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by Aaron Tam Agence France-Presse HONG KONG, China (AFP) — As Hong Kong gears up for Typhoon Hato, weather-obsessed residents are glued to updates from the historic observatory which has the power to shut down the city with a signal. Early Wednesday the observatory issued Hong Kong’s highest level Typhoon 10 warning, bringing the city to a standstill with schools shut, hundreds of flights cancelled, and the stockmarket closed. Founded in 1883, when Hong Kong […]
YOKOSUKA, Japan (Reuters) — The United States Navy will in the coming hours relieve the three-star admiral Joseph Aucoin who commands its seventh fleet following a series of collisions in Asia, a US official told Reuters late on Tuesday (August 22), speaking on condition of anonymity. US Navy and Marine Corps divers are still trying to find 10 missing sailors from the US guided-missile destroyer USS John S McCain, which collided with a merchant vessel […]
Typhoon Hato, which was known as “Isang” when it was still affecting the country, had already left the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), but is now wreaking havoc in Hong Kong, bringing the city to a standstill as heavy rains and winds pummelled the territory. Hong Kong’s weather observatory even raised the storm warning to the city’s maximum Typhoon 10 signal — meaning hurricane force winds are expected — at 9:10 am (0110 GMT). It […]
BEIJING, China (Reuters) — The media day of World Robot Conference 2017 kicked off in Beijing on Tuesday (August 22) featuring the world’s major areas of robotic research, application and innovation. China is still one of the largest markets for industrial robots with a growing demand for this kind of products. World Robot Conference runs from August 23 to 27 with exhibitors from different areas of robotic research showcasing their work. The event will be […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un has ordered more production of rocket engines and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) nosecones, Pyongyang state media said Wednesday. Tensions over the North’s weapons programs have mounted this year and it carried out two ICBM tests last month, overseen by Kim, that apparently brought most of the United States within range. A series of threats followed from both sides, and while the rhetoric has since […]
by Dave Clark Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States said Tuesday that talks with North Korea may be possible “in the near future” after Pyongyang reacted to tough new United Nations sanctions with a level of restraint. But, in keeping with a “dual track” strategy of reaching out to the North diplomatically while increasing economic pressure, Washington also imposed new sanctions on Chinese and Russian firms suspected of doing […]
MAYNILA, Philippines (Eagle News) –Sugatan ang isang motorcycle rider matapos ma-hit and run ng hindi natukoy na sasakyan sa Tondo, Maynila madaling araw nitong Miyerkules, Agosto 23. Kinilala ang biktimang rider na si Roland Villanueva, 29 taong gulang, na nagtamo ng sugat sa may kanang bahagi ng mata at galos sa binti nang sumemplang ito matapos mabangga bandang ala una ng madaling araw sa madilim na bahagi ng Delpan Bridge. Umabot pa ng 30 minuto bago narespondehan […]
by Glenn Chapman Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook use in the United States will slow as teens and young adults opt for smartphone image-sharing services Instagram and Snapchat, according to an eMarketer forecast released on Tuesday. The market tracker expected Facebook’s online community to grow, saying it would be due mainly to increased adoption by older folks while use by those 24 years of age or younger sags. “We see teens […]
by Ella Ide Agence France Presse CASAMICCIOLA TERME, Italy (AFP) — Eleven-year old Ciro, the last child to be pulled from the rubble on the Italian island of Ischia Tuesday, saved his little brother’s life when the deadly earthquake struck, rescuers workers said. Firefighters had to dig with their bare hands to reach the youngster, who had been buried along with his seven-year old brother Mattias and seven-month old half-brother Pasquale. “It was Ciro […]
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — Mark Wahlberg soared to the top of the world’s highest paid actors on an annual Forbes magazine list that highlighted a huge disparity between male and female Hollywood stars. Wahlberg, 46, earned an estimated $68 million in 2017 thanks to his pay days for movies “Daddy’s Home 2” and “Transformers: The Last Knight,” according to the Forbes ranking released on Tuesday (August 22). The rapper-turned-actor knocked 2016 leader Dwayne “The […]
(Eagle News) – A magnitude 5.1 quake shook Albuera, Leyte, with a depth of only five kilometers and with its epicenter five kilometers northeast of this Leyte town. The strong shallow quake occurred at 6:26 a.m. on Wednesday, August 23, and was felt at intensity 5 in Ormoc City and in Albuera. Leyte; at intensity 4 in Pastrana, Leyte; and at intensity 3 in Tacloban City and Palo, Leyte. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor traded verbal jabs on Tuesday as the circus-like countdown to their money-spinning super fight cranked into overdrive on the Las Vegas Strip. Thousands of fans including a sizable contingent of Irish supporters thronged the heart of the Nevada boxing capital to greet Mayweather and McGregor at their separate formal grand arrival ceremonies. Mayweather, the 40-year-old undefeated former welterweight boxing champion, has been lured out of retirement to […]
