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MONTREAL, Canada (AFP)–A revitalised Lewis Hamilton kept Mercedes on top in Friday practice for this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix with a dominant display as rival teams Ferrari and Red Bull closed in on the championship pace-setters. The defending three-time champion, who won for the first time in seven months at the Monaco Grand Prix to trim team-mate Nico Rosberg’s championship lead to 24 points, was at his confident best at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Hamilton clocked […]
(Reuters) U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump offered a message of ethnic harmony on Friday at a Christian evangelical conference as he sought to calm concern about his criticism of a Mexican-American judge. In a departure from his usual freewheeling style, Trump read a carefully scripted speech from a teleprompter as part of a new push by his campaign to tone down the outspoken New Yorker’s harsh rhetoric. Trump’s remarks included a wide-ranging attack […]
Paris (AFP) – Uber was fined 800,000 euros ($900,000) by a French court on Thursday, half of which was suspended, over its controversial UberPOP ride-sharing service that was banned in the country after violent protests last year. Uber suspended its low-cost UberPOP offering in France in July following a storm of opposition to the service from taxi drivers and the arrest of two of its French bosses. UberPOP was subsequently banned in France, but the […]
By Caesar Vallejos EBC Correspondent “If you want more, you have to come to New York,” Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) Conductor Olivier Ochanine told the audience at the Cultural Center of Philippines who clamored for an encore at the send-off concert last June 10 for its Carnegie Hall performance in the USA. “Thank you for coming to energize us,” he said. The PPO is leaving on Monday to perform in one of the best […]
(Reuters) Muhammad Ali was extolled on Friday as a boxer of incomparable grace, a magnetic entertainer and a man of conviction who gave a voice to the oppressed, as a two-day celebration of “The Greatest” came to a rousing end in his Kentucky hometown. At an emotional memorial service at a Louisville sports arena, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, comedian Billy Crystal, Ali’s wife Lonnie and leaders of many of the world’s religious traditions delivered […]
(Reuters) Forces aligned with Libya’s unity government said on Friday they had taken control of the port of Sirte, making further gains in Islamic State’s North African stronghold. Brigades largely composed of fighters from Misrata advanced this week to the perimeter of Sirte’s city center, after launching a counter attack against Islamic State last month and driving the militant group back along the coastal road between the two cities. The brigades are part of […]
(REUTERS) The ACT college-entrance exam was canceled Saturday for all test-takers in South Korea and Hong Kong in the latest example of how an East Asia cheating epidemic is roiling American higher education. The incident marked the first known cancellation of the high-stakes exam for an entire country, according to ACT spokesman Ed Colby. ACT Inc, the Iowa-based nonprofit that operates the test, said it halted the test after discovering that it had leaked […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Thru his Instagram account, award-winning actor Coco Martin shared his harvest from his backyard vegetable garden. Coco’s post became trending after his followers made use of the hashtag #BahayKuboNiCoco (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
QUEZON City, Philippines – Several ballots included in the random manual audit were discovered missing but the Commission on Elections assured the public, saying that the missing ballots don’t have an effect on the election results since they were already transmitted prior to their gathering for the random manual audit. Still, the COMELEC is asking those responsible for an explanation as to why the ballots were missing. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – With the aim to promote farming and agriculture, film director Maryo J. De Los Reyes officially launched The Farm Film Festival with six entries. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
QUEZON City, Philippines – The National Aeronautics and Space Administration prepares its Juno spacecraft for its July 4 flight to Jupiter – the first in history. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Iglesia Ni Cristo and the New Era University conducted a community outreach program for the native Kabihug tribe in Camarines Norte. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
