PHILIPPINES
Journalist killed in his home
A reporter has died after being shot multiple times in his home, police said yesterday. The country is one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists, and most of their killers go unpunished. Orlando Dinoy, a reporter for the Newsline Philippines Web site and anchor for Energy FM, was shot six times by am assailant who barged into his apartment in Bansalan, said Peter Glenn Ipong, a local police chief. Dinoy died immediately, he added. Officers were still investigating possible motives, police added. “One of the angles we are looking at is his work as a media man ... but no one can give us a concrete lead so far,” Ipong told reporters. Dinoy was the 21st journalist killed since President Rodrigo Duterte took power in 2016, the National Union of Journalists said.
UNITED STATES
Lawmakers eye Tuesday vote
Democratic leaders were hoping for House of Representatives votes as soon as tomorrow on the two pillars of President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda, two Democratic lawmakers said on Saturday, as the party mounted its latest push to maneuver the long-delayed legislation through Congress. However, it remained unclear, whether the ambitious timetable could be met. Top Democrats would like a final House-Senate compromise on Biden’s US$1.75 trillion, 10-year social and environment plan to be written by yesterday, the Democrats said. Talks among White House, House and Senate officials were held over the weekend, said the Democrats, who described the plans on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record. The White House unveiled an outline of the measure on Thursday that won positive reviews from many rank-and-file lawmakers, pending final talks over details.
UNITED STATES
Jay-Z enters hall of fame
Jay-Z has added another title to a resume that includes rapper, songwriter, Grammy winner, billionaire business mogul and global icon — hall of famer. The self-proclaimed “greatest rapper alive” was on Saturday night inducted as part of an eclectic 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class that included the Foo Fighters, Carole King, Tina Turner, The Go-Gos and Todd Rundgren. Following a video introduction that included former president Barack Obama, among others, Jay-Z was inducted by comedian Dave Chappelle, who praised him for being an inspiration. “He rhymed a recipe for survival,” Chappelle said. “He embodies what the potential of our lives can be and what success can be.”
UNITED STATES
Swimmer dies at border
One person died and another 13 were pulled from the Pacific Ocean after a large group attempted to cross the US-Mexico border by swimming around a barrier in San Diego, government officials said. Customs and Border Protection on Saturday said in a statement that Border Patrol agents were notified just after 11:30pm on Friday of about 70 people trying to swim from Tijuana into the US. Responding agents found an unresponsive woman believed to be from the group and attempted to revive her, officials said. She was declared dead at about 12:30am. The woman was not immediately identified. Border Patrol said agents took 36 adult Mexican nationals into custody, including 13 people who had been pulled from the water. Multiple agencies continued to search the area, including the San Diego Fire Department and California State Parks. No injuries were reported by officials.
Airlines in Australia, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia and Singapore yesterday canceled flights to and from the Indonesian island of Bali, after a nearby volcano catapulted an ash tower into the sky. Australia’s Jetstar, Qantas and Virgin Australia all grounded flights after Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on Flores island spewed a 9km tower a day earlier. Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia, India’s IndiGo and Singapore’s Scoot also listed flights as canceled. “Volcanic ash poses a significant threat to safe operations of the aircraft in the vicinity of volcanic clouds,” AirAsia said as it announced several cancelations. Multiple eruptions from the 1,703m twin-peaked volcano in
Farmer Liu Bingyong used to make a tidy profit selling milk but is now leaking cash — hit by a dairy sector crisis that embodies several of China’s economic woes. Milk is not a traditional mainstay of Chinese diets, but the Chinese government has long pushed people to drink more, citing its health benefits. The country has expanded its dairy production capacity and imported vast numbers of cattle in recent years as Beijing pursues food self-sufficiency. However, chronically low consumption has left the market sloshing with unwanted milk — driving down prices and pushing farmers to the brink — while
China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor for a large surface warship, in the clearest sign yet Beijing is advancing toward producing the nation’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, according to a new analysis of satellite imagery and Chinese government documents provided to The Associated Press. There have long been rumors that China is planning to build a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, but the research by the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in California is the first to confirm it is working on a nuclear-powered propulsion system for a carrier-sized surface warship. Why is China’s pursuit of nuclear-powered carriers significant? China’s navy is already
‘SIGNS OF ESCALATION’: Russian forces have been aiming to capture Ukraine’s eastern Donbas province and have been capturing new villages as they move toward Pokrovsk Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi on Saturday said that Ukraine faced increasing difficulties in its fight against Moscow’s invasion as Russian forces advance and North Korean troops prepare to join the Kremlin’s campaign. Syrskyi, relating comments he made to a top US general, said outnumbered Ukrainian forces faced Russian attacks in key sectors of the more than two-and-a-half-year-old war with Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a nightly address said that Ukraine’s military command was focused on defending around the town of Kurakhove — a target of Russia’s advances along with Pokrovsk, a logistical hub to the north. He decried strikes
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