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by Tania Lee Agence France Presse MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — A car ploughed into a crowd in Australia’s second-largest city on Thursday in what police said was a “deliberate act” that left more than a dozen people injured, some of them seriously. Witnesses said people were thrown through the air after being hit by the vehicle, which did not appear to be trying to stop as it “mowed everybody down.” Victoria state police said they […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pinatitiyak ng Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) na tatapusin nila ang pagpapatayo ng initial housing projects sa Marawi City. Ayon kay DPWH Secretary Mark Villar, nasa 500 mga housing unit ang target ng ahensiya na tapusin ngayong buwan ng Disyembre. Aniya, mayroong short-term at long-term plans ang DPWH para sa pagbangon ng Marawi na winasak ng ilang buwang bakbakan sa pagitan ng tropa ng gobyerno at Maute terror […]
by Marianne Barriaux Agence France Presse BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — Catalans take their independence struggle to the polls Thursday in a hotly-contested election that could mark a turning point for their region just two months after a secession bid ended in failure. The vote pits leaders of the wealthy northeastern region’s separatist movement against parties that want to remain in Spain, and opinion polls suggest both sides’ leading candidates are neck-and-neck. Will voters again hand […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Adults who ate more than two tomatoes a day had a slower rate of natural lung function decline, with ex-smokers seeming to benefit most of all, scientists said Thursday. Similar benefits, they said, were observed for people who ate more than three portions of fresh fruit a day, especially apples. “This study shows that diet might help repair lung damage in people who have stopped smoking,” study co-author Vanessa Garcia-Larsen of […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, November 20, turned over P100 million to the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) for the improvement of its services, and instructed officials of the medical center to get the best medical equipment in the market for the hospital that provides service to the country’s veteran soldiers and their dependents. “Buy the best, huwag yung lowest bid… I want quality. Quality ako,” the President told the hospital’s […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Activated na ang mga incident command center sa mga lalawigan ng Surigao at Agusan para sa agarang pagtugon sa mga kakailanganin ng mga residenteng maaapektuhan ng paghagupit ng bagyong Vinta. Ito ay matapos isinailalim sa storm signal number 1 at 2 ang mga nasabing lalawigan. Nagpatawag na rin ng emergency meeting sa Butuan si Mayor Ronnie Vicente Lagnada sa mga empleyado ng City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council upang […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — French baby-milk maker Lactalis said Thursday it was more than doubling the quantity of formula and other products recalled over salmonella fears in the second such move in two weeks. “The decision was taken to extend the recall of all infant nutrition products made or packaged at our Craon site” since February, said Lactalis, which is one of the world’s top manufacturers of dairy products. The latest recall involves 720 batches of […]
by Cecil Morella Agence France Presse Four people were killed and 11 others were missing Thursday after a ferry with hundreds on board capsized in stormy weather off Quezon, rescuers said. Over 200 passengers and crew were plucked to safety after the Mercraft 3 keeled over in heavy seas en route to Polillo island, officials said. “The wind suddenly picked up and the boat was forced to stop when the bow started taking in water. […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Kyle Kuzma led the offensive charge as the Los Angeles Lakers snapped the red-hot Houston Rockets’ 14-game winning streak with a 122-116 upset victory on Wednesday. Kuzma scored a NBA career-high 38 points as the Lakers dominated the Rockets early then held on through a mid-game Houston rally to claim the win and end their own three-game losing skid. “I scored 30 in the summer league,” Kuzma said. “This […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — The EU’s top official for the euro single currency on Wednesday pressed European regulators to urgently update financial rules in order to face bitcoin’s dizzying volatility. Crypto-currency bitcoin has soared almost 20-fold since the start of the year and this month saw it move into the mainstream as two major US exchanges began trading futures in the unit. “The developments relating to bitcoin and crypto-currencies in recent weeks require our heightened […]
(Eagle News) — “Vinta” slightly accelerated on Thursday afternoon, as it continued to move westward toward Eastern Mindanao. In its 2 p.m. advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the center of the tropical storm was 260 kilometers east of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur as of 1 p.m. “Vinta” was packing maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 80 kilometers per hour, and is forecast […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — A Thai zoo has sparked outrage after a video of staff repeatedly prodding a tiger to elicit roars for tourist photos went viral, renewing criticism of the kingdom’s notorious animal tourism industry. The clip, which has garnered more than one million views since it was posted on Monday, shows the Pattaya zoo attendant jabbing the chained animal in the face with a stick as tourists take turns posing with or sitting […]
