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by Katherine HADDON LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Millions of Britons began voting Thursday in a bitterly-fought, knife-edge referendum that could tear up the island nation’s EU membership and spark the greatest emergency of the bloc’s 60-year history. A record 46.5 million voters were registered to decide Britain’s future in the 28-nation European Union, which was born out of a determination to unite in lasting peace after the carnage of two world wars. Across much […]
MILAN, Italy (AFP) — Artist Christo’s floating walkway on a northern Italian lake has been closed at night because of wear-and-tear inflicted by the 270,000 visitors who have flocked to see it in less than five days. The three-kilometre-long (1.9-mile) walkway of 200,000 floating cubes covered in orange fabric has proved a major hit with the public since it opened on Lake Iseo on Saturday. But plans to keep “The Floating Piers” open day and […]
Searchers have recovered the body of one of the family members whose sailboat went missing off the Florida coast three days ago, a Coast Guard official said on Wednesday (June 22). A Coast Guard search helicopter found the body and turned it over to local authorities for positive identification, said Captain Gregory Case, the St. Petersburg sector commander. Ace Kimberly, 45, two sons aged 13 and 15, and a 17-year-old daughter were last seen on […]
Matagumpay na pinasinayaan ang isang bagong tayong barangay chapel ng Iglesia ni Cristo(INC) sa Brgy. San Roque, San Nicolas, Pangasinan na pinangunahan ng Supervising Minister na si Brother Nelson H. Mañebog. Ang kapilya ng barangay San Roque ay may apat na kilometro ang layo mula sa kapilya ng bayan ng San Nicolas. Ayon sa mga residente sa lugar na ito, masayang-masaya sila dahil nagkaroon sila ng bukod na mapagsasambahan na malapit lang sa kanilang tirahan. […]
by Alastair HIMMER TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Feminists, look away! Fashion police in Japan want to ’empower’ women by persuading them to wear high heels, insisting the country’s historic ‘kimono culture’ has led to many women having poor posture. The Japan High Heel Association (JHA) is calling on women across the country to trade sensible shoes for a pair of stilettos, insisting that standing tall will give them ‘confidence’ — and improve their gait. “Japanese […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo was Thursday set to visit remote islands close to waters where Chinese and Indonesian vessels have repeatedly clashed, as tensions mount between the nations in the South China Sea. Widodo aims to assert Indonesia’s sovereignty over the Natuna Islands in the northwestern fringe of the archipelago during the trip and is accompanied by a high-level delegation including the foreign minister and armed forces chief, the government said. […]
Scientists will have to do without an ally in the race to combat the Zika virus. A supercomputer named Santos Dumont has been partially switched off in the state of Rio de Janeiro due to government spending cuts. Among other projects, it was meant to be genetically mapping the Zika virus. In the midst of Brazil’s worst recession since the 1930s, funds to Santos Dumont’s home at the National Laboratory of Computer Science have been […]
Memorabilia representing the careers of the late entertainers Whitney Houston and Prince will go up for sale during a public auction in Beverly Hills, California on June 24-25. Heritage Auctions is presenting more than 100 pieces documenting the career of Houston, including many personal items that belonged to the singer. “Some of theses people are iconic and transcend the genre whether it is film or music that they’re in,” said Heritage Auction’s consignment director Giles […]
A passenger train derailed on its way from Kaohsiung to Hualien in Taiwan around at 06:49 a.m. (GMT) on Wednesday (June 22) , leaving at least 2 people injured. The three carriages at the rear of the train, No. 307, derailed between the Fuyuan and Guangfu stations. In the video that was shared by Ruisui villager Lin Guo-Ding with Reuters, the last carriage is seen almost overturned. According to Lin who happened to be at […]
South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se on Thursday (June 23) called for help from a nuclear suppliers group to solve North Korea’s nuclear issue. The delegation of the 48-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) gathered in Seoul to attend the annual plenary meeting. The NSG aims to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons by restricting the sale of items that can be used to make those arms. It was set up in response to India’s first […]
Gunmen in southern Nigeria have killed a local driver and kidnapped as many as seven people, at least three of whom are Australian citizens and one an Australian resident, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Thursday (June 23) There was some initial confusion over the number of victims and nationalities of those involved, as police in Nigeria gave conflicting accounts. The workers, two of whom police said later escaped, were contractors for cement company […]
An executive at Volkswagen Group’s South Korean subsidiary arrived at a Seoul court on Thursday (June 23) for a hearing on whether he will be arrested in connection with the cheating of emissions tests. The executive, who requested to be known by his surname, Yoon, is accused of manipulating engine software in Volkswagen’s gasoline-powered Golf 1.4 TSI at the request of the headquarters, a person with direct knowledge of the probe told Reuters. A South […]
