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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — The United Arab Emirates has selected its first two astronauts to go on a mission to the International Space Station, Dubai’s ruler said Monday. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed al-Maktoum named the new astronauts as Hazza al-Mansouri, 34, and 37-year-old Sultan al-Neyadi. Writing on Twitter, he said the duo “raise the bar of ambitions for future Emirati generations”. Sheikh Mohammed, the UAE’s vice president and prime minister, last year vowed to […]
Drone images show damages after a massive fire ripped through Rio de Janeiro’s treasured National Museum. (AFP) https://youtu.be/MVWyvSqcpEY
(Eagle News)-The House committee on justice on Tuesday, Sept. 4, found the impeachment complaints filed against now-Chief Justice Teresita De Castro and other justices who voted to oust Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Magistrate sufficient in form. Twenty-one members voted to approve the motion to find sufficiency in form in the complaints filed by opposition lawmakers led by Rep.Edcel Lagman against De Castro, SC Justices Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Andres Reyes, Francis Jardeleza, Noel Tijam and […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump on Monday warned Syria against launching an attack on the country’s last rebel stronghold with the help of Russia and Iran, saying the offensive could trigger a “human tragedy.” The warning came as Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javed Zarif met with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in a surprise visit to Damascus ahead of the looming offensive. Syrian forces are amassing around the northwestern province of Idlib, […]
KHOKHA, Yemen (AFP)–The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen killed 38 rebels in the past 24 hours in air strikes on the strategic port of Hodeida, military and medical sources said on Monday. The latest raids come just days before peace talks in Geneva between the internationally recognised government backed by the coalition and the Shiite Huthi rebels linked to Iran. Pro-government military sources told AFP the coalition targeted Huthi sites, including a roundabout in the […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets fluctuated on Tuesday with investors moving cautiously as they await the latest developments in Donald Trump’s trade spats with China and Canada. With US markets closed for the Labor Day holiday, there were few catalysts to drive business though dealers remain nervous after Trump said he wanted to impose fresh tariffs ion a huge swathe of Chinese goods by the end of this week. There is also growing […]
(Eagle News) — Matapos ang big-time oil price hike ng mga kumpanya ng langis ngayong araw, Setyembre 4 ay posible pang masundan ang dagdag presyo sa mga produktong petrolyo. Ayon sa Oil Industry Management Bureau, ito ay dahil sa nararanasang political crisis sa mga bansa na pangunahing oil producers gaya ng Iran, Venezuela, at Libya. Dagdag pa nila, tumaas ang presyo ng produktong petrolyo kahit nangako ang Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) na […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Facebook said Wednesday it is rolling out globally its Watch video service, which has already been available in the United States for more than a year. “We designed the product not just in a mindless consumption but in order to get people engaged,” said Fidji Simo, Facebook’s vice president for video. Facebook launched Watch amid a shift in video viewing habits away from traditional television to online platforms including Netflix and […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has voided the amnesty granted by former President Benigno Aquino III to opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, “effective immediately,” saying he had not complied with the “minimum requirements” for such an amnesty. The President, through Proclamation No. 572, was dated Aug. 31, 2018 and was signed by the President and by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea. Citing Section 19 Article 7 of the Philippine Constitution, Duterte said that “the grant […]
(Eagle News) — Suportado ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) ang inisyatibo ng local government ng malay sa aklan na ipagbawal ang paggamit ng single-use plastic sa Boracay at sa iba pang bahagi ng bayan. Ayon kay DENR Undersecretary Benny Antiporda, welcome move ito sa bahagi ng munisipalidad bilang bahagi ng rehabilitasyon sa isla. Aniya, malaki ang naging bahagi ng single-use plastic sa nakalap na basura sa isla noong isinagawa ang rehabilitasyon at […]
by Richard SARGENT / Hla-Hla HTAY Agence France-Presse YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) – Two Reuters journalists accused of breaching Myanmar’s state secrets law while reporting on a massacre of Rohingya Muslims were jailed for seven years Monday, fuelling international outrage a week after the army was accused of genocide. Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, who have been held in Yangon’s Insein prison since their arrest in December, were charged with violating the Official […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)–Facebook users around the world reported the social network was briefly inaccessible Monday, with many taking to Twitter to voice their frustration. Reports of issues on the downdetector.com website began around 2100 GMT, with users particularly affected in North America and Europe. The outage lasted less than 90 minutes before normal service resumed. Some users had read-only access while others were unable to log in. “Earlier today, a networking issue caused some […]
