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MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — The bodies of three world-renowned professional mountaineers — two Austrians and an American — were found Sunday after they went missing during an avalanche on a western Canadian summit, the national parks agency said. American Jess Roskelley, 36, and Hansjorg Auer, 35, and David Lama, 28, of Austria went missing late Tuesday at Banff National Park. Authorities launched an aerial search the next day. The three men were attempting to climb […]
Henry Nery EBC Las Vegas Bureau LAS VEGAS (Eagle News) – Game 6 between the defending Western Conference champions Vegas Golden Knights and the San Jose Sharks did not disappoint fans as the game went to double overtime. However, the outcome of the game went in favor of the Sharks, as Center, Tomas Hertl’s short-handed goal silenced T-Mobile Arena, a 2-1 final that sends the series back to San Jose, tied at three games a […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Mayor Bill de Blasio marked Earth Day by outlining measures to make New York greener Monday, including dramatically cutting the carbon footprint of the city’s signature building, the skyscraper. “We’re going to ban the classic glass and steel skyscrapers, which are incredibly inefficient,” he told MSNBC television. The New York version of the “Green New Deal” currently being pushed by freshmen Democratic members of Congress would make buildings of […]
by Ivan Couronne WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Measuring melting ice is a fairly precise business in 2019 — thanks to satellites, weather stations and sophisticated climate models. By the 1990s and 2000s, scientists were able to make pretty good estimates, although work from previous decades was unreliable due to less advanced technology. Now, researchers have recalculated the amount of ice lost in Greenland since 1972, the year the first Landsat satellites entered orbit to […]
(Eagle News) — Two survivors trapped in the collapsed four storey building in Porac town in Pampanga were pulled out of the rubble alive by rescue teams that worked through the night Monday, April 22. Rescue, search and retrieval operations are still underway in collapsed building site in Porac town, where a grocery store, Chuzon Supermarket, was housed in its ground floor. Teams are working to get more people trapped in the rubble. […]
ROSAS, Colombia (AFP) — The number of dead from a mudslide that buried houses in southwestern Colombia has risen to at least 28, rescue authorities said on Monday. Eleven more bodies were found during a rescue operation in Rosas, in the department of Cauca, where 17 people were pronounced dead on Sunday when the mudslide occurred, Colombia’s risk and disaster agency (UNGRD) said on its Twitter account. At least two other people are still unaccounted […]
Supreme Court also suspends work in Metro Manila, Central Luzon courts pending damage inspection in quake aftermath (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered all governors of affected provinces to assess damage in their areas and to implement public safety measures following the 6.1 magnitude earthquake that struck the main Philippine island of Luzon on Monday, April 22. As this developed, the Supreme Court also suspended work in all courts in Metro Manila and […]
by Richard CARTER NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Oil prices jumped to near six-month highs on Monday as the Trump administration cracked down on Iranian oil exports, announcing it would no longer grant waivers from US sanctions. The announcement came on an otherwise quiet day for global stock markets, with European bourses on holiday and Wall Street trading sideways ahead of major earnings releases later in the week. The White House announced it was […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang has suspended work in government offices in Metro Manila on Tuesday, April 23, as President Rodrigo Duterte directed all governors of affected provinces to assess damage in their areas following the 6.1 magnitude earthquake that struck Luzon Monday. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said that this was upon the recommendation of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). “Per Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea as recommended by the NDRRMC and in […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will “soon” visit Russia for his first summit with President Vladimir Putin, state media reported Tuesday, confirming a Kremlin announcement. Kim “will soon pay a visit to the Russian Federation at the invitation” of Putin, North Korea’s official KCNA news service said. “They will have talks during this visit,” the brief dispatch added. KCNA did not specify when or where the pair would meet. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump called Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday to express condolences over the killing of nearly 300 people in suicide bomb blasts at churches and hotels. The attacks on Easter Sunday, which Sri Lankan authorities believe were carried out by a local Islamist group, were “one of the deadliest terrorist events since the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States,” White House spokesman Hogan […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Lloyd Pierce, coach of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks, was named Monday as an assistant coach on the United States national team, a replacement for departing Indiana Pacers coach Nate McMillan. Pierce will work on the staff of US coach Gregg Popovich, who guides the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs, directing NBA players in this year’s Basketball World Cup in China and next year’s Tokyo Olympics if they qualify. Other assistants include […]
