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(REUTERS) The city of Milwaukee imposed a 10 p.m. curfew on Monday in an attempt to quell rioting that erupted the previous two nights in response to the police shooting of an armed black man in one of the most segregated cities in the United States. Mayor Tom Barrett also renewed his call for state officials to release a video of the Saturday night shooting in hopes it convinces angry protesters that deadly force […]
(REUTERS) Egyptian judoka Islam El Shehaby has been sent home from the Rio Olympics after refusing to shake the hand of Israeli Or Sasson following the end of their bout, the International Olympic Committee said on Monday. El Shehaby, who was sent home by his own team, lost the fight on Friday and was reprimanded by the IOC for his actions. The athlete said he did not want to shake hands with an Israeli, […]
SANAA, Yemen (AFP) – Arab coalition air raids Monday hit a Yemeni hospital where international humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders operates, killing six people 48 hours after air strikes that killed children. The Paris-based Doctors Without Borders (MSF) tweeted that Abs hospital in the rebel-held northwestern province of Hajja “was targeted by air strikes today at 15:45 Yemen time (1245 GMT)”. Monday’s strikes killed six people and wounded 20, according to Ayman Mazkour, who heads […]
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) – Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman has prohibited soldiers from volunteering in their free time with children of migrants who are illegally in the country, sparking fierce debate Monday. Human rights organisations, leftwing opposition politicians and some media condemned the decision as racist, while rightwing supporters said the soldiers should instead help disadvantaged Israelis. Commanders of some units in the army, one of Israel’s most important institutions, encourage their troops to carry out […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Floods ravaged the US state of Louisiana Monday, leaving six people dead and thousands more forced to flee rising waters after days of catastrophic rainstorms. More than 20,000 people had to evacuate their homes and as many as 10,000 were living in emergency shelters, officials said, after rains pummeled much of southern Louisiana starting last Thursday evening. Over the weekend, rain accumulations totaled more than 20 inches in five parts […]
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (AFP) – by Ilyas AKENGIN Five Turkish police officers and two civilians were killed on Monday in a car bombing outside the southeastern city of Diyarbakir blamed on Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) rebels, the government said. The blast hit a police traffic control building on a highway leading southeast from Diyarbakir to the city of Batman, killing the seven, a Turkish official said, confirming media reports and asking not to be named. The local […]
(Eagle News) — Makararanas ng problema sa suplay ng tubig ang ilan sa mga lugar na sineserbisyuhan ng Maynilad. Pansamantalang mawawalan ng suplay ng tubig, at makararanas ng mahinang pressure ng tubig ang mga consumer. Ayon sa Maynilad, ito ay bunsod ng malabong tubig o mataas na turbidity level ng tubig na pumapasok sa La Mesa Treatment Plants na nagmumula sa Ipo Dam. Dahil anila sa malakas at halos walang tigil na pag-ulang naranasan nitong […]
(Eagle News) — Ipinasasama ni Senador Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara sa 2017 national budget ang pondo para sa rehabilitation programs ng gobyerno para sa mga drug dependents na nais magbagong buhay. Ayon kay Angara, mag-iiwan ng malaking butas sa proseso ng anti-drug campaign ng Duterte administration kung hindi bibigyan ng importansya ang rehabilitation ng mga dating drug user. Ang panawagan ay ginawa ng mambabatas, kasabay ng paghahain ng Department of Budget and Management (DBM) sa Kamara […]
(Eagle News) — Personal na ininspeksyon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang ilang mga lugar na naapektuhan ng matinding pagbaha dulot ng Habagat matapos ang isinagawang briefing ng National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) sa Malacañang Golf Club House. Kasama ang ilang miyembro ng gabinete, nagsagawa ng aerial inspection si Pangulong Duterte sa La Mesa Dam, Marikina River at Pasig River. Sa briefing, isa sa binigyang-pansin ng pangulo ang epekto ng mga pagbaha […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – by Olivia HAMPTON Protesters threw rocks and fired shots in a second night of violence in a tense neighborhood of Milwaukee following the deadly police shooting of an armed black man. Police dressed in riot gear moved in on the Sherman Park neighborhood around 11:00 pm on Sunday (0400 GMT Monday) to disperse an angry crowd and restore order. Several police officers have been targeted and shot dead across the nation […]
SRINAGAR, India (AFP) – by Parvaiz BUKHARI A police paramilitary commander was shot dead in Kashmir’s main city while at least two suspected separatist militants were killed in gun-battles Monday as violence flared in the disputed Himalayan region on Indian Independence Day. The unnamed commander was critically injured in an ambush and died in hospital, a senior officer of India’s Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) confirmed to AFP, adding that two other members of the […]
(REUTERS HEALTH) Global health officials are racing to better understand the Zika virus behind a major outbreak that began in Brazil last year and has spread to many countries in the Americas. The following are some questions and answers about the virus and current outbreak: How do people become infected? Zika is transmitted to people through the bite of infected female mosquitoes, primarily the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the same type that spreads dengue, chikungunya […]
