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LOS ANGELES, United States (Reuters) — Passengers traveling on certain United States-bound foreign airline flights will have to check in electronic devices larger than a cell phone once US authorities formalize a new ban in response to an unspecified terrorism threat, US officials told Reuters on Monday (March 20). The new rule is expected to be announced Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security, the officials said, adding that it had been under consideration since the […]
PYONGYANG, North Korea (Reuters) — North Korea denounced United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s warning against them during his Asia trip and said they are ready for war with the US. The North’s state-run television KRT on Tuesday (March 21) cited its foreign ministry spokesperson as saying North Korea has the will and capability to fully respond to any war which the US wants. Last week, Tillerson issued the Trump administration’s starkest warning yet to North Korea, […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s Keisuke Honda has blamed his own shortcomings for sparking debate on his international future before this week’s World Cup qualifier in the United Arab Emirates, domestic media reported Tuesday. Once a talismanic figure for Japan, the 30-year-old squeaked into coach Vahid Halilhodzic’s squad for Thursday’s clash despite being buried deep on the bench at AC Milan for much of the season. “I do understand people asking how a person who’s […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A protein in the venom of potentially deadly funnel web spiders could minimize the effects of brain damage after a stroke, researchers in Australia said on Tuesday. Strokes claim six million lives worldwide each year, and five million survivors are left with a permanent disability. Scientists from the University of Queensland and Monash University said spider venom was always a good place to look for proteins to help in medical treatments […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry outgunned Russell Westbrook as the Golden State Warriors scored an emphatic 111-95 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday. Thompson poured on 34 points while Curry finished with 23 on a below-par night for Westbrook, who was restricted to 15 points, eight rebounds and eight assists. Thompson made 12 of 21 from the field and sunk seven of 15 attempts from three-point range, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka now has an office at the White House, although she will not be a government employee, an administration official told AFP Monday. Since Trump’s inauguration on January 20, his eldest daughter, aged 35, has been seen often in the presidential mansion’s West Wing, the hub of United States executive power. On Friday, she attended a roundtable discussion at the White House with the US […]
PARIS, France (Eagle News Service) — As part of the network’s efforts to strengthen and develop its global force in news and information, representatives of Eagle Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) visited the headquarters of Agence France-Presse (AFP), the oldest news agency in the world and the largest French news agency in Paris, France last March 13-14, 2017. The timely visit came in a period where media, both traditional and social media is proliferated with […]
(Eagle News) — Bumaba ang bilang ng mga Filipinong naninigarilyo batay sa isang pag-aaral na inilabas ng Department of Health. Ayon sa DOH, naka-apekto ng malaki sa pagbaba ng bilang ng mga smoker ang mataas na presyo ng mga sigarilyo makaraang ipatupad ang sin tax law. https://youtu.be/DT1Afm0r6DI
By Cess Alvarez Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Nagbabala ang Department of Health (DOH) sa publiko laban sa anim na tinatawag na common summer diseases. Ito ay kinabibilangan ng sore eyes, sunburn, sipon at ubo, suka at tae, sakit sa balat at sakmal ng aso. Sinabi ng DOH na ang “sore eyes o conjunctivitis” kapag mali ang paggamot ay maaaring magresulta sa pagkabulag. Maari ring makahawa ang bacteria o virus. Maiiwasan naman ang sunburn […]
By Alice Ritchie / with Danny Kemp in Brussels London, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain said Monday it will launch the process of leaving the European Union on March 29, setting a historic and uncharted course to become the first country to withdraw from the bloc by March 2019. Nine months after the stunning referendum vote for Brexit, Prime Minister Theresa May’s government will finally trigger Article 50 of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty next week, starting a […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — “They told us of the ‘palit-ulo’ scheme which means they exchange heads (such that) the wife, husband or relative in a so-called drug list will be taken if the person himself could not be found.” Ito ang bersyon ng “palit-ulo” scheme na inihayag ni Vice President Leni Robredo sa kanyang video message na ipinalabas sa annual meeting ng United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs Sa Vienna Austria, […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police on Tuesday confirmed that there were already members of the terrorist Maute group in Metro Manila. National Capital Region Police Office head Chief Supt. Oscar Albayalde made the confirmation following the arrest of Nasif Ibrahim, 35, in Salam Compound, Culiat, Quezon City, on Monday. “Ang alam natin, meron talaga silang contact dito, meron silang members dito na prumoprotekta sa kanila, kagaya nito (suspect),” Albayalde said during a press […]
