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The world’s polar ice caps are shrinking little by little. The Arctic is heating up twice as fast as the rest of the planet…with Greenland’s glaciers receding particularly quickly. This process is speeding up all by itself. Melting snow exposes ice underneath, which then absorbs the sun’s rays and increases thawing. At the opposite end of the earth, 90% of the ice shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula are starting to disintegrate. Ice melt is also […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte advised senator Leila de Lima to just answer in court the drug-related charges filed against her at the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court by the Department of Justice on Friday, February 17. “She has to face the music. Actually ilang testigo ‘yan (There are several witnesses), it took months to develop the case,” Duterte told reporters during his visit to the wake of soldiers killed in action in Panacan, […]
(Reuters) — The closer a person lives to a source of pollution, like a traffic dense highway, the more likely they are to develop Alzheimer’s or dementia, according to a study by the University of Southern California (USC) that has linked a close connection to pollution and the diseases. In a mobile lab, located just off of one of Los Angeles’ busiest freeways, USC scientists used a state-of-the-art pollution particle collector capable of gathering […]
(Reuters) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday (February 17) that the Western alliance is seeing progress on encouraging Moscow to be more open about its military exercises that he says are unpredictable, after holding talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Munich. But disagreements remained, he said, over the crisis in Ukraine, where the West accuses the Kremlin of arming separatist rebels in a conflict that has killed 10,000 people since […]
MUNICH, Germany (AFP) — Jittery European partners looking for reassurance from a member of US President Donald Trump’s new administration might have found it Friday in the form of Defense Secretary James Mattis. Allies are deeply troubled after Trump’s campaign rhetoric questioned long-established alliances, and they worry about a simmering scandal over possible ties between the White House and Moscow. Mattis, a former four-star Marine general whom Trump coaxed from retirement to run the […]
(Eagle News) — Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, visited for the first time on Friday, (February 17) the Roman Tre University, a public research university in Rome, Italy, where he met students who excitedly took the time to take various selfies with him and even briefly talked to one Filipino student who was handing him religious pamphlets and magazines of the Church of Christ (Iglesia Ni Cristo). Pope Francis, the […]
SEPANG, Malaysia (Reuters) — A hotel employee claimed on Friday (February 17) to have seen a woman who was suspected to be behind the death of North Korean leader’s estranged half-brother Kim Jong Nam, before and after the murder took place. Police said on Wednesday (February 15) they have detained a woman at the Kuala Lumpur airport connected to the murder and was holding Vietnamese papers. Police told Reuters they were looking for a “few” […]
TIJUNA, Mexico (Reuters) — In the border cities between Mexico and the United States, many businesses have already felt the so-called “Trump effect.” The value of Mexico’s currency, the peso, has plunged further following a series of tweets and state ments by U.S. President Donald Trump, who threatened to impose tariffs on Mexican products and renegotiate North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). That’s not good news for people like Eduardo Martinez, who runs a car lot […]
BONN, Germany (Reuters) — Countries opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, including the United States, backed continued efforts by the United Nations to broker a political solution to the bloody civil war in Syria, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Friday (February 17). “It is clear that all who met want a political solution … and that this political solution must be achieved in Geneva under the auspices of the United Nations and that […]
KASHI CITY, China (Reuters) — A dense sandstorm hit northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Thursday and Friday, disrupting local traffic and forcing residents to wear face masks. Visibility dropped to less than 500 meters in Bachu County and Yingjisha County of Kashi City. The local government initiated emergency response plans for the inclement weather, dispatching traffic police to ensure traffic runs smoothly. Pedestrians wore face masks to prevent inhaling sand particles. “Fortunately, I brought […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said that it will intensify its crackdown on jaywalkers in Metro Manila to help decongest traffic in the metropolis. The MMDA reminded the drivers of Public Utility Jeepneys (PUJs) to firmly adhere to rules on the drop off and pick up of passengers, and for them to only do it at the proper loading and unloading areas. According to MMDA anti-jaywalking unit head Rafael […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Director General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa assured the Korean community and the public that he will do his best to avoid the repeat of the “tokhang for ransom” and murder of South Korean businessman Jee Ick Joo under the Duterte Administration. Dela Rosa said that he believes that if the same case happened again under his watch, he will not be surprised if he will be […]
