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10 hours ago

PAGASA says Typhoon Chedeng continues to keep its strength as it accelerates north northeastward over the Philippine Sea. In a bulletin issued at 5 p.m. Saturday, PAGASA says Chedeng was last located 870 kilometers east of northern extreme Luzon. Chedeng was moving north northeastward at 20 kilometers per hour. It has maximum sustained winds of 150 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 185 kph.

12 hours ago

Investigators are still clueless on the near fatal ambush Thursday of a public school teacher in Datu Anggal Midtimbang town in Maguindanao del Sur. Brig. Gen. Allan Nobleza, director of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, tells reporters Saturday probers have enlisted the help of local officials in identifying the ambushers of Israel Paguital. Paguital was seriously wounded in the attack. — The STAR/John Unson

13 hours ago

A 24-hour ceasefire takes effect Saturday between Sudan's warring generals but, with fears running high it will collapse like its predecessors, US and Saudi mediators warn they may break off mediation efforts. With the fighting now about to enter a third month, civilians trapped in the battlegrounds in greater Khartoum and the flashpoint western region of Darfur are desperate for relief from the bloodshed but deeply sceptical about the sincerity of the generals. Multiple truces have been agreed and broken since fighting erupted on April 15, and Washington had slapped sanctions on both rival generals after the last attempt collapsed at the end of May. — AFP

16 hours ago

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China next week, rescheduling a visit that was canceled in February after a saga over a suspected surveillance balloon, US officials say. Blinken is expected to arrive in Beijing on June 18, the first trip by a top US diplomat to China since his predecessor Mike Pompeo in October 2018, US officials say on condition of anonymity. The State Department has not officially announced his travel. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby recently said the United States would announce travel by senior officials "in the near future" without giving details. — AFP

17 hours ago

Pope Francis thanks those who have sent him get-well wishes following his hernia surgery, as the Vatican says he was back at work from his hospital room. "I sincerely appreciate the prayers and numerous expressions of closeness and affection received in the past few days," the 86-year-old says on Twitter. "I am praying for everyone, especially those who suffer. I ask you to keep me in your prayers," he says. — AFP

18 hours ago

Nuggets take 3-1 lead in NBA Finals with 108-95 win over Heat.

20 hours ago

Federal prosecutors unseal a wide-ranging indictment of Donald Trump, accusing the former US president of endangering national security by holding on to top secret nuclear and defense documents after leaving the White House. The 76-year-old Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, took hundreds of classified government documents in cardboard boxes to his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, the 49-page charge sheet said. Trump kept the files -- which included records from the Pentagon, CIA and National Security Agency -- unsecured at Mar-a-Lago, which regularly hosted large social events, the indictment says. — AFP

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