: Intensity V – Ormoc City, Leyte Intensity IV – Albuera, Leyte Intensity III – Abuyog, Baybay, […]
by Paul Handley Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US-made precision rockets have given Ukraine forces a major battlefield boost since they were introduced in June, tilting the balance against the Russians and possibly forcing Moscow to pause its offensive, experts said. Since mid-June, using the Himars missile systems, Ukraine has destroyed more than 20 major Russian ammunition depots and command posts that were previously too far behind the front lines to be reached […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping made a public visit to Xinjiang, state media reported Friday, his first since a crackdown in the region saw Beijing accused of detaining over a million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in camps. The United States and lawmakers in other Western countries have labelled China’s actions in Xinjiang a “genocide”, imposing sanctions over the alleged human rights abuses. Beijing has denied the allegations, calling them the “lie […]
BALI, Indonesia (AFP) — Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs met in Indonesia Friday for talks on the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with the host warning them failure to tackle energy and food crises would be catastrophic. The two-day meeting on the resort island of Bali started under the shadow of a war that has roiled markets, spiked food prices and stoked breakneck inflation, a week after Moscow’s top diplomat […]
by Sean GLEESON and Mahesh PERERA Agence France-Presse COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) — Out of gas and stuck in line for days, a group of motorists kick off their shoes and settle on a sidewalk in Sri Lanka’s capital for a round of cards. Emergency curfews, tear gas plumes and the sudden departure and resignation of the president have all failed to budge the long vehicle queues snaking out of Colombo’s empty petrol stations. Chronic […]
by Beiyi Seow Agence France-Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — China logged its slowest economic growth since the initial Covid outbreak, official data showed Friday, expanding just 0.4 percent in the second quarter with lockdowns and property market weakness nudging a government target further out of reach. Beijing has dug its heels in on a zero-Covid policy of stamping out virus clusters as they emerge with snap lockdowns and long quarantines, but this has battered businesses […]
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — As US President Joe Biden visits the Middle East this week, one issue on the table will be the status of two small Red Sea islands that are uninhabited but of key strategic value. Resolving the tricky status that stems from their location and turbulent history would help build trust between Israel and Saudi Arabia, two US allies now taking gradual steps that Washington hopes could one day lead to diplomatic […]
Chief of engineering division is MRT3 OIC-director for operations (Eagle News) — A senior official of the Department of Transportation has assumed the post of officer-in-charge and general manager of the Metro Rail Transit-3, the DOTr announced. According to the agency, Ofelia D. Astrera will also serve in her concurrent capacity as the chief of the rail line’s Support Division (Technical Training)/Computer Section/AFCS Office. Meanwhile, Oscar B. Bongon has assumed the role of OIC-Director for […]
by Robbie COREY-BOULET Agence France Presse Saudi Arabia announced Friday it was lifting restrictions on “all carriers” using its airspace, an apparent gesture of openness towards Israel ahead of US President Joe Biden’s arrival. It was the latest conciliatory move by Riyadh concerning the Jewish state, which it has refused to recognise despite intensive efforts by the Israelis to establish ties with Arab countries. The Saudi civil aviation authority “announces the decision to open […]
