More than 100 dead in Ecuador’s latest prison violence
by Santiago PIEDRA SILVA GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AFP) -- The death toll from bloody clashes between rival gangs in an Ecuador…
4 years ago
N. Korea’s Kim condemns US dialogue offer as ‘facade’: state media
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un condemned a US offer of dialogue as a "facade",…
4 years ago
La Palma flights resume as volcanic lava reaches sea
by Desiree MARTIN Spain (AFP) -- A commercial flight flew into La Palma in the Canary Islands on Wednesday, the…
4 years ago
YouTube cracks down on anti-vaccine misinformation
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- YouTube announced Wednesday it would remove videos and some high-profile users that falsely claim…
4 years ago
Magnitude 4.2 quake hits waters off Sarangani, Davao Occidental
(Eagle News) – A magnitude 4.2 quake struck 63 kilometers west of Sarangani, Davao Occidental, just before midnight, at…
4 years ago
Powerful typhoon Mindulle “no longer expected to enter” PHL, says PAGASA
But warns of rough seas in northern and eastern seaboards of Luzon (Eagle News) – The powerful typhoon Mindulle,…
4 years ago
Japan manga artist Takao Saito, ‘Golgo 13’ creator, dies aged 84
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Manga artist Takao Saito, who created the most prolific Japanese comic-book series of all time "Golgo…
4 years ago
Russia reports record virus deaths for second day
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia on Wednesday recorded its highest coronavirus death toll for a second day running, as infections…
4 years ago
6.1-magnitude quake rattles Japan, no tsunami risk
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's northwestern coast on Wednesday but no tsunami warning was issued,…
4 years ago
World’s shortest cow gets posthumous recognition
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- A knee-high celebrity cow that became a sensation in Bangladesh has won posthumous recognition as the…
4 years ago