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Benguet, Ifugao, others under COVID-19 alert level 2 (Eagle News) — Metro Manila will remain under a COVID-19 alert level from July 1 to 15. According to the Palace, the following areas will also be under the alert level for the same period: Abra, Apayao, Baguio City, Kalinga, and Mountain Province in Cordillera Administrative Region, Dagupan City, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, and Pangasinan in Region 1 Batanes, Cagayan, City of Santiago, Isabela, Nueva […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — At least 46 migrants were found dead Monday in and around a tractor-trailer that was abandoned on the side of a road in San Antonio, in central Texas, authorities said. The grim discovery was one of the worst disasters involving migrants in the United States in recent years — and came five years after a similar deadly incident in the same city, a few hours from the Mexican border. “At […]
DAKAR, Senegal (AFP) — A Senegal court Tuesday handed an opposition MP a six-month suspended prison sentence for defying a ban on protests in the tense run-up to legislative elections and released another lawmaker and 82 other defendants tried in the same case. MPs Dethie Fall and Mame Diarra Fame were tried along with the 82 other defendants at the court in the capital Dakar. They were arrested on June 17 during a rally called […]
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — A panel of Israeli lawmakers on Tuesday approved draft legislation to dissolve parliament, a key legislative step that pushes Israel closer towards its fifth election in less than four years. Members of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s outgoing coalition and the opposition led by ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu have been sparring in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, since last week over a dissolution bill. The coalition said it wanted quick approval of the law […]
(Eagle News) — A primary suspect in the 2009 killing of the then-provincial police director of Sulu has been arrested, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, Ban Sali Ubbie, believed to be also behind the deaths of three of Senior Supt. Julasirim Kasim’s men in Maimbung, Sulu, was nabbed by authorities in Barangay Arena Blanco over the weekend. Ubbie, according to the PNP, is the subject of several warrants. The PNP said […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Lower sales in North America and China dented Nike’s quarterly results as the sports giant on Monday projected modest revenue growth amid the strong dollar, rising inflation and other headwinds. The Oregon company — which has enjoyed strong pricing at times during the pandemic but also faced Covid-19 factory lockdowns in Asia that have crimped its inventories — reported lower profits for its fiscal fourth quarter. For the quarter […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia said Monday that two of its debt payments were blocked from reaching creditors, pushing the country closer to its first foreign default in a century due to sanctions over the Ukraine offensive. The announcement came on the 124th day of Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine, with Western sanctions so far failing to force the Kremlin to change its course. The Western economic penalties have largely severed the country from the […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — The African Union Commission chief has voiced shock at the “violent and degrading” treatment of African migrants trying to cross from Morocco into Spain after 23 people died, and called for an investigation into the incident. About 2,000 migrants stormed the heavily fortified border between the Moroccan region of Nador and the Spanish enclave of Melilla on Friday. At least 23 migrants died and 140 police officers were wounded in the […]
by Julie Capelle Agence France-Presse ZIERIKZEE, Netherlands (AFP) — A tornado ripped through a southwestern Dutch city on Monday, killing a woman and injuring nine others in the first fatal twister to hit the country for three decades. The whirlwind left a trail of destruction through the seaside city of Zierikzee, ripping the roofs off homes and toppling trees onto cars, an AFP journalist at the scene said. Images on social media showed debris rotating […]
by Blaise Gauquelin with Michelle Fitzpatrick and Valerie Leroux in Elmau Castle, Germany Agence France-Presse KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — A Russian missile strike on a crowded mall in central Ukraine killed at least 16 people Monday in what Group of Seven leaders branded “a war crime” at a meeting in Germany where they looked to step up sanctions on Moscow. The leaders vowed that Russian President Vladimir Putin and those responsible would be held to […]
(Eagle News) — The southwest monsoon is affecting the western sections of Visayas and Mindanao. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, a Low Pressure Area (LPA) was also estimated 305 km west of Dagupan City, Pangasinan, or 760 kilometers northeast of Legazpi City, Albay. As a result, PAGASA said the entire Visayas, Palawan including Kalayaan Islands, and Occidental Mindoro will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Meanwhile, cloudy […]
BRASÍLIA, Brazil (AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday promised his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro that Russia “is committed” to maintaining its delivery of much-needed fertilizers to the South American agricultural giant. Speaking in Brasilia, Bolsonaro said the two leaders had discussed by telephone “food security” and “energy insecurity,” without giving more details. In its own statement on the conversation, the Kremlin said Putin “stressed that Russia is committed to carry out its obligations […]
