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by Ben Dooley Agence France-Presse PÉKIN, China (AFP) — Japan and China signed $2.6 billion in business deals and touted their warmer ties on Friday during a rare visit to Beijing by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as both face trade challenges from US President Donald Trump. Premier Li Keqiang greeted Abe as Japan’s flag flew outside the opulent Great Hall of the People across from Tiananmen Square, and they reviewed an honor guard before […]
(Eagle News) — Umaapela si Senador Sonny Angara sa gobyerno na tutukan rin ang rehabilitasyon at pagpapaganda sa iba pang tourist destinations sa Pilipinas. Sinabi ni Angara na dapat magpatupad na rin ng pre-emptive measures sa mga lugar na nagpapakita na ng pagkasira dahil sa pag-abuso ng mga turista kabilang na ang El Nido sa Palawan. “There should be constant improvement of our facilities, so our carrying capacity will grow with arrivals. We must always […]
(Eagle News) — Nananatiling nasa labas ng bansa at nasa karagatang pasipiko ang Typhoon Yutu. Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), huli itong namataan sa 2,120 kilometers east ng central Luzon. Bahagya itong humina at taglay na lang ang lakas ng hanging aabot sa 180 kilometers bawat oras at pagbugsong aabot sa 220 kilometers bawat oras. Kumikilos ang bagyo sa bilis na 20 kilometers bawat oras sa direksyong pa-kanluran. Ayon sa […]
by Glenn CHAPMAN Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Amazon reported Thursday that its profit in the recently-ended quarter rocketed to $2.9 billion in a ten-fold increase from the same period last year. Net sales at the e-commerce colossus climbed to $56.6 billion in the third quarter, a 29 percent increase from the $43.7 in sales reported in the third quarter in 2017. However, analysts had expected an even stronger performance by Amazon, […]
by Rob Lever Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Twitter shares flew higher Thursday after the social network reported a record quarterly profit that helped investors look past a drop in the number of users due to the weeding out of fake and abusive accounts. The San Francisco group delivered a $789 million profit, including one-time gains, compared to a net loss of $21 million in the previous year, as revenues grew 29 percent […]
Marine debris teams were dispatched to assess the damage this week after a tiny, remote Hawaiian island was largely wiped off the map when a raging hurricane passed through, officials said. East Island was a low-lying island composed mainly of loose sand and gravel, and was home to threatened nesting green sea turtles and endangered Hawaiian monk seals. All but a couple of slivers of sand were erased from the already tiny island — about […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — LeBron James had a triple-double in his first home win at Staples Center as the Los Angeles Lakers came from behind to defeat the Denver Nuggets 128-111 on Thursday. James had 28 points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds while leading the Lakers’ late rally against the previously unbeaten Nuggets. “We got stops. They are one of the best offensive teams we have in this league and when you do […]
TAMPA, United States (AFP) — Six different sub-species of tigers exist today, scientists confirmed Thursday, amid hopes the findings will boost efforts to save the fewer than 4,000 free-range big cats that remain in the world. The six include the Bengal tiger, Amur tiger, South China tiger, Sumatran tiger, Indochinese tiger and Malayan tiger, said the report in the journal Current Biology. Three other tiger subspecies have already gone extinct: the Caspian, Javan and Bali […]
AMMAN, Jordan (AFP) — Flash floods in Jordan swept away a school bus Thursday, killing at least 17 people, mostly pupils, emergency services said, as Israel sent forces to help with rescue operations. At least 25 more people were injured in the incident near the Dead Sea, said an official from the civil defense — Jordan’s fire service — who asked not to be named. “Heavy rains caused a flash flood close to the Dead […]
(Eagle News) — Nagbabala ang Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa mga magsasakang iligal na umokupa ng lupa sa taniman ng tubo o sugarcane sa Sagay City, Negros Occidental. Ito ay matapos na mapatay ang siyam na magsasaka sa isang massacre na umano’y kagagawan ng mga miyembro ng New People’s Army (NPA). Sa kaniyang talumpati, sinabi ng Pangulo na kinubkob ng mga ito ang lupaing pag-aari ng mga orihinal na tenant nito. Kapag nakapag-ani na, pumapasok sila […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks opened higher Friday, a day after plunging 3.7 percent, with sentiment buoyed by a rally on Wall Street. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index turned up 0.60 percent or 126.75 points, to 21,395.48 in early trade while the broader Topix index was up 0.59 percent or 9.37 points at 1,610.29. Wall Street rebounded strongly on Thursday from the prior session’s rout on fears over slowing corporate earnings growth. Tech shares […]
by Ayee Macaraig Agence France Presse BORACAY, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines opened the doors Friday to a spruced up and newly regulated Boracay, its famous holiday island that was shuttered to mend decades of harm caused by unchecked tourism. The white sand idyll was closed to visitors in April after President Rodrigo Duterte called it a “cesspool” tainted by raw sewage flowing from hotels and restaurants straight into the sea. But the re-christened resort […]
