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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A pair of robot rovers have landed on an asteroid and begun a survey, Japan’s space agency said Saturday, as it conducts a mission aiming to shed light on the origins of the solar system. The rover mission marks the world’s first moving, robotic observation of an asteroid surface, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The round, cookie tin-shaped robots successfully reached the Ryugu asteroid a day after they […]
(Eagle News)–“Trami” continues to intensify on Monday, Sept. 24, as it moves west northwest toward Taiwan. As of 1 a.m., the eye of “Paeng,” as it is locally called, was located 1100 kilometers east of Tuguegarao. The typhoon is packing maximum sustained winds of 170 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 210 kilometers per hour, moving at 20 kilometers per hour. It may exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility on […]
ATLANTA, United States (AFP) — Tiger Woods scored his first victory in more than five years on Sunday, completing a two-shot win at the Tour Championship to crown a successful comeback after a near two-year absence. The 42-year-old 14-time major winner carded a one-over-par 71 at Atlanta’s East Lake Golf Course to claim the 80th title of his glittering career. © Agence France-Presse
by Fethi Belaid Agence France Presse NABEUL, Tunisia (AFP) — Flash floods in Tunisia’s Cap Bon peninsula have killed at least five people, authorities said Sunday, as surging waters caused by heavy rains carried away homes, cars and chunks of road. Saturday’s storm caused water levels in some areas to rise as much as 1.7 meters (5.6 feet), as bridges and roads were damaged in record rains that dropped the equivalent of nearly six months […]
ALGIERS, Algeria (AFP) — A meeting between oil producing countries on Sunday decided not to alter supply to the global market, after calls by US President Donald Trump for an immediate hike in output to reduce prices. A committee of participating states “expressed its satisfaction regarding the current oil market outlook with an overall healthy balance between supply and demand”, a statement said, at the end of a meeting in Algiers. But Saudi Arabia’s energy […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US immigrants who get public benefits like food stamps or housing vouchers could be denied green cards, under a new proposal from President Donald Trump’s administration. Trump came to power pledging to make immigration to the United States more difficult, and reduce the number of people allowed to stay in the country. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Saturday that under the proposed rule change, being a current or […]
by Amal JAYASINGHE Agence France Presse COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) — Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has declared victory in the Maldives’ presidential election Sunday, following a controversial campaign observers said was rigged in favor of strongman President Abdulla Yameen. Solih had the backing of a united opposition trying to oust Yameen but struggled for visibility with the electorate, with local media fearful of falling afoul of heavy-handed decrees and reporting restrictions. “I call on Yameen to […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday that US officials should either support President Donald Trump or quit after a report that the Justice Department’s Number Two discussed ways to remove Trump over mental incompetence. The New York Times reported last week that deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein had suggested secretly recording Trump to set the stage for pursuing the US Constitution’s 25th Amendment, which provides for […]
by Elaine Yu Agence France Presse HONG KONG, China (AFP) — A new high-speed rail link between Hong Kong and mainland China launched Sunday, a multi-billion-dollar project that critics say gives away part of the city’s territory to an increasingly assertive Beijing. Chinese security have been stationed in semi-autonomous Hong Kong for the first time at the harbourfront West Kowloon rail terminus, as part of a new “special port area” that is subject to […]
(Eagle News)—-Seventy-eight percent of Filipinos are satisfied with President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, a recent Social Weather Stations survey said. The second quarter 2018 survey conducted from June 27 to 30 showed only 13% were dissatisfied with the administration’s campaign against illegal drugs, yielding a net satisfaction rating of +65, classified by SWS as very good. SWS said this was 1 point above the +64 (75% satisfied, 12% dissatisfied) in March 2018, also classified as very […]
(Eagle News) – Thousands of students seeking to enter law school took the required Philippine Law School Admission Test (PhiLSAT) on Sunday, Sept. 23, at the New Era University in Quezon City, and in seven other testing centers nationwide. More than 4,000 students took the test at the NEU which successfully hosted the law admission test in Metro Manila. The other test sites were the University of the Cordilleras in Baguio City; Cagayan State University […]
(Eagle News)–Typhoon “Trami” entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Sunday, but has no direct effect so far on the country. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Trami,” which is now called “Paeng,” entered PAR at 10:30 a.m. As of 4 p.m., its eye was located 1290 kilometers east of Tuguegarao. “Paeng” is packing maximum sustained winds of up to 125 to 155 kilometers per hour, and is moving west at 20 […]
