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by Ronen Zilberman Agence France Presse HONOLULU, Hawaii (AFP) — Residents of Hawaii on Wednesday were bracing for a rare landfall by a powerful hurricane as they stocked up on water, food and emergency supplies. Hurricane Lane, which weakened slightly to a category 4 storm overnight, is packing 155-mile-per-hour winds and is expected to reach the archipelago’s Big Island by nightfall. President Donald Trump, in a tweet, urged residents to prepare for the storm, which […]
(Eagle News) — Dumaranas umano si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ng matinding sakit dahil sa kanyang ini- indang spinal injury na resulta umano ng isang motorcycle accident ilang taon na ang nakakalipas. Inamin ito ng Pangulo sa kanyang talumpati sa Cebu City. Ayon sa Pangulo, ayaw ng kanyang common law wife na si Honeylet Avanceña na sumailalim pa ito sa operasyon sa kanyang spinal injury dahil sa pangambang magkaroon ito ng kumplikasyon. Una nang inako ng […]
(Eagle News)–Xiamen Air on Wednesday, Aug. 22, vowed to pay for the costs of the “aircraft handling and runway recovery” brought about by one of its planes making a hard landing on a Ninoy Aquino International Airport runway and getting stuck there. In a statement, Xiamen Air said that after the incident, it immediately contacted MIAA and made the commitment. It said it was also cooperating with an ongoing investigation being conducted by the Civil Aviation […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte questioned the motives of a United States defense official who claimed that the US-Philippine relations would be affected if the Philippines proceeded with its plan to buy submarines from Russia. Duterte said that he should be the one demanding an answer from the US government why it gave the Philippines “refurbished” helicopters which led to the death of the “best pilots” of the country. He also noted that […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health has confirmed that deaths due to leptospirosis have almost doubled and reached more than 200 this year. According to Health Secretary Francisco Duque, the spike in the number of leptospirosis victims was monitored with the start of the rainy season this June when flooding became more frequent. The floods in the past few weeks that affected many low-lying areas in Metro Manila and other parts of the country […]
(Eagle News) — A magnitude 3.3 quake jolted the town of Jomalig in Quezon province on Wednesday morning. The quake’s epicenter was recorded at 65 kilometers north east of Jomalig, Quezon around 4:13 AM. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), the tectonic earthquake has a depth of 28 kilometers No aftershocks and damages are expected, it said. https://youtu.be/7byz-FvQ8Ao
Asian markets mostly rose Wednesday before keenly awaited trade talks between China and the United States, while early worries over a double whammy for Donald Trump also eased. While not expecting a major deal when officials from Beijing and Washington meet, investors are hopeful they can find a way out of the months-long row that has seen tariffs imposed on billions of dollars of goods and stock markets tumble. Recent comments from US Commerce Secretary […]
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — US President Donald Trump’s national security adviser warned Wednesday that the United States will respond “very strongly” if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad uses chemical weapons in an offensive to retake Idlib province. Speaking at a press conference during a visit to Jerusalem, John Bolton also said that the Trump administration was not seeking to oust Iran’s leadership with its reimposition of sanctions on Tehran. “Regime change in Iran is not American […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Hurricane Lane has grown to a category 5 storm as it approaches Hawaii with potential for torrential rain, flash flooding and landslides, forecasters said. As per the latest models, the center of Lane will move very close to or over the main Hawaiian Islands from Thursday through Saturday, the National Weather Service’s Central Pacific Hurricane Center in Honolulu said. The storm was packing maximum sustained winds of 160 miles […]
by Laura Bonilla Cal / with Will Dunlop in Alexandria and Andrew Beatty in Washington Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump stood accused of conspiring to commit campaign finance fraud and two of his closest aides faced jail time Tuesday, after court proceedings delivered a legal and political one-two punch to his embattled presidency. In a drama that played out simultaneously across two US cities, a court found one […]
by Alastair Himmer © Agence France-Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Kazakhstan’s Dmitriy Balandin, who two years ago won his country’s first-ever Olympic swimming gold medal, said Wednesday he will consider retiring after the Asian Games. The 23-year-old became a national hero in the former Soviet state after a stunning victory in the 200 metres breaststroke in Rio. But he suffered an almighty Olympic hangover and admits he is struggling to motivate himself after a […]
ROME, Italy (AFP)–Eleven hikers, up from eight, are now reported to have died in flash floods in Italy’s southern Calabria region, with five people still missing, rescue services said Tuesday. Several hiking groups were caught Monday afternoon by the flooding in the Raganello river gorge in southern Cozenza province, with local authorities saying that 23 people had been rescued. They said the incident involved two groups of 18 hikers each, with powerful floodlights brought up […]
