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by Greg Heakes © Agence France-Presse INDIAN WELLS, United States (AFP) — Daria Kasatkina defeated her second straight top 10 player as she needed less than an hour to rout Angelique Kerber and book her first Indian Wells semi-final on Thursday. The 20-year-old Russian rolled to an easy 6-0, 6-2 victory in 58 minutes over the 10th seeded Kerber at the joint WTA/ATP hardcourt tournament on Thursday. Kasatkina, who is ranked 19th in the world, […]
by Rim Haddad with Hasan Mohammed in Douma Agence France-Presse ADRA, Syria – Thousands of civilians poured out of Eastern Ghouta on Thursday after a month-long bombardment brought the Syrian regime closer to recapturing the devastated rebel enclave outside Damascus. Defying expectations and calls to step down, Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad was strengthening his grip on power as the conflict entered its eighth year. His troops advanced in a ferocious assault on Eastern Ghouta, once […]
by Leila Macor Agence France-Presse MIAMI, United States – A newly installed pedestrian bridge over a six-lane highway in Miami on a college campus collapsed Thursday, crushing a number of cars below and reportedly leaving several people dead. The Miami Herald reported that an unknown number of people were trapped underneath the collapsed walkway, which connected Florida International University to a student housing area and was erected less than a week ago. The Florida Highway Patrol […]
by Paul Handley Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States -Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has said if Iran develops a nuclear weapon, Riyadh will follow suit — just days before he arrives in Washington for talks with US President Donald Trump. “Saudi Arabia does not want to acquire any nuclear bomb, but without a doubt, if Iran developed a nuclear bomb, we will follow suit as soon as possible,” Prince Mohammed told CBS television in […]
by Sylvie Lanteaume Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States -Russia is “complicit” in atrocities perpetrated by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad because of its “deliberate” choice to violate terms of a ceasefire in besieged Eastern Ghouta, the Pentagon said Thursday, in comments hammered home separately by the US national security advisor. Thousands of civilians poured out of Eastern Ghouta as the capture of a key town brought Syria’s government even closer to retaking the devastated rebel enclave […]
By Vivem Soriano Eagle News Service Six players scored in double figures for the defending 3-time Philippine Cup champions San Miguel Beermen as SMB steamrolled Barangay Ginebra with an emphatic 102-81 victory at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. The Beermen now have a commanding 3-1 semifinals series lead to put crowd favorites Ginebra in the brink of elimination. San Miguel is just a win away from securing their fourth straight All-Filipino […]
Norman Castro EBC New York Bureau NEW YORK (Eagle News) – After a tough home loss to the Eastern Conference leading Toronto Raptors, the New York Knicks looked to snap their seven-game losing streak against the Dallas Mavericks. With both teams no longer looking to the playoffs but to the lottery, this game had more to do with team morale and pride. The Knicks fell short once again, losing 110-97 at home. The Knicks first […]
Below is the list of passers of the Physician Licensure Exam given early March 2018. See story here: UE-RMMMC grad tops Physician Licensure Exam [pdfviewer]https://www.eaglenews.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/List-of-passers-in-Physician-Licensure-Exam-March-2018.pdf[/pdfviewer]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain will invest £48 million in a new chemical weapons defense center and vaccinate thousands of British soldiers against anthrax, the defense minister said on Thursday after the nerve agent poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain. “We are investing £48 million (54 million euros, $67 million) in a new Chemical Weapons Defense Center to maintain our cutting edge in chemical analysis and defense,” Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson […]
PRC says 1067 of 1601 passed test given early this month (Eagle News) — Over 1,000 passed the Physician Licensure Examination recently given by the Professional Regulation Commission. According to the PRC, there were 1067 passers of the 1601 who took the exam early this month. Jerald Lalaguna Pelayo of the University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center Inc. topped the exam, with a score of 88.17 percent. Jay Ruyeras Orehuela of Southwestern University-Matias H. […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesians could be jailed for criticizing national politicians under a new law which came into force Thursday, in what critics slammed as a major step back for the world’s third-biggest democracy. The vaguely worded bill passed the 560-member house last month but has just become official, over the objections of President Joko Widodo who refused to sign off on the controversial legislation. Widodo does not have veto power over the […]
(Eagle News) — Many Filipinos are worried that the current tension between the United States and North Korea will escalate into an armed conflict, the Social Weather Stations said. According to the pollster, based on its December 2017 survey, a whopping 84 percent expressed this concern. Sixteen percent were not worried, 12% were not too worried, and 4% were not worried at all, the SWS said. The survey also found that 88 percent were worried that the Philippines would […]
