WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration has revoked around 80,000 non-immigrant visas since its inauguration on January 20 for offenses ranging from driving under the influence to assault and theft, a senior State Department official said on Wednesday. The extent of the revocations, first reported by Washington Examiner, reflects a broad immigration crackdown initiated…
SEOUL, Nov 6 (Reuters) – North Korea slammed the U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration for imposing sanctions that “antagonise” it, and vowed to respond correspondingly, state media KCNA said on Thursday. The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctioned eight individuals and two entities that it said were involved in a variety of North Korean cyber-related…
Typhoon Tino (international name: Kalmaegi) has unleashed catastrophic flooding across the Visayas, leaving at least 130 people dead and renewing harsh scrutiny on the effectiveness of multi-billion-peso flood control projects. Reports show that the death toll has climbed as rescue and recovery efforts continue in flood and landslide-affected areas. The province of Cebu bears the…
Typhoon “Tino” (international name Kalmaegi) has completely left the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) as of 12:30 a.m. early Thursday, moving west-northwest over the West Philippine Sea north of the Kalayaan Islands, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). Despite its exit, a Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) remains in effect…
The death toll from Typhoon Tino (international name: Kalmaegi) has climbed to 66, while 26 people are still missing, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said. Most of the fatalities and missing persons were reported in the Visayas region, especially in the province of Cebu. Residents in severely affected areas are picking…
Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III on Wednesday assured that the House of Representatives is ready to assist in the rehabilitation of communities hit byTyphoon Tino (international name: Kalmaegi). In a statement, Dy extended his sympathy to families heavily impacted by the typhoon — especially those in Visayas, as well as certain parts of Mindanao and…
Belgium’s two key airports faced major disruption on the night of November 4 when reports of drones flying near them forced their temporary closure. Around 7 p.m. local time (19:00 GMT), a drone sighting near Brussels Airport in Zaventem triggered an immediate shutdown of operations as a safety measure. The airport reopened after about two…
The death toll from Typhoon Tino (international name Typhoon Kalmaegi) has reached 52, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). Of those fatalities, 50 were reported in Central Visayas and 2 in Western Visayas. The disaster has also displaced over 400,000 people as heavy rains, landslides and floods swept across several…
MANILA – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday paid tribute to the pilots and aircrew of the helicopter that went down while on a humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR) mission at the height of Typhoon Tino. “Our sincerest condolences to the families of our fallen heroes,” the AFP said in a…
At least 58 people are reported dead in the wake of Typhoon Tino (Kalmaegi)as the it barrels west toward Vietnam. Among the casualties, six members of the military lost their lives when a helicopter assigned to a humanitarian mission crashed in the Agusan del Sur province on the island of Mindanao. The devastation is especially…