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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Young stars Brandon Ingram and Lonzo Ball answered Los Angeles coach Luke Walton’s call for more fire on Monday, leading the Lakers to a 107-97 NBA victory over the Mavericks in Dallas. Ingram scored 29 points, Ball added 21 and the Lakers erased a 13-point halftime deficit to halt a three-game skid and post just their second victory in seven games since superstar LeBron James suffered a groin injury […]
Tokyo, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks rose moderately Tuesday with a tailwind from gains on Wall Street as investor sentiment improved, partly thanks to optimism over US-China trade talks. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index, which jumped 2.44 percent on Monday, added 0.82 percent or 165.07 points to close at 20,204.04 while the broader Topix index was up 0.39 percent or 5.90 points at 1,518.43. US shares pushed higher for a second session in a row Monday amid […]
(Eagle News) — One of two suspects in the December 31 Cotabato City mall bombing incident have surrendered to authorities but denied any involvement in the New Year’s Eve blast, police said Tuesday. The suspect, Salipuddin Pasandalan, 56, a resident of Cotabato City and a native of Maguindanao, claimed he had no hand in the New Year’s Eve blast that killed two people and injured around 35 more. Chief Supt. Eliseo Rasco said the […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — One of Papua New Guinea’s most active volcanoes has erupted, authorities said Tuesday, pummelling villages on a remote island with volcanic rock before subsiding. Manam island is a volcanic cone that towers out of the sea north of the Papua New Guinea mainland and has a history of eruptions, with major activity in November 2004 forcing the evacuation of some 9,000 people. The volcano has erupted a number of times […]
HONG KONg, China (AFP) — At least one person has died after an oil tanker caught fire off Hong Kong on Tuesday, police said, sending a huge cloud of dark smoke billowing into the air. Twenty-one people have been rescued after those on the vessel either fell or jumped into the sea, according to a police spokesperson, but it is not yet clear if more people are still missing. A number of the victims had […]
LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — South Korean car maker Hyundai on Monday gave a look at work it is doing on a vehicle with robotic legs to let it walk or crawl over treacherous terrain. Hyundai showed off its Elevate project on the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show gadget extravaganza, billing it an unprecedented “Ultimate Mobility Vehicle” that combines technology from electric cars with robotics. “What if a car designed with robotics could […]
Ankara, Turkey (AFP) — The White House’s National Security advisor will meet with Ankara officials on Tuesday to discuss the surprise withdrawal of US troops from Syria, as the Turkish president hailed the pullout as “the right call”. As both sides prepared for the talks in Ankara, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey was “the only country with the power and commitment” to stabilise Syria after the US pullout, in an opinion column published in […]
by Laurent THOMET / Eva XIAO Agence France-Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Beijing on Tuesday on an unannounced visit for talks with President Xi Jinping, as preparations ramp up for an expected second summit with Donald Trump. China is the isolated, nuclear-armed North’s key diplomatic ally and main source of trade and aid, and the visit is likely to heighten speculation about the potential meeting with the […]
Seoul, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived at Beijing train station Tuesday on a visit to China to meet President Xi Jinping, the South’s Yonhap news agency reported. It carried a picture of Kim’s distinctive dark green train, emblazoned with a yellow stripe, entering the station at 10:55 am local time (0255 GMT). © Agence France-Presse
(Eagle News) – Malamig na temperatura na ang nararanasan sa malaking bahagi ng Luzon at Visayas dahil sa epekto ng amihan. Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), kahapon, Enero 7 ay naitala sa 21 degrees Celsius ang minimum na temperatura sa Quezon City hanggang alas 6:20 ng umaga. Ayon sa PAGASA, ngayong araw, generally fair weather ang iiral sa buong Luzon at Visayas at makararanas lamang ng pulo-pulong pag-ulan lalo na […]
New York, United States (AFP) — Former NBA player Hedo Turkoglu, now a chief advisor to Turkey president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, rebuked New York Knicks center Enes Kanter’s fears about his homeland Monday as a “smear campaign.” Kanter said last week he would not join the Knicks for a game against the Milwaukee Bucks in London on January 17 because he fears he might be murdered by Turkish spies for his criticism of Erdogan, […]
