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KHARTOUM, Sudan (AFP) — At least eight Sudanese demonstrators were killed Thursday as security forces sought to quash mass rallies of protesters demanding an end to military rule, pro-democracy medics said. In one of the most violent days this year in an ongoing crackdown on the anti-coup movement, AFP correspondents reported security forces firing tear gas and stun grenades to disperse tens of thousands of protesters. “Even if we die, the military will not rule […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has upset the country’s Jewish community by accusing one of its members — a critic of the government — of thinking like Adolf Hitler. Lopez Obrador hit out Wednesday at newspaper columnist Carlos Alazraki, equating his “Hitlerian” ideas with those of the Nazi dictator. The Central Committee of the Jewish Community of Mexico issued a statement in response saying it was “unacceptable” to compare […]
(Eagle News) — A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Cagayan early Friday, July 1. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake struck at 2:40 a.m. The epicenter was 27 kilometers southeast of Dalupiri Island. The depth of focus was 27 kilometers. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were reported: Reported Intensities: Intensity V – Aparri and Calayan, Cagayan; Flora, Apayao Intensity IV – Penablanca and Tuguegarao City, Cagayan Intensity III – Vigan […]
by Xinqi Su Agence France-Presse HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping was set to preside Friday over tightly choreographed celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from Britain, with once annual demonstrations silenced and a massive security presence in force. Xi’s two-day visit, which will also see him inaugurate Hong Kong’s new government on Friday, is a chance for the Chinese Communist Party to showcase its power over the city […]
(Eagle News) — Tropical Depression “Domeng” has maintained its strength and is now moving northwards. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the center of the tropical depression was estimated 950 km east of Extreme Northern Luzon. It is now packing maximum sustained winds of 55 kph near the center, gustiness of up to 70 kph. It is moving at 20 kph. PAGASA said in the next 24 hours, the southwest monsoon […]
by Ana FERNÁNDEZ and Peter HUTCHISON Agence France Presse Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years behind bars on Wednesday for leading a decades-long effort to recruit and trap teenagers and women for sex. The sentence, stiffer than the 25 years in prison that prosecutors had sought, caps a long downfall for the 55-year-old former superstar. “I’m grateful that Robert Sylvester Kelly is away and will stay away and will not be […]
by Yasmin Zaher and Ben Simon Agence France Presse JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli lawmakers dissolved parliament on Thursday, forcing the country’s fifth election in less than four years, with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid set to take over as caretaker prime minister at midnight. After the unanimous 92-0 vote, the centrist Lapid embraced outgoing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, whose year in charge of an unwieldy, eight-party coalition was ultimately undone by its ideological divisions. Lapid, […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — A ship carrying 7,000 tonnes of grain has sailed from Ukraine’s occupied port of Berdyansk, the region’s Moscow-appointed official said on Thursday, marking the first grain shipment since the start of hostilities. “After numerous months of delay, the first merchant ship has left the Berdyansk commercial port, 7,000 tonnes of grain are heading toward friendly countries,” Evgeny Balitsky, the head of the pro-Russia administration, said on Telegram. Russia’s Black Sea […]
“We are here to repair a house divided,” says President Marcos Jr during inauguration speech as he promises to make the Philippines a “land of plenty” (Eagle News) — President Ferdinand Romualdez “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., took his oath on Thursday, June 30, as the 17th president of the country, promising to deliver on his promises of a better Philippines amid the uncertainty of a continuing conflict in Ukraine and the throes of the still […]
(Eagle News) — Incoming Defense Secretary officer-in-charge Jose Faustino Jr. has tested positive for COVID-19. According to the Department of National Defense, Faustino contracted the virus after coming into close contact with a COVID-19-positive individual in one of his engagements. It said the engagement took place before he assumed office on Thursday, June 20. Faustino is so far in isolation. Contact tracing is ongoing.
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Departure honors given to PHL’s outgoing President Duterte as he leaves Malacanang Palace (Eagle News) – President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., was welcomed to the Malacanang Palace, the Philippines’ seat of power, by no less than outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday morning, June 30, 2022. Marcos Jr., stepped into Malacanang as the incoming president of the country, at around 10:30 a.m., just before his inauguration as the 17th President of the Philippines. Marcos, […]
