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Desperate Palestinians in Gaza”s Rafah fear coming Israeli assault

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)February 12, 2024

Displaced Palestinian woman Laila Abu Mustafa, who fled her house due to Israeli strikes, shelters at the border with Egypt, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 10, 2024. REUTERS/ Mohammed Salem RAFAH, Gaza Strip/DOHA — The Abu Mustafa family’s tent is hard against the high concrete and metal fence separating Gaza from Egypt […]

Western officials criticize Trump”s NATO comments

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)February 12, 2024

“Encouraging invasions of our closest allies by murderous regimes is appalling and unhinged—and it endangers American national security, global stability and our economy at home,” said a White House spokesperson of Trump’s comments. Maansi Srivastava/ Pool via REUTERS/ File photo PARIS — Top western officials criticized former US president Donald Trump on Sunday after he suggested […]

Cuba charges 30 over massive chicken heist

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)February 11, 2024

HAVANA – Cuba has charged 30 people for stealing 133 tonnes of chicken and selling them on the street in a rare major heist at a time of food shortages in the communist-run nation. Thieves took the meat, in 1,660 white boxes, from a state facility in the capital Havana, and used the sale proceeds to buy […]

Syrian army says it shot down Israeli missiles launched at Damascus countryside

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)February 11, 2024

Syrian air defenses shot down Israeli missiles launched at the Damascus countryside in the early hours of Saturday, the Syrian army said, in the second such attack in less than a day. The Syrian army said in a statement the air strikes were carried out from the direction of the occupied Golan Heights, causing “some […]

Magnitude 5.7 quake strikes Pahala, Hawaii — USGS

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)February 10, 2024

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the small town of Pahala on the Big Island of Hawaii on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake, revised from an initial magnitude of 6.3, was at a depth of 22.9 miles (36.85 km), the USGS said. No tsunami is expected after the earthquake, the U.S. Tsunami […]

Canada added 37,000 jobs in January — data

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)February 10, 2024

The drop in the unemployment rate, meanwhile, was the first observed since December 2022. It had been moving upward through most of 2023, rising from 5.1 percent last April to 5.8 percent in December. OTTAWA, Canada – Canada added 37,000 jobs in January, pushing down the unemployment rate 0.1 percentage points to 5.7 percent, the national […]

Trump wins Nevada, Virgin Islands to close in on Republican nomination

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)February 9, 2024

Donald Trump won Republican presidential nominating caucuses in Nevada and the U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday, moving closer to becoming his party’s White House standard-bearer and a likely general election rematch with US President Joe Biden in November. Trump, the frontrunner in his party’s nominating race, was the only major candidate competing in Nevada’s caucuses […]

UN urges Russia to end forcible transfer of Ukrainian children

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)February 9, 2024

The ICC is seeking the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin for alleged illegal deportation of thousands of Ukrainian children. Sputnik/ Mikhail Klimentyev/ Kremlin via REUTERS/ File photo GENEVA — The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on Thursday urged Russia to end the forcible transfer of children from occupied areas of Ukraine […]

Former Chile president Piñera drowned following helicopter crash –prosecutor

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)February 8, 2024

People wait for the arrival of the coffin of Chile’s former president Sebastian Piñera at the former Congress in Santiago, Chile February 7, 2024. REUTERS/ Pablo Sanhueza SANTIAGO — Former Chilean President Sebastian Piñera died from asphyxiation due to submersion after the helicopter he was piloting crashed into a lake in southern Chile on Tuesday, […]

Radioactive water leaked at Fukushima, no outside impact detected –operator

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)February 8, 2024

By Reuters Published February 7, 2024 9:19pm An aerial view shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which started releasing treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean, in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan August 24, 2023, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Kyodo/ via REUTERS TOKYO — Radioactive water has leaked from a device treating […]

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