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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Social media giant, Facebook, will remove accounts belonging to terrorists after the Armed Forces of the Philippines appealed for it to remove and investigate more than 60 accounts belonging to the Maute Group and its sympathizers. Facebook said that accounts belonging to groups and persons involved in terrorist activities are against its community standards and that it is ready to remove posts, comments and even the accounts of those […]
MUNICH, Germany (AFP) — Several people were wounded when shots were fired at a commuter rail station near the southern German city of Munich on Tuesday, as police detain one person who is believed to be behind the incident. “Several people were injured by shots. A female police officer was badly wounded” at an S-Bahn station in Unterfoehring, a northeastern suburb of the Bavarian city, police tweeted, and that the scene was now “secured.” A Munich police […]
Islamic State spokesman praises jihadist attack in Marawi City in audio broadcast Islamic militants in action, with high-powered firearms and ammunition, as well as with their hostages, were seen on a video posted on the internet by the Islamic State-affiliated Amaq News Agency showing what appeared to be IS-inspired Filipino extremists fighting Philippine government forces. The video purports to show militants using high-powered firearms in Marawi City, as well as several civilians, which Amaq […]
Stands by ad agency behind movie and country’s present tourism campaign https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6w7fwDrIzo Video from the Department of Tourism’s YouTube channel (Tourism Philippines) (Eagle News) — The Department of Tourism on Tuesday stood by the advertising agency behind the country’s present tourism campaign, denying allegations one of the movies it released in line with that campaign had been plagiarized. “We stand by McCann (Worldgroup) Philippines,” Tourism Assistant Secretary Ricky Alegre said in a press conference, amid allegations the film […]
Eagle News – Good news para sa mga motorista! Ipinatutupad na ng mga kumpanya ng langis ang kanilang big-time rollback na epektibo ngayong araw (Hunyo 13). Una ng nagpatupad ang Flying V at Sea Oil ng tapyas presyo simula alas-12:01 kaninang hating-gabi. Php 0.95 naman ang inilargang rollback ng dalawang kumpanya sa kada litro ng diesel, Php 0.80 sa gasolina at Php 1.20 sa kerosene. Kaninang 6:00AM naman nagpatupad ng kahalintulad na oil price rollback sa mga oil product ang […]
MADRID, Surigao del Sur (Eagle News) – Namahagi ng mga kopya ng larawan ng mga Most Wanted Personalities ang ilang personnel ng Madrid Police Station nitong Martes, June 13. Ito ay bahagi ng kanilang ikinakampanya kontra krimen, terorismo, at iligal na droga. Hinihikayat nila ang publiko na patuloy na makipag-ugnayan sa mga otoridad, alang-alang sa kapayapaan at seguridad ng bawat isa. Dennis Revelo – EBC Correspondent, Madrid, Surigao del Sur
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s benchmark Nikkei index slipped Tuesday in response to Wall Street’s technology sell-off, with market heavyweight SoftBank falling for a second day. United States technology giants including Apple and Netflix Monday suffered another bruising session in New York which analysts attributed to profit-taking. “The upward trend in earnings for US technology companies isn’t likely to change, but with those stocks in for a speedy correction, it’s hard to buy their Japanese […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — One restaurant in Tokyo’s shopping district of Ginza has teamed up with art collective company to provide diners with an interactive virtual art and food full course feast. Called “Worlds Unleashed and then Connecting,” it uses the latest technology in sensors, projection mapping and sound, to give a maximum of eight diners per day experience a multi-sensory digital art space paired with their 12 course fusion meal. It is a feast […]
Worldwide obesity has doubled since 1980. More than 2 billion people are overweight. Of these, more than 700 million are obese. (AFP)
by Anne Chaon A rare Afghan marsh that was once a royal hunting ground is set to come under the official protection of the United Nations environment agency, with the aim of saving hundreds of migratory bird species. On the long, arid journey to the Caucasus and Siberia, across the Hindu Kush massif, the Kol-e-Hashmat Khan wetlands outside Kabul provide sanctuary for the thousands of storks, egrets, pelicans and flamingos that head north every spring from southern […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Oliver Stone, the Hollywood director and triple Oscar winner, puts Russian President Vladimir Putin in United States living rooms on Monday by broadcasting interviews with a leader who fascinates and repels many Americans in equal measure. “The Putin Interviews” is the product of 12 conversations between the Russian leader and Stone between July 2015 and February 2017, cut into four one-hour programs shown from Monday to Thursday on cable […]
OAKLAND, United States (AFP) –Kevin Durant scored 39 points and the Golden State Warriors won their fifth NBA title Monday, ripping Cleveland 129-120 to capture the NBA Finals for the second time in three seasons. Golden State took the best-of-seven series 4-1, reclaiming the throne they lost to the Cavaliers a year ago. The Warriors completed a 16-1 playoff run, the best post-season win percentage in NBA history.
