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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Toshiba said Thursday that three groups are vying for its memory chip business, as reports said Apple has jumped into the race with a consortium offering to pay about $20 billion for the unit. The loss-hit conglomerate said bidders include a group led by US investment fund Bain Capital and Japanese state-backed investors and another that includes Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision, better known as Foxconn. A third consortium includes Western Digital, […]
CAIRO, EGYPT (Reuters) — A group of engineering students in Cairo have built a machine that produces alternative fuel from vehicle tires. The university students came across the idea when they were looking for a graduation project and learnt about the technology from a professor. One of the students, Mohamed Saeed Ali, said the technology is inexpensive and easy to operate. “The project consists of the container in which we put the shredded tires. We […]
https://youtu.be/3TgghX45zr4 (Eagle News) — “Adversity is a blessing in disguise and certainly is the greatest character builder,” read a sign on the wall of this big furniture shop in Houston, Texas. And for the owner of this shop, Gallery Furniture, Jim McIngvale, helping in times of disaster is a way of life. Because of this act of kindness, his neighbors and others affected by the epic flooding in Houston, had a roof over their […]
by Jennie Matthew Agence France Presse WINNIE, United States (AFP) — When flood waters first seeped into their house, grandparents Bernard and Annie Redeo weren’t too worried. But when it rose a foot deep, they made a run for it: fleeing in the pitch-black to neighbors. They found refuge with a single mom of two. It was 5 am, still dark outside and torrential rain was hammering the small farming town of Winnie, Texas […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Nuclear-armed North Korea has warned Tokyo against “imminent self-destruction” for siding with Washington, as tensions soar after Pyongyang fired a missile over Japan. The North set off global alarm Tuesday when it fired an intermediate-range missile over the Asian island nation, triggering condemnation from world leaders including the US and Japan. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe denounced the launch as an “unprecedented, serious and grave threat” and agreed with […]
HOUSTON, Texas (Reuters) — Tropical Storm Harvey slogged across southeastern Texas and into Louisiana on Wednesday (August 30), sending more people fleeing for shelter after hitting the United States energy hub of Houston with record rains and flooding that drove tens of thousands from their homes. The slow-moving storm has killed at least 22 people and sent more than 32,000 to shelters since coming ashore on Friday near Corpus Christi, Texas, as the most powerful […]
KYOTO, Japan (Reuters) — British Prime Minister Theresa May and her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe boarded a Shinkansen ‘Bullet Train’ from Kyoto to the capital Tokyo on Wednesday (August 30), during May’s visit to the country for trade talks. On Wednesday, May said that Britain is looking at ways to replicate the trade deals that the European Union has with countries outside the bloc when it exits the EU in March 2019. The freedom to […]
NEGROS ORIENTAL (Eagle News) — Patay sa pamamaril ang isang opisyal ng Department of Education (DepEd) noong Miyerkules ng tanghali, Agosto 30, sa Guihulngan South Central School, Guihulngan, Negros Oriental. Ang biktima ay kinilalang si Oscar Solania Asildo Jr., administrative assistant II ng DepEd-Guihulngan, at nakatira sa Sitio Bateria, Barangay Poblacion. Ayon sa pahayag ni Chief Superintendent Bonifacio Tecson ng Philippine National Police (PNP) – Guihulngan, habang nakasakay sa kanyang motorsiklo si Asildo Jr., ay […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Ten years ago, model Kendall Jenner was 11 years old. Next week, she will be named Fashion Icon of the Decade. Jenner, the half-sister of Kim Kardashian, will receive the honor on September 8 at New York Fashion Week. It is handed out by the fashion website Daily Front Row. Jenner is one of the models of the moment, along with sisters Bella and Gigi Hadid. And she has 83 […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – Naghain na ng petisyon ang 32 residente sa Barangay South Triangle at Payatas sa Regional Trial Court ng Quezon City para maglabas ito ng temporary restraining order sa door-to-door drug test na isinasagawa ng mga pulis sa kanila. Pawang mga abogado mula sa National Union of Peoples Lawyers (NUPL) ang kakatawan sa mga nasabing residente na humihiling na ideklarang unconstitutional ang nasabing drug testing sa mga barangay. Patuloy pa […]
Eagle News — Sinimulan na ng militar ang pag-usad sa nalalabing kuta ng Maute terror group sa lungsod ng Marawi City sa pagsapit ng ika-100 araw ng bakbakan bilang kanilang final assault. Lalo pang pinaigting ng militar ang mga airstrike at mortar attack sa 500-square-meter sa lungsod para mabuwag na ang puwersa ng Maute group at Abu Sayyaf na patuloy na nagkukuta sa mga gusali doon. Ayon kay Brig. Gen. Rolando Joselito Bautista, commander ng […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Richard Gordon said he would file an ethics case against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, who he said was “out of order” in Thursday’s hearing into the P6.4-billion drug shipment that entered the country via Customs express lanes. “This gentleman has been accusing everybody in the Senate of everything. In the past he got away. I am asking the majority leader to convene the ethics committee and I will personally file an ethics […]
