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ABIDJAN, May 6, 2024 (AFP) – The number of people suffering from “severe” food insecurity in the military-ruled Sahel nations of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger has jumped to 7.5 million people, the US International Rescue Committee (IRC) warned on Monday. “The magnitude of severe food insecurity and related malnutrition continues to intensify in the region,” said the group that helps those facing conflict and disaster. “In the Central Sahel alone (Burkina Faso, Mali […]
RAFAH, Palestinian Territories, May 6, 2024 (AFP) – Israel called on Palestinians to leave eastern Rafah Monday ahead of a ground invasion of the southern Gaza city, amid increasing global alarm about the consequences of such a move. The evacuation call followed disagreement between Israel and Hamas over the Palestinian militant group’s demands to end the seven-month war, during weekend negotiations in Cairo. Egyptian state-linked media said the talks stalled after a rocket attack claimed […]
MANILA, May 6, 2024 (AFP) – President Ferdinand Marcos said Monday the Philippines would not respond in kind to China’s deployment of water cannon against its vessels, ruling out the use of “offensive” equipment as Manila asserts its sovereignty in the disputed South China Sea. Beijing has dispatched hundreds of coast guard and other vessels to press its claims over most of the waterway despite an international tribunal ruling that its assertion has no legal […]
MOSCOW, May 6, 2024 (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered nuclear weapons drills near Ukraine, Moscow said Monday, in response to “threats” from Western officials to deploy NATO troops to Ukraine. The announcement came as Russian forces said they captured two villages in the war-battered regions of Donetsk and Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine, where outgunned and outmanned Ukrainian troops have struggled to hold the line. Russian officials in the border region of […]
MOSCOW, May 6, 2024 (AFP) – Moscow on Monday said it that it could launch strikes at British military targets inside Ukraine and elsewhere if Kyiv’s forces used British-supplied long-range missiles to strike Russia. The statement issued by the Russian foreign ministry came after British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said during a visit to Ukraine that Kyiv “absolutely has the right to strike back at Russia”. He also said that London did not put “caveats” […]
By Sam Reeves FRANKFURT, Germany, May 6, 2024 (AFP) – Three more teenage suspects have been identified in relation to an attack in Germany on a European parliament lawmaker (MEP), authorities said Monday, after a 17-year-old turned himself in. Matthias Ecke from Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) was set upon by four attackers as he put up European election posters in the eastern city of Dresden on Friday night. The 41-year-old needed an operation […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, May 6, announced new appointees in government. The following are the new officials and their posts and office assignments: Department of Agriculture Arlene M. Sagayo – Director III Department of Finance-National Tax Research Center Mark Lester Aure – Director IV (Executive Director) Department of Justice-Office of the Government Corporate Counsel Jonathan Nicolas – Assistant Government Corporate Counsel Department of Health-Philippine Health Insurance Commission Thea Arcely Gimenez – Acting Member, Expert […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Cagayan on Monday, May 6. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 10:18 a.m. The epicenter was 84 kilometers northwest of Dalupiri Island. The depth of focus was 19 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos is eyeing a return to the old school calendar by “next year.” “Especially, with the El Niño being what it is. Every day you turn on the news, F2F classes are cancelled, F2F classes have been postponed, etcetera. So, talagang kailangan na kailangan na. So, yes. That’s part of the plan that we are trying to do to bring back already the old schedule,” President Marcos said. He said he has […]
(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos has ordered the creation of an inter-agency coordinating council that will consolidate all the lands owned by the state in a “master list.” “To ensure the efficient and effective allocation and utilization of land resources for the country’s national development goals, it is necessary to consolidate a comprehensive list of all government lands,” President Marcos said in issuing Administrative Order No. 21. He added the move will also boost the administration’s […]
JERUSALEM, May 5, 2024 (AFP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that his government has decided to shut down the Qatar-based news channel Al Jazeera, with which his administration has had a long-running feud. The government “unanimously decided: the incitement channel Al Jazeera will be closed in Israel”, Netanyahu said on X, formerly Twitter. “There will be no freedom of speech for the Hamas trumpets in Israel,” Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi said […]
WASHINGTON, May 5, 2024 (AFP) – A driver died after crashing a car into the exterior gate of the White House late Saturday, the US Secret Service said. “Shortly before 10:30pm a vehicle traveling at a high speed collided with an outer perimeter gate on the White House complex,” the service said in a statement on social media platform X, adding there was “no threat” to the White House itself. Officers arriving at the scene […]
