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by Kerry SHERIDAN HONOLULU, United States (AFP) — Decades of conservation work in China have paid off for the giant panda, whose status was upgraded Sunday from “endangered” to “vulnerable” due to a population rebound, officials said. The improvement for the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) was announced as part of an update to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List, the world’s most comprehensive inventory of plants and animals. The latest estimates […]
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Sept. 4 (PIA) — U.S. Embassy in the Philippines’ United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Southeast Asia Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) and the government of the Philippines, through its Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), launched yesterday a partnership in support of The Oceans and Fisheries Partnership (USAID Oceans). The program will enhance the sustainability of Asia-Pacific fisheries, protect the region’s rich marine biodiversity, and mitigate the serious impacts […]
by Ella IDE VENICE, Italy(AFP) — “Real heroes don’t wear Spandex,” Mel Gibson told Venice Sunday as he unveiled his new World War II drama “Hacksaw Ridge”, starring Andrew Garfield of “Spiderman” fame. The film tells the true story of Desmond Doss (played by Garfield), who enlists and is determined to save lives on the front line as a medic, but refuses to carry a gun on moral grounds. The flick’s title comes from a […]
by Kerry SHERIDAN HONOLULU, United States (AFP) — The world’s largest gorillas have been pushed to the brink of extinction by a surge of illegal hunting in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and are now critically endangered, officials said Sunday. With just 5,000 Eastern gorillas (Gorilla beringei) left on Earth, the majestic species now faces the risk of disappearing completely, officials said at the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s global conference in Honolulu. Four […]
By Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton PAWNEE, Oklahoma (Reuters) – One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded in Oklahoma rattled the area northwest of Pawnee on Saturday, fuelling growing concern about seismic activity linked to energy production, a federal agency said. The magnitude 5.6 quake, which was felt from South Dakota to Texas, prompted the closure of some 35 wastewater disposal wells in the area, officials said. It shallow quake struck 9 miles (14 km) northwest of […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) — Bangladesh hanged a wealthy tycoon and top financial backer of its largest Islamist party late Saturday for war crimes, dealing a massive blow to the group’s ambitions in the Muslim-majority nation. Mir Quasem Ali, a key leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was executed after being convicted by a controversial war crimes tribunal for offences committed during the 1971 independence conflict with Pakistan. The 63-year-old was hanged at the Kashimpur high […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine authorities on Saturday said the Abu Sayyaf, a local Islamic militant group notorious for kidnapping foreigners, was responsible for a deadly night market bombing that killed at least 14 people. Here are five key questions and answers about the Abu Sayyaf: – Who are they? – The group is a radical offshoot of a Muslim separatist insurgency that has claimed more than 120,000 lives in the south of the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte visited on Saturday (September 3) the hospitals where the wounded victims of the deadly blast in a night market in Davao City were being treated and assured their relatives that the government will cover all their medical expenses. Duterte’s expression was that of concern, pain and extreme sadness as he consoled the relatives of the injured victims being treated at the San Pedro Hospital and Davao Medical Center. […]
By Caesar Vallejos EBC Correspondent Businessmen, through the statement of the Makati Business Club (MBC), strongly condemned the blast that killed 14 people and injured 67 others at the Roxas night market in Davao City calling it a horrific act of terror. “This act of cowardice, which targeted the lives of innocent civilians and sought to foster fear in people, has no place in any society,” the statement said. Earlier reports mention that the Abu […]
