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London, United Kingdom (AFP) — Technology firms must up their game in tackling “fake news”, Apple chief executive Tim Cook said Saturday, calling for a major public information campaign. “All of us technology companies need to create some tools that help diminish the volume of fake news,” the US tech giant boss told the Daily Telegraph in an interview. “We must try to squeeze this without stepping on freedom of speech and of the press, […]
Farewell Spit, New Zealand (AFP) — Most of the more than 200 whales who became stranded on New Zealand’s notorious Farewell Spit on the weekend have been able to refloat themselves, conservation officials said Sunday. However they had not left the area and there were fears they could become stuck on the coastline again. About 17 other whales from the pod which beached themselves late Saturday remain on shore near the carcasses of hundreds of […]
by Rusmir SMAJILHODZIC Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFP)– Bosnia’s fisheries watchdog gazes over an expanse of sand and mud, a space once occupied by a large thriving lake but recently emptied in the race for electricity production. “I have nothing to do here anymore,” said Emir Alebic by the greyish valley that was once the site of the artificially formed, 30-kilometre (18-mile) long Jablanica lake on the Neretva river in southern Bosnia. The water level […]
by James Mannion / Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump said Friday he is considering drafting a new order to ban migrants from majority-Muslim nations after his initial decree fell afoul of the law. Insisting that he has the law on his side despite two defeats in federal court in quick succession, Trump said security concerns may necessitate a quicker response than legal channels would allow. […]
by Ivan Couronne Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US authorities arrested hundreds of undocumented migrants this week in the first large-scale raids under President Donald Trump, triggering panic in immigrant communities nationwide. The federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency rounded up undocumented individuals living in Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and other cities two weeks after Trump signed an executive order that broadened which undocumented immigrants would be targeted […]
The migration from analog to digital TV broadcasting is finally happening in the Philippines. With the theme, “Bringing New Dimensions to the Broadcasting Experience of Filipinos,” the Digital TV Summit 2017 will formally launch the Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting (DTTB) plan with a ceremonial switch on to digital TV at the Novotel Manila Araneta Center on February 14-15, 2017. “Filipino viewers can explore and enjoy the multitude of features of digital broadcasting that were […]
(Eagle News) — This man caught on camera by an Eagle News Service correspondent in Hong Kong trying to douse off the fire off his pants is now in the hot seat. Police is now investigating him as the suspect who started the fire in the Hong Kong subway. Witnesses interviewed by Eagle News Service in Hong Kong said this man in the photo was the one who threw a molotov bomb inside one of […]
(Eagle News) — The 6.7 magnitude earthquake that shook Surigao City Friday night had severely damaged the city, leaving 6 people dead and more than a hundred people injured and currently being treated in various hospitals, according to Surigao City disaster officials Saturday. Surigao City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council Officer Ramon Gotinga initially said that the death toll has reached 15 people, while the number of injured people being treated in hospitals in […]
by Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – President Donald Trump welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with a brotherly hug and warm words of admiration Friday, as he ditched previously hard-charging rhetoric toward Tokyo during a White House summit. Trump praised his guest’s “strong hands,” the pair’s “very, very good chemistry” and rolled out a White House military honor guard in a remarkable public display of diplomatic affection. “When I […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)– A Chinese military aircraft had an “unsafe” encounter with a US Navy surveillance aircraft near a contested reef in the South China Sea, according to the US Pacific Command. The two planes came within 1,000 feet (300 meters) of each other during Wednesday’s incident near the Scarborough Shoal, which is claimed by both the Philippines and China, according to Pentagon spokesman Jeff Davis. The close encounter comes amid heightened tensions […]
Chaos on the platform of the packed Tsim Sha Tsui station is captured in this video taken by a correspondent of Eagle News Service in Hong Kong after a man said to be mentally unstable reportedly set himself on fire accidentally. A train carriage on fire and one man lying on the floor can be seen with his clothes ablaze as bystanders tried to help him. Police have ruled out the possibility of […]
Police arrested a man over a suspected arson attack on Friday (February 10) after fire broke out inside a train at a busy Hong Kong subway stations during rush hour. At least 17 people were injured, including two who are in a critical condition. A 60-year-old man surnamed Cheung, who was seriously injured in the incident, admitted he started the fire while the train was headed to the busy Tsim Sha Tsui shopping […]
