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Pope Touches Down in Singapore, Final Destination of Historic Asia-Pacific Tour

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 12, 2024

SINGAPORE — Pope Francis touched down in Singapore Wednesday, the last stop of a four-nation Asia-Pacific trip aimed at boosting the Catholic Church’s standing in the world’s most populous region. Crowds waved Vatican and Singapore flags as Francis’s plane arrived at the city-state’s Changi Airport, on the last leg of a 12-day tour to the […]

US Accuses Russia of Receiving Missiles from Iran, Escalates Sanctions Pressure

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 12, 2024

LONDON — Russia has received ballistic missiles from Iran and will likely use them in Ukraine within weeks, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday, warning that cooperation between Moscow and Tehran threatens wider European security. At a news conference in London ahead of a visit to Kyiv he and Britain’s Foreign Secretary David […]

Ukraine targets Moscow in biggest drone attack yet

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 11, 2024

MOSCOW — Ukraine targeted the Russian capital on Tuesday in its biggest drone attack so far, killing at least one and wrecking dozens of homes in the Moscow region and forcing around 50 flights to be diverted from airports around Moscow. Russia, the world’s biggest nuclear power, said it had destroyed at least 20 Ukrainian […]

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un says country to increase number of nuclear weapons –report

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 11, 2024

SEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country is now implementing a nuclear force construction policy to increase the number of nuclear weapons “exponentially,” state media KCNA said on Tuesday. In a speech on North Korea’s founding anniversary on Monday, Kim said the country must more thoroughly prepare its “nuclear capability and […]

Ten former top US military officials back Harris, call Trump ‘a danger”

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 10, 2024

WASHINGTON — A group of 10 retired top US military officials endorsed US Vice President Kamala Harris in a letter made public on Monday, saying she is the only presidential candidate fit to serve as the nation’s commander in chief and calling her Republican rival Donald Trump “a danger to our national security and democracy.” The […]

Pope Francis in Papua New Guinea: Put love before superstition, fear

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 10, 2024

Pope Francis on Sunday encouraged Catholics in a remote town in Papua New Guinea to continue to be missionaries where they live, working together to replace superstition and fear with love. After celebrating Mass in Port Moresby on Sept. 8, the pope traveled 620 miles by air to Vanimo, a coastal town on a peninsula […]

Israeli strikes on Syria kill at least four civilians –reports

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 9, 2024

CAIRO – Multiple Israeli strikes on Syria’s Hama countryside late on Sunday killed at least four civilians, Syrian state media reported, with sources saying the attacks targeted a major military research center. Since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israeli civilians and soldiers, Israel has escalated its strikes on Iranian-backed militia targets in Syria […]

Thailand’s king swears in new government after turmoil

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 9, 2024

BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn swore in Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and 35 cabinet ministers in Bangkok on Friday, ushering in a new government in Southeast Asia’s second largest economy after a period of political turmoil. Paetongtarn, 38, leader of the ruling Pheu Thai party, was elected by parliament last month to become Thailand’s youngest prime […]

UK names St. James Park as site for national memorial to late Queen Elizabeth II

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 8, 2024

LONDON, United Kingdom – A national memorial to the late Queen Elizabeth will be erected in a central London park, the British government announced on Saturday, at a site which it said had historical significance and a close personal connection to the record-breaking monarch. Elizabeth II died at her Scottish castle on Sept. 8, 2022 after more than […]

US is beefing up mpox testing, vaccine access against new strain, officials say

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 8, 2024

CHICAGO, Illinois – The United States has beefed up testing and surveillance for a new strain of mpox and has ensured that vaccines are readily available at local pharmacies and community health centers, senior administration officials said in a briefing on Friday. No cases of the more transmissible strain of the virus have been confirmed in […]

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