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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Las Vegas mass killer Stephen Paddock was a compulsive player of video poker who took the anxiety drug Valium, CNN reported on Monday. The report gave new details about the background of the 64-year-old who, on October 1, gunned down 58 people and wounded almost 500 for reasons which investigators still have not been able to fathom. Paddock said in a 2013 court deposition that he was “the biggest video poker player in […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong shares opened slightly higher on Tuesday after the previous day’s losses but gains were muted following a weak lead from Wall Street. The Hang Seng Index added 0.15 percent, or 41.88 points, to 28,368.47. But the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index inched down 1.04 points to 3,373.34 and the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China’s second exchange, was also virtually flat, dipping 0.62 points to 2,013.81. © Agence France-Presse
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan (Eagle News) – Pinaiigting ngayon sa buong lalawigan ng Palawan partikular ng Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) ang kampanya laban sa mga establesimientong nagbebenta ng mga sub-standard na produkto. Ito ay alinsunod na rin sa Product Standards Law, kung saan lahat ng mga produktong ibinebenta o ipinagkakaloob ng isang establesimiento ay kailangang naaayon sa isinasaad na pamantayan ng batas para sa isang bilihin. Ayon kay Provincial Director Rosenda G. Fortunado, ito […]
TARLAC CITY, Tarlac (Eagle News) – Mahigpit na ipinatutupad ang ordinansa laban sa mga colorum na sasakyan. Sa pangunguna ng City Traffic Transport Management Group, nagbabantay sila sa mga lansangan para manghuli ng mga pasaway na motorista. Isa sa nahuli nila ay ang isang colorum na tricycle na tatlong beses na umanong nahuli dahil sa kawalan ng prangkisa. Paalala ng City Traffic Transport Management Group, ang mga paulit-ulit na mahuhuli sa kaparehong paglabag ay mapagmumulta […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Wind farms in the open ocean can generate far more renewable energy than those on land, possibly enough to power the whole world, said a US study on Monday. Researchers at the Carnegie Institution for Science found that higher wind speeds over the open seas could produce five times as much energy as wind turbines over land. While no commercial-scale deep water wind farms exist at present, the findings suggest […]
(Eagle News) — One of the primary suspects in the death of University of Sto. Tomas law freshman student Horacio Castillo III is set to return to the country today. Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre III said Ralph Trangia, who fled to the United States on Sept. 21, will be returning with his mother before noon. He said he will be coming from Taipei via Eva Air flight B3 271. Estimated time of arrival (ETA) is 11:20 a.m., […]
by Ben Perry Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — European stock markets were mixed Monday as investors were looking for fresh clues on Brexit talks from a speech by embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May. The euro meanwhile held firm in the face of mounting pressure against Catalonia’s push to break away from Spain, while US stocks retreated as a nine-day streak of Nasdaq gains ended. In an address to parliament, May said she expected “leadership […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – The Houston Astros rallied for a wild 5-4 victory over the Red Sox in Boston on Monday to advance in the Major League Baseball playoffs. The Astros won the best-of-five American League division series three games to one. They’ll battle either the New York Yankees or Cleveland Indians for a World Series berth. Astros infielder Alex Bregman belted a game-tying home run off Red Sox ace hurler Chris Sale — pitching […]
by Mark Mclaughlin Agence France-Presse GLASGOW, United Kingdom (AFP) — The Scottish National Party on Monday urged the Spanish government to “respect the overwhelming ‘si’ vote” in the Catalan independence referendum in a resolution at its annual conference. Members unanimously passed the motion, which called the banned referendum earlier this month an “expression of the democratic will of the people of Catalonia.” The motion also called on the UN and the EU to resolve the political impasse over […]
by Josh Edelson Agence France-Presse NAPA, United States (AFP) — Raging wildfires in California’s wine country have claimed at least 10 lives and forced thousands to flee, authorities said Monday. Fanned by winds surpassing 50 miles (80 kilometers) an hour, the blazes have forced more than 20,000 people to evacuate in the country’s heaviest populated state since they began Sunday night. California’s fire service said about 73,000 acres (30,000 hectares) have been ravaged by the […]
by Daniel Silva and Diego Urdaneta Agence France-Presse BARCELONE, Spain – Catalan leaders came under intense domestic and international pressure Monday to halt plans to break away from Spain after the region’s president repeated his threat to declare independence and the government warned it would act to block it. The sides dug in as the clock ticked down to a Tuesday evening session in the regional parliament where separatists have called for an independence declaration, a plan that […]
by Fulya OZERKAN Agence France-Presse SILIVRI, Turkey – Almost 150 former Turkish military personnel went on trial Monday over clashes on an Istanbul bridge during last year’s failed coup that claimed dozens of lives, including a key aide of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The bridge across the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul was the scene of bloody fighting between Erdogan’s supporters and renegade soldiers seeking to oust the elected government on the night of July 15, 2016. It was […]
