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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Coca-Cola said Thursday the strong US dollar again hit results in some overseas markets, leading to lower fourth-quarter earnings, although it scored higher revenues in North America. The soft drink giant said net income for the quarter ending December 31 fell to $550 million, down 55.5 percent from the final quarter of 2015, due in part to costs associated with the sale of the company’s North American bottling operations to franchisers. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — New US claims for jobless benefits continued to fall at the start of February, hitting its lowest level in three months, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The result confirmed the improving health of the US labor market and followed resurgent job creation in January. In the week ending February 4, there were 234,000 new claims for unemployment insurance, seasonally adjusted, marking 101 weeks below 300,000 and the lowest point since […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Milwaukee Bucks forward Jabari Parker tore a ligament in his left knee and will miss the rest of the NBA season, the team said Thursday. The extent of the injury was confirmed in an MRI exam on Thursday. Parker will require surgery and is expected to be sidelined for approximately 12 months. It’s the second time the 21-year-old has torn his left anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. […]
by Stuart WILLIAMS Agence France Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Three Turkish soldiers were “accidentally” killed and 11 wounded on Thursday when a Russian air strike targeting jihadists in Syria hit a building where the troops were deployed, the Turkish army said. With Moscow and Ankara cooperating ever more closely on Syria, President Vladimir Putin quickly reached out to Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to express condolences and promise better future coordination. The Russian plane […]
by Fabienne FAUR Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — The Eiffel Tower, the symbol of Paris, will soon be protected by bulletproof glass walls 2.5 metres (eight feet) high, part of a plan to prevent attacks at the monument, the city said Thursday. The walls costing some 20 million euros ($21.4 million) will be erected this autumn at the northern and southern ends of the monument area, city hall said in a statement. On […]
by Chloé COUPEAU Agence France Presse CAEN, France (AFP) — An explosion at a nuclear power plant on France’s northwest coast on Thursday caused minor injuries, but the authorities said there was no risk of radiation. The blast occurred in the engine room at the Flamanville plant, which lies 25 kilometres (15 miles) west of the port of Cherbourg and just across from the Channel Islands. “It is a technical incident. It is not a […]
by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Climate change and overfishing have left already endangered young penguins in Africa confused about where to find food, and they are dying in high numbers as a result, researchers said Thursday. The report in the journal Current Biology describes a dire predicament for African penguins, whose young population is projected to be down 50 percent in some of the most affected areas of coastal […]
DIGITAL NEST | “Best of the New York Times Travel Show” As an avid traveler and geography enthusiast, the New York Times Travel Show held at the Jacob Javits Center last January 27-29 in Midtown Manhattan inspired me to work diligently so I would be able to see visit every country while I can. Here are six of my favorite booths from the exhibition in which I long to travel to in the future: SOUTH […]
(Eagle News) — Hindi kasama ang Cebu sa mga naaprubahang magpatupad ng one peso (P1.00) provisional fare increase para sa mga jeepney sa Metro Manila at Regions 3 at 4. Ito ang ginawang paglilinaw ni LTFRb Region 7 Assistant Regional Director Reynaldo Elnar. Ayon kay Elnar, nananatiling P6.50 ang minimum na pasahe sa mga jeep sa Cebu. Kaya naman pinaalalahanan ni elnar ang mga driver ng jeep na sundin ang nasabing fare hike na pinatutupad […]
(Eagle News) — Binuksan na sa publiko ang Satellite Station ng Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources o ang tinatawag na hundred island hatchery farm na matatagpuan sa Cariaz Island, isa sa 123 isla sa Hundred Island na nasa territorial water ng Alaminos City. Ang pagbubukas sa satellite center ay kasunod ng naganap ng paglagda ng isang kasunduan o MOA na ang dating tatlong ektarya ay ginawa nang 12 ektarya ng Alaminos City Government. Ang […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang has intervened in the closure and suspension orders on 28 mining companies which had earlier been issued by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, asking that the mining firms be first given the chance to give their side. President Duterte has directed that due process first be observed against the supposedly erring mining firms, by giving them the opportunity to present their side and to dispute audit findings of the […]
PARIS, France (Reuters) — A dream collection of vintage cars and motorcycles was presented in Paris on Wednesday (February 8) ahead of a Bonhams auction, which coincides with Retromobile week, a fair that has made Paris a car collector’s capital. Over 100 cars, produced over a period ranging from the turn of the last century to the 1990s, were on display under the stately glassed roof of the Grand Palais. In 1901, the Grand Palais […]
