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North Korea-linked hackers ‘highly likely’ behind WannaCry: Symantec

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — The Lazarus hacking group, widely believed to be connected to North Korea, is “highly likely” responsible for the WannaCry global cyberattack that hit earlier this month, US anti-virus firm Symantec said. North Korea has angrily dismissed earlier reports linking its isolated regime to the worm that crippled hundreds of thousands of computers, demanding payment in Bitcoin to return control to users. But Symantec said the ransomware had many of […]

Sinkhole forms outside Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort

FLORIDA, United States (Reuters) — A sinkhole appeared on a road directly in front of United States President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. Repair crews, on Monday (May 22) put up barricades around the small hole that measured about four feet by four feet (1.2 x 1.2 meters), local media reported. City workers believe the sinkhole formed near a newly-installed water main and will conduct an exploratory excavation later in the day. Trump, […]

Zuckerberg: not running for office, but wants ‘to learn’

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg says he is not running for public office but is making a series of public appearances “to learn about people’s hopes and challenges.” The co-founder of the world’s biggest social network sought to dampen speculation he is running for president, fueled by his campaign-style appearances around the United States. “My personal challenge this year is to visit every state I haven’t spent time in before to […]

Heaviest for a May snowfall: Spring snowstorm hits Cheyenne, Wyoming USA

  https://youtu.be/nsiGaD_D1NI by Zane Dizon Eagle News Service Denver WYOMING, USA (Eagle News) — Residents of Cheyenne, Wyoming woke up to thick snow covering their cars and pathways on Friday morning, May 19. This kind of unusual weather is actually more common than you might think. Arvin Ruadil, a resident of 10 years of Cheyenne, said, “This is mostly normal for us where we get snowfall even in June. However this is the heaviest we […]

University students walk out of Pence speech

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Dozens of students at Indiana’s Notre Dame University protested White House policies on Sunday by walking out of a commencement speech by Vice President Mike Pence, who criticized political correctness at American colleges. The members of the graduating class — dressed in cap and gowns together with some two thousand classmates — stood up and quietly left the school’s football stadium when Pence began delivering his speech, videos posted online […]

Iglesia Ni Cristo acquires its first chapel in Alabama state

ALABAMA – (Eagle News Service) The Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) or Church of Christ reached another milestone in its impressive history by purchasing a house of worship in the town of Huntsville, Alabama. This marks the first-ever chapel of the INC in this southeastern state of the United States. The INC continues to grow rapidly in this region of the U.S. and it is no different in Alabama. Although there is already a congregation in […]

One dead as car hits crowd in Times Square; police say accident

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A car plowed into a crowd of pedestrians in New York’s bustling Times Square on Thursday, leaving one person dead and at least 19 others injured in what officials said was an accident. The incident sparked instant jitters after recent deadly car-ramming attacks in London, Berlin and the French city of Nice, but officials said early evidence did not point to a terror link. “It is believed to be […]

Tornados hit Texas, Oklahoma and Wisconsin: reports

TEXAS, United States (Reuters) — Tornados touched down in Texas, Oklahoma and Wisconsin on Tuesday (May 16), leaving a trail of destruction in their path, local media reported. At least one person died when a twister tore through a mobile home in Barron, Wisconsin, local authorities said. Elk City, Oklahoma bore the brunt of the damage, with dozens of homes visibly destroyed after a tornado ripped through the small city, an NBC affiliate station reported. Another […]

Trump, Erdogan vow friendship despite anger at US arming Kurds

by Dave Clark Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Presidents Donald Trump and Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood side by side at the White House on Tuesday and promised to strengthen strained ties despite the Turkish leader’s stern warning about Washington’s arming of a Kurdish militia. Fresh from securing his grip on Turkey with a referendum to enhance his powers, Erdogan came to the Oval Office with complaints about US support for Kurdish fighters […]

Iglesia Ni Cristo holds first-ever baptism in Liberia

By Dexter T. Manglicmot WASHINGTON D.C. (Eagle News Service) — Minister of the Iglesia Ni Cristo, Matt Talens, would have never guessed that answering his phone one Saturday morning in October 2015 in his chapel office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, would eventually lead to the first-ever baptism of the Iglesia Ni Cristo in Monrovia, Liberia, Africa. On the other end of the line was Joseph Crusoe who picked up a magazine of the Church at […]

Top US Democrat rebuffs calls to impeach Trump

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi has pushed back against isolated calls from within her party to impeach United States President Donald Trump following allegations he disclosed top secret information to top Russian officials. The minority leader in the House of Representatives was responding to calls by at least two congressional Democrats for Trump to be impeached in the wake of Monday’s explosive Washington Post report. “I don’t subscribe to that,” […]