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Italy”s Catania airport closed by Mount Etna volcanic ash

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)July 24, 2024

By Reuters Published July 23, 2024 5:35pm A drone view shows smoke rising from a crater of Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, in Belpasso, Italy July 23, 2024. REUTERS/ Etna Walk/ Marco Restivo ROME — Flights serving the eastern Sicilian city of Catania were halted on Tuesday after an eruption from nearby Mount Etna, […]

In taking on Trump, Harris vows to draw on her prosecutorial skills

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)July 24, 2024

WILMINGTON, Delaware — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, building Democratic backing for her sudden presidential run, rallied supporters on Monday with a debut campaign speech vowing to go after Republican nominee Donald Trump like the courtroom prosecutor she once was. “I took on perpetrators of all kinds. Predators who abused women, fraudsters who ripped off […]

Trump says Kamala Harris will be easier to defeat than Biden

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)July 23, 2024

WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Sunday he thinks Vice President Kamala Harris will be easier to defeat in November’s election than Democratic President Joe Biden, who earlier in the day stepped aside as his party’s candidate. “Harris will be easier to beat than Joe Biden would have been,” Trump told CNN. Trump […]

World leaders pay tribute to Biden as he ends reelection bid

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)July 23, 2024

US President Joe Biden notified the public of his decision not to seek reelection in a letter, a stunning move that upends the 2024 race for the White House. He endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party’s new nominee. FIle photo/REUTERS/Yves Herman World leaders lined up to pay tribute to US President Joe […]

Malaysia Coast Guard locates oil tanker involved in collision off Singapore

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)July 22, 2024

Published July 21, 2024 4:42pm Updated July 21, 2024 4:42pm Malaysia’s coast guard said on Sunday it had located and intercepted a large oil tanker involved in a fiery collision with another vessel two days ago off Singapore. The Philippine Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Saturday confirmed that four overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) onboard […]

Israeli jets strike Houthi targets in Yemen after Tel Aviv attack

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)July 22, 2024

Smoke rises from a fire following an Israeli air strike in Hodeidah, Yemen in this handout photo released on July 20, 2024. Houthi Media Centre/Handout via REUTERS JERUSALEM/CAIRO – Israeli fighter jets struck Houthi military targets near Yemen’s Hodeidah port on Saturday, killing at least three people and wounding 87, a day after a drone […]

China, Canada should work toward strategic partnership –Wang Yi

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)July 21, 2024

Foreign Minister Wang Yi of China says there is no fundamental conflict of interest between China and Canada. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo BEIJING – China and Canada should promote normalizing relations and get back on track toward establishing a strategic partnership, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Canadian counterpart, according to his ministry. “China-Canada relations have […]

Major US carriers restore some flight operations amid global cyber outage

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)July 20, 2024

Passengers prepare to board their flights after airlines grounded flights due to a worldwide tech outage caused by an update to CrowdStrike’s “Falcon Sensor” software which crashed Microsoft Windows systems, at Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Florida, U.S., July 19, 2024. REUTERS/Octavio Jones Top U.S. carriers including Delta Air and United Airlines are restoring some […]

North Korea leader Kim discusses military cooperation with Russian official, KCNA says

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)July 20, 2024

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un at a signing ceremony following bilateral talks in Pyongyang, North Korea June 19, 2024. Sputnik/Kristina Kormilitsyna/Kremlin via REUTERS/File photo SEOUL, South Korea – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un received Russian vice minister of defence Aleksey Krivoruchko and discussed the importance of the […]

Death toll in China shopping center fire rises to 16

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)July 19, 2024

Smoke billows at a shopping centre following fire in the city of Zigong, Sichuan province, China, in this still image obtained from social media video on July 17, 2024. VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS/via REUTERS/File photo BEIJING, China – A fire that tore through a shopping center in southwestern China has killed 16 people, state media […]

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