JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesian authorities early Tuesday seized 1.6 tons of crystal methamphetamine hidden on a Singapore-flagged ship in their second major drug bust this month, officials said. Customs inspectors said they spotted the vessel between Indonesia’s Sumatra island and Singapore and reported it to police. A subsequent search of the ship turned up the huge haul of narcotics stuffed into some 81 rice sacks. Four Taiwanese crew were arrested including a 69-year-old man. […]
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Watch: Firemen in Canada help out in INC Giving’s food drive for Edmonton Food Bank
In this video, local firemen in Edmonton, Canada are seen helping out Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) or Church of Christ members in their food donation drive that will benefit the Edmonton Food Bank. This happened on Sunday, February 18, 2018, when about 600 Church of Christ volunteers held a food drive under the Church’s INC Giving project, where at least 445 boxes of non-perishable food items were collected for donation to the food bank […]
INC’s food donation drive for Edmonton Food Bank inspires community
(Eagle News) — A massive food donation drive for the Edmonton Food Bank was conducted by the members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) or Church on Christ in Canada where they donated more than 400 boxes of non-perishable food items for the local food bank. Sunday’s massive food donation drive, under the INC Giving project, involved some 600 volunteers who packed non-perishable food items in at least 445 boxes that were to be […]
Unas 2500 personas se manifiestan en Palma contra la exigencia del catalán en la sanidad balear
Helen Grace Malayao Eagle News Service MADRID, España — Bajo el lema “Los idiomas no salvan vidas – Por una sanidad sin fronteras lingüísticas,” unas 2.500 personas se manifestaron en Palma en contra de la exigencia del catalán en la sanidad balear. El decreto–que solamente necesita el dictamen del Consejo Consultivo—contempla que los médicos y enfermeros tendrán que tener la titulación de catalán B1 (elemental) y los auxiliares de enfermería el nivel A2 (básico). Los que ganen una […]
100 civilians dead in Syria bombardment of rebel enclave: new toll
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — At least 100 civilians, 20 of them children, were killed in a Syrian army bombardment of the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta, a war monitor reported in a new toll Tuesday. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights chief Rami Abdel Rahman said the civilian death toll from Monday’s bombardment of the enclave outside Damascus was the heaviest since early 2015. © Agence France-Presse
Clear skies raise hopes in Iran’s hunt for missing plane
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — The hunt for a plane that went missing in Iran’s Zagros mountains resumed for a third day on Tuesday with better weather raising hopes for the search and rescue teams. “Given the good weather conditions, clear skies and less wind, there is a good visibility today for continuing the search,” Mojtaba Khaledi, spokesman for the emergency services, told the official IRNA news agency. Aseman Airlines flight EP3704 disappeared on Sunday morning […]
Peru court orders Fujimori tried for 1992 mass killing: official
by Carlos Mandujano Agence France Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) — A Peruvian court ordered former president Alberto Fujimori on Monday to stand trial for the 1992 killings of six farmers, arguing that he lacks immunity despite a recent pardon for a different crime. The National Criminal Court said the pardon granted to Fujimori in a human rights case for which he was serving a 25-year sentence did not apply to the murders of the group. […]
Accused Florida shooter appears in court
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — The former student accused of killing 17 people at a Florida high school appeared in court Monday for a procedural hearing, his first public appearance since he was held without bond on charges of premeditated murder. Nikolas Cruz, dressed in orange prison garb, sat with his head bowed during the brief hearing before Judge Elizabeth Scherer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The hearing dealt with whether to unseal a defense motion […]
Play ‘fake news tycoon’ to combat misinformation
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Trolling, impersonating, demonizing: these are just some of the behaviors encouraged in a new online game launching Tuesday in which young players become “fake news tycoons” — to counter growing misinformation. Researchers at Cambridge University have teamed up with a Dutch media collective to develop an English version of the game aimed at inoculating people against the spread of so-called fake news. The exercise encourages participants, who are tasked with […]
Brexit ‘challenging’ for EU budget: Merkel
FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) — Net contributor Britain’s planned departure from the EU leaves the bloc’s remaining 27 members with a “very challenging” budget hole to plug, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday. Policymakers will need to find between 12 and 15 billion euros ($15-19 billion) of savings or new cash to make up for Brexit, EU Budget Commissioner Guenther Oettinger has calculated — even as the bloc faces new challenges like deepening defence cooperation, securing […]
Nigeria releases more Boko Haram suspects
ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP) — Nigeria has freed another 51 Boko Haram suspects in the latest round of dropped cases for lack of evidence, the justice ministry said Monday. Over the course of last week, hundreds of suspected Boko Haram extremists appeared before a court at the Kainji military base in central Niger state. A total of 526 suspects have been released from custody after it was found there was not enough evidence to prosecute them, underscoring concerns […]
Israel announces ‘historic’ gas contract with Egypt
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — Israel has struck an “historic” contract for sales of billions of dollars’ worth of natural gas to Egypt, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday. “This will bring billions of dollars to state coffers,” he said in a statement announcing the deal with Egypt, which in 1979 became the first Arab state to sign a peace treaty with Israel. The Israeli energy group Delek said the value of the contract was $15 billion. It […]
