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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe condemned North Korea’s launch Sunday of a long-range rocket and said it was a violation of UN Security resolutions. The launch was “absolutely intolerable,” Abe told reporters as it came despite repeated protests by the international community. He also called it a “clear violation” of UN Security Council resolutions. The rocket took off at around 9:00 am Pyongyang time (0030 GMT), according to the South Korean defence ministry which was monitoring […]
Eagle News Service Taiwan correspondent Michael Suarez reports directly from Tainan, Taiwan where many buildings collapsed because of the magnitude 6.4 quake that struck the city at around 4 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, 2015.
Eagle News Kaohsiung correspondent Lalaine Millendez recounts her experience of the powerful 6.4 magnitudeTaiwan quake that shook the city via skype interview during the program, Eagle News International on Saturday, February 6, 2015. (Eagle News Service)
(Reuters) — More than 3,100 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Saturday (February 6), as the disease continues its rapid spread across the Americas. The virus has been linked to the devastating birth defect microcephaly, which prevents fetus’ brains from developing properly. There is no vaccine or treatment. There are so far no recorded cases of Zika-linked microcephaly in Colombia, Santos said. “Today, there […]
(AFP) — Relatives of residents trapped in a 16-storey apartment complex felled by a powerful earthquake in Taiwan that killed 14 people were praying for miracles Saturday as rescuers sought survivors, with more than 150 missing in the quake zone. The cluster of buildings in the historic southern city of Tainan were full of families who had gathered for Lunar New Year celebrations when it collapsed and the death toll is rising. The national […]
(Reuters) — After hours of searching for quake survivors amongst the rubble of a 17-storey collapsed building in southern Taiwan, five people were still missing on Saturday (February 6) as darkness fell. A powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Tainan at around 4 a.m. on Saturday (2000 GMT Friday, February 5), the start of a Lunar New Year holiday. At least eight people were killed. Buildings in nine other locations in the city of 2 […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang expressed sadness over reports that 14 Filipinos were killed in a hotel fire in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, saying it is working with Iraqi authorities to bring home the remains of those killed in the tragedy. The Department of Foreign Affairs said it has already dispatched personnel, through the help of the United Nations, to go to the site and assess what government help could be extended, according to Undersecretary Manuel Quezon […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs said that there were no Filipinos among the reported casualties so far in Taiwan following the 6.4 magnitude earthquake that hit Southern Taiwan. Foreign Affairs Spokesman Charles Jose said that they have not yet received reports of any Filipino casualties in the powerful quake that shook Tainan where eight had been reported killed Eagle News correspondents in Taiwan Michael Suarez and Lalaine Millendez also reported that there […]
(Reuters) — Over 800 soldiers searched for survivors in southern Taiwan after it was hit by a powerful earthquake of 6.4 magnitude that has killed at least eight people on Saturday (February 6). Six of the dead were found in a 17-storey apartment building that collapsed, with five people still missing in the ruins of the complex as darkness fell. One victim was a 10-day-old girl. Footage from the Military News Agency under the […]
(Reuters) — Rescue workers raced against the clock and searched for survivors at a site where a 17-storey apartment building toppled during an earthquake that has killed at least five in southern Taiwan on Saturday (February 6). Among the bodies found in the collapsed building in Tainan was a 10-day-old girl. Rescue workers continued to search for about 35 people feared trapped inside. Authorities said there were 92 households and 256 people living in […]
(Reuters) A powerful earthquake struck Taiwan early on Saturday killing at least 12 people, most in a 17-storey apartment building that collapsed, with some people still known to be missing in the ruins of the complex as night fell, government officials said. As rescuers searched for survivors, questions were raised about the construction of the Wei-guan Golden Dragon Building in the southern city of Tainan, with its floors that pancaked down on each other […]
