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By Tennie Sumague EBC New York Bureau NEW YORK (Eagle News) — A sold out Madison Square Garden crowd warmly welcomed Carmelo Anthony back during the pregame introductions as the New York Knicks franchise paid tribute to their former All-Star. Then it was back to business. Michael Beasley scored a career best 30 points as the Knicks won their fourth straight game, a 111-96 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder Saturday night. Fans cheered and […]
(Eagle News) — “Urduja” is now outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. But another weather disturbance could enter PAR on Wednesday, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. According to PAGASA, the low pressure area was monitored 1,710 kilometers east of Mindanao, as of 8 a.m. “The public and disaster risk reduction and management offices concerned are advised to continue monitoring for updates regarding this weather disturbance,” PAGASA said. As of 10 a.m., […]
(Eagle News) — The taxi driver who was allegedly hit by a female motorist during a traffic altercation filed charges against her on Tuesday, despite her apology made over social media. Virgilio Doctor, 52, filed the charges for physical injury, unjust vexation, and malicious mischief against Cherish Sharmaine Interior, 31, before the Quezon City Prosecutors Office. The charges stem from Sunday’s incident that saw Interior hitting Doctor, after he allegedly honked at the female motorist for […]
(Eagle News) — The fire that hit a residential area in Muntinlupa City on Tuesday has been put out. The Muntinlupa fire department said the blaze that hit houses on Mendiola Street, Purok Uno was declared out at 9:24 a.m. Over ten houses were affected by the fire, which reached the third alarm. The cause of the fire has yet to be determined. No one was reported injured.
LPA outside PAR still being monitored (Eagle News) — Storm signals were lifted as Tropical Depression “Urduja” prepared to leave the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Tuesday. In its latest advisory, PAGASA said as of 4:00 a.m., the center of the tropical depression was found 240 kilometers west northwest of Puerto Princesa City in Palawan. “Urduja” is packing maximum sustained winds of 45 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 60 kilometers […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A lead singer of SHINee, one of South Korea’s top K-pop boybands, died on Monday, police said, in what appears to be a suicide. Kim Jong-Hyun, 27, was found unconscious at a Seoul hotel by police after sending his older sister several text messages suggesting suicide, police said. The messages read “This is my last farewell,” “Things have been so difficult,” “Please let me go and say I did a […]
by Kathryn Elsesser Agence France Presse DUPONT, United States (AFP) — An Amtrak passenger train traveling on a new route for the first time derailed Monday in Washington state, killing at least three people as cars plunged off a bridge onto a busy highway at the height of morning rush hour, officials said. The train, which was carrying 77 passengers and seven crew, derailed in DuPont about halfway between Tacoma and the state capital Olympia […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks opened higher Tuesday following global rallies the previous day, as Wall Street notched fresh records with US tax cuts in sight. The Nikkei 225 index rose 0.29 percent, or 67.25 points, to 22,969.02 in early trade while the broader Topix index was up 0.19 percent, or 3.37 points, at 1,821.27. © Agence France-Presse
PARIS, France (AFP) — About three in every 100 people injured by rubber bullets died as a result, according to a review of recorded casualties published Tuesday, calling for alternative crowd control measures. A team of US-based researchers looked at 26 scientific reports published on injury, disability and death caused by rubber bullets between 1990 and 2017 in Israel and the Palestinian territories, the United States, India, Northern Ireland, Switzerland, Turkey, and Nepal. A total […]
by Nina Larson Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The UN rights chief told AFP Monday that Myanmar clearly “planned” violent attacks on its Rohingya minority, causing a mass-exodus, and warned the crackdown could possibly amount to “genocide.” “For us, it was clear… that these operations were organized and planned,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said in an interview. “You couldn’t exclude the possibility of acts of genocide… You […]
DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad launched a scathing attack on France on Monday, accusing it of backing “terrorism” and saying it has “no right to talk about peace” in the war-torn country. His comments came days after Paris accused the Damascus regime of obstructing the latest round of failed peace talks for Syria held in Geneva last week. “France has been the standard bearer of support for terrorism in Syria since the […]
by Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump used the launch of his first National Security Strategy on Monday to laud the benefits of cooperation with Russia, a striking departure from the document’s more combative tone toward the Kremlin. Unveiling a text that pilloried both Russia and China as “revisionist powers” bent on rolling back American interests, Trump hailed recent counterterror cooperation between Moscow and Washington. Trump claimed that […]
