Month: June 2023

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Vietjet plane carrying 214 people has made an unscheduled but safe landing in the northern Philippines after encountering an unspecified technical problem. None of the passengers and crew were hurt. The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said the Airbus A321 was enroute to Vietnam from the South Korean city

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese regulators have begun a final inspection before treated radioactive wastewater is released from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean. The inspection began Wednesday, a day after the plant operator installed the outlet of the undersea tunnel from which the water will be released.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A court has granted the rights to the works of the late Jorge Luis Borges, considered Argentina’s most internationally significant author of the 20th century, to five nephews of the author’s widow who died in March. Borges’ wife, Maria Kodama, had devoted much of her life to fiercely protecting his

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine security forces say they rescued 2,700 people who had been trafficked and tricked into working for cybercrime syndicates. The number of people rescued and the scale of the raids conducted in metropolitan Manila early Tuesday were the largest so far this year. The raids illustrate how the Philippines has become

By ARTHUR BRICE and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press TERRA CEIA ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Department of Health has issued a statewide mosquito-borne illness advisory after four locally contracted cases of malaria were reported along the Gulf Coast south of Tampa. On Monday, a health alert issued by the Centers for Disease Control and

By SONIA PÉREZ D. and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Bernardo Arévalo, the surprise of the first round of voting in Guatemala, says the choice in the Aug. 20 presidential runoff is a clear one: Continue living under a corrupt system with his rival or rebuild the country’s democracy with him. In