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Rains or not, India faces drinking water crisis

by Trudy HARRIS GANGNAULI, India (AFP) — As large swathes of drought-devastated India desperately wait for the monsoon rains to arrive, one village in the dry, hot north is flush with water. But this farming area’s bountiful water supplies are feared contaminated with heavy metals, underscoring the profound challenges facing the world’s second most populous nation. From toxic pollution of rivers and lakes to contamination of groundwater supplies, together with chronic shortages in drought-hit districts, […]

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Malacanang touts benefits of Pantawid Pamilya program for the poor

  MANILA, June 28 (Eagle News) – A few days before President Aquino steps down from office, Malacanang has defended the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), which according to critics, encourages dependency on the government. According to Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr., the 4Ps has been proven to be effective since its implementation in 2010. Coloma said that in the last six years, the program had proven that it was not a […]

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USA to head to Rio without James

NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) — LeBron James was a glaring absentee from the United States Olympic lineup as USA Basketball unveiled its squad for the Rio Games on Monday (June 27). U.S. media reported last week that James, who led the Cavaliers to victory over the Golden State Warriors in a seven-game NBA Finals series, had asked USA Basketball to remove his name from Olympic consideration. The three-times NBA champion and four-times league Most […]

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EgyptAir black box flight recorder ‘has been repaired’

by Mona SALEM CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — One of the two black box flight recorders from the EgyptAir plane that plunged into the Mediterranean last month has been repaired, Egypt’s investigation commission said Tuesday, prompting hopes it could provide clues on why the aircraft went down. The two black box recorders were found two weeks ago, but were too damaged to extract information on what caused the passenger jet to go down. They were sent […]

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Eight injured in Malaysia hand grenade attack: police

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Eight people were injured after a hand grenade was thrown at a restaurant in Malaysia’s central Selangor state, police said Tuesday, citing business rivalry rather than terrorism as the likely motive. Abdul Rahim Jaafar, state deputy police chief, told AFP that the attack on the Movida restaurant in busy Puchong district was probably the result of a business conflict or revenge. “Eight people were injured in the hand grenade attack […]

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Political analyst:  Aquino gets low grade for leadership

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Political analyst, Popoy De Vera said that President Benigno S. Aquino III just got a low grade for leadership as his term ends on Thursday. That’s because President Aquino was not able to meet his promise of uplifting the lives of Filipinos during his term In an interview in Liwanagin Natin, De Vera explained that the corruption “perception” index is important because corruption is an illegal activity that is […]

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Iglesia ni Cristo pinangunahan ang medical at optical mission sa BJMP Urdaneta City, Pangasinan

URDANETA City, Pangasinan (Eagle News) — Bakas sa mukha ng mga inmates ng Urdaneta City District Jail ang katuwaan ng isagawa ang Medical at Optical Mission na pinangunahan ng mga kaanib sa Iglesia Ni Cristo mula sa lokal ng Urdaneta, sa lalawigan ng Pangasinan (Distrito ng Pangasinan East). Isinagawa ito sa Bureau of Jail Management and Penology o BJMP Urdaneta Branch sa Brgy. Anonas, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan. Ang aktibidad na ito sa loob ng piitan ay bahagi […]

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Cameron seeks to calm turbulent Britain after Brexit vote

by Katherine HADDON LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — EU leaders attempted to rescue the European project and Prime Minister David Cameron sought to calm fears over Britain’s vote to leave the bloc as ratings agencies downgraded the country. Britain has been pitched into uncertainty by Thursday’s referendum result, with Cameron announcing his resignation, the economy facing a string of shocks and Scotland making a fresh threat to break away. US Secretary of State John Kerry, […]

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NBA: Timberwolves to add Chinese part-owner: report

LOS ANGELES , United States (AFP) — Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor will bring in the NBA’s first part-owner from China in a deal to add two new investors to his ownership group, ESPN reported Monday. Citing unnamed sources, ESPN said the deal will allow Taylor to remain the club’s controlling owner. Last week, he closed a deal to bring in Jiang Lizhang, a Shanghai-based businessman who founded the Chinese marketing company Double-Edge Sports. Jiang […]

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World must focus on poorest children: UNICEF

UNITED NATION, United States (AFP) — The world must focus more on helping the poorest children to build on progress achieved in health and education over the past 25 years, UNICEF said Tuesday. In its annual “State of the World’s Children” report, the UN children’s agency took stock of important gains such as a 53 percent drop in infant mortality since 1990 and a dramatic reduction in extreme poverty. But without a sharper focus on […]

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Robbie plays thoroughly modern ‘Jane’ in new ‘Tarzan’ film

by Frankie TAGGART With her cut-glass cheekbones, porcelain skin and cascading flaxen locks, it is hard to imagine a better choice to play Tarzan’s love interest than Australian actress Margot Robbie. But the 25-year-old, who appears as Jane in “The Legend of Tarzan,” the latest take on one of Hollywood’s most enduring colonial era adventure stories, is anything but a shrinking violet. “I’ve never wanted to play the damsel in distress, and Jane is anything […]

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UK Labor leader clings to power, blasts ‘manoeuvring’

by Michael THURSTON LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain’s opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn condemned Monday “internal manoeuvring” after more than half his top team resigned in barely 24 hours, but insisted he would not go himself despite a rising tide of criticism of his role in the Brexit crisis. Twenty members of the Labour leader’s shadow cabinet have so far resigned in a rolling series of departures triggered by Corbyn’s weekend sacking of his foreign […]

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