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Abe showing no vital signs after attack, says Japan local media TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was attacked and left bleeding at a campaign event in the Nara region on Friday, local media reported. Several outlets including Kyodo news agency said the ex-premier had been attacked, with both Kyodo and public broadcaster NHK reporting the sound of an apparent gunshot. The former leader was reportedly unconscious after the incident. Local […]
BALI, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia called Friday for an end to the war in Ukraine as it led a Group of 20 meeting attended by Russia’s foreign minister. “It is our responsibility to end the war sooner than later and settle our differences at the negotiating table, not the battlefield,” Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said at the opening of the meeting in Bali. She said that the world was just recovering from the Covid-19 […]
by Nicolas Garcia Agence France-Presse SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AFP) — Russian forces left a trail of destruction Thursday, seeking to push deeper into the eastern Donbas region as President Vladimir Putin said his military campaign was still ramping up. Diplomatic tensions meanwhile mounted between Ankara and Kyiv, with Ukraine accusing Turkey of ignoring calls to seize Ukrainian grain being transported by a Russian ship. A Russian air strike in the eastern Ukrainian industrial city of Kramatorsk […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities seized P340,000 worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Zamboanga City, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, also arrested during the operation in Barangay Baliwasan on July 6 was Anersa Aiyadi Hassan. The PNP did not provide additional details about the operation. PNP officer-in-charge Lt. Gen. Vicente Danao said, however, that the suspect is now in Zambonga police custody. Criminal charges are set to be filed against her.
(Eagle News) — Seven volcanic earthquakes have been monitored in Kanlaon in the last 24 hours. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, also detected in the volcano was a 100-meter-tall moderate steam plume. Sulfur dioxide flux is pegged at 150 tons per day. PHIVOLCS said the volcano’s edifice is also slightly inflated. PHIVOLCS reminded the public about the ban on the entry into the 4-kilometer permanent danger zone. Pilots are also advised […]
Southwest monsoon affecting western section of PHL (Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area off Davao. According to PAGASA, the LPA was so far estimated 835 km east of the city. Meanwhile, PAGASA said the southwest monsoon is affecting the western section of the country. Metro Manila, Central Luzon, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, Cagayan, Isabela, Bicol Region, Western Visayas, and Zamboanga Peninsula will, as a result, have […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines logged almost 2,000 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, July 7. According to Department of Health data, the additional 1936 cases pushed the total COVID-19 cases in the country to 3,713,131. Metro Manila logged the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days, with 6503. This was followed by Calabarzon with 2688, Western Visayas with 1184, Central Luzon with 1029, and Central Visayas with 611. Of the cities […]
BALI, Indonesia (AFP) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Bali Thursday to discuss Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine ahead of a G20 ministerial meeting overshadowed by the war. The pair were pictured holding a bilateral meeting on the Indonesian resort island as the world’s top economies gather to discuss the most pressing global issues on Friday, with the Ukraine war at the top of the agenda. Despite criticism, Beijing […]
by Jitendra JOSHI / James PHEBY Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) –Boris Johnson resigned on Thursday as leader of Britain’s Conservative party, paving the way for the selection of a new prime minister after dozens of ministers quit his scandal-hit government. “It is clearly the will of the parliamentary Conservative party that there should be a new leader of that party, and therefore a new prime minister,” Johnson said outside 10 Downing […]
SINGAPORE (AFP) — Singapore hanged two drug traffickers Thursday in what campaigners condemned as a “shameful and inhuman punishment”, taking to four the number of executions in the city-state since March. The latest executions come after the hanging of a mentally disabled man in April sparked international outrage, with the European Union and United Nations among those speaking out against it. Singapore has some of the world’s toughest anti-drugs laws, and insists that capital punishment […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 more BA.5 Omicron subvariant cases have been detected in the Philippines. According to Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, apart from the additional 140 BA.5 Omicron subvariant cases, detected in the country were seven additional BA.4 cases, and 20 more BA.2.12.1 cases. Of the new BA.5 Omicron subvariant cases, 99 individuals came from Western Visayas, 21 from the National Capital Region, seven from Calabarzon, and five from Ilocos Region. One BA.5 […]
Most already tagged as recovered; DOH reminds public to always wear face masks (Eagle News) – The Department of Health reported the detection of 140 more cases of the highly infectious Omicron variant BA.5, with majority of the cases coming from Region 6 or Western Visayas region. The DOH also reported 20 additional BA.2.12.1 cases, and seven additional BA.4 cases. These two Omicron sub-variants are also highly infectious. In a briefing on Thursday, July 7, […]
