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

SAN FRANCISCO, California — Nintendo on Friday said it was delaying preorders of its hotly anticipated Switch 2 gaming console as it assesses the fallout from the Trump administration's trade tariffs.

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BANGKOK — The death toll from the massive earthquake that hit Myanmar nearly a week ago rose Thursday to 3,085 as more bodies were found by search and rescue teams, the military-led government said.

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SEOUL — South Korean police will mobilize "all available resources" to prevent violence when a court rules on Friday on the fate of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, with top tourist sites to close and embassies warning citizens to stay away.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — As they readied to leave work Monday, some workers at the Food and Drug Administration were told to pack their laptops and prepare for the possibility that they wouldn't be back, according to an email obtained by The Associated Press.

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MANILA, Philippines — In response to the catastrophic 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar and Thailand, resulting in over 1,000 confirmed deaths and widespread destruction, the Philippine government is mobilizing a humanitarian assistance team.

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ANDONG, South Korea — Wildfires in South Korea are now "the largest on record" having burned more forest than any previous blaze, the country's disaster chief said Thursday, as the death toll rose to 26.

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PARIS, France — Chinese doctors said Wednesday that they had transplanted a liver from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead human for the first time, raising hopes of a live-saving donor option for patients in the future.

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SYDNEY, Australia — An "unprecedented" mass bleaching event has been recorded off Australia's western coast, scientists said Wednesday, turning huge chunks of a celebrated reef system a sickly dull white.

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MIAMI — The Miami Heat thrashed the Golden State Warriors 112-86 on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila), handing Jimmy Butler a stinging loss in his first game against his old club since his acrimonious exit.

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MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Friday said it has no information on the alleged request of former president Rodrigo Duterte to be granted asylum in China.

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LIMA — Peru on Monday declared a month-long state of emergency in the capital Lima to allow for the deployment of soldiers to help police crack down after a wave of killings linked to extortion.

The move came after singer Paul Flores, 39, was shot dead Sunday by hitmen who attacked a bus he was riding with bandmates as they left a concert outside Lima, a city of 10 million people.

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MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday denied a petition for a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte, ruling that the petitioners failed to show clear and unmistakable right warranting immediate injunctive relief.

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The International Criminal Court where former president Rodrigo Duterte is being taken after his arrest in the Philippines is a court of last resort for the most serious international offenses, such as genocide and crimes against humanity.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk said X was hit Monday by a major cyberattack, raising questions as to whether the politically divisive billionaire is being targeted or his decision to gut staff at what was once Twitter is haunting the social network.

Reports of problems with X started early Monday, with users in Asia, Europe, and North America saying they could not access the platform, according to the Downdetector tracking site.

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SEOUL — North Korea fired several ballistic missiles into the sea Monday, South Korea's military said, hours after South Korean and US troops kicked off their large annual combined drills, which the North views as an invasion rehearsal.

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SYDNEY — Gusts and torrential rain have blacked out more than 300,000 properties and swamped parts of Australia's east coast, officials said Sunday, with one driver confirmed dead and a dozen troops injured in the wild weather.

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PARIS, France — After steel and aluminium, US President Donald Trump has set his sights on slapping 25 percent tariffs on semiconductors, cars and pharmaceuticals.

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A Sri Lankan passenger train derailed Thursday after smashing into a family of elephants, with no passengers injured but six animals killed in the island's worst such wildlife accident, police said.

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Senatorial aspirant and Makati Mayor Abby Binay on Tuesday vowed to push for better healthcare and education, and to increase the purchasing power of workers by removing taxes on overtime pay and 13th month pay if she gets elected.

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MANILA, Philippines — Members of the House of Representatives are preparing to request subpoenas for Vice President Sara Duterte's bank records to strengthen the impeachment case filed against her.

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