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NANTONG, China (Reuters) — China launched Asia’s largest cutter suction dredger on Friday at the port of Nantong, east China’s Jiangsu Province, marking a big stride forward in the country’s building of dredgers. The dredger, “Tiankun”, is 140 meters long and 27.8 meters wide. It can smash underwater rocks, suck out sand, water and squirt to as far as 15 km at a speed of 6,000 cubic meters per hour, equivalent to three standard swimming […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The New York Jets halted the Buffalo Bills challenge in the AFC East with a 34-21 victory over their divisional rivals at MetLife Stadium on Thursday. Running back Matt Forte rushed for two touchdowns as New York forged into a 31-7 lead that left many Buffalo fans heading for the exits. The Bills staged a late revival when quarterback Tyrod Taylor threw for a touchdown and ran one in himself, but […]
By: Anthony Sevilla, EBC Sports International, Canada Bureau VANCOUVER, CANADA (Eagle News Service) — The two league leaders in points last season in the NHL went head-to-head on Wednesday night. The Edmonton Oilers’ captain Connor McDavid and Pittsburgh Penguins’ captain Sidney Crosby led the league in points with 100 and 89 respectively. In the three NHL matchups between the two stars, the Penguins were 3-0-0 against the Oilers even though Crosby had 0 points in […]
BEIJING, China (Reuters) — China’s drug control agency said on Friday (November 3) there was not enough evidence to suggest that most of the fentanyl and other substances at the heart of the opioid crisis in the United States originated from China. Declaring the opioid crisis a public health emergency last week, U.S. President Donald Trump said he would discuss as a “top priority” stopping what he described as a “flood of cheap and deadly […]
(Eagle News) — Sa kasagsagan ng bagyong Ramil at sa lakas ng buhos ng ulan nitong Huwebes, Nobyembre 2, anim na pagguho ng lupa o landslide ang naitala sa bayan ng Sagñay, Camarines Sur. Limang bahay ang nadamay sa nasabing landslide at isang bahay dito ang natabunan ng lupa. Patay sa nasabing insidente ang nakilalang residente na si Ryan Lasmarinas, 32 taong gulang ng matabunan ng lupa habang ang dalawang kasama nito na sina Felipe […]
BEIJING, China (Reuters) — China and Vietnam reached an agreement on managing their dispute in the South China Sea through friendly talks, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Friday (November 3) in a news briefing held in Beijing. This followed an ugly spat over the summer between the two communist neighbours. The countries had been at loggerheads over the strategic waterway, through which more than $3 trillion in cargo passes every year, with Vietnam having […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — The global smartphone market has momentum going into the year-end holiday shopping season, according to preliminary figures released Thursday by International Data Corporation (IDC). An estimated 373.1 million smartphones were shipped worldwide during the third quarter of this year in a 2.7 percent rise from the same period in 2016, IDC said in a statement. While IDC analysts considered the growth low, they saw it as a sign “the industry still has […]
by Elizabeth Broomhall ZHUHAI, China (AFP) — Women’s Tennis Association chief executive Steve Simon said he wants the WTA Finals to become the last event of the season from 2019, meaning a likely swap with the ongoing Elite Trophy in Zhuhai. Simon said the Elite Trophy, which features 12 players ranked roughly from nine to 20, should precede the WTA Finals, the traditional season finale which has the women’s top eight and which finished on Sunday. “Several years […]
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP) — Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif appeared in court on Friday, a day after returning from overseas to face corruption allegations that saw him ejected from office and targeted with an arrest warrant. In a brief hearing in Islamabad, Sharif paid two surety bonds of five million rupees ($48,000) each before leaving under tight security, his lawyer Khawaja Haris told AFP. The court is set to reconvene on November 7. The […]
by Alice TIDEY Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — At only 25, British soul singer Sam Smith has already brought the music world to his feet. But despite the success and fame, his second album “The Thrill of it All” coming out on Friday paints another picture altogether — one of pain and heartbreak. “I went on a bit of a spiral since I released ‘In the Lonely Hour’,” Smith told AFP at […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Klay Thompson scored 27 points as the Golden State Warriors recovered from an early mauling to score a 112-92 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday. A stormy encounter between the two Western Conference big guns saw Warriors coach Steve Kerr lose his cool on the sidelines before Spurs counterpart Gregg Popovich was ejected late in the game. Popovich was tossed in the fourth quarter after picking up a second […]
(Eagle News) — All types of sea vessels will not be allowed to pass by parts of Manila Bay from November 5 to 16. In a statement, Interior and Local Government officer in charge Catalino Cuy said no vessel will be allowed to pass by the waters of H2O Hotel, Manila to OKADA Hotel, New Seaside Drive in Parañaque City during that period. “Maximum maritime security is part of our safety preparations to ensure that the […]
