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by Anna Smolchenko Agence France Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — The Kremlin on Friday said Russia will not be part of a new arms race as the United States and NATO voiced concern over Vladimir Putin’s boasts of new “invincible” weapons. Putin stunned the West — and many in Russia — on Thursday by using his state of the nation address to unveil a new arsenal of hypersonic weapons and submarines less than three […]
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I7pI1CI1DQ[/embedyt] SOUTH NYACK, NY (Eagle News) — The first Nor’easter of 2018 quickly evolved into a blustery mess of wind, rain and snow. The Village of South Nyack, New York, a town north of New York City was hit with a wintery mix causing many trees to fall, resulting in downed power lines and power outages throughout the village. According to the village’s official website, Mayor Bonnie Christian declared a state of […]
NEW YORK (Eagle News) – It’s officially March Madness where a Cinderella team from New Brunswick, New Jersey is creating some big, magical moments at Madison Square Garden. The Scarlet Knights of Rutgers pulled away with another upset, beating sixth-seeded Indiana Hoosiers 76-69 in the second-round of the Big Ten Tournament Thursday night. It was the first time in seven tries that the Scarlet Knights beat the Hoosiers and advanced to their first-ever Big Ten […]
WASHINGTON DC (Eagle News) — High wind warnings were announced by the National Weather Service (NWS) for the Baltimore/Washington D.C. region of the US starting Friday, March 2 until Saturday morning at six o’clock. Winds from 25 to 40 mph (40 kph to 64 kph) with wind gusts from 55 to 70 (89 kph to 113 kph) are expected to cause widespread damage and power outages, the NWS website said. According to the NWS, the […]
TONGA (Eagle News) — The residents of Tonga are still picking up the pieces after Cyclone Gita smashed through their South Pacific country last month. Other countries were also affected such as New Zealand, Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Vanuatu, Queensland, and American Samoa. The cyclone directly hit the capital city of Nuku’alofa, recording winds of 230 km/h (145 mph), the highest since record of storms in Tonga began. Cyclone Gita was the most severe cyclone […]
(Eagle News) — A total of 933 out of the 1,983 examinees passed the February 2018 mechanical engineering licensure examination, the Professional Regulation Commission announced on Friday. Kelvin Mendoza Macatangay of the Batangas State University-Alangilan topped the exam with a rating of 88.75 percent. Kyle Darryl Tan-Aguilar of the De La Salle University-Manila was second, with 88.35 percent; and Efren Espino Suarez Jr. also of the Batangas State University-Alangilan was third, with a rating of 87.9 […]
(Eagle News) — For the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, the only “constitutionally recognized mode” of removing a Chief Justice is impeachment. In a statement on Friday, the nationwide group of lawyers said “any artifice or device intended to solely target the Chief Justice and short-circuit the process would be repugnant to the Constitution..” “(It) must be slain on sight if our democratic processes are to be observed,” the IBP said. According to the group, […]
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BALIKPAPAN, Indonesia (AFP) — A human leg and arm have been found inside the belly of a huge crocodile suspected of mauling a man to death in Borneo, Indonesian police said Friday. Authorities shot and killed the six-meter (20-foot) long crocodile close to a riverbank where a local palm oil plantation worker had gone missing two days earlier, with only his motorbike and sandals found at the site, they said. The search ended Thursday when […]
(Eagle News) — The European Union on Friday announced that it would give the Philippines €3.8 million to fund drug rehabilitation centers in the country. Stefano Manservisi, European Commission Director General for International Cooperation and Development, said the amount, which is equivalent to P241.6 million, would be given through the Department of Health. “We have a program which is called drug rehabilitation program in which we are addressing how to bring back to normal life people […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Several senators conducted an ocular inspection in Boracay, looking at business establishments that may have violated environmental laws. Senator Cynthia Villar led the ocular inspection. Before this, Villar in a radio interview said that she was not in favor of suggestions to close down all businesses in the area. She said she would rather close down only those that are not compliant to environmental and building laws. Meanwhile, Senator […]
by Mariëtte Le Roux Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — A thriving hotspot of some 1.5 million Adelie penguins has been discovered on the remote Danger Islands in the east Antarctic, surprised scientists announced Friday. Just 160 kilometers (100 miles) away in the West Antarctic, the same species is in decline due to sea ice melt blamed on global warming, they said. The first complete census revealed that the Danger Islands host more than 750,000 […]
