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By Rob Lever with Julie Charpentrat in San Francisco Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, USA (AFP) — Google announced new steps to help struggling news organizations Monday — including an end to a longstanding “first click free” policy to generate fresh revenues for publishers hurt by the shift from print to digital. The moves come amid mounting criticism that online platforms are siphoning off the majority of revenues as more readers turn to digital platforms for news. […]
(Eagle News) — The Catanduanes policeman who alleged the city’s chief of police and police director had asked him to deliver an “accomplishment of 5-10 deaths of drug personalities” has recanted his statement. Senator Panfilo Lacson, chair of the committee on public order and dangerous drugs, made the disclosure about P01 Vincent Tacorda’s recantation during his committee’s hearing on the deaths of Kian Loyd delos Santos, Carl Arnaiz and another alleged to be Reynaldo de […]
SEATTLE, USA (Reuters) — In a laboratory in the Computer Sciences building at the University of Washington a photograph is being taken. The blue box was produced by 3D printing and the phone being slid into it is just a standard smartphone. Its camera is going to take a ‘selfie’ of the subject’s eyes. The photograph is analyzed using an app called BiliScreen being developed in the lab. It evaluates the color of the white […]
(Eagle News) – Muling nakaranas ng aberya ang Metro Rail Transit o MRT-3 nitong umaga ng Lunes, October 2. Sa kanilang twitter account, sinabi ng pamunuan ng MRT-3 na naranasan ang nasabing aberya sa Cubao Station bandang 6:37 ng umaga. Inilagay ito sa Category-3. Humingi ng paumanhin ang pamunuan ng MRT-3 sa nasabing aberya. Sa ngayon ay may 18 bagon ang gumagana sa MRT-3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o00xkKlyQM&feature=youtu.be
(Eagle News) – Labingdalawang oras mawawalan ng suplay ng tubig ang ilang barangay sa Las Piñas, Parañaque at maging sa Pasay City. Sa abiso na inilabas ng Maynilad Water Services Incorporated may isasagawang pipe network upgrade sa Parañaque City dahilan upang magkaroon ng water interruption. Magsisimula ito bandang 9:00 ng gabi mamaya (Lunes, October 2) hanggang 9:00 ng umaga bukas (Martes, October 3). Narito ang mga barangay na apektado ng water interruption: Las Piñas Barangay […]
by Reinnier Kaze with Amaury Hauchard in Libreville Agence France-Presse BUEA, Cameroon (AFP) – At least seven people were killed in Cameroon’s restive anglophone belt at the weekend as a separatist group made a symbolic declaration of independence. The separatists chose October 1, the anniversary of the official reunification of the anglophone and francophone parts of Cameroon, to declare independence for “Ambazonia,” the name of the state they want to create. Since November, the anglophone […]
by Pierre Rochiccioli Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) – Five years ago, Mohamed Merah went on a nine-day shooting spree in southern France, killing three soldiers and gunning down a teacher and three children at a Jewish school before being shot dead by police. On Monday, his brother’s trial opens under tight security in Paris, where he faces charges of helping to plan the assault. Abdelkader Merah is the first to face a trial arising […]
by Alexandre Grosbois Agence France-Presse HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) – A half-century after his death, Ernesto “Che” Guevara will be remembered in ceremonies next week in Cuba and in Bolivia, whose CIA-trained troops sent shockwaves around the world when they executed the Cold War revolutionary icon in 1967. In Cuba — where schoolchildren still begin their day with a raised fist salute and chant “Pioneers for communism, we will be like Che” — President Raul Castro […]
by Anne-Laure Mondesert Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — With insults being traded almost daily between Washington and Pyongyang, Koreans could be forgiven for feeling they are dancing on the edge of a geo-political volcano these days. Yet South Korea could not be more hip. The political tension on the peninsula has done nothing to dull the huge international success of South Korean K-pop singers who dominate the charts in much of Asia and beyond. […]
(Eagle News) – The taxi driver, who was allegedly held up by teenager Carl Angelo Arnaiz, and another witness who allegedly saw the teenager’s killing both testified in a Senate hearing on Monday, October 2, that they saw two Caloocan City policemen shoot Arnaiz while he was kneeling with his hands raised. Tomas Bagcal said that Caloocan City cops PO1 Jeffrey Perez and PO1 Ricky Arquilita, shot the 19-year old former University of the […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks opened modestly higher on Monday, tracking gains on Wall Street as the Bank of Japan’s Tankan survey showed business confidence hitting its highest level in a decade. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.16 percent, or 32.65 points, to 20,388.93 in early trade while the broader Topix index was up 0.13 percent, or 2.21 points, at 1.676.96. Ten minutes before the opening bell in Tokyo, the central bank’s Tankan […]
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AFP) – Two women pleaded not guilty Monday to murdering Kim Jong-Nam, the half-brother of North Korea’s leader, at the start of their trial in Malaysia over the Cold War-style assassination that shocked the world. Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong entered their pleas through interpreters at Shah Alam High Court, outside the capital Kuala Lumpur. The murder charge was read first to Aisyah, 25, who was wearing traditional Malay dress, […]
