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WASHINGTON, May 21, 2024 (AFP) – Israel has taken US concerns into account as it wages military operations in the Gaza city of Rafah, which is packed with refugees, a senior United States official said Tuesday. “It’s fair to say, I think the Israelis have updated their plans. They’ve incorporated many of the concerns that we have expressed,” the official told reporters. “This is an ongoing discussion, ongoing conversation. It’s been constructive,” said the official, […]
By Caroline GARDIN FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Japan (AFP) – A Japanese town mounted a large mesh barrier at a popular viewing spot for Mount Fuji on Tuesday, in an attempt to deter photo-taking by an ever-growing number of tourists. Japan’s most famous sight can be seen for miles around, but Fujikawaguchiko locals are fed up with streams of mostly foreign visitors littering, trespassing and breaking traffic rules in their hunt for a photo to share on social […]
SINGAPORE, May 22, 2024 (AFP) – Singapore has tightened security after an attack on a police station in neighbouring Malaysia by a man with suspected ties to an Al-Qaeda-linked group, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said Tuesday. Two police officers were killed and another injured by the machete-wielding attacker on Friday in Malaysia’s southern Johor state, near the narrow waterway separating the country from Singapore. The man, whose father is a member of Southeast Asia-based […]
LONDON, May 21, 2024 (AFP) – A former member of the UK’s Royal Marines, bailed by a court last week over allegations of assisting Hong Kong’s intelligence services in a Chinese-linked espionage case, has been found dead, British police said Tuesday. Matthew Trickett, 37, was found dead in a park in Maidenhead, west of London, on Sunday following a report by a member of the public, Thames Valley Police said. Trickett had more recently […]
LOS ANGELES, May 21, 2024 (AFP) – US police said Tuesday they are investigating the ketamine overdose death of “Friends” actor Matthew Perry, who died at his luxury Los Angeles home last year. Perry, who played Chandler Bing on the hit TV sitcom from 1994-2004, was found unresponsive in his pool at the age of 54, sparking a global outpouring of grief from fans and colleagues. An autopsy found the cause of his death was […]
BANGKOK, May 21, 2024 (AFP) – A 73-year-old British man died and more than 70 people were injured Tuesday in what passengers described as a terrifying scene aboard a Singapore Airlines flight that hit severe turbulence, triggering an emergency landing in Bangkok. An initial data analysis by the aviation tracking service Flightradar24 suggested the London-Singapore flight experienced more than one minute of extreme turbulence at around 11,300 metres (37,000 feet) over Myanmar, during which it […]
(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos urged foreign investors to participate in the Philippines’ Build Better More program, which he said would transform the country’s infrastructure landscape. Speaking at the Indo-Pacific Business Forum on Tuesday, May 21, the President said the infrastructure program currently includes 185 priority projects worth P9.5 trillion. “These projects contribute to our goal to be the next logistics hub in Asia,” he said. He said foreign investors could participate “through public-private partnerships, engineering, […]
(Eagle News)–The easterlies are affecting the country. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as a result, Metro Manila will have cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers and thunderstorms. Flashfloods and landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. The rest of the country, PAGASA said, will experience the same conditions. According to the weather bureau, the entire country will have light to moderate winds and slight to moderate coastal waters.
(Eagle News)–Cebu has been placed under a state of calamity due to what authorities said were the “devastating” effects of El Niño in the province. In a Facebook post, Vice Gov. Junjun Davide said the Cebu Provincial Board he presided over made the declaration in a resolution approved on Monday. The resolution was also endorsed by Gov. Gwen Garcia following a recommendation by the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. “The persistent heat indexes […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Health has observed a slight uptick in COVID-19 cases in the country, although it noted that all Philippine regions remain at low risk for COVID-19. The DOH said from May 7 to 13, 877 new COVID-19 cases were reported, with an average of 125 cases reported per day. Out of the new cases reported, seven had critical or severe diseases. Five deaths were recorded from April 30 to May 13. The […]
MANILA, May 21, 2024 (AFP) – The Philippines and the United States agreed Tuesday to train Filipinos how to build and operate nuclear power plants, as the Southeast Asian country seeks to boost its electricity supply. The announcement comes after Manila and Washington struck a nuclear cooperation agreement in November that cleared a path for US investment to jumpstart atomic power in the energy-hungry Philippines. Under Tuesday’s deal, the Philippine Department of Energy and the […]
ROME, May 21, 2024 (AFP) A flurry of tremors of a strength not seen in decades was registered at a volcanic caldera near the southern Italian city of Naples on Monday night, sparking panic among residents but resulting in no major damage, authorities said. One 4.4-magnitude quake was registered shortly after 8 pm (1800 GMT) at a depth of 2.5 kilometres (1.6 miles), according to the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV). It was […]
