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NEW Delhi, India (AFP) — Scientists from Britain and India will release underwater robots into the Bay of Bengal in a bid to more accurately predict the Indian monsoon critical to millions of farmers, they said Tuesday. Researchers will also fly a plane packed with scientific equipment over the bay to measure the atmosphere as part of the multi-million pound study of the monsoon which hit southern India last week. Better forecasting would improve the […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine authorities on Tuesday confirmed that Muslim extremist guerrillas had beheaded a second Canadian hostage, as they defended their inability to save him despite months of pursuit. ” We strongly condemn the brutal and senseless murder of Mr. Robert Hall, a Canadian national, after being held captive by the Abu Sayyaf group in Sulu for the past nine months,” presidential spokesman Herminio Coloma said in a statement. A military statement also […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — The Abu Sayyaf was on Monday accused of murdering a Canadian hostage abducted nearly nine months ago, the latest in a long line of atrocities by the Islamic militant group based in the southern Philippines. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he had “compelling reasons to believe” that Robert Hall had been murdered. Hall would be the second Canadian killed this year by the Abu Sayyaf, which has terrorised the region […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — The Canadian government said Monday it was investigating reports that one of its nationals kidnapped by Islamic militants in the southern Philippines nearly nine months ago had been killed. “The Government of Canada is aware of reports that a Canadian citizen has been executed,” the Canadian foreign affairs ministry said in a statement. “We are pursuing all appropriate channels to seek further information and are in close contact with Philippines authorities.” […]
The island nation of Comoros is hoping geothermal power from steaming volcanoes could help plug the gap in its energy supply, as power cuts continue hitting the economy. (AFP Video) https://youtu.be/CBsibdvUg7k
United Nations, United States—Israel on Monday was elected to chair a United Nations committee for the first time in the world body’s 71-year history, triggering strong protests from Arab countries and the Palestinians. Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon won the chair of the legal affairs committee of the General Assembly by picking up 109 votes from the 193 member-states. Danon’s candidacy was put to a vote by secret ballot at the request of Arab countries. All […]
(Reuters) U.S. authorities said on Monday they had found no direct links between Islamic State militants and the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, describing him as a homegrown extremist who was inspired by radical Islamist groups. The FBI and other agencies were still looking at evidence inside the club and on the closed-off streets around the Pulse nightclub, where New York-born Omar Mateen perpetrated the worst mass shooting in […]
ORLANDO, United States (AFP) — The following is a description of the deadly shooting rampage that unfolded at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub early Sunday, where 49 people were shot dead and 53 others were wounded, according to police and witness accounts. Gunman Omar Mateen was killed in a shootout with police. Closing time: shooter on the scene– Just after 2:00 am as the club was closing, Mateen, a 29-year-old American of Afghan descent, opens […]
by Rob Lever WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Microsoft said Monday it was buying the professional social network LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in cash, a move that would help refocus the US tech giant around cloud computing and services. With its biggest-ever acquisition and one of the largest in the tech sector, Microsoft is taking a big step into the world of social networking, adding a new tool for its efforts to boost services for […]
(Reuters) Oscar Pistorius is a “broken” man who should not be jailed for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, a psychologist told a court in South Africa on Monday, while a prosecutor said he has shown no remorse. The 29-year-old Paralympic gold medalist, known as “Blade Runner” for the carbon-fibre prosthetics he wore when racing, faces a minimum 15-year jail term after his manslaughter conviction for the 2013 killing was upgraded on appeal. […]
Ottawa, Canada (AFP) — The Canadian government has “compelling reason to believe” that one of its citizens kidnapped by Islamic militants in the southern Philippines nearly nine months ago has been killed, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday. “It is with deep sadness that I have reason to believe that a Canadian citizen, Robert Hall, held hostage in the Philippines since September 21, 2015, has been killed by his captors,” Trudeau said in a statement. […]
A look of exasperation can be seen in CHR investigator Jun Nalangan’s face after a woman from inside 36 Tandang Sora refused to let him inside the INC property to investigate an alleged complaint from the occupants of the property. (Eagle News) — For the sixth time, representatives of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) were again denied entry by complainants, expelled Iglesia Ni Cristo members, who are illegally staying in the INC property. […]
