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by Vishal MANVE Agence France-Presse MUMBAI, India (AFP) – At least 14 people were killed when a huge blaze tore through a popular restaurant in Mumbai early Friday, police said, in the latest disaster to raise concerns over fire safety in India. Many of the victims were young women who were attending a birthday party on the rooftop when the fire broke out. Doctors said they died of asphyxiation, apparently as they tried to flee the burning […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) – China on Friday rejected accusations that it had helped Pyongyang skirt sanctions after US President Donald Trump claimed on Twitter that Beijing was turning a blind eye to oil transfers to North Korea. Trump’s tweet was the latest salvo in his battle to persuade China to tighten the economic screws on Pyongyang over its missile and nuclear programmed, in a campaign that has seen him heap both praise and criticism on Beijing. “Caught […]
by Briseida MEMA Agence France-Presse TIRANA, Albania (AFP) – It is Albania’s national symbol, but the eagle may soon only be found on the flag. The majestic bird is threatened with extinction due to widespread poaching of raptors. On the side of a national motorway, just 30 kilometres (18 miles) north of the capital Tirana, a vendor offers motorists a common buzzard for an average price of 7,000-10,000 leks (55-85 euros, $65-100). The buzzard is a protected […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India warned Friday against investing in cryptocurrencies including bitcoin, likening them to “Ponzi schemes”, as it became the latest country to urge caution. Despite a boom in trade that has seen prices soar, cryptocurrencies “don’t have intrinsic value and are not backed by any kind of assets,” the Indian finance ministry said in a statement. “There is a real and heightened risk of investment bubble of the type seen in Ponzi schemes […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) –– The agricultural and infrastructural damage brought by tropical storm Urduja has now reached more than two billion pesos (P2 billion). According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) spokesperson Romina Marasigan, “Urduja” (international name Kai-Tak) damaged more than 1 billion pesos (P1-B) in agriculture, and another P1 billion in infrastructure. The storm also placed 18 areas in MIMAROPA and Region 8 under a state of calamity, including the […]
Protect yourself and your surroundings as you welcome the New Year! This is one of the busiest times of the year for most people. This is also the time of the year when cases of accident, even stealing, are rampant. Uncontrolled eating also happens for many this season, so it is important to be cautious and alert, not only in our surroundings but in taking care of ourselves as well. This New Year celebration, the […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Hindi pa rin madaanan ang anim na road section at anim na mga tulay sa Regions 9, 10 at Caraga dahil sa epekto ng bagyong Vinta. Ayon sa Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), sa Region 9 ay sarado pa rin ang Salug Dacu Bridge sa Mahayag-Dumingag-Siayam-Sindangan Roxas sa Zamboanga Del Sur dahil sa nasirang tulay. Sa Region 10, partikular na sa Gingoog City, hindi naman madaanan ang spillway […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — A 27-year-old woman from the Ivory Coast has been arrested on the Thai island of Phuket after an airport X-ray found more than one kilogram of cocaine in her stomach wrapped in scores of small packets. The woman was stopped by officials late Wednesday night at Phuket’s international airport after landing on a flight from Doha. An X-ray revealed more than 60 small packages in her stomach, filled with 1.2 […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Four Singaporean men were Friday charged over a scandal involving contracts for the metro worth almost Sg$10 million ($7.4 million), the latest problem to hit the financial hub’s train network. The prosecution of the group, which included former and current employees of metro operator SMRT, came after a series of breakdowns on the train system and a collision that injured dozens. The accidents have caused anger in the city-state where public […]
SEOUL. South Korea (AFP) — South Korea briefly seized and inspected a Hong Kong-registered ship in November for transferring oil products to a North Korean vessel and breaching UN sanctions, a foreign ministry official said Friday. The Lighthouse Winmore, which was chartered by a Taiwanese company and carrying around 600 tonnes of oil products from South Korea’s Yeosu port, transferred part of its cargo to a North Korean vessel on October 19, the official said. South […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s appointment of former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon as deputy administrator III of the Office of Civil Defense, saying he still enjoys the President’s trust. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque also stressed that Faeldon’s appointment is the President’s “exclusive prerogative.” “The President is the appointing authority and Mr. Faeldon, with his new appointment, certainly enjoys the Chief Executive’s trust and confidence,” Roque said. “Mr. Faeldon […]
(Eagle News)– Davao Mayor Sara Duterte on Friday said her husband and brother did the right thing when they sued Senator Antonio Trillanes. Duterte said she hopes that the case Mans Carpio and Paolo Duterte filed against the senator for his statement linking them to the so-called Davao Group will prosper. “I feel na what Trillanes did to them is too much, especially that my husband is a private individual. He is not a public official,” […]
