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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Wall Street stocks finished modestly higher Wednesday as a rally in petroleum-linked shares offset the hit from weak Chinese economic data. After a choppy session that began with deep losses, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the session with a 0.1 percent gain at 23,346.24. The broad-based S&P 500 also edged up 0.1 percent to 2,510.03, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index rose 0.5 percent to 6,665.94. Markets began […]
CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — Advocates for clergy abuse victims on Wednesday demanded inclusion in a historic Vatican conference to address the crisis, as US bishops gathered in prayer near Chicago in advance of the February meeting. The groups Ending Clergy Abuse (ECA) and Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) said they had sent an open letter to Catholic Church’s Pope Francis asking to be included in discussing reforms in the Catholic […]
(Eagle News)–No Filipinos were hurt after a car rammed against a crowd celebrating the New Year in Tokyo, Japan. The Department of Foreign Affairs said there were no Filipinos among the nine who were injured in the attack on Takeshita St. in Harajuku. The DFA said this was based on a report from the Philippine embassy in Tokyo. Authorities have the driver, Kazuhiro Kusakabe, whom they said acted with “intent to murder.”
(Eagle News)–Australia has asked its citizens not to travel to Central and Western Mindanao, including Zamboanga and Sulu. According to the advisory, Australians should also reconsider traveling to Eastern Mindanao. Australia issued the security advisory after the Cotabato mall bombing that killed at least two and injured several people. The attack took place on Dec. 31. Authorities said the Daulah Islamiyah could be linked to the attack.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) — Six people were killed Wednesday in a train accident on a bridge connecting two islands in Denmark, rail operator DSB said. “We can confirm that six people are dead,” a duty officer told AFP, as media reports said the roof of a cargo train blew off in heavy winds and hit a passenger train that was travelling in the opposite direction. The accident occurred on the Great Belt Bridge connecting the islands […]
MUMBAI, India (AFP) –Shares in India’s second-largest airline Jet Airways fell five percent Wednesday after the company admitted it had failed to meet debt payments to banks. The airline hit turbulence last year after failing to report its quarterly earnings or pay its staffers including pilots in August. Subsequently, chief executive Vinay Dube released the earnings and announced a cost cutting program amounting to 20 billion rupees ($280 million) over the next two years. “Payment […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Fourteen people are confirmed dead from the New Year’s Eve explosion at a high-rise in central Russia, local officials said Wednesday, as rescuers continued to pull bodies from the rubble. The local governor’s office said 14 bodies had been found and that 27 people were unaccounted for following the gas explosion in the city of Magnitogorsk, nearly 1,700 kilometers (1,050 miles) east of Moscow in the Ural mountains. Five people had […]
(Eagle News)–Classes in public and private schools in Naga, Bicol have been suspended starting Jan. 3. In memorandum circular 2019-001, Mayor John Bongat said the suspension, which also applies to technical-vocational schools, was in view of the flooding caused by typhoon “Usman” that has affected “not only residents but also school campuses.” “Reports have also reached this office about the massive flooding and damages caused by Typhoon Usman in neighboring municipalities, which will make it […]
(Eagle News) – Pahirapan pa rin sa mga owtoridad an pagsasagawa ng retrieval operations sa Tiwi, Albay matapos manalasa doon ang bagyong Usman. Ito ay dahil sa mga nakahambalang na natumbang mga puno, nahulog na mga malalaking tipak ng bato at nagkalat na mga putik sa mga kalsada sa bayan. Ayon sa mga rescuer, 15 bangkay na ang nakuha ng mga otoridad, habang anim na iba pa ang patuloy na hinahanap. Tatlo sa naturang bilang […]
(Eagle News) — Bagamat itinuturing na isang major earthquake ang 7.2 magnitude na lindol sa Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental noong Sabado, hindi ito gaanong kalakasan dahil nangyari ang pagyanig sa karagatan. Ayon kay Undersecretary for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change of the Philippines Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Renato Solidum, nangyari ang pagyanig ng lindol may 170 kilometers southeast ng Governor Generoso at naramdaman din ito sa bahagi ng Mati, Davao Oriental at […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Taiwan’s unification with the mainland is “inevitable”, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, warning against any efforts to promote the island’s independence and saying China would not renounce the option of using military force to bring it into the fold. China still sees democratic Taiwan as part of its territory to be reunified, despite the two sides being ruled separately since the end of a civil war on the mainland in 1949. […]
Classes to resume on Jan. 7 (Eagle News)—Camarines Sur has declared a province-wide suspension of classes starting Jan. 3, following its declaration of a state of calamity due to the effects of “Usman.” Governor Luis Villafuerte said the suspension, which applies to all levels, was to “ensure the safety of everyone, especially of schoolchildren, and to give more time to their families to recover from the recent typhoon.” He said classes will resume on Jan. […]
