With frontrunner Donald Trump deciding to skip Wednesday night’s first Republican presidential candidate’s debate in Milwaukee, it was thought that Ron DeSantis, would be the prime target by the other candidates. Instead, it was the 38-year entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy put on the defensive. Trump barely mentioned in 2-hour debate. When …
Read More »Headline
Japan releases wastewater from Fukushima nuclear plant into Pacific Ocean amid protests
Japan started releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, a polarizing move that prompted China to announce an immediate blanket ban on all seafood imports from Japan. China bans Japanese seafood, but UN nuclear watchdog says radioactivity levels safe. Japan …
Read More »Researchers discover thousands of dinosaur footprints in Alaska
Dustin Stewart has been obsessed with dinosaurs since he was nine years old. But he never dreamed he’d grow up to study 70-million-year-old footprints in Alaska. Dustin Stewart says tracks date back nearly 70 million years, and are of multiple dino species Dustin Stewart has been obsessed with dinosaurs since …
Read More »India becomes 4th country to reach the moon as spacecraft lands near lunar south pole
India has landed a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole, an uncharted territory that scientists believe could hold vital reserves of frozen water and precious elements, as the country cements its growing prowess in space and technology. India becomes the 4th country to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon. …
Read More »Road, airport closures leave some N.W.T. communities without groceries
Shelf-stable milk and crackers are among all that’s left in some N.W.T. grocery stores located outside of the capital city. Wildfires have interrupted supply chains by closing highways and limiting flights out of the Yellowknife airport. ‘People are people and they bought out the store in about two days,’ says …
Read More »Medialdea: No commitment from Rody to move PH ship
A former top official in the previous administration said President Rodrigo Duterte did not make any commitment to the Chinese to remove the BRP Sierra Madre garrison from Ayungin Shoal. Salvador Medialdea, Duterte’s former executive secretary, told ABS-CBN News on Tuesday that Duterte never made such a promise, even as …
Read More »‘PH sovereignty over maritime waters not subject to any country’s approva
THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday said the Philippines’ exercise of its sovereignty over its maritime waters is “not subject” to any country’s approval. DFA spokesman Ma. Teresita Daza. Photo from PNA The China Coast Guard (CCG) said it allowed Philippine vessels to push through with their Rotation …
Read More »‘Hackers have compromised PH institutions’
Photo Credit: hackread.com The country’s Ambassador to the United States, Jose Manuel “Babe” Romualdez, on Tuesday warned that many Philippine “institutions are severely compromised” by hackers. He said hackers can now get into various systems to spread false information as well as control people. Romualdez said US experts are coming …
Read More »Manila hosts 3-day ASEAN-China meeting on SCS Code of Conduct
Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China have resumed discussions on the long-planned Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea on Tuesday. Manila is hosting the three-day dialog that gathers diplomats from the region, including those from five out of six …
Read More »Resupply mission a success
PH vessels reach Ayungin, China envoy cites ‘special arrangement’ OPPOSITE SHIP’S VIEW. This photo by the China Coast Guard distributed to Chinese news outlets and posted on Twitter/X on Tuesday shows the Philippine Coast Guard’s BRP Malabrigo en route to the Ayungin Shoal on a resupply mission to BRP Sierra …
Read More »