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SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) – Antarctic researchers welcomed the winter solstice with an exhilarating plunge into icy waters Wednesday as they look forward to brighter days after weeks of darkness. Expeditioners stationed at Australia’s Davis station marked midwinter’s day by taking a chainsaw to the ice, cutting a small pool and taking a dip in the water with a temperature of -1.8 degrees Celsius (28.76 Fahrenheit). Davis station leader Kirsten le Mar said it was the […]
(Eagle News) — Normal operations resumed in a commercial establishment in Quezon City after an off-duty security guard caused fear and panic near the area on Wednesday, June 21. The security guard allegedly armed with a 9mm pistol holed himself up inside one of the buildings’ rooms in Eton Centris around 5 a.m. Wednesday. He was reportedly drunk. Quezon City Police District (QCPD) director Chief Supt. Guillermo Eleazar said that the security guard, identified as […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — A fire razed a residential area in Paco, Manila, on Tuesday, leaving more than 150 families homeless. Based on initial investigation by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire started at 12:53 p.m. in the house owned by Joey and Angela Trinidad on R. Lanuza St. Osmeña Highway, Barangay 734, Zone 80. As of the moment, the fire has already reached the fifth alarm and has not been declared out. According […]
by Lachlan Carmichael Agence France-Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) – Belgian security forces have identified the man who set off an explosion at one of Brussels’ busiest train stations before he was shot and killed, in the latest attack to hit Europe, authorities said Wednesday. Interior Minister Jan Jambon said the attack Tuesday evening could have been much worse because the “big explosion did not happen,” adding more details about the device would be released shortly. Witnesses said […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines can expect a boom in infrastructure soon, as nine infrastructure projects worth P738 billion only await the approval of President Rodrigo Duterte. According to Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and National Economic and Development Authority Director General Ernesto Pernia, the projects include the P230-billion peso Mega Manila Subway; the P151-billion Philippine National Railways long-haul from Calamba, Laguna to Bicol, and the P35.3 billion Tagum-Davao-Digos Railway in Mindanao. Other pending projects are the P15.35-billion peso Clark International Airport […]
(Eagle News) — More than 170 families from Pigcawayan town in North Cotabato have been evacuated after the reported attack of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Barangays Malagakit and Simsiman around 5 a.m. on Wednesday, June 21. The BIFF fighters were armed with rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) and he several hostages, according to a police source in the area. “Marami sila,” said the source, adding that the enemy forces had lots of “snipers” as government […]
In these photos made available by the Presidential Communications Operations Office, President Rodrigo Duterte is seen on board the presidential plane with nine soldiers who were wounded in Marawi. The nine soldiers were taken by the President on a presidential flight from Cagayan de Oro to Manila, where they were to undergo medical treatment.
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Toshiba said Wednesday it will hold exclusive talks with a consortium of United States, South Korean and state-backed Japanese investors to sell its prized memory chip business, as the loss-hit conglomerate scrambles to raise cash. The company needs money after taking massive losses in its US nuclear operations that have put the survival of a pillar of corporate Japan in doubt. Toshiba’s board Wednesday decided to select the consortium as a […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) – China opened its gates to United States beef imports this week, giving American cattle farmers much sought-after access to the country’s massive market following a 14-year ban. Shipments of eligible US beef have been allowed to enter China since Tuesday, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said in a statement. Announced last month, the lifting of the beef embargo was one of the first concrete results of trade […]
ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AFP) — The airport in oil-rich Kazakhstan’s capital Astana has been renamed after long-reigning President Nursultan Nazarbayev, state media reported Wednesday, citing a government resolution that will fuel accusations of a leadership cult. According to the directive published in the state-owned Kazakhstanskaya Pravda newspaper, the resolution to change the name of Astana International Airport is effective immediately. The apparent personality cult surrounding Nazarbayev has grown significantly during the second half of his near […]
by Philippe Schwab Agence France-Presse KECSKEMET, Hungary (AFP) – Eleven men go on trial on Wednesday over the horrific deaths of 71 migrants found in an abandoned truck in Austria nearly two years ago, in one of the most disturbing cases marking Europe’s migration crisis. The gruesome discovery of 59 men, eight women and four children crammed inside a poultry refrigerator lorry near the Hungarian border in August 2015 sparked widespread revulsion, and it highlighted the […]
HAMILTON, New Zealand (Reuters) — British and Irish Lions players Dan Biggar and CJ Stander said on Wednesday (June 21) they were gaining more confidence after they cruised to a 34-6 win over the Waikato Chiefs in their sixth tour match. The clinical performance on Tuesday (June 20) came on the back of what many expected to be Head Coach Warren Gatland’s preferred test team suffocating the Maori All Blacks into submission in their 32-10 victory in […]
