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SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korean and U.S. troops began large-scale military drills on Monday (March 7) in an annual test of defensive readiness against North Korea, which called the exercises “nuclear war moves” and threatened to respond with an all-out offensive. South Korea has said the drills will be the largest ever in scale in response to North Korea’s recent nuclear test and a long-range rocket launch that led to the latest U.N. […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — An American woman was infected with the Zika virus while visiting the Philippines, health department officials said Sunday, the first case detected in the country for several years. Health Secretary Janette Garin said the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US-CDC) had informed her that a US resident who stayed in the Philippines for four weeks in January had apparently developed symptoms in her last week before returning to America. “We were […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines said Saturday it had impounded a North Korean vessel in response to tough new United Nations sanctions introduced in response to Pyongyang’s recent nuclear and ballistic missile tests. The 6,830-tonne cargo ship Jin Teng will not be allowed to leave Subic port, northeast of the capital Manila, where it had been docked for three days and its crew will be deported, presidential spokesman Manolo Quezon said on state-run radio station […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Sixty people were hospitalized Saturday, mostly for burns, after the engine on a Bangkok commuter boat exploded and sent passengers leaping to a nearby pier or into the water, officials and reports said. The crowded boat was ferrying passengers on a major canal in the eastern outskirts of the Thai capital, which boasts an extensive network of waterways that teem with motorised commuter boats during rush hour. Most of the injured […]
BEIJING, China (Reuters) — China said on Friday (March 4) that it’s defense budget had been controlled in a reasonable range, while it urged the United States to respect the interests of countries in the region of South China Sea after a report saying its navy fleet entered the disputed waters. China’s defense budget this year is likely to rise at its slowest pace since 2010, in line with the decelerating economy and by a […]
TURPAN City, Xinjiang, China (CCTV) — Sandstorms hit Hami City and Turpan Depression in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Thursday. Strong wind accompanied with sands reduced visibility in Hami to less than 200 meters in the rural areas and even less than 100 meters in some parts of the urban area. “The visibility is less than 20 meters. We have to turn on the fog lights and flashing lights to ensure safety,” said […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A series of early-warning buoys deployed after a 2004 tsunami devastated parts of Indonesia’s western Sumatra island were not working when a huge quake rocked the same area on Wednesday, an official said. The 7.8 magnitude, shallow undersea quake hit late Wednesday off Sumatra, sending panicked residents fleeing for the hills and briefly triggering a tsunami alert. But a tsunami was not generated and there have been no reports of casualties […]
WASHINGTON D.C., United States (Reuters) — The U.S. said on Thursday (March 3), it could not confirm reports North Korea fired several short-range projectiles into the sea, hours after the U.N. Security Council voted to impose tough new sanctions on the isolated state. “I’ve seen the reports of these missile shots that they allegedly took. I’m actually not in a position right now to independently confirm that they actually did that,” state department spokesman John […]
A Chinese official admitted that it sent vessels to a disputed atoll in the South China Sea to tow a grounded Filipino ship. China’s foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said the grounded ship had been “properly handled” after towing away. But Philippine officials said china had stationed several ships near a disputed atoll in the South China Sea, preventing Filipino fishermen from accessing traditional fishing grounds. China deployed up to seven ships to Quirino atoll, […]
KUALA Lumpur, Malaysia – A part of a Boeing 777 similar to the missing MH370 of the Malaysian Airlines was sent to Malaysia. According to United States officials, the horizontal stabilizer skin was found in Mozambique, Africa. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
PADANG, Indonesia (Reuters) — People in the Indonesian city of Padang were back at the market on Thursday (March 3), returning to normal life after a massive quake struck on Wednesday (March 2) evening, which created and forced residents to flee to higher ground. The quake struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra, a region devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean quake and tsunami, but initial fears of another region-wide disaster faded as tsunami warnings […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea fired short-range projectiles into the sea off its eastern coast on Thursday, South Korea’s defense ministry said, hours after the UN Security Council imposed tough new sanctions on Pyongyang. The ministry said six projectiles with an apparent range of 100-150 kilometers (60-90 miles) were fired into the East Sea (Sea of Japan) at 10:00 am (0100 GMT). Spokesman Moon Sang-Gyun said the ministry was still analysing whether they […]
