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NEW York, United States (AFP) — Shares of Tesla Motors tumbled Tuesday after an article in Consumer Reports recounted a series of glitches with its new Model X electric sport utility vehicle. Tesla shares were down 3.4 percent at $244.27 in midday trade following the report in the widely read consumer magazine. Among the snafus cited: problems with the vehicle’s “falcon wing” doors either not opening or not shutting; difficulties with the car’s self-driving mechanism […]
SINGAPORE (AFP) — Oil prices resumed their fall in Asia Wednesday after petroleum workers called off a strike in key OPEC producer Kuwait, quashing hopes the disruption could help ease a persistent supply glut. Curtailed production resulting from the three-day strike in OPEC’s fourth biggest member led prices to rise Tuesday, ending a four-day losing streak. But prices resumed their decline after the Kuwait Oil Workers Union on Wednesday ended their mass action and decided […]
MANILA, April 20 – The Palace has condemned the abduction of five officers of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Davao City last week “We join the PNP in condemning this lawless act against our police officers, who were performing their duty to protect the security and well-being of our people,” Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said in a statement issued on Tuesday. The Palace official said the PNP is exerting efforts to apprehend the suspects, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — A presidential candidate paid a courtesy call on Iglesia Ni Cristo Executive Minister Bro. Eduardo V. Manalo at the INC Central Office on Tuesday. Liberal Party (LP) standard bearer Mar Roxas met with Bro. Eduardo V. Manalo, who was accompanied by his wife, Ms. Korina Sanchez. Bro. Eduardo Manalo welcomed them inside the Bulwagan room of the Central Office. Roxas is Pres. Aquino’s bet to be his successor.
by Florence PANOUSSIAN PEDERNALES,Ecuador (AFP) –The death toll from Ecuador’s earthquake was feared to rise sharply as authorities warned Tuesday that 1,700 people were still missing and anger gripped families of victims trapped in the rubble. Three days after the powerful 7.8-magnitude quake struck Ecuador’s Pacific coast in a zone popular with tourists, 480 people are known to have died, the government said. Sniffer dogs and mechanical diggers were busy at work in the wreckage […]
CALBAYOG CITY, SAMAR, April 20 – President Benigno S. Aquino III on vowed that the voice of the Filipinos will prevail in next month’s elections. “Wala akong balak na papayagan kong mandaya dito. Obligasyon kong manigurado na ‘yung gusto ng taong bayan, ‘yun ang umiral pagdating ng ika-siyam ng Mayo,” President Aquino said before local leaders and members of the community who gathered at the sports center here. In his speech, the President touted the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Flooding triggered by heavy rains in and around Houston has killed at least seven people and prompted mass rescues, authorities from America’s fourth-largest city said Tuesday. A flash flood watch will be active in the Texas city through late Wednesday, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said, warning of “widespread showers and thunderstorms” with up to four inches (10 centimeters) of rainfall. “Most drown victims occur in vehicles… Turn […]
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by Marlowe HOOD PARIS,France (AFP) — As Europe and the United States brace for the likely arrival of the Zika virus from Latin America this summer, experts warn global warming may accelerate the spread of mosquito-borne disease. Rising temperatures are a threat in more ways than one, they cautioned ahead of a major gathering of Zika researchers in Paris next week. “Climate change has contributed to the expansion of the range of mosquitoes,” said Moritz […]
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — Some 1,700 people are still missing three days after a big earthquake struck Ecuador, an official said Tuesday, raising fears that a death toll currently put at 480 could dramatically rise. “We have 2,000 people listed that are being looked for, but we have so far found 300,” Deputy Interior Minister Diego Fuentes told reporters in the capital Quito. “Right now we have 480 people who were killed and approximately 2,560 […]
by Glenn CHAPMAN SAN Francisco, United States (AFP) — Yahoo reported a quarterly loss on Tuesday as the struggling Internet pioneer continued to court potential buyers and examine other strategic options. Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer said the company has “made substantial progress toward potential strategic alternatives” while working to trim costs and drive growth. The company reported a net loss of $99 million in the first quarter, compared with a $21 million profit a […]
MANILA,Philippines (AFP) — Leading Philippine presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday finally apologized for his apparent joke about the rape and murder of an Australian missionary after initially sneering at the widespread outrage he sparked. Duterte, longtime mayor of the southern city of Davao, told cheering supporters last week that when he saw a female Australian lay minister who was raped and murdered in a Philippine prison riot in 1989, his initial reaction was: […]
