After the gunning incident in a newspaper office in Paris, the French police is conducting a large-scale manhunt with warrants issued against two brothers believed to be responsible for the death of 12 people in the said incident.
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Offical statement of the Embassy of France to the Philippines on the shooting in Paris
A heinous attack occurred in Paris, which left 12 people dead, including 4 cartoonists from the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and 2 police officers, and eight others wounded, many of them in critical condition. This barbaric act sought to silence by fear. Instead, we are all reminded that the foundation of a world of peace and tolerance is one where anybody can express their thoughts and creativity freely. It is this freedom that France, […]
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French police say 12 killed in Paris shooting including two police officers
(Reuters) – Black-hooded gunmen shot dead at least 12 people at the Paris offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, a publication firebombed in the past after publishing cartoons lampooning Muslim leaders and the Prophet Mohammad, police said. President Francois Hollande headed to the scene of the attack and the government said it was raising France’s security level to the highest notch. “This is a terrorist attack, there is no doubt about it,” Hollande told […]
UN health agency says no Ebola detected in Iraq, calls reports of cases ‘rumours’
Despite reports of Ebola cases in Mosul in several Iraqi media sources last week, the Iraqi Ministry of Health and the United Nations health agency have confirmed today that no cases of the disease have so far been found in the country. As well as confirming that laboratory facilities in Mosul do not have the necessary capabilities to diagnose and confirm Ebola, the Health Ministry and the UN World Health Organization (WHO) investigated through “existing […]
Sony’s ‘The Interview’ earns $31 million online, $5 million at theaters
Sony’s provocative North Korea parody “The Interview” has earned more than $31 million from online, cable and telecoms sales since its December release, Sony Pictures Entertainment said on Tuesday (January 6). The raunchy comedy was rented or purchased more than 4.3 million times between Dec. 24 and Jan. 4 on online and video-on-demand platforms. To date, the film has earned $5 million at the theatrical box office, with 580 independent theaters showing the movie in […]
Falling oil prices, EU worries spook global stocks
(Reuters) – Asian share markets slipped while the euro hit a nine-year trough on Wednesday as collapsing oil prices and worries about the world economy drove skittish investors into the arms of safe havens such as the yen and sovereign debt. From Japan to Germany to Australia, government borrowing costs reached all-time lows as oil fell 10 percent in just two days and investors wrestled with the risk of global deflation. Data from the euro […]
