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JIUZHAIGOU COUNTY, China (Reuters) — Evacuations continued on Thursday (August 10) after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck a remote, mountainous part of China’s southwestern province of Sichuan, killing 19 people, including eight tourists, and injuring 263, state newspaper Global times said. The quake hit a sparsely populated area 200 kilometers (120 miles) northwest of the city of Guangyuan late on Tuesday (August 8) at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), the United States Geological Survey […]
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — Oscar-winning filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen are transitioning to the small screen with a new Western anthology for Netflix, the online streaming company said on Wednesday (August 09), the latest talent to join the platform’s growing roster. The Coen brothers, known for witty crime thrillers such as “Fargo” and “No Country For Old Men,” will write and direct “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” a six-part anthology series set in the American […]
SEATTLE, Washington (Reuters) — Researchers in the United States have developed what they believe is the world’s first battery-free cellphone. The phone is the work of a group of researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle and works by harvesting tiny amounts of power from radio signals, known as radio frequency or ‘RF’ waves. At first glance it looks little more than a circuit board with electronics equipment connected to it, but it could be […]
Cancún, Mexico (AFP) — Tropical storm Franklin strengthened to a category-one hurricane as it raged towards Mexico for a second assault on Wednesday, the United States National Hurricane Center said. The NHC said in a report that Franklin was over the Gulf of Mexico 170 kilometers (105 miles) from the major port city of Veracruz. Franklin struck Mexico’s eastern Yucatan peninsula on Monday and was expected to make landfall again in the province of Veracruz […]
by Alexander Martinez The United States imposed new sanctions on crisis-hit Venezuela, targeting members of a controversial, all-powerful, loyalist assembly installed last week to bolster what Washington calls the “dictatorship” of President Nicolas Maduro. The measures were aimed at six members of the so-called Constituent Assembly — among them the brother of late president Hugo Chavez — as well as a military officer in charge of security for the body, and a board member of […]
North Korea is working on plans for a missile strike near the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam targeted at “mid-August,” according to Pyongyang’s state-run KCNA news agency which cited a North Korean army official. The army will complete its plans in mid-August, ready for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s order, General Kim Rak Gyom, commander of the Strategic Force of the Korean People’s Army said on Wednesday (August 9). The news agency issued […]
EL NIDO, Palawan (Eagle News) – Nahuli ang 10 Vietnamese national noong Martes ng umaga (August 8) na sakay sa isang fishing boat, ilang nautical miles mula sa Malampaya Platform sa El Nido. Ayon kay John Vincent Fabello ng Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD), nasa lugar man sila na sakop ng protected area ng lalawigan o hindi, napatunayang pumasok nga sila sa teritoryo nito. Aniya, kinumpiska rin ng mga awtoridad ang nakita sa kanilang fishing […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea on Thursday said United States President Donald Trump was “bereft of reason” and would only respond to force, as it elaborated on a threat to attack the US Pacific territory of Guam. Trump this week stunned the world with a bold-faced message to Kim Jong-Un, saying his country faced “fire and fury like the world has never seen.” Pyongyang then said it was working on a plan to […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexico and former FC Barcelona star Rafael Marquez is dubbed “The Boss” for his leadership of the national football team — but now the United States has branded him a drug criminal. No other Mexican player has won more titles and he is widely considered second only to Hugo Sanchez as the country’s best player ever. Now 38 and still scoring goals, “Rafa,” as he is known to fans, was […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The World Breastfeeding Week is an annual celebration held every year from August 1 to 7 in more than 120 countries. Breastfeeding for the first six months of life delivers a great health benefits not only for the baby but for the mother as well. Such benefits include providing critical nutrients, protection from deadly diseases such as pneumonia and fostering growth and development for the infants. Breastfeeding, also known as […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (August 10) – Former President Benigno Aquino III signed Republic Act No. 10689 on October 23, 2015, declaring August 9 every year as the National Indigenous People’s Day to promote the rights of indigenous people groups in the country. (Official Gazette) August 9 is also the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Indigenous people are inheritors and practitioners of unique cultures and ways of relating to people and the environment. They have […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday lamented how the names of lower-ranking government officials were being dragged in corruption cases filed by the Ombudsman even if he said they were only forced to sign documents and approve their superior’s requests. “With due respect to the one sitting in the Ombudsman, alam mo yang corruption sa local government…makita ko talaga ang Ombudsman, sige lang iyan magfile ng kaso, left and right…Ang masama pa niyan, […]
