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NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) — Guitars used by Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen and other celebrated musicians will soon hit the auction block in New York City. Guernsey’s auction house will hold its Music Legends’ Guitar auction on December 2 where more than 120 guitars and other instruments will be sold. Included in the sale is a red, sticker-covered Guild guitar that was used by Jimi Hendrix in 1968. “A pretty colorful guitar,” […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — The maker of the chocolate and hazelnut spread Nutella acknowledged Monday adjusting its formula following a report by a German consumer group. The Hamburg Consumer Protection Centre said on its Facebook page that a jar of spread made by the Italian chocolate firm Ferrero now contains 8.7 percent powdered skim milk, compared to 7.5 percent previously, based on an analysis of the product label. Ferrero, via its German subsidiary, said it […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US Supreme Court on Monday upheld a $120-million patent award Samsung was ordered to pay Apple in the latest ruling in a series of legal skirmishes between the top two smartphone makers. The US justices let stand without comment a 2016 appeals court verdict reinstating the award for Apple, which sued Samsung over patents for “slide to unlock” and other features used on smartphones. The case is separate from […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — US stocks cruised to fresh records for the second straight day on Monday amid a tech-sector mega-merger and the opening debate in Congress on a Republican plan for deep corporate tax cuts. Oil stocks also rose as crude prices hit a two-year high on political upheaval in Saudi Arabia. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up less than a tenth of a percentage point at 23,549.1 and the […]
by Nova Safo Agence France Presse SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, United States (AFP) — Terrie Smith was planning a lazy Sunday, before the bullets started flying. The 54-year-old owns a restaurant in a gas station across the street from the First Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. She had gone to fill up her car to enjoy her day off, when the unthinkable happened. Smith watched, horrified, as 26-year-old gunman Devin Patrick Kelley encircled the church, raining […]
by Carole Landry Agence France-Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The UN Security Council on Monday called on Myanmar to rein in its military campaign in Rakhine state and allow hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya driven from their homes to return. In a unanimous statement backed by China, the council strongly condemned the violence that has forced more than 600,000 Rohingya to flee across the border to Bangladesh. The council expressed “grave concern” over human […]
By Tennie Sumague EBC New York Bureau NEW YORK (Eagle News) – Kristaps Porzingis has proven again why he’s the New York Knicks’ Most Valuable Player, scoring a career and team best 40 points as New York came from a 19-point deficit in the third quarter to beat the Indiana Pacers 108-101 at Madison Square Garden Sunday night. In a game where the Knicks struggled defensively and trailed through three quarters, Porzingis sparked the team’s […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Donald Trump’s marathon Asia tour moves on Tuesday to South Korea, another key ally in the struggle with nuclear-armed North Korea, but one with deep reservations about the US president’s strategy for dealing with the crisis. As tensions over Pyongyang’s weapons program have soared, the US president has traded personal insults and threats of war with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, but his next stop, Seoul — and its 10 million inhabitants […]
by Marlowe Hood Agence France Presse BONN, Germany (AFP) — 2017 is on track to be the hottest year on record except for two warmed by El Nino phenomena, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization said Monday. Even if the cyclical weather events — which bump up global temperatures every three to seven years — are included, this year will still be one of the three warmest ever, the WMO said as it issued its […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) called for the strengthening of border security in the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to prevent transnational crimes, as well as terrorism, in the region. In a statement, the new AFP chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Rey Leonardo Guerrero, stressed the need to enhance regional border security through coordinated border patrols. Guerrero said that he is eyeing more coordinated patrols with ASEAN […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Magdalo Party-List Representative Gary Alejano expressed alarm after China launched its dredging vessel which was dubbed its “magic island-maker.” Alejano said that with the recent addition to China’s maritime arsenal, the move will allow China to aggressively reclaim more areas in the West Philippine Sea. “This newest addition to China’s maritime arsenal provides increased and faster capacity to dredge and reclaim islands,” said Alejano. He is referring to the […]
