Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives and destruction caused by a powerful earthquake in the Mindanao region of the Philippines and reiterated India's support for the affected people and government.
A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake off southern Philippines killed 15 people and injured more than 129, triggering tsunami alerts across the region before Indonesia lifted its warning.
The death toll from two recent powerful typhoons that swept across the Philippines has climbed to 259, with millions of people displaced, authorities said on Wednesday.
The death toll in Typhoon Kalmaegi that has hit the Philippines since Sunday has climbed to 66, with 26 more missing, the country's Office of Civil Defence (OCD) said Wednesday.
Sarit Suwannarut kept the pedal to the metal, increasing his advantage on top of the leaderboard to four shots at the halfway stage of the US$22.22 million International Series Philippines, even as India's Gagamkeet Bhullar remained in the chasing pack and in contention for a top finish.
The essential unity of American military, economic, and Cold War policies was increasingly revealed by the sordidness and cruelty of the Vietnam War. Russell thus repeatedly warned the developing nations against the impending danger of developed nations' economic and strategic policies, and how they exploited developing nations for their own development, leaving behind depleted soils, worked-out mines, ravaged forests, and a trail of ecological destruction
Philippines government was advised by the Chinese embassy to stay out of the US efforts to uphold global hegemony.
An earthquake of magnitude 6 occurred 4 km South-East of San Mariano, Philippines.
The Covid-19 death toll in the Philippines has increased to 66,030, the Department of Health (DOH) said in its latest update on Tuesday.
To counter China's aggressive territorial posturing in the South China Sea, the Philippines agreed to provide the United States with expanded access to its military bases, implying US forces will have a greater strategic footing on the southeastern edge of the South China Sea close to self-ruled Taiwan, CNN reported.
