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(Eagle News)–A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Surigao del Sur on Friday, April 8. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake struck at 1:04 p.m. The epicenter was 49 kilometers northeast of Bayabas. The depth of focus was eight kilometers. The following intensities were reported: Intensity II – Bayabas, Surigao Del Sur No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
by Beiyi Seow © Agence France-Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — Shanghai’s grinding coronavirus lockdown is slowly clogging China’s supply chains, as delays hit the world’s busiest container port where staff are tangled in a morass of Covid controls. Beijing has refused to tack away from its strict zero-Covid strategy that has protected its public health system through the pandemic but at a mounting economic cost. China’s financial hub Shanghai — home to multinational firms […]
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AFP) — A cargo plane carrying mail and packages skidded off the runway and broke in two during an emergency landing in Costa Rica on Thursday, causing the temporary closure of the international airport in San Jose. Smoke was billowing from the bright yellow plane of German logistics giant DHL as it ground to a halt, having slid off the runway when it spun and broke up around the rear […]
by Francois PICARD with Glenn CHAPMAN in San Francisco © Agence France-Presse AUSTIN, United States (AFP) — Tesla welcomed throngs of electric car lovers to Texas Thursday for a huge party dubbed a “cyber rodeo” to inaugurate a manufacturing plant the size of 100 soccer fields. Photos and videos flooded Twitter as guests explored the cavernous factory plant decked out in a distinctive nightclub look. Visitors mingled under red and blue lights while production […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — People who are vaccinated and have had a booster shot against Covid-19 recover from symptoms from the Omicron variant more than three days earlier than those with the Delta variant, a study said Friday. The study also found that people with Omicron are significantly less likely to lose their sense of smell, and confirmed previous research that it is less severe. To find out the differences in how Omicron and […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — Top drivers led by Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen welcomed the “very exciting” news Friday that Porsche and Audi could be lining up on the Formula One grid in 2026. Their Volkswagen parent group told AFP on Thursday that they were in the “final phase” of a study to assess the possibility. Seven-time world champion Hamilton said ahead of Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix that he “knew about it a long time […]
ALGIERS, Algeria (AFP) — Nine people were killed and 16 others injured in a gas explosion in eastern Algeria which caused a three-storey building to collapse on Thursday, national television said. Rescue workers were searching the rubble in the town of Bordj Bou Arreridj for possible victims or survivors, local authorities said, adding that neighboring houses had been damaged. The explosion, which occurred in the morning, “was caused by a gas leak”, a local official […]
(Eagle News) — Over 16,000 police personnel are undergoing training in preparation for their election duties in May, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, of the 16,820 uniformed personnel, 1,208 were Police Commissioned Officers (PCOs) while 15,612 were Police Non-Commissioned Officers (PNCOs). The PNP said the police personnel underwent the Officers Senior Executive Course (OSEC), Officer’s Advance Course (OAC), Public Safety Basic Officer’s Course (PSOBC), among others. “As you assume election duties, […]
by Robin Millard © Agence France-Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The vote to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday strengthens the forum and sends a powerful message that “massive”-scale violators cannot be members, rights organizations said. The United Nations General Assembly in New York voted overwhelmingly to stop Moscow sitting in judgement of other nations’ human rights records following allegations of war crimes in its six-week-long assault on Ukraine. Russia withdrew […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — The European Union on Thursday said it had approved an embargo on Russian coal and the closing of the bloc’s ports to Russian vessels over the Ukraine war. An official from the French presidency of the European Council said the moves spearhead a “very substantial” fifth round of sanctions against Moscow. That package also includes a 10 billion euro ($10.9 billion) ban on exports to Russia, including high-tech goods, and […]
by Hervé Bar, with Philippe Rater at the United Nations © Agence France-Presse SEVERODONETSK, Ukraine (AFP) — The United Nations suspended Russia from the Human Rights Council on Thursday, as US President Joe Biden called the atrocities continuing to emerge in Ukraine an “outrage” to humanity. The diplomatic rebuke came as the G7, the European Union and Washington further tightened the economic screws on Moscow, spurred by the horrific images emerging in recent days […]
by Daniella Cheslow with Guillaume Lavallee in Jerusalem © Agence France-Presse TEL AVIV, Israel (AFP) — At least two people were killed Thursday and several wounded in a shooting spree in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv, the latest in a surge of violence in Israel and the occupied West Bank since late March. The attack sparked mayhem in Dizengoff Street, a popular nightspot full of bars and restaurants. It was not immediately […]
