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More than 4,000 likely impacted by Papua New Guinea landslide, aid group says

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)May 27, 2024

View of the damage after a landslide in Maip Mulitaka, Enga province, Papua New Guinea May 24, 2024 in this obtained image. Emmanuel Eralia via REUTERS SYDNEY – More than 4,000 people were likely impacted by a massive landslide that flattened a village in northern Papua New Guinea on Friday, humanitarian group CARE Australia said. […]

China ends war games, Taiwan details warplane, warship surge

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)May 26, 2024

China held its war games three days after Lai Ching-te became Taiwan’s president. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration TAIPEI – China ended two days of war games around Taiwan, in which it simulated attacks with bombers and practiced boarding ships, and Taiwan’s defense ministry detailed on Saturday the surge of Chinese warplanes and warships involved. Chinese state television’s […]

More than 300 buried in Papua New Guinea landslide, local media says

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)May 26, 2024

View of the damage after a landslide in Maip Mulitaka, Enga province, Papua New Guinea May 24, 2024 in this obtained image. Emmanuel Eralia via REUTERS SYDNEY – More than 300 people and over 1,100 houses were buried by a massive landslide that leveled a remote village in northern Papua New Guinea, local media reported […]

US preparing $275M weapons package for Ukraine, officials

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)May 25, 2024

The weapons aid, which could be announced as soon as Friday, will utilize Presidential Drawdown Authority, which authorizes the president to transfer articles and services from U.S. stocks without specific congressional approval during an emergency. REUTERS/Kevin Wurm/File photo WASHINGTON – The United States is preparing a $275 million military aid package for Ukraine, which will include 155mm […]

China’s second day of war games around Taiwan tests ability to ‘seize power’

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)May 25, 2024

BEIJING/TAIPEI — China’s military carried out a second day of war games around Taiwan on Friday, with drills to test their ability to “seize power” and control key areas, exercises it has said were launched to punish Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te. The two days of drills in the Taiwan Strait and around groups of Taiwan-controlled islands […]

World Court rejects Mexico request for measures against Ecuador

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)May 24, 2024

Police and military officials walk outside the Mexican embassy from where they forcibly removed former Ecuador vice president Jorge Glas in Quito, Ecuador April 5, 2024. REUTERS/ Karen Toro THE HAGUE — Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday rejected a demand by Mexico for emergency measures to protect its embassy in Ecuador, […]

World Court set to rule on measures over Israel”s Rafah offensive

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)May 24, 2024

Palestinian women and children look on as people inspect boats damaged in Israeli fire, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip May 22, 2024. REUTERS/ Hatem Khaled THE HAGUE — The International Court of Justice will rule on Friday on South Africa’s request to order a halt to Israel’s Rafah offensive in Gaza, it said on […]

US, Netherlands navies conduct operations in South China Sea

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)May 23, 2024

Published May 22, 2024 11:07pm US Navy sailors assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam heave a line attached to dry cargo ship USNS Wally Schirra during a replenishment-at-sea in the Philippine Sea on March 19, 2018. US Navy/MCS 3rd Class Sarah Myers/Handout via Reuters/File photo BEIJING, China – The Netherlands and United States’ navies […]

Republican headquarters in Washington D.C. evacuated after receiving blood vials

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)May 23, 2024

WASHINGTON — The headquarters of the Republican National Committee in Washington, D.C., was briefly evacuated on Wednesday morning after a suspicious package containing two vials of blood was delivered to the building, the police said. The RNC, the parent organization of the Republican Party, is playing a major role in the campaign of former President […]

Passenger killed, 7 critically injured as Singapore Airlines flight hits severe turbulence

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)May 22, 2024

The interior of Singapore Airline flight SG321 is pictured after an emergency landing at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Thailand, May 21, 2024. REUTERS/ Stringer BANGKOK — One passenger was killed and 30 injured after a Singapore Airlines flight from London hit severe turbulence en route on Tuesday, forcing it to make an emergency landing in […]

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