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SEPT. 1 (Reuters) — Footage released by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on Monday (August 31) appears to show a suspect hurling a grenade which killed one and injured nearly 90 outside Ukraine’s parliament. A Ukrainian national guardsman died on Monday (August 31) during violent protests outside parliament in Kiev, as lawmakers voted to give more autonomy to rebel-held areas in the east of the country. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said in a tweet that nearly […]
SEPT.1 (Reuters) — The hard-line Islamic State group has destroyed part of an ancient temple in Syria’s Palmyra city, a group monitoring the conflict said on Sunday (August 30). The militants targeted the Temple of Bel, a Roman-era structure in the central desert city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. It is the second temple Islamic State has targeted in Palmyra this month. The group detonated explosives in the ancient Baal Shamin temple on […]
MANILA, Sept. 1 — Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Andy Bautista today revealed that while the Commission will certainly bid out the refurbishment and upgrade of the existing 82,000 precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines for the 2019 mid-term elections, it is still looking at the possibility of refurbishing some of these equipment to augment the new machines it will lease for the May 2016 elections. Though the Comelec has signed a lease agreement with Smartmatic for the use of […]
Peru conducted a national drill on Monday (August 31) to prepare the South American country for predicted natural disasters from a strengthening El Niño weather phenomena that officials have predicted to be “extraordinary”. El Niño is the periodic warming of sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific. This phenomenon is strengthening and is likely to peak in three to seven months’ time, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology said. Coastal Peruvian cities like Tumbes and Piura were put […]
SEPT. 1 (Reuters) — U.S. stocks ended the day lower on worries about China’s economy and the timing of a U.S. interest rate hike. Investors now await new economic reports for signals that might influence the Federal Reserve. S&P Capital IQ’s Sam Stovall: “I think, data this week is fairly key, because we heard from three of the FOMC voting members last week, all of whom are a bit hawkish, and were saying, look, the […]
SEPTEMBER 1 (Reuters) — Tennis fans crowded their way into the Billie Jean King USTA National Tennis Center on Monday (August 31) for the start of the US Open. The masses have all turned their focus towards and support towards Serena Williams, who is on the brink of the grandest achievement in tennis, the single season Grand Slam. The 33-year-old American, with the 2015 Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon trophies already on her crowded […]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (PNA/Xinhua) — People who sleep six hours a night or less are more likely to catch a cold, U.S. researchers said Monday. The findings, published in the U.S. journal Sleep, added to growing evidence of the importance of sleep for our health. “It goes beyond feeling groggy or irritable,” lead author Aric Prather, assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, said in a statement. “Not getting enough sleep […]
SEPT. 1 (Reuters) — Crews competing in the Clipper round-the-world race set off on their 40,000 nautical mile, 11 month journey in heavy rain off South-end near London on Monday (August 31). Spectators sheltering under umbrellas watched from the town’s famous pier as the starting cannon began the first stage of the race, a 5,186 nautical mile trip across the Atlantic to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil for the 12 competing yachts. LMAX Exchange, skippered […]
MANILA, Philippines, August 31 (Eagle News) — Members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo, who joined the assembly in Edsa-Shaw, peacefully left the area following the official statement of Brother Bienvenido Santiago that the Iglesia Ni Cristo and the government has finally come to an amicable settlement. Most of the members are now on their way back to their different provinces. And though some of the members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo have yet to reach […]
MANILA, Philippines, August 31 (Eagle News) — Malacañang thanked the leaders of the Iglesia Ni Cristo for directing their members to withdraw from their gathering sites. In a press statement, Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said and we quote: “We appreciate the INC leadership’s directives for the withdrawal of their members from their gathering sites”. Lacierda added that they were thankful that no serious injuries came about in the past few days, and that the public […]
MANDALUYONG, August 31 — Members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo have cleaned the area where they held their peaceful assembly first, before heading home. Just like what they did before leaving Padre Faura, the first area where the INC held their peaceful assembly, members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo picked-up and cleaned their own trash before leaving Edsa-Shaw. INC members occupied parts of Edsa on Thursday night as part of their protest against the supposed […]
(Eagle News) – In the end, peaceful efforts still proved the best way for everyone. On Monday morning, Aug. 31, the Iglesia Ni Cristo ended its peaceful assembly along EDSA after a meeting with the Philippine government where both sides were able to clarify matters. “Peace for everyone” had also been achieved with the meeting. INC General Evangelist, minister Bienvenido Santiago made the announcement around 8:30 a.m. on national television as the peaceful gatherings of […]
