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by Jerome TAYLOR / Yan ZHAO HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Flash-mob rallies broke out in Hong Kong Wednesday as anger mounted over police shooting a teenage protester who attacked officers in a dramatic escalation of the violent unrest that has engulfed the territory for months. Large crowds of demonstrators held unsanctioned marches through the commercial center and then in multiple districts throughout the evening, when police fired brief volleys of tear gas in one […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Mathew Knowles, the father of pop diva Beyonce, has revealed his battle with breast cancer and urged other men to get tested for the disease. The 67-year-old music executive discussed his illness in an interview on “Good Morning America” Wednesday, saying he was diagnosed earlier this summer after he and his wife noticed recurring dots of blood on his shirts and on their bedsheets. “Of all the things I […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Five bodies have been recovered from under a collapsed bridge in Taiwan, rescuers said Wednesday, as the search continued for the last person missing after the structure smashed onto fishing boats moored underneath. Taiwan’s National Fire Agency said the deceased were fishing workers from Indonesia and the Philippines whose bodies were found in waters near two damaged boats late Tuesday and earlier Wednesday. “The search and rescue mission continues,” transport minister […]
by Salam Faraj BAGHDAD, United States (AFP) — Popular protests multiplied across Iraq on Wednesday as thousands of demonstrators braved live fire and tear gas in rallies that have left nine dead in 24 hours. The demonstrations have posed the first major challenge to Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi, who formed his government a year ago this month and who controversially blamed the violence on “aggressors” among the protesters. Since erupting in Baghdad on Tuesday, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A freakish heatwave is making early autumn feel like the dog days of summer in much of the southern and eastern United States, with forecasters predicting that temperatures Wednesday could get close to triple digits. Washington hit 97 degrees Fahrenheit (36 Celsius) late in the afternoon, according to the National Weather Service (NWS), surpassing the city’s previous monthly record of 96 degrees on October 5, 1941. The mercury rose into […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — At least seven people were killed when a World War II bomber carrying 13 passengers and crew crashed at an airport in the northeastern US state of Connecticut Wednesday, local media reported. The Boeing B-17 aircraft, which the US Air Force deployed against Germany and Japan, crashed at Bradley International Airport while trying to land around 10:00 am (1400 GMT). Ten passengers and three crew were on the aircraft, […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea successfully test-fired a “new-type” of submarine-launched ballistic missile, state media reported Thursday, after Washington voiced alarm at the move just days before the planned resumption of stalled nuclear talks. Nuclear-armed Pyongyang frequently couples diplomatic overtures with military moves as a way of maintaining pressure on negotiating partners, analysts say and may believe this weapons system gives it added leverage. A proven submarine-based missile capability would take the North’s […]
(Eagle News)–Then-National Capital Region Police Office director Oscar Albayalde called Aaron Aquino, the then-police director of Region III, and asked him to not sign the dismissal order against the 13 policemen behind the allegedly anomalous raid in Pampanga in 2013. Senator Richard Gordon said this was Aquino’s narration to him and Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon before the Senate joint hearing on the Good Conduct Time Allowance law on Tuesday, Oct. 1. “Yun nga kinausap […]
URDANETA CITY, Pangasinan (Eagle News) — Arestado ang dalawang katao sa entrapment operation ng pinagsanib na puwersa ng Bureau of Internal Revenue at Pangasinan Police Provincial Office sa loob ng isang mall sa Urdaneta City dahil sa pagbebenta ng pekeng Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) cards. Ayon kay Ted Paragas, Chief ng Regional Intelligence Division ng BIR Region 1, ang mga nadakip ay nakilalang sina Melanie Joy Zarraga y Orpilla, 21 anyos, taga Brgy. Calaoagan at […]
(Eagle News)–The United States visa granted to the woman who allegedly buys the recycled illegal drugs of ninja cops has been cancelled. Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete said this was upon the request of the Department of Justice that has also issued an immigration lookout bulletin order against Guia Gomez Castro. Castro, the National Capital Region Police Office said, took a flight to the United States, days after a “drug queen” was mentioned in a Senate […]
(Eagle News)–A thunderstorm advisory has been hoisted over Metro Manila and other areas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said apart from Metro Manila, heavy to intense rainshowers with lightning and strong winds are being experienced in Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Zambales, Pampanga, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon and Bataan. PAGASA said these may persist within two hours and may affect nearby areas. “All are advised to take precautionary measures against the impacts […]
by Sam KINGSLEY HELSINKI, Finland (AFP) — A man armed with a bladed weapon attacked students at a vocational college in eastern Finland on Tuesday, killing one person in an attack that left ten injured, including a police officer, police said. Witnesses said a young man with a sword burst into a classroom. Police have yet to establish a motive for the attack. Emergency services were called to Savo Vocational College, situated in the Herman […]
