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Heavy rain causes flooding in New Zealand’s Whanganui

  (REUTERS)  Heavy rain caused New Zealand’s Whanganui River to breach its banks and caused flooding in the area, local media reported. Local state of emergencies were declared in the Taranaki, Whanganui and Rangitikei areas due to the severe weather and flooding, local media said. Whanganui River breached its 8.6-metre high stopbank just after midnight on Saturday (June 20), with nearby properties being flooded as a result, Whanganui District Council told local media. Some houses […]

Toxic liquor kills at least 94 in the slums of Mumbai

  (Reuters) – Toxic homemade liquor has killed at least 94 slum dwellers in India’s financial capital Mumbai, with more than 45 in hospital, police said on Sunday, in the latest disaster involving moonshine. Police have arrested five people in connection with the deaths in a western neighborhood of the city, on the west coast of India, which started on Wednesday. “More than 150 have consumed this alcohol. The death toll may rise,” said Dhananjay […]

Greek cabinet meets on eve of crucial eurozone summit

(REUTERS)  Greek ministers arrived in Athens on Sunday (June 21) for a full cabinet meeting with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to discuss concessions the government may present at an emergency eurozone summit on Monday (June 22). Greece’s left-wing government promised on Saturday (June 20) to offer concessions to creditors to unlock billions of euros in funds and stave off default. With its banks hanging on life support from the European Central Bank, and billions of […]

Gazprom building global alliance with expanded Shell

(REUTERS) Gazprom is building a global strategic alliance with energy major Royal Dutch Shell that will include asset swaps as early as next year. Day two of the annual International Economic Forum in St Petersburg. It’s where top Russian government officials rub shoulders with industry leaders and foreign investors. But this year there was a distinct lack of Americans, and fewer europeans – preferring not to be seen doing business with the Russians. One Western […]

Car bomb kills at least two near Houthi mosque in Yemen’s capital

(REUTERS) Islamic State group said it was behind a car bomb that exploded near a mosque in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Saturday (June 20), killing two people and wounding six others, witnesses and a security source told Reuters. Islamic State said in a statement published on militant Twitter accounts that the attack targeted Houthi militia, whose fighters have used the Qubat al-Mahdi mosque, located in the old city of Sanaa. “There were two people injured […]

Islamic State militants plant mines and bombs in Palmyra – monitoring group

(REUTERS)  Islamic State has planted mines and bombs in the ancient part of the central Syrian city of Palmyra, a group monitoring the war said on Sunday (June 21). Video released by the group in May appeared to show the ancient Roman-era ruins in Palmyra still intact, despite fears that it would be destroyed after the Sunni militant group seized the city from government control. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was not […]

Police investigate sightings of escaped prisoners in New York

(Reuters) Police using dogs and air support converged on a town in western New York state on Saturday (June 20) to investigate a possible sighting of two convicted murderers who escaped a maximum-security prison two weeks ago, a police spokesman said. New York State police shut off roads and searched cars near the town of Friendship close to the border with Pennsylvania, as police helicopters flew patrols overhead. Richard Matt, 48, and David Sweat, 34, […]

SOKOR reports three new MERS cases, Thailand says none

(Reuters) South Korea reported three new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome on Sunday, bringing the total to 169 in the largest outbreak outside Saudi Arabia, but Thailand said it had no new infections. South Korea’s Health Ministry late on Saturday reported the 25th fatality, a patient who had suffered a heart ailment and diabetes. The outbreak was first confirmed on May 20 but seems to have leveled off, the ministry said on Friday. Thailand, […]

PHILCONSA asks SC to declare Bangsamoro deals unconstitutional

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Philippine Constitution Association (PHILCONSA) petitioned the Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro and the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro as well as to restrain the Budget Department to release funds for the implementation of said agreements. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin) https://youtu.be/wHpJOchh8vU

Special: 154th birth anniversary of Jose Rizal

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The 19th of June marks the birth anniversary of our National Hero, Dr. Jose Rizal. Watch this special feature about our National Hero. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)

Taguig identifies areas on West Valley Fault

TAGUIG City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The local government of Taguig City and its partner organizations conducted the “Walk the Fault” program to identify areas on the West Valley Fault system by marking said areas. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)

Transport groups ask for higher fares

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Land Transportation and Franchising Board is studying the requests of various transport groups to rescind the fare rollback due to the continuous increase of fuel prices. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin) https://youtu.be/xqxKAvRkWtk