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UN climate deal signing gets the ball rolling
by Carole LANDRY UNITED NATION, United States (AFP) — World leaders gather at the United Nations on Friday to sign the Paris climate deal and get the ball rolling on a quick entry into force to start beating back global warming. French President Francois Hollande and Canada’s Justin Trudeau will join US Secretary of State John Kerry for the ceremony attended by more than 165 governments, the largest ever one-day signing of an international agreement. […]
Prince was treated for overdose before death: TMZ
LOS Angeles, United States (AFP) — Pop icon Prince was treated for a drug overdose in the week before his death on Thursday, entertainment website TMZ reported, citing multiple unnamed sources. The 57-year-old was treated at a hospital after his private jet made an unscheduled landing in Moline, Illinois last Friday following a gig in Atlanta, amid reports that he had been battling influenza. “Multiple sources in Moline tell us Prince was rushed to a […]
Mitsubishi office raided
Japanese authorities raided the research center of Mitsubishi Motors after the company admits to improper testing of fuel efficiency.
Heavy rain adds to woes of quake-rattled residents in Japan
Heavy showers fell on earthquake-battered southern Japan, adding to the woes of residents already rattled by continuing aftershocks.
Quake survivors take shelter at camp in devastated Ecuador town
QUITO,Ecuador (AFP) — Earthquake survivors take shelter at a camp in the devastated resort town of Pedernales in Ecuador after a powerful quake killed more than 500 people and injured over 5,000. https://youtu.be/d8FqUcifeyc
INC District Unity E-games held in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
The Iglesia Ni Cristo held its Unity E-Games in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Raissa Mangilit reports from EBC’s Canada bureau
Magnitude 6.0 aftershock strikes near Ecuador coast: USGS
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — A magnitude 6.0 aftershock struck near the coast of Ecuador Thursday, as the country struggled to recover from a devastating quake that killed almost 600 people, US experts said. The tremor hit at 10:03 pm (0303 GMT Friday) some 20 miles (33 kilometers) north-northwest of Bahia de Caraquez and 36 miles north-northwest of Tosagua, the US Geological Survey said. AFP reporters in the region felt some shaking but there were no […]
Anxious search for missing after deadly Mexico blast
by Ignacio Carvajal Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz State, Mexico (AFP) — Anguished relatives nervously awaited news of their loved ones Thursday outside a Mexican petrochemical plant where an explosion killed at least 24 people and sent toxic smoke billowing into the air. Starting at dawn, family members flocked to a military cordon set up around the plant after Wednesday’s explosion, which blew out the windows of nearby stores and homes and triggered panic among locals still haunted […]
USGS: A magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes disaster-hit Ecuador
(Reuters) A powerful earthquake measuring 6.0 magnitude struck Ecuador on Thursday, as the country was still struggling to recover from a deadly quake that killed 587 people, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake’s epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) north-northwest of Portoviejo and at a depth of 10 km (six miles), said the USGS. A massive 7.8 magnitude quake hit Ecuador on Saturday.
China could build nuclear plants for South China Sea, paper says
(Reuters) China is getting closer to building maritime nuclear power platforms that could one day to used to support Chinese projects in the disputed South China Sea, a widely-read state-run newspaper said on Friday. China has rattled nerves with its military and construction activities on the islands it occupies in the South China Sea, including building runways, though Beijing says most of what it is building is for civilian purposes, like lighthouses. The Global Times, […]
Philippines conducts nationwide earthquake drill
CLARK, Pampanga — The Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) led by the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) was held Thursday (April 21) morning. Government agencies and disaster authorities participated in the drill after a series of deadly earthquakes shook several countries, including Japan, Ecuador, Myanmar and Vanuatu. The countries lie on the pacific ring of fire — an area where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions happen. The simultaneous drills were held in Pampanga, […]
