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by Christophe Archambault © Agence France-Presse SIGHETU MARMATIEI, Romania (AFP) – A heartbreaking human drama is playing out along Ukraine’s borders — fleeing refugees pass the homesick going back, while others who left and then returned flee for their lives for a second time. Women and children are still pouring out of a land being pummelled by what one called Russia’s “creatures from Hell”. But hundreds of thousands of refugees are returning home, determined to […]
by Issam AHMED Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — By February of this year, 58 percent of the US population — more than 190 million people — had been infected with Covid, according to an antibody survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published Tuesday. The figure is far higher than the 80 million officially recorded cases, with the majority of infections undiagnosed, asymptomatic or unreported. Roughly 75 percent […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US government is prepared to handle a potential gush of migrants from next month when Covid-19 rules will no longer be used to push nearly all undocumented border-crossers back into Mexico, officials said Tuesday. President Joe Biden’s administration will implement a “comprehensive strategy” to deal with a surge in asylum seekers and refugees seeking to enter the country after the May 23 end to Title 42, the public […]
(Eagle News) — Around P136 million worth of suspected shabu was seized in a buy-bust operation in Cavite recently, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, also arrested during the operation on Molino Blvd., Barangay Mambog IV, Bacoor on Monday, April 25, were Isaac Gabriel Paydon Ambulo, 29; Roman Hosias Paydon Ambulo, 25; and Abdurrahim Disomimba Ambulo, 41. Apart from the more or less 20 kilograms of shabu seized from the suspects, the […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Oriental early Wednesday, April 27. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 7 a.m. The epicenter was 115 kilometers southeast of Sarangani Island. The depth of focus of the earthquake, which was of tectonic origin, was 68 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
Rest of PHL affected by easterlies (Eagle News) — The Intertropical Convergence Zone is affecting Mindanao. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the easterlies are also affecting the rest of the country. As a result, Visayas, Mindanao, Palawan, Sorsogon, Masbate and Romblon will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila, PAGASA said, will […]
US Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday but is asymptomatic and not considered a current close contact of President Joe Biden, the White House said. “Today, Vice President Harris tested positive for Covid-19 on rapid and PCR tests. She has exhibited no symptoms, will isolate and continue to work from the vice president’s residence,” said Harris’ press secretary, Kirsten Allen. “She has not been a close contact to the president or […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said during a visit to Moscow Tuesday that he was looking to find ways to stop the fighting in Ukraine as quickly as possible. “We are extremely interested in finding ways in order to create the conditions for effective dialogue, create the conditions for a ceasefire as soon as possible, create the conditions for a peaceful solution,” Guterres said at the start of talks with Russian […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — An armed man opened fire in a kindergarten Tuesday in Russia’s central Ulyanovsk region, leaving at least four people dead, local authorities told AFP. “According to preliminary information there was a shooting in a kindergarten. As a result, two children, a teacher and the attacker died,” the head of the Ulyanovsk region information department, Dmitry Kamal, told AFP. He said investigators were working at the scene to establish further information. The […]
by Sunghee Hwang / Claire LEE Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea will rapidly accelerate the development of its nuclear arsenal, leader Kim Jong Un said while overseeing a vast military parade showcasing his most powerful intercontinental ballistic missiles, state media reported Tuesday. Despite biting sanctions, North Korea has doubled down on Kim’s military modernisation drive, test-firing a slew of banned weapons this year while ignoring US offers of talks — […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Joe Biden’s administration said Tuesday it is doubling the number of outlets where at-risk Americans can obtain free Covid-19 therapeutic pills. Oral therapeutics such as Pfizer’s Paxlovid pill are seen as an important new weapon in the struggle to knock out a virus that at its peak a year ago killed more than 3,000 people a day in the United States alone and disrupted economic activity around the […]
Palace welcomes ruling, says it is a triumph for all peace-loving and law-abiding Filipinos (Eagle News) – The Supreme Court ruled with finality that most provisions of Republic Act 11479 or the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 are constitutional, as it denied with finality the various motions for reconsideration that challenged its earlier decision “The Court resolved to deny the motions for reconsideration due to lack of substantial issues and arguments raised by the petitioners,” […]
