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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP)Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant insisted Tuesday he’s just focused on playing and not on a potential free agent departure at the end of this NBA season. “I just focus on playing ball every single day,” Durant said as the Warriors prepared to host the New York Knicks — one of the teams that keeps popping up in rumors as a potential Durant destination. “I can’t control what people say […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Australian actress Margot Robbie will play the role of Mattel’s iconic Barbie doll in the toy’s first live-action film, Mattel and Warner Bros. said Tuesday. Barbie, who will celebrate her 60th birthday this year, has already been the subject of dozens of animated movies, though none were ever distributed in theaters. The feature film will be the first from the toy manufacturer’s new studio Mattel Films, and co-produced with […]
LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — The same technology used in self-driving cars is being touted as a potential high-tech solution to the US border wall conundrum — with some added benefits. At least one startup at the Consumer Electronics show is showcasing how Lidar, a laser-based detection system widely used in autonomous vehicles, could be deployed along the US-Mexico border at a far lower cost than a physical wall or fence, and with fewer […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Carbon dioxide emissions significantly increased in the United States in 2018, according to a study released Tuesday by research firm Rhodium Group. Analysts estimate that energy-related CO2 emissions grew 3.4 percent from 2017 to 2018, which would be the largest increase in the United States since 2010. The estimate was based on US government energy statistics and other public and private data on oil consumption and power generation for the first […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Global stocks mostly rose on Tuesday as traders welcomed signs of apparent progress in the US-China trade standoff. European equities closed solidly firmer, while Wall Street posted its third straight positive session, in a welcome bounce after December’s rout. Trade talks in Beijing were set to continue on Wednesday in the first face-to-face meetings since US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to a tariff truce […]
by Dario THUBURN Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — London’s Heathrow Airport, Europe’s busiest hub, suspended all departing flights for around an hour Tuesday following a drone sighting, just three weeks after a similar incident at Gatwick caused havoc. A spokeswoman told AFP at 1835 GMT that flights at the airport, which handles 213,668 passengers a day, had resumed following the interruption. The Metropolitan Police said they were called at around 1705 GMT […]
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — Two passenger trains collided head on during the morning rush hour in South Africa’s capital city Pretoria Tuesday, killing three people and injuring hundreds, emergency services said. Two critically injured people were airlifted from the scene of the crash in Mountain View, northern Pretoria, spokesman Charles Mabaso told AFP. Another 641 people were hurt, with 11 sustaining critical injuries and 62 suffering “moderate” injuries. “The current fatalities stand at three, […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Shares of Apple nudged higher on Tuesday after Chief Executive Tim Cook touted the company’s technology pipeline and characterized worries about the company’s future as overwrought. Cook, in an interview with CNBC just six days after a sales warning sent shares skidding, highlighted a “culture of innovation” that he predicted would keep Apple a major force in technology. “In terms of the naysayer, I’ve heard this over and over […]
by Sebastian Smith Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump will tell Americans in a prime-time speech Tuesday that the US-Mexico border is in “crisis” and Congress must approve construction of a wall to end a government shutdown now in its 18th day. After weeks of lashing out at Democratic opponents, mostly via Twitter and impromptu press conferences, Trump will deploy the presidency’s biggest PR gun: a formal address to the […]
(Eagle News) — Magsisimula na sa Lunes, Enero 13 ang gun ban para sa May 2019 midterm election. Ayon kay Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde , nangangahulugan ito na hindi papayagan ang mga may-ari ng lisensyadong baril na magbitbit nito sa labas ng kanilang mga bahay, bagamat maaari naman aniyang makakuha ng exemption sa Commission on Elections na siyang magre-review ng applications. Nilinaw ni Albayalde na exempted naman sa gun ban ang mga otoridad […]
(Eagle News) — Isang impormasyon ang natanggap ng Philippine National Police mula sa Baranggay Kasapa 2, Lapaz, Agusan del Sur na mayroong plantasyon ng marijuana sa Kilometer 25 at Kilometer 44 ng Barangay Kasapa 2, Agusan del Sur. Matapos matanggap ang impormasyon ay kumilos kaagad ang PNP Agusan Del Sur sa pangunguna ni Police Superintendent Marlou L. Martinez, Provincial Director ng PNP Agusan Del Sur. Pagdating sa lugar ay nadatnan nila ang isang malawak na […]
Beijing, China (AFP) — Twenty children were wounded in an attack at an elementary school in Beijing Tuesday with three suffering serious injuries, local authorities said. A male suspect was brought “under control” and the wounded students were admitted to hospital, the Xicheng district government said, without elaborating on how or why the man carried out the attack. According to a tweet by nationalist tabloid Global Times, the suspect used a hammer to carry […]
