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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has promised to put more satellites in space, even as the international community prepares to punish his regime over a long-range rocket launch just last week. At a banquet to congratulate the scientists, technicians and officials who contributed to the February 7 launch, Kim noted that the mission had come at “a complex time when hostile forces are more bloody-eyed than ever to strangle” the North, […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks surged more than five percent Monday morning as a drop in the yen boosted exporters with investors shrugging off a contraction in Japan’s economy during the final quarter of 2015. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange soared 5.12 percent, or 765.81 points, to 15,718.42 by the break, clawing back from an eye-watering loss of more than 11 percent last week. The broader Topix index of […]
by Naomi O’LEARY LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Epic survival tale “The Revenant” took top honors including best film on Sunday at Britain’s Bafta film awards, boosting its status as a favorite for Oscar success later this month. Mexico’s Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu scooped best director for the picture, and Leonardo DiCaprio won best actor for his leading role as grizzled trapper Hugh Glass. “I am overwhelmed,” said Inarritu as he accepted the award at a […]
DAGUPAN CITY (PIA) – The Civil Service Commission (CSC) in Pangasinan reiterates its call for all examinees for the April 17 Career Service Examination-Paper and Pencil Test (CSE-PPT) as the deadline for submission of applications draws near. Romel Rivera, senior human resource specialist of CSC Lingayen Field Office, said examinees must submit their applications to any CSC office before the deadline on February 26 to avoid the long queue on the last day of submission. […]
by Joe Dyke ISRAEL (AFP) — Five Palestinians were killed attempting to attack Israelis Sunday in a string of attacks across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem. They were the latest in a wave of Palestinian knife, gun and car-ramming assaults that erupted in October and came as US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power visited Israel and the Palestinian territories for talks with leaders from both sides. In the first incident, two 15-year-olds […]
THE search has come to an end as rescuers have found the body of the last missing resident from the earthquake that struck southern Taiwan on Saturday, Feb. 6. The death toll of the quake reached 116. At 15:57 Saturday, the body of the last missing resident was found in the ruins, ending the rescue work that has gone on for seven-and-a-half days. The 6.7-magnitude quake hit Kaohsiung city at a depth of 15 km […]
A 5.8 magnitude quake shook near New Zealand’s city of Christchurch on Sunday (February 14), according to the US Geological Survey. The USGS website said the quake was located 17 kilometers east northeast of Christchurch. New Zealand’s earthquake monitoring service, however, put the quake’s magnitude at 5.7 It hit just eight days short of the anniversary of the February 22, 2011 earthquake in the same region, which resulted in nearly 200 deaths and caused […]
(Eagle News) — This huge shellfish was seen by Eagle News correspondent Neil Domingo on the shores of Maniwaya island in Marinduque on February 5, 2016. It was estimated to be one foot-wide. This kind of shellfish is rare, according to the people living in the area. Only a few of them remain so residents there have decided to guard this big shellfish found on their shores, according to our correspondent.
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Rescuers have found the bodies of more than 100 people killed after an appartment block in Taiwan collapsed during an earthquake one week ago, emergency services said on Saturday. Only three residents of the Wei-kuan complex in the southern city of Tainan remained unaccounted for as emergency services drew close to completing their search, after rescuing hundreds of people from the ruins. The death toll now stands at 114 with 550 injured, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)–Air pollution kills more than 5.5 million people around the world each year, with over half of those deaths occurring in fast-growing China and India, researchers said Friday. And the number of premature deaths will continue to climb in the years ahead unless more aggressive measures against pollution are adopted, scientists warned the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in the US capital. “Air pollution is the fourth highest risk […]
(Eagle News) — Expelled Iglesia Ni Cristo member Lowell Menorca II is facing a complaint for adultery filed by the husband of his paramour before the Manila Prosecutor’s Office. The complainant, Davis Flores, filed the case on Friday, as he revealed details of the alleged adulterous relationship of Menorca with his wife Aedtnavye Juntilla Lazo, with whom he is already estranged, from 2008 to 2015. He said the two have incriminating photos on Facebook. Flores […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A powerful 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia late Friday, but no tsunami warning was immediately issued, US seismologists said. The earthquake hit at 5:02 pm local time (1002 GMT Friday), the US Geological Survey said, and was centred three kilometres (two miles) east-southeast of Andekanter in the Sumba region at a depth of 30 kilometres. The Indonesian disaster mitigation agency said there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. “Currently […]
