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MUMBAI, India (AFP) — India Monday mourned Bollywood superstar Sridevi Kapoor after her death in Dubai aged just 54, as police in the emirate said she drowned in her hotel bathtub. The body of Sridevi, one of the biggest names in Hindi cinema, had been due to be brought back to Mumbai on Monday by charter flight. It was not immediately clear however when Dubai authorities would release it. Hundreds of heartbroken fans gathered outside […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Global stocks struck a triumphant note on Monday, rising solidly ahead of an event-packed trading week. The wave of higher results began in Asia, where Tokyo’s main stocks closed up more than one percent, followed by solid gains in Europe and even stronger advances in New York. The gains helped take another bite out of the big losses suffered at the start of February when fears of US inflation […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar suffered a sprained ankle and a fractured metatarsal when he was stretchered off against Marseille on Sunday, the Ligue 1 leaders announced on Monday. The Brazilian, who signed in a world-record move from Barcelona last year, now faces a fight to be fit for the Champions League last-16 second leg against Real Madrid at the Parc des Princes on March 6. PSG trail in the tie after […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British folk-pop phenomenon Ed Sheeran on Monday was named the best-selling artist in the world in 2017 by the global recorded music industry group IFPI. Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) was the best-selling album of last year and “Shape of You” was the best-selling single, London-based IFPI said in its announcement. Sheeran is the fifth recipient of the Global Recording Artist of the Year Award after One Direction (2013), Taylor Swift (2014), […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia late Monday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The quake was measured at a depth of 11.9 kilometers (seven miles) with its epicenter in the Seram Sea around 194 kilometers northwest of Ambon, the capital of Maluku province, according to USGS. “The earthquake does not have tsunami potential. I […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Is it out of bounds to ask a White House advisor about the US president’s behavior when that advisor also happens to be his daughter? Ivanka Trump says yes. Donald Trump’s eldest daughter was confronted with that situation when a journalist asked her about the women who accuse her father of sexual misconduct before he became president. “Do you believe your father’s accusers?” an NBC News journalist asked her in […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Papua New Guinea sent troops and rescue workers after a powerful earthquake struck the Pacific nation’s mountainous interior Monday and damaged a gas plant and other buildings. Authorities warned of aftershocks and landslides. There was no official information on fatalities or injuries in the rugged region but one unconfirmed report of deaths. Assessment teams headed to affected areas near the 7.5-magnitude quake’s epicenter, which the US Geological Survey said was some […]
by Hasan Mohamed Agence France Presse DOUMA, Syria (AFP) — Russia called a daily “humanitarian pause” in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, bowing to pressure to halt the carnage in the rebel-held enclave where bombardments eased late Monday after hours of deadly raids. A UN Security Council resolution for a 30-day truce had remained a dead letter since it was passed on Saturday, and Moscow, the Damascus regime’s main backer, ended up setting its own terms to […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Eagle Broadcasting Corporation on Saturday, February 24 conducted a citronella planting and clean-up drive in Pasong Elementary School in Quezon City, as part of the activities of EBC to mark its 50th anniversary this year. The event was participated in by the employees of the Eagle Broadcasting Corporation together with the teachers, students and department heads of the Pasong Tamo Elementary School. EBC’s clean-up drive and citronella planting […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) will train 100, 000 construction workers for the government’s “Build, Build, Build” program to fast-track the administration’s infrastructure projects. “This is only an initial training for the Build, Build, Build alone. The government’s infrastructure projects will give employment to the people,” Tesda Director General Guiling “Gene” Mamondiong said. The trainees will come from the poor, the indigenous people and rebel returnees. […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the entire island of Luzon under yellow alert. According to the NGCP, there is a limited electricity reserve in Luzon and that system has only 9, 971 megawatts capacity there This was due to the unexpected shutdown of several power plants. Under a yellow alert, the grid has thin reserves based on the supply and demand of power in the […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to locate the recruiter of deceased overseas Filipino worker Joanna Demafelis. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the President wants to locate the recruiters of Demafelis in order to ascertain whether they have criminal, civil and administrative liabilities. “PRRD asked NBI to summon them,” Roque said. The order came after the employers of Demafelis were arrested on Friday night. […]
