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TRIPOLI, Libya (AFP) — Air raids on Tripoli Sunday night killed four people and wounded 37, Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) said Monday, blaming the attacks on strongman Khalifa Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA). This came a day after a similar attack on the capital killed another four civilians and injured 20, according to the GNA. Haftar’s LNA launched an offensive against Tripoli, the seat of the internationally-recognized GNA, on April 4. After […]
(Eagle News)– CARAGA and Davao region will have cloudy skies with rainshowers and thunderstorms on Tuesday, April 30. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said this was due to the easterlies, which continue to affect Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. PAGASA said flash floods or landslides due to scattered light to moderate to at times heavy rains are also possible. Visayas, Bicol Region and the rest of Mindanao, on the other hand, will […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr hit back at criticism of NBA officiating on Monday after the Houston Rockets complained of a series of missed calls in their game one playoff loss. Rockets star James Harden claimed officials missed a series of foul calls on Sunday as Houston slid to a 104-100 defeat against the Warriors in Oakland. Harden — a vocal critic of the officiating all season […]
by Laurent BANGUET LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — “Avengers: Endgame,” the hugely-anticipated superhero series-ender from Marvel, set a new standard for Hollywood blockbusters this weekend with stunning hauls of $357 million in North America and $1.2 billion worldwide, industry data showed Monday. The fourth and final chapter in the adventures of Iron Man, Hulk, Thor and company managed 43 times the domestic take of the No. 2 film, Marvel’s “Captain Marvel,” which made $8.3 […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia has accused the Vietnamese coastguard of ramming one of its vessels to block the interception of a boat fishing illegally, as a senior minister announced a return to sinking foreign trawlers. The clash in the South China Sea at the weekend saw Jakarta summon Vietnam’s ambassador on Monday, after the navy detained a dozen Vietnamese fishermen. “The actions taken by the Vietnamese coast guard ship endangered the lives of […]
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AFP) — Gunmen killed four worshippers and a pastor in the first jihadist attack on a church in Burkina Faso, security and local sources said Monday, in the latest violence to rock the formerly peaceful west African nation. Sunday’s raid took place in the small northern town of Silgadji near Djibo, the capital of Soum province. “Unidentified armed individuals have attacked the Protestant church in Silgadji, killing four members of the […]
by Debbi Ernest Agence France Presse BENGKULU, Indonesia (AFP) — Floods sparked by torrential rains have killed nearly 40 in Indonesia with a dozen more still missing, officials said Monday, marking the latest calamity for a disaster-prone nation. Landslides and floods are common during the monsoon season between October and April, when rains lash the vast Southeast Asian archipelago. On Monday, Indonesia’s disaster agency confirmed 29 deaths and said at least 13 more people […]
Santiago, Chile (AFP) — Scientists in Chile say they have found a footprint dating from at least 15,600 years ago, making it the earliest such sign of man’s presence in the Americas. The footprint was found at the Pilauco excavation in the city of Osorno (820 kilometers, or 500 miles, south of Santiago), where scientists have been digging since 2007. Archeologists from the Austral University of Chile said the footprint was first spotted in 2011 […]
https://youtu.be/c7kzv9y2Q78 by Franck IOVENE Agence France Presse Vinci, Italy (AFP) — Butterflies flutter around centuries-old olive groves in Vinci, the Tuscan village where Leonardo da Vinci was born and honed his inventor skills as a child by studying the local flora and fauna. Locals preparing to mark the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s death say little has changed among the vineyards, lush fields and brooks that appeared in his art. The Renaissance polymath, whose most famous […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace is offering a P10-million bounty for the arrest of dismissed Col. Eduardo Acierto, who has been ordered arrested by a court due to drug smuggling. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said however that he was not privy about where the bounty would be sourced. “The amount is certainly much larger than what the DOJ could offer,” he said. For instance, he said the DOJ offered only P500,000 for the arrest of Peter Go […]
by Sandy Huffaker Agence France Presse POWAY, United States (AFP) — Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein of the Chabad of Poway synagogue had been finalizing his sermon for the last day of Passover when he heard a loud bang and stopped in his tracks. The preacher had just passed his good friend Lori Kaye in the lobby. The pair exchanged smiles, and his immediate thought was that she “may have fell or a table tipped over.” […]
(Eagle News)—-A fire broke out in a building in Parañaque on Monday, April 29. The Bureau of Fire Protection said the blaze struck a floor in the Pacific Coast Plaza in Barangay Tambo around noon. A general alarm has been hoisted. Authorities are still probing the incident.
