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Reuters – In the future, diabetics may be able to replace finger prick tests and injections with this non-invasive smart patch to keep their glucose levels in check. “The device is a type of patch which enables diabetic patients to monitor blood sugar levels via sweat without taking blood samples and control glucose levels by injecting medication,” South Korean Researcher at Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and Professor at Seoul National University, Kim Dae-Hyeong said. […]
QUEZON City, Philippines — Matapos na mapabilang sa isang talent search and singing contest nationwide, batang singer na si Darlene Vibares, ikinagalak ang paglabas ng kaniyang self-titled debut album. Ang album na ito ay naglalaman ng walong mga awitin kasama na ang version niya ng “Girl on Fire” at ang awiting “Sa Aking Daigdig” na kaniyang naging carrier single. Ayos kay Darlene, nagpapasalamat siya sa mga naging dahilan ng katuparan at pagkamit niya ng kaniyang […]
QUEZON City, Philippines — Natapos man ang kaniyang pagiging miyembro ng children show na “Hi-5”. Nagbabalik naman sa entablado si Stevie Nicholson bilang Super Steve kasama ang kaniyang children book na “Superdudes”. Nandito sila ngayon sa Pilipinas kasama ang kaniyang superfriends upang muling aliwin ang mga kabataan.
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (Reuters) – U.S. first lady Michelle Obama held her annual garden planting activity at the White House on Tuesday (April 5). Mrs. Obama invited students from nearby schools to help with the last planting season before her husband leaves office early next year. “I want to take this time to thank all the kids here and all the kids around the country who have been a part of this garden. […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (Reuters) – Lorries began clearing the rubbish that had piled up in Beirut’s streets, under a plan approved last month to solve the seven-month garbage crisis in Lebanon. And though residents are relieved to be able to enjoy clean streets in the capital again, environmentalists warn against what they say is only a temporary solution. The garbage crisis, which began last July when the Naameh landfill site south of Beirut was closed with […]
Reuters – In the latest image released by NASA on Monday (April 4), ‘a half-lit’ Saturn sits askew as the planet’s moon Dione (698 miles or 1,123 kilometers across) looks on from lower left,’ Nasa said. The picture was taken using the Cassini spacecraft wide angle camera at a distance of approximately 1.2 million miles (1.9 million kilometers), NASA said. “The terminator, which separates night from day on Saturn, is also askew, owing […]
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND (Reuters) – FIFA President Gianni Infantino released a statement on Tuesday (April 5) denying involvement with companies implicated in the Panama leaks shortly after an article by Britain’s Guardian newspaper said the leaks showed contracts co-signed by Infantino in his role as director of legal services at UEFA, with an Argentine firm that bought TV rights for European continental competitions. “As I previously stated, I never personally dealt with Cross Trading nor […]
by Marion Thibaut NONTHABURI, Thailand (AFP) — Thailand has long served as one of the globe’s main rice bowls, but chronic water shortages are pushing the country to move away from a grain that dominates its fields and has defined a way of life for generations. Laddawan Kamsong has spent the past forty years coaxing rice from her plot in central Thailand, but she is tired of watching her farmland squeezed dry by increasingly […]
MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman has found probable cause to file charges before the Sandiganbayan against Alan Purisima, former chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Getulio Napeñas, former PNP-SAF Director in connection with the 25 January 2015 Mamasapano incident that left several casualties including members of the 44 Special Action Force (SAF), the biggest loss of a government elite force in history. The police officers are facing charges for […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — The signature of new FIFA president Gianni Infantino has cropped up in the so-called “Panama Papers” in connection with questionable TV rights sales in South America, the German newspaper behind the mass leaks reported on Tuesday. Swiss-Italian lawyer Infantino, 46, succeeded the suspended Sepp Blatter in February as the head of FIFA, which is reeling from the arrests of leading officials last year, as well as the clouds over the […]
by Hugues Honore with David Williams in Paris REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AFP) — Iceland’s prime minister resigned Tuesday, becoming the first political victim of a mushrooming global scandal over hidden offshore financial dealings exposed in the so-called Panama Papers. Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson was the biggest casualty of a worldwide media probe into 11.5 million leaked documents that purportedly reveal the offshore financial activities of 140 political figures, including 12 current or former heads of […]
