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AFP News Search operations for 12 fishermen reported missing 03 A number of women -- includ- That flight, Qatar Airways’ earches were under way across three areas in Bicol Syesterday for seven fish- have so far located five of them ing from Australia -- were QR908 to Sydney, was four hours ermen in the Philippines as a alive, it added. removed from their flight and late departing Doha as a result, typhoon swept across the ar- And at least two people were examined for signs of child- according to air traffic website chipelago, flooding low-lying injured by a falling tree in Ori- birth after the baby was found Flightradar24. It is not clear how areas and forcing thousands ental Mindoro province, its in a bathroom at Hamad Inter- many flights were involved. of people into emergency shel- governor told local broadcast- national in the Qatari capital. ters. er Teleradyo. Packing maximum sustained Rescuers were also search- INETY TWO WINS winds of 130 kilometres (80 ing for a person missing af - NExploding head To- miles) per hour, Typhoon Mo- ter their boat was submerged day is beyond my wild- host tens of thousands of foreign pregnant or bear children outside “The newborn infant remains lave made landfall Sunday on in province, south est dreams. I couldn’t be visitors for the 2022 soccer world marriage. Doha airport on Sunday unidentified, but is safe under the the southern end of the main of Manila. Seven other crew here today without my cup. launched an appeal for the child’s professional care of medical and island of before moving members were rescued. team, continuously in- Qatar practices a strict form mother to come forward, suggest- social workers,” it said in its state- west across the country. Molave was forecast to start novating and pushing the of Islamic law, with stiff penal- ing that the checks undertaken at ment, and requested that anyone Villages and farmland in the moving across the South China barrier in this game. I’m ties applied to women who fall the time were inconclusive. with information come forward. typhoon’s path were flooded Sea Monday. so grateful to have you guys by my side through this journey... @LewisHamilton Mike Pompeo in India on first leg of Asia trip to evacuate 1.3 million people Reuters | Hanoi/Manila slides and floods in 11 areas, the during which floods and land- people in central Vietnam in 04 ietnam is preparing to evac- disaster agency said. slides have killed 130 people 2017. He ordered boats ashore Vuate nearly 1.3 million peo- There were no reports of and left 20 missing in the central and told the security forces to ple as it braces for the impact of casualties, but 12 fishermen at region. get ready. typhoon Molave, which lashed sea failed to return to Catandu- Vietnam is prone to destruc- “Troops must deploy full KNOW WHAT the Philippines overnight caus- anes province off the country’s tive storms and flooding due to force to support people, in - ing flooding, landslides and eastern coast. its long coastline. cluding mobilising helicopters, leaving at least a dozen fisher- Molave, the 17th typhoon to “This is a very strong typhoon tanks and other means of trans- men missing on Monday. hit the Philippines this year, that will impact a large area,” portation if needed,” Phuc said Pompeo will end his trip, Typhoon Molave, with wind is forecast to make landfall in Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan in a statement. which comes in the final speeds of 125 kilometre (77 central Vietnam on Wednes- Phuc said in an urgent warning ntil the GOP can week before the US presi- miles) per hour and gusts of up day, with wind speeds of up to to provinces and cities in Mo- Uagree that science dential election, in Indone- to 150 kph, left the main Philip- 135 kph. lave’s path to prepare. and governance are the sia, one of several Southeast pine island of Luzon earlier on It will be the fourth storm to Phuc compared Molave to key to crushing the vi- Asian countries wary of Monday, with heavy rain caus- hit Vietnam in a tumultuous Typhoon Damrey, which killed rus, the pandemic will ing seven land - month more than 100 continue to destroy the growing Chinese activities lives and livelihoods of in the disputed South China the American people. Sea. #MSNBCLive @GretaThunberg increasingly assertive China, 11.8m which has been making political About 11.8 million people and military inroads across Asia, in Vietnam’s costal analysts say. provinces are exposed Pompeo is due to travel to Sri to the threat of intense Lanka and the Maldives, two In- flooding, with 35% of settlements located on Disclaimer: (Views expressed dian Ocean countries where Chi- by columnists are personal and na has financed and built various crowded and eroding coastlines, need not necessarily reflect our infrastructure, to the alarm of editorial stances) India and the United States.