Notices by The Manila Times (themanilatimes@mastodon.social)

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea staged GPS jamming attacks on Friday and Saturday, Seoul's military said, an operation that was affecting several ships and dozens of civilian aircraft in South Korea.

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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DoJ) announced on Tuesday plans to prosecute Filipino facilitators involved in a case tied to a French graphic artist recently sentenced to 25 years in prison for orchestrating the livestreamed rape of hundreds of minors in the Philippines.

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ALTHOUGH it has been far from the landmass, Typhoon "Carina" would likely intensify into a super typhoon category before it makes landfall in Taiwan while still within the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), the state-run weather agency said on Wednesday.

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MOSCOW, Russia — Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a "strategic partnership treaty" following their talks in Pyongyang on Wednesday, Russian state media reported.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — A closely watched Alzheimer's drug from Eli Lilly won the backing of federal health advisers on Monday, setting the stage for the treatment's expected approval for people with mild dementia caused by the brain-robbing disease.

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will meet his Chinese counterpart, the Pentagon announced Friday, after Beijing carried out war games around Taiwan in a sign to the US-backed democracy's new leader.

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A RANKING Chinese government official said the implementation of the Philippine Maritime Zones Act is "very dangerous" and "can lead to a more complicated situation."

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BACOLOD CITY: Citing the rising heat index forecasted in Negros Occidental for the next two days, some local government units (LGU) have declared the cancellation of face-to-face classes in both public and private schools on Monday, March 11, 2024.

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MANILA, Philippines: THE National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) confirmed on Tuesday that, aside from executing dangerous blocking maneuvers against a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ship which caused a minor collision, the China Coast Guard (CCG) also used water cannons that injured several crew of the resupply boats.

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TEL AVIV, Israel: Israel’s defense minister on Friday said Israel is “thoroughly planning” a military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, signaling determination to move ahead despite growing international concerns about the safety of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians seeking refuge there.

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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Humans are driving the loss of entire branches of the "Tree of Life," according to a new study published on Monday, which warns of the threat of a sixth mass extinction.

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