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BANGKOK, Oct 12, 2023 (AFP) – The first flight of Thai evacuees fleeing the conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas landed in Bangkok on Thursday, with several recounting harrowing escapes as they were reunited with tearful family members. Worried families gathered at the airport hours before the arrival of a flight carrying 41 Thais, including 15 evacuees, who were flown out with assistance from their country’s diplomats. Around 30,000 Thais work in Israel, […]
đ#Earthquake (#ć°é) M5.4 occurred 24 km SE of #Dezhou (#China) 11 min ago (local time 02:34:03). More info at:đ±https://t.co/bKBgMenA4Fđhttps://t.co/Y1YWZSPd2fđ„https://t.co/nZpmpw8uwc pic.twitter.com/IaSwSr6Cs2 — EMSC (@LastQuake) August 5, 2023 BEIJING, Aug 5, 2023 (AFP) – A shallow 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck eastern China in the early hours of Sunday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, with state media reporting at least 10 people injured and dozens of buildings collapsed. Videos on social media showed shaking light fixtures, trembling […]
(Eagle News)—At least seven people were killed and 81 others were reported injured after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake that struck the country on Monday, April 22. National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council spokesperson Edgar Posadas said in an interview over GMA’s dzbb that authorities were still looking for 24 people reported missing as of Tuesday morning. Many of those, he said, were believed trapped after the Chuzon Supermarket in Porac, Pampanga collapsed as a result […]
(Eagle News) — One soldier was killed and three others were injured after government troops clashed with suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu on Thursday, Feb. 14. Lt. General Arnel dela Vega, Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) chief, did not identify the casualties in the clash between members of the Armyâs 6th Special Forces Battalion and the bandits in Barangay Bigasan at 11:30 a.m., but said the injured have already been brought to Kuta […]
(Eagle News)—-Three people were hurt after a fire razed a residential area in Quezon City on Wednesday evening, Jan. 23. Those injured in the blaze in Barangay Roxas have yet to be identified. As of early Thursday, Jan. 24, firemen are still in the area. There are no details available at press time.
(Eagle News)–No Filipinos were hurt after a car rammed against a crowd celebrating the New Year in Tokyo, Japan. The Department of Foreign Affairs said there were no Filipinos among the nine who were injured in the attack on Takeshita St. in  Harajuku. The DFA said this was based on a report from the Philippine embassy in Tokyo. Authorities have the driver, Kazuhiro Kusakabe, whom they said acted with “intent to murder.”
(Eagle News) — No Filipinos were hurt in the toxic gas attack in Syria last month, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday, Dec. 4. Charge dâAffaires Alex Lamadrid told the DFA main office that all 85 Filipinos in Aleppo were safe. An estimated 100 people were affected by the attack believed to be perpetrated by rebels on Nov. 24. According to Lamadrid, the Philippine Embassy in Damascus has reiterated its warning for members of […]
(Eagle News)—Eight people were hurt after an improvised explosive device exploded in General Santos on Sunday, Sept. 16. The victims in the blast at a pharmacy near Hadano Park in the National Highway, were identified as Marlon Orabia, 30; Jerry Guyos, 19; Felipa Regidor, 64; Lally Jean Alipio, 34; John Calang, 22; Claire Uozolam, 24; Joana Alipio,3; and Jeslly Yvonne Guyos. The police said based on witnesses, two men were behind the incident, which Philippine National […]
CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — Boston Celtics star Kyrie Irving will miss Monday’s game against the Chicago Bulls with a thigh injury, the team confirmed. Irving is suffering from a left quadricep contusion, the Celtics said, adding that forward Marcus Morris, who is battling a sore left knee, is also out. Center Al Horford is rated as questionable to start as he nurses a right knee contusion suffered in Sunday’s 91-81 win over Detroit. Irving has missed […]
by Frankie Taggart Agence France-Presse LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — The death toll from the deadliest mass shooting in US history rose to 58 on Monday as officials reacted cautiously to an Islamic State claim of responsibility for the massacre at a concert on the Las Vegas Strip. Police said Stephen Craig Paddock, 64, a wealthy former accountant, smashed windows in his 32nd floor hotel room Sunday night and trained bursts of automatic weapons fire on concert-goers […]
After a gunman killed more than 50 people at a Las Vegas concert Sunday, here are some of the deadliest mass shootings in the United States in the past 25 years. Florida club: 49 killed A heavily-armed gunman opens fire inside a nightclub in the city of Orlando on June 12, 2016 and kills 49 people. The attacker is killed in a shootout with police; he pledges allegiance to the Islamic State group, which later […]
(Eagle News) — At least 27 passengers were injured after the driver of the bus they were on lost control of the vehicle, causing it to fall from the Alabang flyover. The Cher bus, with plate number TYW-504, was going up the flyover toward Alabang when the incident took place on Sunday evening, the Manila Toll Expressway Systems Incorporated (MATES), operator of the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), said. The bus landed on the service road, by the […]
