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UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The United Nations said Thursday it is negotiating with impoverished North Korea over its aid presence, which Pyongyang alleges has been politicized and wants reduced. North Korea requested in a letter last month that the UN reduce its involvement in the isolated country, spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a daily press conference without giving details. The letter, obtained by AFP, asked that the drawdown occur before the end of […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — US internet search engine Yahoo suffered a technical glitch Thursday, the company said, affecting thousands of users, especially email account holders in Britain. “Most services are back online,” Yahoo tweeted around 1530 GMT while attempting to fix the problem that was first flagged more than seven hours earlier. “This is a technical issue that affected our services. We are sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience as […]
(Eagle News)–Inquirer.net on Friday, Sept. 6, issued a public apology over its social media reports on Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo’s referral of Antonio Sanchez’s executive clemency bid. The online news outfit, whose Sept. 3 reports on Twitter and Facebook described Panelo’s referral of Sanchez family’s letter of request to the Board of Prisons and Parole as a recommendation, issued the apology days after Panelo said he would sue it and Rappler over the “malicious” reports. […]
NASSAU, Bahamas (AFP) — The death toll from Hurricane Dorian has risen to 30 in the Bahamas, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis told American network CNN on Thursday. Authorities had previously reported 20 dead, but have warned that the final figure is sure to be far higher. Minnis has said that the storm caused “generational devastation.” The United Nations said 70,000 people in the Bahamas were in “immediate need” of aid. Dorian, currently a Category 2 […]
(Eagle News)–A Manila court has ordered the arrest of Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair Joma Sison and over 30 others for multiple murder. Also ordered arrested by Judge Thelma Bunyi-Medina of the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 32 in connection with a mass grave in Inopacan, Leyte were Leo Velasco, Rodolfo Salas alias Ka Bilog, Jose Luneta, and Luis Jalandoni, a senior adviser of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, among others. […]
(Eagle News)–Operations of the Metro Rail Transit-3 have partially resumed. In a recent advisory, the MRT-3 said now operational were the trains going from North Avenue Station to Shaw Boulevard Station and vice versa. So far, repair work to restore the full service in the entire line is still ongoing. Operations were suspended starting 6:42 a.m. due to a cut cable of the Overhead Catenary System in the northbound station of Guadalupe. The MRT-3 earlier […]
(Eagle News)–Several flights on Friday, Sept. 6, were cancelled due to bad weather in the destinations. Below is a list, according to the Manila International Airport Authority: SKYJET M8 816/817 (Manila–Basco–Manila) The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the southwest monsoon is affecting Northern Luzon.
(Eagle News)–Metro Rail Transit-3 operations were suspended on Friday, Sept. 6. An advisory from MRT-3 said the suspension starting 6:42 a.m. was due to a cable of the Overhead Catenary System (OCS) being cut at the northbound Guadalupe Station, which caused insufficient power supply from Shaw Boulevard to Santolan. The MRT-3 said repair was ongoing so far. It said additional buses have been dispatched to ferry MRT-3 passengers to their destinations. “After restoring operations, we […]
Able to pull a sled up to 120 kilometers per day, Greenlandic dogs have long been used by Inuit hunters on the sea ice tracking seals and whales in the winter. Now, as the effects of climate change are felt across the vast territory and winters become less predictable, there are concerns for the dogs’ future. Tom LITTLE / AFPTV / AFP
by Ivan Couronne Agence France Presse Washington, United States (AFP)– By the time an international group of scientists stunned the world with the first ever image of a black hole, they were already planning a sequel: a movie showing how massive clouds of gas are forever sucked into the void. The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration has already recorded the necessary observations and is processing the mountains of data to produce the first video, which will […]
Tokyo, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks opened higher on Friday, helped by a cheaper yen and rallies on Wall Street following news the US and China will resume high-level trade talks. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 0.65 percent or 137.81 points at 21,223.75 in early trade, while the broader Topix index rose 0.48 percent or 7.43 points to 1,541.89. kh/ric/jah © Agence France-Presse
(Eagle News)–A 3.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental early Friday, Sept. 6. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 236 kilometers southeast of Sarangani at 2:36 a.m. Depth of focus was 70 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
