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AN intense heat wave in India has left more than one hundred people dead in India. The early-summer heat have forced schools to close and halted outdoor work like construction. Neighboring Pakistan, which suffered its hottest spell in decades last year, plans to open 500 response centers to provide shelter and cold water to people if a heat-wave warning is issued. India’s hottest months are May and June, but some states have already registered temperatures in […]
by Glenn CHAPMAN SAN FRANCISCO,United States (AFP) — A Google empire built on search shifted attention on Thursday to high-speed Internet networks, 360-degree video broadcasting and “other bets” as parent company Alphabet logged disappointing earnings. Alphabet said net income hit $4.2 billion in the first three months of this year, but shares sank more than five percent to $714 in after-market trades that followed release of the report. The earnings per share fell 46 cents short […]
by Andrew BEATTY LONDON,United Kingdom (AFP) — US President Barack Obama wasted no time in plunging into Britain’s poisonous EU membership debate Friday, arguing strongly against a “Brexit” as he kicked off a visit to the UK. Obama went to a traditional bastion of euroscepticism, The Daily Telegraph newspaper, to make the case that Britons should vote to remain in the European Union in the June 23 referendum. Writing in the broadsheet, Obama argued that […]
After nine months of serving as the highest ranking officer of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, General Hernando Iriberri retires today on his 56th birthday. President Aquino himself will lead the testimonial review and change of command ceremonies in Camp Aguinaldo this morning. Irreberi assumed the office of Chief of Staff last July 2015 replacing Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang. Meanwhile, AFP Vice Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Glorioso Miranda will replace Iriberri as acting […]
by Frankie Taggart with Shaun Tandon in New York AFP — Prince, whose pioneering brand of danceable funk and virtuoso talents made him one of the most influential figures in music, died Thursday at his secluded compound in Minnesota. He was 57. The announcement came just a week after the enigmatic Grammy and Oscar winner — acclaimed for his guitar skills and soaring falsetto — was taken to hospital with a bad bout of influenza, […]
(Eagle News) — Magsasagawa ng road reblocking ang Department Of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) sa ilang bahagi ng Quezon City simula 10:00 ng gabi. Ayon kay Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Emerson Carlo, inirekomenda ni DPWH-National Capital Region (NCR) Director Melvin Navarro ang nasabing reblocking at repair para sa maintenance purposes. Kabilang sa mga maapektuhan ng road-reblocking ay ang mga sumusunod: Southbound Commonwealth Avenue (mula Riverside hanggang Sandigan, 2nd […]
by Justin Tallis with Katherine Haddon in London WINDSOR, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain celebrated the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday with tributes to a popular monarch who has steered it through the decline of empire and a wave of scandals to the Internet age. Prime Minister David Cameron paid tribute to the queen as “a rock of strength for our nation” and her son and heir Prince Charles marked the occasion by […]
by Daniel Leussink TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Mitsubishi Motors shares nosedived again Thursday as panic selling wiped about $2.5 billion off the automaker’s market value in response to its shock admission that it cheated on fuel-efficiency tests. The embarrassing revelation is the latest in a string of recent scandals to hit Japanese firms, while German giant Volkswagen struggles to restore its badly dented reputation after a massive emissions scandal. The news has also raised questions about […]
Japanese automaker Nissan is looking to the giant robots of the ‘Gundam’ anime series for its new car designs. Ryan Brooks reports on how this might set them apart from a market filled with look-alike designs.
Footage released by NASA on Sunday (April 17) shows the Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis, as seen from an astronaut’s perspective, in a new “ultra high-definition” video resolution. The time-lapse video, shot from the International Space Station, shows the ethereal and hazy light formations passing across the night side of the planet. NASA released the footage to commemorate the launch of NASA TV UHD, a new television service operating in so-called “4K” video resolution. Aurora […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Passengers in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport once again wrap their baggages in masking tape and plastic to avoid being victimized by the alleged return of the “laglag-bala” scheme after a passenger, 75-years old Salvacion Cortavista was spotted carrying a bullet. According to the Philippine National Police Aviation Security Group, there is a possibility that the bullet was not detected in the initial inspection and only detected in the final inspection. […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Zamboanga City is alarmed by the possibility of a norovirus outbreak, a highly contagious virus that results in stomach upsets like diarrhea. Four were reported dead due to said virus. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
