Apocalyptic skies stirred everything from U.S. debates about climate change to gallows humour. Apocalyptic skies stir U.S. debates about climate change. And gallows humour Being a Canadian anywhere on the eastern seaboard of the United States this week runs a risk of being inundated with smoke jokes. A doctor quipped …
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Asia-Pacific may sink into‘ whirlpool’ of conflict–China
China Defense Minister Li Shangfu Chinese Defense minister Li Shangfu on Sunday warned against establishing NATO-like military alliances in the Asia-Pacific, saying they would plunge the region into a “whirlpool” of conflict. He issued the statement during a security dialogue in Singapore where the Pentagon also voiced concern over the …
Read More »PH gets 1st batch of bivalent COVID vax from Lithuania
1ST BATCH. Close to 400,000 doses of bivalent COVID-19 vaccines donated by Lithuania arrive in the country Saturday evening. DOH photo The country received its first batch of more than 390,000 doses of bivalent COVID-19 vaccines donated by Lithuania, Health officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said. “It is with great pleasure …
Read More »Barcelona wins Women’s Champions League with stunning comeback against Wolfsburg
Midfielder Patricia Guijarro ignited a stunning second-half comeback as Barcelona overturned a 2-0 deficit to beat Wolfsburg 3-2 and win its second Women's Champions League title on Saturday in Eindhoven, Netherlands. 'We didn't make it easy on ourselves,' defender Lucy Bronze says of 3-2 victory Midfielder Patricia Guijarro ignited a …
Read More »Fire hits commercial building in Manila
FIRE hit a commercial establishment in Manila on Saturday, police said. The fire started at around 10:30 a.m. on the 3rd floor of Pam Building, Sun City store on CM Recto Avenue corner Sto. Cristo street in Binondo. BINONDO BLAZE Fire hit a commercial building that stored combustible materials in …
Read More »Inspection finds too many Ukraine air-raid shelters not ready for sudden use
Concerns around civilian safety spiked in Ukraine on Saturday, as officials announced that an inspection had found nearly a quarter of the country's air-raid shelters locked or unusable, just days after a woman in Kyiv reportedly died waiting outside a shuttered shelter during a Russian missile barrage. Nearly a quarter …
Read More »China willing to discuss territorial dispute with PH, says official
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan: China is willing to discuss with the Philippines the ongoing dispute in the South China Sea without interference from outsiders, its Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong said. Sun made the statement in a meeting with Cagayan Gov. Manuel Mamba in Beijing on May 26, 2023. Mamba himself …
Read More »‘Washington won’t stand for coercion and bullying from China’
SINGAPORE: American Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin vowed Saturday that Washington would not stand for any “coercion and bullying” of its allies and partners by China, while assuring Beijing that the United States remains committed to maintaining the status quo on Taiwan and would prefer dialogue over conflict. WASHINGTON’S WARNING …
Read More »4 children found unresponsive, 1 man missing after tide sweeps fishing group in eastern Quebec
Provincial police say a group of 11 people were fishing when they were swept up by the tide. The children, all over 10 years old, were part of a group of 11, six of which were reported missing overnight Four children were found unresponsive on a St. Lawrence River shoreline …
Read More »4 children confirmed dead in Quebec after being swept away by tide while fishing on North Shore
Provincial police say a group of 11 people were fishing when they were swept up by the tide. The children, all over 10 years old, were part of a group of 11, six of which were reported missing overnight Four children were found unresponsive on a St. Lawrence River shoreline …
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