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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A huge tornado that plowed through the central US state of Ohio injured several people and left millions more without power, officials said Tuesday. The twister barrelled over the town of Dayton late Monday, damaging homes and uprooting trees. No deaths have been reported so far. The National Weather Service said the tornado cut electricity supplies to five million people and parts of the state faced the risk of flash […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte, together with 16 members of his cabinet, left for Tokyo, Japan on Tuesday, May 28, to attend an international conference and to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo. Duterte is set to deliver a keynote address at the 25th International Conference on the Future of Asia in Tokyo, Japan on May 31, 2019. The forum convenes government leaders, business executives, and academics from the Asia-Pacific region to […]
(Eagle News) – Canada’s trash is “ready to go” and would be leaving the country by May 30, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., announced this in his twitter post after some 70 containers of trash underwent fumigation and cleaning which was observed by Canadian government officials. “All containers containing garbage [were] cleaned and ready to go. Waiting for a couple of documents and routine permission from […]
“The real estate industry will continue its growth trajectory and now is the best time to invest,” Lobien Realty Group (LRG) CEO Sheila Lobien announced, in the company’s recent market update briefing. LRG, the fast-rising real estate service provider said that it “maintains its positive outlook as investments in the industry have shown resiliency and growth in terms of actual construction and credit or loans taken.” The growth has been five-fold in the past 10 […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe voiced “strong anger” over what he described as a “harrowing” attack, after a knifeman on Tuesday stabbed two people to death, including a 12-year-old. “It is a very harrowing case. I feel strong anger. I offer my heartfelt condolences to the victims and hope the injured recover quickly,” Abe said in a televised reaction, his first since the attack. © Agence France-Presse
by Brendan Smialowski, with Sebastian Smith in Tokyo TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday used the backdrop of a US naval ship in Japan to tout America’s “fearsome” power in the Pacific, wrapping up a visit where he became the first foreign guest of Japan’s new emperor. Addressing more than 800 uniformed service members in the belly of the USS Wasp, an amphibious assault ship at the Yokosuka US naval base, Trump […]
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AFP) — Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill stalled his announced resignation and took legal action to prevent a vote of no confidence Tuesday, deepening the country’s political crisis. The veteran leader launched what appeared to be a last-gasp bid to cling on to power, pressing the Supreme Court to thwart a planned parliamentary vote to remove him from office. Facing mounting criticism, O’Neill on Sunday announced that he […]
by Allison JACKSON / Eugenia LOGIURATTO RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — At least 40 inmates were killed in four jails in northern Brazil on Monday, authorities said, in the latest wave of violence to rock the country’s severely overpopulated and dangerous prison system. The victims appeared to have been killed by “asphyxiation,” the Amazonas state government said in a statement, a day after 15 people were killed in one of the prisons. Officials had […]
(Eagle News) — The National Flag Day starts today and all government offices, business establishments, schools and other institutions are directed to proudly display the Philippine flag until June 12, the Philippine Independence Day. The 15-day period for the National Flag Day is specified in the “Flag and Heraldic Code of the Philippines” or Republic Act 8491, and in House Bill 5224 which was approved by Congress. An executive order issued by President Fidel […]
by Hugo OLAZAR NANAWA, Paraguay (AFP) — Like 70,000 people living close to the broken banks of the Paraguay River, where the water level has risen seven meters (23 feet) in some places, Graciela Acosta has had to pack up her belongings and evacuate. Piled up on a canoe are the 39-year-old housewife’s bed, wardrobe, bedside table and her dog Pirulin. Acosta is getting ready to cross the border into Argentina with her daughter to […]
by Sara HUSSEIN TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Two people, including a child, were feared dead Tuesday in a mass stabbing attack that also injured 17 people in the Japanese city of Kawasaki, the local fire department said. “One man and one female child are showing no vital signs, said fire department official Yuji Sekizawa, employing a phrase commonly used in Japan to mean the victims have died but the death has not yet been certified […]
by Carlos MANDUJANO Agence France Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) — The death toll from a powerful earthquake that rocked parts of Peru and neighboring Ecuador rose to two on Monday, with more than 30 people injured, authorities said. Sunday’s 8.0-earthquake hit a sparsely populated region of Peru’s Amazon basin region but was felt over a wide area. Reports were still coming in Monday from remote areas affected by the quake, which also rattled the […]
