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by Ben Dooley BEIJING, China (AFP) — The disputed rocks and reefs of the South China Sea are more than an ocean away from the landlocked African nation of Niger. But that has not stopped the strife-ridden, largely desert country of 17 million people adding its voice to a growing diplomatic chorus that Beijing says supports its rejection of an international tribunal hearing on the waters. Others apparently singing from the same hymn sheet include […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Christie’s auction house has been fined £3,250 ($4,750, 4,270 euros) for selling a piece of elephant ivory without the correct documentation, London police said Tuesday. The silver-mounted tusk, put up for auction last year, did not have the right documentation under wildlife protection laws, a police statement said. A representative for the auction house pleaded guilty in London for selling the ivory, in contravention of an article in the Convention […]
WASHINGTON , United States (AFP) — US prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the gunman suspected of killing nine black churchgoers in South Carolina last year, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Tuesday. Dylann Roof, 22, allegedly joined an evening Bible study class at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, then shot participants with a .45-caliber Glock handgun. Three people survived the shooting. Roof was arrested in North Carolina a day after the shooting. […]
DALLAS, United States (Reuters) — The Dallas Zoo has added a baby elephant to its family and have released new video on Tuesday (May 24) of the little guy collapsing in a heap of hay. A male African elephant calf was born on May 14 to Mlilo ( ma-LEE-lo), who was one of several elephants rescued from drought plagued Swaziland earlier this year. The baby elephant, who hasn’t been names, measures three feet tall (91 […]
(Eagle News) — Idineklara na ng PAGASA ang pagsisimula ng panahon ng tag- ulan o “rainy season”. Kaya naman ayon sa PAGASA, asahan na raw ang marami pang mga pag- ulan sa susunod na dalawa hanggang tatlong araw. Nagpaalala na rin ang ahensya na maging handa na sa maraming pag-ulan lalo na at inaasahang papasok ang La Niña sa ikalawang quarter ng 2016. Ayon pa sa PAGASA, napaaga ang pagdedeklara ng panahon ng tag- ulan […]
by Thomas URBAIN NORRISTOWN , Unites States (AFP) — Disgraced US megastar Bill Cosby must stand trial over accusations that he sexually assaulted a woman after plying her with wine and pills at his Philadelphia home 12 years ago, a judge ruled Tuesday. The pioneering black comedian, who faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted, looked subdued and kept his eyes down as he left a county court house in Pennsylvania, dressed in […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP)– Plans by the Philippines’ controversial president-elect to give late dictator Ferdinand Marcos a hero’s burial triggered outrage on Tuesday, with martial law victims warning it would whitewash the strongman’s crimes. Rodrigo Duterte, who won this month’s elections in a landslide, announced on Monday he would allow Marcos to be buried at the Heroes’ Cemetery in Manila, in what would be another big win for the dictator’s family as it cements a remarkable […]
Daet, Camarines Norte (Eagle News) – Sinimulan na ang pagbabantay o monitoring ng tanggapan ng Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) sa Camarines Norte kaugnay sa presyo ng mga kagamitan sa eskwela sa mga pangunahing pamilihang bayan. Nagsimula ang pagmomonitor sa bayan ng Daet sa mga tindahan at establisyemento na mayroong school supplies. Magpapalabas rin ng talaan ng presyo ng school supplies sa pamamagitan ng Suggested Retail Price (SRP) kung saan nakalagay dito ang “Gabay sa […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Facebook has been forced to backtrack after it banned an Australian ad featuring a bikini-clad plus-sized model promoting positive body image, initially saying the photo’s depiction was “undesirable”. The social networking giant blocked the ad for Melbourne’s “Cherchez La Femme: Feminism and Fat” gathering, saying the image violated its advertising guidelines. When organizers questioned the decision, the Facebook Ads Team wrote back saying the ad did not comply with their health […]
WASHINGTON , United States (AFP) — Former US president Jimmy Carter is decrying the resurgence of racial tensions coinciding with the rise of Donald Trump, warning that the billionaire tycoon’s White House candidacy has tapped a reservoir of “inherent racism.” Carter told The New York Times on Monday that he was disappointed about a recent spike in racism, “except for one thing: I think the country has been reawakened the last two or three years […]
Around 20 students protesting the Chilean government’s education policies were forcibly removed by guards from the presidential palace on Tuesday (May 24) after they had entered disguised as tourists. Wearing orange baseball caps and backpacks, the students walked in the front entrance of the Palacio de la Moneda in downtown Santiago, cameras in hand. Upon reaching the central patio, they unfurled a banner reading, “Take note: the offensive begins today.” Interior Minister, Jorge Burgos, said […]
by Rim Haddad and Maher Al Mounes DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) — More than 148 people were killed Monday in bombings claimed by the Islamic State group in northwestern Syria, the deadliest attacks to date in the regime’s coastal heartland. Seven near-simultaneous explosions targeted bus stations, hospitals and other civilian sites in the seaside cities of Jableh and Tartus, which until now had been relatively insulated from Syria’s five-year war. The attacks on strongholds of President […]
