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MARIPOSA COUNTY, California (Reuters) — A raging wildfire in central California that has forced more than 5,000 people from their homes spread rapidly on Thursday (July 20) after destroying dozens of buildings not far from Yosemite National Park, fire officials said. The Detwiler Fire, which is menacing the former gold rush town of Mariposa in the Sierra Nevada foothills, is only 10 percent contained, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, […]
OZAMIS CITY, Misamis Occidental (Eagle News) – Ibinalik sa puwesto ang nasuspindeng hepe ng Ozamis City Police Station. Ito ay matapos kanselahin ng liderato ng Philippine National Police ang 90-day preventive suspension na ipinataw kay Chief Inspector Jovie Espenido. Ayon sa special order na inaprubahan ni PNP Chief Director General Ronald de la Rosa, ang suspension order kay Espenido na may petsang July 7 ay isinasantabi simula July 13. Ayon kay Police Regional Office – Northern […]
CORTES, Surigao del Sur (Eagle News) – Inako na ng New People’s Army (NPA) ang serye ng mga pag-atake sa Caraga Region bilang protesta sa posibleng pagpapalawig ng martial law sa Mindanao. Ayon sa tagapagsalita ng NPA Regional Operational Command na si Ariel Montero, kabilang sa kanilang mga operasyon ang pag-disarma kay Vice Mayor Emmanuel Suarez ng Cortes, Surigao del Sur, noong martes ng umaga (July 18). Sila rin umano ang nagpasimuno ng pag-atake sa […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Former Cleveland Cavaliers reserve James Jones, who alongside LeBron James has reached the past seven NBA Finals, was named vice president of basketball operations for the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday. The move was announced by Suns owner Robert Sarver, who also revealed a contract extension, reportedly through the 2019-20 season, for 36-year-old general manager Ryan McDonough. Jones, also 36, was a forward for the Suns from 2005-2007, helping the […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Memphis Grizzlies inked Mario Chalmers to a contract on Wednesday, a day after the guard indicated he was headed back to his old NBA team. The Grizzlies did not reveal terms of the deal, but multiple media reports said Chalmers agreed to a one-year contract. Chalmers used Instagram on Tuesday to post a picture of himself in a Grizzlies uniform with a caption that read “GNG… enough said.” […]
Reuters — The first images taken by camera drone robot Int-Ball have just been released. The spherical drone has been deployed by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), on board the module Kibo on the International Space Station (ISS). It arrived at ISS on June 4. Int-Ball is made from 3D-printed parts and existing drone technology. It is controlled by researchers at the JAXA Tsukuba Space Center. Taking photographs and video can take up 10 […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A magnitude-6.7 earthquake rattled southwestern Turkey and the nearby Greek Dodecanese Islands early Friday, the United States Geological Survey said. The temblor struck at 1:31 am (2231 GMT Thursday) at the epicenter, which was approximately 10.3 kilometers (6.4 miles) south of Bodrum, Turkey and 16.2 kilometers east of Kos, Greece. It had a depth of 10 kilometers, USGS said. © Agence France-Presse
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A bag Neil Armstrong used to collect the first ever samples of the moon — which was once nearly thrown out with the trash — sold at auction Thursday for $1.8 million, Sotheby’s said. The outer decontamination bag, which was flown to the moon on Apollo 11 and still carries traces of moon dust and small rock, was sold on the 48th anniversary of the first moon landing in […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The International Monetary Fund late Thursday approved a new, $1.8 billion loan program for Greece but will not release any funds immediately, in a highly unusual compromise step. The IMF last month announced it would revive the seldom-used option of approving a loan “in principle,” in order to convince eurozone finance ministers to release desperately-needed new funds to Greece. The latest 8.5 billion euro disbursement from the eurozone loan program […]
by Javier Tovar with Chris Lefkow in Washington Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Disgraced American football legend O.J. Simpson, whose 1995 acquittal for double murder polarized the nation, was granted his release from prison Thursday after serving nearly nine years behind bars for armed robbery. A four-member parole board in the western United States state of Nevada voted unanimously to free the 70-year-old Simpson after a tense public hearing broadcast live […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Thursday shook hands with one of Japan’s high-tech robots, a humanoid candidate to carry the torch as part of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Johnson, kicking off a trip to Japan, visited the robotic centre at Waseda University, which works closely with Britain’s University of Birmingham on robotic technologies. He witnessed a demonstration of WABIAN II, which resembles a tiny astronaut that Waseda hopes will make […]
By: Norman Castro, EBC Sports International, New York Bureau What to know and expect from competing at this prestigious martial arts tournament (NEW YORK, NEW YORK) Bowing onto the mat. Shaking the referee’s hand. Approaching the opponent before the match. Greeting with a slap of the hands and a fist bump. This is the standard operating procedure for a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) Tournament. During the summer time, events and competitions can be found almost […]
