PhilSA warns of debris as China launches rocket anew
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) on Monday confirmed that China had launched a Long March 12 rocket, warning the public of debris projected to have fallen near Puerto Princesa, Palawan.
Over 7,000 travelers stranded at ports nationwide due to Uwan
A total of 7,213 passengers, truck drivers, and cargo helpers were stranded at various ports as Typhoon Uwan (international name: Fung-Wong) continued to affect parts of the country, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Monday.
PAGASA: 5 Luzon dams continue to release water amid Uwan
More gates were opened in five major dams in Luzon that have been releasing water amid the heavy rains brought by Typhoon Uwan, according to state weather bureau PAGASA on Monday.
Over 197k Meralco users still without power amid Uwan impact
Over 197,000 customers of the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) remain affected by power service interruptions as of Monday morning due to the onslaught of Super Typhoon Uwan (international name: Fung-Wong), most of them in Cavite and Bulacan.
Senate Democrats cave, open path to reopening government
The government shutdown neared its end on Sunday as the Senate cleared the first series of votes, with final House approval and President Donald Trump’s signature still required.
Flight reductions likely to continue — or worsen — if shutdown persists, experts warn
The FAA started reducing air traffic by 10% across 40 major airports Friday due to air traffic controller staffing shortages caused by the government shutdown.
‘Fake News’: US Confirms Aid Is Flowing Into Gaza, Contradicting Hamas Propaganda
The United States and Israel are moving an average of 674 humanitarian aid trucks through Gaza each day, delivering more than 15,000 loads of commercial goods and medicine since the ceasefire began on Oct. 10, according to figures compiled by the U.S.-led Civil-Military Coordination Center, the multinational body running the operations, and shared with the Washington Free Beacon. They contradict Hamas claims that Israel has hampered aid distribution in Gaza—and reports from anti-Israel media outlets relying on the terror outfit to make the same argument.
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Not Lost in Translation
A new translation of Thucydides is an occasion to be celebrated. An Athenian, Thucydides is the historian of the war that dealt a devastating blow to the city-states of ancient Greece in the fifth century B.C. The Peloponnesian War was a 27-year-long conflict between the two major power blocs of the historian’s world, one led by his own country, Athens, and the other led by its rival, Sparta. Only one side could win but, in the end, both sides paid a price in blood, treasure, and spirit. A disaster but one that in Thucydides’ hands offers one of civilization’s most powerful learning experiences.
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McCloskey’s Latest Spy Thriller Turns a New Page
In just five years, David McCloskey has gone from being a complete unknown to his current status as one of our leading writers of spy fiction, a remarkably rapid ascent. While his first three novels—Damascus Station (2021), Moscow X (2023), and The Seventh Floor (2024)—were set in the same fictional universe, centered around the CIA (where McCloskey himself spent seven or eight years as an analyst, mostly in the Middle East), The Persian marks a new departure.
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The Sacred and Profane Decade
One of the stranger moments in the history of American popular music occurred in the winter of 1986, when the chorus of the hottest song on the pop charts featured Greek lyrics from a Christian prayer. Teenagers speeding with their friends rolled down their windows, let the wind blow their Aqua Netted hair, and yelled, “Kyrie Eleison”—Lord have mercy—“down the road that I must travel!” At keg parties in fraternities and sororities across the land, college students sang, in the native language of their social organizations, “Lord have mercy through the darkness of the night.” And while it’s true that many of the song’s fans probably thought they were singing “carry a laser,” Mr. Mister’s “Kyrie Eleison” topped the Billboard 100 for two consecutive weeks. As Tom Breihan describes it, the hit pop song is “a textbook example of ambiguous worship music.”
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