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SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — As many as a million fish are believed to have died along the banks of a major river system in drought-battered eastern Australia, and the authorities warned Monday of more deaths to come. The banks of the Murray-Darling Rivers are thick with rotten fish, with officials putting the number of dead at hundreds of thousands and saying the toll is likely closer to one million. Further high temperatures forecast for […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — A military cargo plane crashed near the Iranian capital Tehran, the army said on Monday, with local media reporting at least 10 people onboard. The Fars news agency, considered close to the military, said there were 16 people onboard and that only the flight engineer had survived. State broadcaster IRIB earlier said there were 10 people on the plane, without confirming any casualties. “A (Boeing) cargo 707 place carrying meat took […]
Ni Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Kusang loob na sumuko sa CALABARZON (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal at Quezon) police sa Kalayaan, Laguna nitong weekend ang dalawampung myembro ng New People’s Army na kabilang sa tribong Dumagat. Isinurender din nila sa mga otoridad ang 12 unit ng high powered firearms, mga bala at ilang granada. Nagpasya umano silang sumuko dahil sa hirap ng kanilang sitwasyon sa bundok. “Kami po ay nag-surrender sa mga […]
Ni Earlo Bringas Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Tinupok ng apoy ang mahigit sa isandaang bahay sa Barangay Paliwas Obando, Bulacan. Nagsimula ang sunog mag aalas-diyes kagabi at kaagad itong inakyat sa ikatlong alarma. Mabilis na kumalat ang apoy sa lugar dahil karamihan sa mga bahay ay gawa lamang sa light materials. Aabot sa isangdaan at dalawampu’t pitong (127) pamilya ang nawalan ng bahay dahil sa sunog. Ayon sa Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Stephen Curry scored 48 points and drained 11 three pointers as the Golden State Warriors stretched their win streak to four straight with a 119-114 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday. Curry tallied 24 points in the second half and scored the final seven for two-time defending league champion Golden State. He also made the game-winning shot in a contest that Dallas led by five, 113-108, with just […]
by Leila MACOR Agence France Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Passengers departing Miami International Airport endured unusually long waits at security checkpoints Sunday, an indirect consequence of the partial US federal government shutdown. Since December 22, some 800,000 US federal employees have been on mandatory leave or working without pay because President Donald Trump and Congress have been at an impasse over $5.7 billion the president wants to build a wall on Mexico border. […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China’s trade surplus with the United States widened last year, data showed Monday, while the country’s imports and exports fell in December as the long-running trade war begins to bite in the world’s number two economy. The surplus with the US is a major source of anger within the Trump administration, which imposed tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of Chinese goods last year and has warned of more […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Divers have found the second black box from a doomed Lion Air jet that crashed last year killing all 189 people onboard, Indonesian authorities said Monday. “We have found the cockpit voice recorder this morning, at around 9 am,” Haryo Satmiko, head of Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee, told AFP. © Agence France-Presse
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China’s global trade volume rose last year but its surplus fell again as its imports outpaced its exports, official data released Monday showed amid a bruising trade war with the United States. Total trade reached $4.62 trillion, a 12.6 percent rise from 2017, according to customs data. But the trade surplus for the world’s second largest economy fell 16.2 percent to $351.76 billion, as imports rose 15.8 percent while exports gained […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong led a sell-off across Asian markets Monday as profit-takers moved in following a six-day rally, while traders look ahead to the release of corporate earnings. With few catalysts to drive buying, equities were ripe for selling after last week’s healthy gains, with the US government shutdown — now in its fourth week and showing no sign of ending soon — instilling a sense of unease. Also on the […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP)– Hong Kong stocks dipped at the start of trade Monday after a six-day rally that saw it pile on more than six percent, while investors are also gearing up for the corporate earnings season. The Hang Seng Index eased 0.40 percent, or 107.59 points, to 26,559.68. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index inched down 0.50 points to 2,553.33 and the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China’s second exchange, was also […]
Challenges them to a “healthy debate” of programs instead (Eagle News)—The Palace on Monday, Jan. 14, slammed the critics of President Rodrigo Duterte for engaging in “destructive politicking,” challenging them to a “healthy debate of programs and platforms productive and beneficial to the Filipino people” instead. “Our people are fed up with the destructive politicking dished out by the opposition and President Duterte’s critics and detractors,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. Panelo in particular slammed […]
