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World calls for restraint after Iran strikes Israel

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)October 2, 2024

PARIS, France – World leaders on Tuesday urged Iran and Israel to step back from the brink after Tehran fired a barrage of rockets at its arch rival. Tehran said the attack — which took place as Israel said it was mounting a ground offensive against Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon — was in response to […]

Israel declares areas around 3 northern border communities as closed military zone

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)October 2, 2024

JERUSALEM – The Israeli military declared the areas around the communities of Metula, Misgav Am, and Kfar Giladi in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon as a closed military zone and said entry to the areas was prohibited. It said the decision, announced as speculation has grown of an imminent ground incursion into southern Lebanon, was taken following […]

Scientists explain Mount Everest’s anomalous growth

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)October 1, 2024

Mount Everest is Earth’s tallest mountain – towering 5.5 miles (8.85 km) above sea level – and is actually still growing. While it and the rest of the Himalayas are continuing an inexorable uplift that dates back to their birth roughly 50 million years ago when the Indian subcontinent collided with Eurasia, Everest is growing more […]

Police leaders jailed in S.Korea over ‘man-made” fatal Halloween crush

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)October 1, 2024

SEOUL — A South Korean court on Monday sentenced the former police chief of a district of Seoul to three years in prison for a botched response to a deadly Halloween crowd crush in the capital’s Itaewon nightlife district in 2022. Yongsan police station chief Lee Im-jae is the first senior police official to be convicted over the […]

RECAP: Hong Kong solidifies global ties, strategic role in 9th Belt and Road Summit

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 30, 2024

HONG KONG — The recently concluded 9th Belt and Road Summit in September reaffirmed Hong Kong’s (HK) strategic position within China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), acting as a gateway for enhanced global collaboration and development. Co-organized by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the […]

At least 43 dead as Helene cuts destructive path through southeastern US

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 30, 2024

ATLANTA – Tropical Depression Helene brought life-threatening flooding on Friday to wide sections of the US Southeast, where at least 43 people have been killed by a storm that swamped neighborhoods, triggered mudslides, threatened dams and left more than 3.5 million homes and businesses without power. Before moving north through Georgia and into Tennessee and […]

Israeli air strikes rock Beirut, Hezbollah command center hit

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 29, 2024

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM – A wave of air raids hit Beirut’s southern suburbs early on Saturday as Israel stepped up attacks on Hezbollah, after a massive strike on the Iran-backed movement’s command center that apparently targeted leader Hassan Nasrallah. Reuters witnesses heard more than 20 airstrikes before dawn on Saturday. Abandoning their homes in the southern suburbs, […]

Trump says he will seek Google’s prosecution if he wins election

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 29, 2024

WASHINGTON — Former U.S. President Donald Trump, who is the Republican presidential candidate, said on Friday he will seek the prosecution of Google if he wins the Nov. 5 election, claiming that the company only displays “bad stories” about him. Trump, in his post on Truth Social, gave no evidence for his assertion about Google. […]

Saudi Arabia forms global alliance to push for Israeli-Palestinian two-state solution

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 28, 2024

DUBAI – Saudi Arabia has formed a global alliance to push for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the country’s foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said on Thursday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York. The alliance includes a number of Arab and Muslim countries […]

Israel rejects US-backed Lebanon ceasefire plan, hits Beirut again

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 28, 2024

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM – Israel rejected global calls on Thursday for a ceasefire with the Hezbollah movement, defying its biggest ally in Washington and pressing ahead with strikes that have killed hundreds in Lebanon and heightened fears of an all-out regional war. Despite Israel’s stance, the U.S. and France sought to keep prospects alive for an immediate 21-day truce they […]

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