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ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP) — An attack by gunmen on villages in northwest Nigeria last week claimed “over 130” lives, more than double the toll initially reported, the governor of Kaduna state said on Tuesday. “The last report we got is that over 130 people were killed, not even 66,” governor Nasir El-Rufai said after a meeting of military and security chiefs in Abuja. El-Rufai, who was invited to speak at the briefing with President Muhammadu […]
(Eagle News) — Stephen Speaks, the American singer-songwriter who long captured his Filipino fans with his songs “Passenger Seat” and “Out of My League”, is back in Manila to promote his upcoming shows in and out of the metro. The singer recently held a series of concerts on several places in Western Visayas, where he also became interested in its coral reefs after island-hopping in the area. “Your seas have some of the most diverse […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The rapid scale-up of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine could virtually eliminate cervical cancer in a handful of rich countries within three decades, and in most other nations by century’s end, researchers said Wednesday. Without screening and HPV vaccination, more than 44 million women will likely be diagnosed with the disease over the next 50 years, they reported in The Lancet Oncology, a medical journal. Two thirds of these cases — […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Cyclone Oma intensified to a damaging category three storm, Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology said Wednesday, warning that it could bring severe weather to the continent after hitting the Pacific Islands. In the early hours of Wednesday Oma produced winds of up to 185 kilometers (115 miles) per hour, roughly equivalent to a category one hurricane. It is currently gusting far off the Australian coast, having passed New Caledonia, where high winds […]
MADRID ,Spain (AFP) — A new species of bat has been discovered in wooded areas of Europe, an international team of researchers said on Tuesday, as well as another “very rare” species that lives in caves in North Africa. The findings add to the family of roughly a thousand species of bats, an order of mammals which are capable of transmitting and receiving ultrasound, allowing them to fly and navigate in total darkness. The new […]
by James PHEBY Dua Lipa, The 1975 and George Ezra are some of the big names vying for prizes at British pop music’s annual celebration on Wednesday, with US singer Pink also set to be honored. The 39th annual Brit Awards at London’s O2 Arena will recognize Britain’s top talent of 2018, and also feature live performances from Hollywood A-lister Hugh Jackman and Pink. The coveted Best Album of the Year Award will be fought […]
(Eagle News) — Bibigyan ng pagkakataon ang isang mobile user na mapasakanya na ang gamit nitong cellphone number kahit pa lumipat ito ng subscriber o network sa ilalim ng Lifetime Mobile Number Act. Ayon kay Senador Sherwin Gatchalian, author ng nasabing batas, kahit pa lumipat ng subscriber ay ma-e-enjoy ng user ang mas mura at magandang serbisyo lalu na’t napipinto nang magsimula ang operasyon sa bansa ng third telco. Sa ilalim rin aniya ng nasabing […]
by Glenn CHAPMAN Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Samsung on Wednesday is expected to unveil new flagship smartphones including one with a screen that can fold closed like a book as it seeks to boost the moribund market. Much of what is in store at a Galaxy Unpacked event that the South Korean consumer electronics giant is hosting in San Francisco has been revealed in leaks, including a Galaxy 10 television commercial […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks rose for a third straight session on Wednesday, supported by a solid performance on Wall Street and hopes for progress in US-China trade talks. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index added 0.60 percent, or 128.84 points, to close at 21,431.49 while the broader Topix index was up 0.43 percent, or 6.95 points, at 1,613.47. “Investors were encouraged by growing expectations that the US-China trade talks will make progress,” Toshikazu Horiuchi, a […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A Japanese court Wednesday awarded nearly $4 million in fresh damages to scores of residents forced to flee their homes after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown. The Yokohama district court ordered the government and Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) to pay 419.6 million yen ($3.8 million) to 152 local residents, a court spokeswoman told AFP. The verdict was the fifth time the government has been ruled liable for the disaster […]
(Eagle News) — Hinahanap na ng mga tauhan ng Philippine National Police ang umano’y anak ng mag-asawang suicide bomber na pinaniniwalang iniwan sa mga sympathizer ng Abu Sayyaf Group sa Mindanao. Ito’y matapos na makumpirma sa isinagawang DNA testing ng PNP na ang dalawang pares ng paa na natagpuan sa blast site sa Our Lady of Mount Carmel sa Jolo, Sulu ay isang babae at lalaki. Ayon kay PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde, tugma ito sa […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday, Feb. 20, said the number of illegal drug users in the country decreased because they were killed under the administration’s drug war. “..Their number reduced because you did the most simplistic, most ruthless and most barbaric option there is: you had your countrymen killed even on mere suspicion of drug use,” Trillanes said, referring to President Rodrigo Duterte. It was Trillanes who helped file a communication against Duterte […]
