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JAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) — Indonesian police on Thursday (June 22) said they have arrested nine suspects linked to last month’s suicide bombing in the capital Jakarta, and an additional 31 suspects linked to other terrorist networks. At least three police officers were killed and 12 people wounded on May 24 in twin blasts at a bus station in east Jakarta. The attack was claimed by the Islamic State group and was the deadliest in Indonesia since […]
XINGTAI CITY, China (CCTV) — Rainstorm swept across north China on Wednesday and Thursday, injuring people and causing havoc in the cities. In Handan city of north China’s Hebei Province, an old tree was uprooted due to the strong winds. Another tree broke apart and fell on to a car, injuring seven pedestrians. In Xianghe County, a fifty-meter long drain was destroyed by the flood. Local middle and primary schools were forced to close on […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella on Thursday revealed plans for the “design and construction” of two bridges in Metro Manila. In a briefing in Malacanang, Abella said the Department of Public Works and Highways and the Embassy of China in the country signed on Wednesday the “minutes of discussion covering full financial grant for the design and construction of the Binondo and Intramuros, and Estrella-Pantaleon bridges.” Based on an initial design, the bridge in […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines and Indonesia reaffirmed their commitment to fight terrorism in a phone conversation on Wednesday night, as Philippine government troops closed in on local terrorist groups wreaking havoc in Marawi. Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said the call between President Rodrigo Duterte and his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo was “productive and fruitful.” He said it was President Duterte who received the Indonesian counterpart’s phone call, which came at a time Philippine government troops were battling […]
Reuters — Oil prices held near multi-month lows on Wednesday (June 21) as investors discounted evidence of strong compliance by Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries and non-OPEC oil producers with a deal to cut a global output. Global benchmark Brent was unchanged at $46.02 barrel at 0651 GMT after falling nearly 2 percent in the previous session to its lowest settlement since November. United States crude futures for August were trading up 4 cents at $43.55, after spending […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — An engraved gold Cartier watch given to Jacqueline Kennedy and a reciprocal thank-you painting from the former first lady sold for $379,500 at auction in New York on Wednesday, Christie’s said. The Tank watch was given to Kennedy by her brother-in-law, Prince Stanislaw “Stas” Radziwill, in February 1963 to commemorate a 50-mile hike in Palm Beach championed by former president John F. Kennedy in a drive to make Americans […]
(Eagle News) — The government is now gearing up for the looming return of evacuees to Marawi, as government troops close in on local terrorists who have wrought havoc in the city. In a briefing in Malacanang on Thursday, Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Judy Taguiwalo said President Rodrigo Duterte was “setting aside” P20 billion for the “reconstruction” of Marawi, where government troops are close to defeating members of the Maute and Abu Sayyaf groups that have pledged […]
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) – Handheld crossbows that can fire out needles and nails are the latest must-have toy in China but anxious parents want them banned before a young child gets blinded or worse. Selling online and in shops for as little as seven yuan ($1), so-called toothpick crossbows were originally designed to shoot out just that — toothpicks. But if swapped out for needles they are potent enough to crack glass, said the Shanghai […]
by Chris Stein Agence France-Presse WERDER, Ethiopia (AFP) – The Somali people of Ethiopia’s southeast have a name for the drought that has killed livestock, dried up wells and forced hundreds of thousands into camps: sima, which means “equalized.” It’s an appropriate name, they say, because this drought has left no person untouched, spared no corner of their arid region. And it has forced 7.8 million people across the whole of Ethiopia to rely on […]
MARYLAND, United States (Reuters) — The National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Wednesday (June 21) is expected to detail its plans to study and promote a celestial show that will darken skies from Oregon to South Carolina. During the August 21 eclipse, the moon will pass between the sun and Earth, blocking the face of the sun and leaving only its outer atmosphere, or corona, visible in the sky. It is the first coast-to-coast total eclipse […]
POLANCO, Zamboanga del Norte (Eagle News) – Umabot sa mahigit 5,000 na tao ang nakinabang sa isinagawang medical at dental mission ng lokal na gobyerno ng Polanco noong Miyerkules, Hunyo 23. Katuwang din sa nasabing aktibidad ang Philippine National Police, rural health units, Department of Social Welfare and Development, at iba pa. Isinagawa ang libreng check-up, bunot ng ngipin, libreng sugar at blood testing, at pamamahagi ng gamot at vitamins sa aktibidad. Elmie Ello – Eagle News […]
LISBON, Portugal (AFP) – Angolan Vice President Manuel Vicente will face trial in Portugal over allegations he bribed a magistrate to drop two investigations against him, according to a Wednesday ruling cited in Portuguese media. Vicente, who was the president of Angolan national oil company Sonangol at the time of the alleged crimes, is accused of bribery, money laundering and document falsification, the public prosecutor’s office said, according to Portugal’s main news agency Lusa. Lisbon’s […]
