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(REUTERS) President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he accepted the United States was probably still the world’s sole superpower and he was ready to work with whoever won the presidency, but didn’t want to be told how to live by Americans. Putin’s comments follow a rocky period in U.S.-Russia relations, which have been undermined by disagreements over issues such as Ukraine and Syria. Putin reiterated criticism of what he said was the misguided role […]
Russia claimed the IAAF’s decision to continue its ban of Russian athletics on Friday was unfair and threatened legal action, while the rest of the world welcomed the move and urged the IOC not to go against it. “We are extremely disappointed by the IAAF’s decision, creating the unprecedented situation of a whole nation’s track and field athletes being banned from the Olympics,” said the Russian ministry of sport. “Clean athletes’ dreams are being […]
(Reuters Health) – Aerobic exercise four hours after a memorization task, but not exercise right afterwards, was linked to improved recall in a series of Dutch experiments. Newly-learned information turns into long-term knowledge through a process of stabilization and integration of memories, the study team writes in Current Biology. This requires certain brain chemicals that are also released during physical exercise, including dopamine, noradrenaline (norepinephrine) and a growth factor called BDNF, they explain. “The […]
(REUTERS) Donald Trump chipped away at Hillary Clinton’s lead in the presidential race this week, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Friday, as the candidates clashed over how to respond to the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The poll, conducted from Monday to Friday, showed Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, with a 10.7 point lead among likely voters over Trump, her likely Republican rival in the November presidential election. That’s down from […]
(REUTERS) A federal judge has ordered actor Leonardo DiCaprio to be deposed in a defamation lawsuit brought by a former Stratton Oakmont executive over his alleged depiction in the 2013 Martin Scorsese film “The Wolf of Wall Street.” U.S. Magistrate Judge Steven Locke in Central Islip, New York, on Thursday said DiCaprio must be made available for questioning, which was opposed by Viacom Inc’s Paramount Pictures Corp, DiCaprio’s Appian Way Productions and other defendants. The […]
(Reuters) Some Republican senators tried on Friday to craft a compromise bill to impose limited gun restrictions in the face of pressure from Democrats and public rage over the Orlando mass shooting, the deadliest in modern U.S. history. A gunman killed 49 people at the Orlando, Florida, gay nightclub last Sunday, sparking a scramble over competing gun measures in the U.S. Senate. While past gun-control measures have failed to clear Congress, the massacre, coupled with […]
(REUTERS) California is now the sixth largest economy in the world, surpassing France thanks to a robust state economy and the strength of the U.S. dollar. California was the world’s eighth-largest economy as of last year, according to Irena Asmundson, chief economist of the California Department of Finance. “California did exceptionally well in 2015,” said Asmundson. “Lots of sectors did well.” California is home to diverse strong economies, including Silicon Valley and Hollywood. Manufacturing has […]
(REUTERS) Boko Haram militants killed seven soldiers and injured others in military barracks in southeastern Niger and stole weapons, the Nigeria-based radical group said in a statement on Friday, according to SITE Intelligence Group. Before the statement was issued, military sources had said that militants from Boko Haram attacked a town in Niger while a delegation of ministers were visiting, killing seven gendarmes and wounding 12 in a gun battle. They said none of […]
by Alice Ritchie LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Jo Cox, a British member of parliament who campaigned for the country to stay in the EU and for more aid for Syrian refugees, was killed in a brutal attack on Thursday. A 52-year-old man is in police custody after Cox was shot and stabbed numerous times in her constituency in northern England. Campaigning for the June 23 referendum has been suspended through Saturday out of […]
(Eagle News) – A Metropolitan Trial Court (MeTC) has ordered the illegal occupants of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) property at 36 Tandang Sora Avenue in Quezon City to “immediately vacate” the said Church premises. This was the court’s decision in the “unlawful detainer” case filed by the INC against the property’s illegal occupants, namely expelled INC members Lolita “Lottie” Hemedez and Felix Nathaniel “Angel” V. Manalo. The case was filed in February […]
(Eagle News) — Nagsumite na ng counter affidavit ang mga opisyal ng Smartmatic at Commission on Elections (Comelec) IT department sa Manila Prosecutor’s Office kaugnay ng isinampang kaso ng kampo ni vice presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. Matatandaang inireklamo ng kampo ni Marcos ang walang pahintulot na pagbago sa script ng transparency server noong nakaraang eleksyon. Kapuwa pinanumpaan ng mga respondent sa harap ni City Prosecutor Rector Macapagal ang kontra salaysay nina Marlon Garcia, Elie […]
(Eagle News) — Hindi pinalampas ng mga traffic police ang Davao City re-elected Vice Mayor at anak ni incoming president Rodrigo Duterte na si Paolo “Pulong” Duterte matapos lumabag sa anti-speeding ordinance ng lungsod. Sa kanyang facebook account, ipinakita ng anak ni incoming president Duterte ang kanyang overspeeding violation ticket. Sinabi nito na nahuli aniya siya habang tumatakbo ng 57 kilometers per hour ang kaniyang sasakyan gayong ang dapat na bilis sa Bangkal street kung saan […]
