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by Régine LAMOTHE Agence France Presse ARCACHON, France (AFP) — French researchers hoping to get an early warning on pollution in the ocean have found an unlikely ally in a mollusk more often destined for the dinner table. Their findings reveal that much like canaries in a coal mine, oysters stationed near offshore oil platforms can detect minute amounts of hydrocarbons as each one constantly filters dozens of gallons of water every day. That could […]
by Sébastien DUVAL Agence France Presse NEW BERN, United States (AFP) — With rain still falling and no electricity, residents of New Bern, North Carolina are starting to pick up the pieces after devastating flooding caused by Hurricane Florence. At the confluence of the Neuse and Trent rivers, where several hundred people were rescued from flood waters, uniformed national guardsmen tour an area to provide assistance. “Do you need anything?” one asks. “Power!” a weary […]
(Eagle News) — Aftermath of typhoon “Ompong” in Batac and Uguis Nueva Era in Ilocos Norte province. (Photos courtesy of Eagle News Correspondents Norbert Asuncion, Mark Peterson Adir)
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – The death toll due to the onslaught of typhoon Ompong in Northern Luzon is feared to further increase as search and retrieval operations come into full gear in the mining town of Itogon, Benguet, according to presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque. President Rodrigo Duterte is now on its way to Benguet to attend a press briefing that will be led by Gov. Cresencio Pacalso, as the […]
LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — Gennady Golovkin and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez were preparing for a middleweight “war” here Saturday as the final countdown to their acrimonious rematch began. Undefeated Kazakh world champion Golovkin and Mexican idol Alvarez will climb into the ring at Las Vegas’s T-Mobile Arena at around 8pm local time (0300 GMT), a year after battling to a controversial draw at the same venue. The 12-round contest is the most eagerly anticipated […]
LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — Former world welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather said Saturday he will face Manny Pacquiao later this year in a rematch of their 2015 superfight. In a posting on Instagram, Mayweather said he will come out of retirement to fight Pacquiao, three years after scoring a comfortable points victory over the veteran Filipino. “I’m coming back to fight Manny Pacquiao this year another 9 figure pay day on the way,” Mayweather […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to visit Itogon, Benguet where a landslide that buried a chapel claimed at least 33 lives. Duterte will reportedly make the visit on Tuesday, Sept. 18. Earlier, Duterte made an aerial inspection of areas affected by “Ompong,” which make landfall in northern Luzon. “Ompong” left the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Saturday.
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Paul McCartney is back on the top of the charts, on Sunday earning his first solo number-one album in the United States in 36 years. “Egypt Station” — a confident 16-track album in which McCartney experiments with a younger rock feel in addition to his classic Beatles sound — marked the first time that he has ever debuted as a solo artist on top of the benchmark US Billboard […]
by Elaine Yu with Purple Romero in Tuguegarao Agence France Presse HongKong, China (AFP) — Typhoon Mangkhut slammed into mainland China late Sunday after leaving a trail of destruction in Hong Kong and Macau after killing at least 59 people in the northern Philippines. The world’s biggest storm this year felled trees and sent skyscrapers swaying in high-rise Hong Kong, injuring more than 200 people there before making landfall on the coast of Jiangmen […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong began a massive clean-up Monday after Typhoon Mangkhut raked the city, shredding trees and bringing damaging floods, in a trail of destruction that has left dozens dead in the Philippines and millions evacuated in southern China. The death toll in the Philippines, where the main island of Luzon was mauled with fierce winds and rain, rose to 65 overnight as rescuers pulled more bodies from a huge landslide […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong stocks tumbled more than one percent in the first few minutes of trade Monday following reports that Donald Trump was preparing to impose tariffs on a further $200 billion of Chinese imports. The Hang Seng Index shed 1.24 percent, or 364.38 points, to 26,922.03 in early trade. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.51 percent, or 13.73 points, to 2,667.91, while the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks China’s […]
(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Monday, Sept. 17, welcomed the conviction of retired Army Major General Jovito Palparan and two others over the 2006 disappearance of University of the Philippines students Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan. “Justice may come a bit late, but it does come. Let’s believe in that,” Guevarra said. Palparan, Lieutenant Colonel Felipe Anotado and Staff Sergeant Edgardo Osorio were sentenced to reclusion perpetua, and were ordered to pay P100,000 to the […]
