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Palestinian President urges UN to stop the war in Gaza

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 27, 2024

UNITED NATIONS – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday to stop the war in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Palestinian militant Hamas, saying Israel had almost entirely destroyed Gaza and it was no longer fit for life. “This madness cannot continue. The entire world is responsible for what is happening to our […]

Japanese destroyer passes through Taiwan Strait, angering China

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 27, 2024

TOKYO/BEIJING — Japan’s Self-Defense Force sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday for the first time in a historic move that angered Beijing and marked the latest tussle between the neighbors accusing each other of escalating tensions in the region. Japan’s Yomiuri newspaper reported on Thursday that the SDF destroyer Sazanami entered the Taiwan Strait from […]

China conducts rare publicized test launch of ICBM

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 26, 2024

BEIJING/TAIPEI — China said on Wednesday it had successfully conducted a rare launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean, a move likely to raise international concerns about the country’s nuclear build-up. The ICBM, carrying a dummy warhead, was launched by the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force at 8:44 a.m. Beijing time (0044 […]

Kremlin: Zelenskiy making ‘fatal mistake” by trying to force it to make peace

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 26, 2024

MOSCOW — Russia said on Wednesday that a plan by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to force it to make peace was a “fatal mistake” that would have consequences for Kyiv. Zelenskiy told the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday that the war between Russia and Ukraine could not be calmed by talks alone and that Moscow […]

Biden not giving up on Gaza ceasefire, hostages, White House says

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 25, 2024

WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden is determined to bring about a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal with Hamas while also seeking to de-escalate tensions on Israel’s border with Lebanon, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Tuesday. “He absolutely hasn’t given up,” Sullivan said in an interview with MSNBC hours before Biden […]

Japan’s remote Izu islands hit by small tsunami after magnitude 5.9 earthquake

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 25, 2024

TOKYO — Japan’s remote Izu islands south of Tokyo were hit by a small tsunami on Tuesday with no immediate reports of damage, after a magnitude-5.9 earthquake occurred near an unpopulated island farther south in the Pacific Ocean. A tsunami of 50 cm (1.6 ft) reached Hachijo island, one of the Izu islands, about 40 […]

Lebanon says Israeli airstrikes kill at least 100, citizens told to evacuate

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 24, 2024

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT — At least 492 were killed and 1,645 wounded in Israeli strikes on Lebanon since Monday morning, the Lebanese health ministry said, adding that 35 children and 58 women were among those killed. After some of the heaviest cross-border exchanges of fire since the hostilities flared, Israel warned people in Lebanon to evacuate areas where it […]

Harris pushes for second debate while Trump declines because early voting has started

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 24, 2024

NEW YORK – US Vice President Kamala Harris is pushing for a new debate next month as the Nov. 5 election nears, while former President Donald Trump is declining, citing the start of early voting in some states. On Sunday, Harris urged Trump to accept a proposal to debate on CNN on Oct. 23, as […]

Quad group condemns ‘intimidating maneuvers in the South China Sea’

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 23, 2024

CLAYMONT, Delaware – Leaders of Australia, India, Japan and the United States, in a joint statement that did not name the Chinese government by name, condemned “coercive and intimidating maneuvers in the South China Sea.” While the White House said the Quad summit was directed at no other country and that Beijing should find no […]

300-kilo WWI bomb removed from Belgrade construction site

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 23, 2024

BELGRADE, Serbia — A century-old artillery round weighing nearly 300 kilograms (660 pounds), was safely removed on Sunday from a construction site near the Serbian Parliament in Belgrade, police said. The 305mm “Morser M.11” howitzer shell, found last Wednesday, was used by the Austro-Hungarian army during the July 1914 siege of the capital during World War […]

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