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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) –An acid attack in east London injured at least five people on Saturday, with police saying they had arrested one man, although they did not believe the incident was terror related. Police said they were called just before 8 pm (1900 GMT) to the Stratford Centre, close to London’s Olympic Stadium, following reports of a group of males spraying what was believed to be a noxious substance. London Ambulance Service tweeted […]
Agence France Presse — A 6.5-magnitude earthquake rattled southwest China late Tuesday, killing at least five people, with up to 100 feared dead, according to a government estimate. Five people died and more than 60 were injured in the quake, the official Xinhua news agency said, including 30 who were in critical condition. But China’s National Commission for Disaster Reduction estimated that as many as 100 people may have perished, based on 2010 census data […]
At least one person was dead and several others injured after government forces in a convoy clashed with suspected rebels in North Cotabato on Wednesday. The convoy composed mostly of members from the Presidential Security Group was on its way to Cagayan de Oro when they ran into a checkpoint manned by guerrillas, their commander Louie Dagoy told reporters. The fatality was identified as Benjamin Pandia, a member of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit. […]
by Marianne Barriaux with Emmanuelle Michel in Lisbon Agence France Presse A fire chief reopened the debate over Portugal’s deadly forest blaze Wednesday, arguing it had a criminal origin, as hundreds of firefighters struggled to contain it. Politicians added their voice to those of local people who have questioned the handling of the disaster by the emergency services, as the funerals of the 64 killed took place. The president of the League of Firefighters, Jaime Marta […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs said no Filipino was affected in the attack near a mosque in London that killed one and injured ten people. Even then, the DFA said the embassy in London was “monitoring” the situation, noting that it “stands ready to offer assistance” to those affected by the attack near Finsbury Park mosque on June 19. “(The Philippine embassy in London) calls on the Filipino community to reach out […]
(Eagle News) — At least 11 people were injured in a blast near the Quiapo church in Manila on Friday night. But National Capital Region Police Office Director Chief Supt. Oscar Albayalde said the explosion, which occurred at 10:49 p.m. along Quezon Boulevard, was not a terror attack, and was not related to the ongoing Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit. Philippine National Police chief Director Ronald Dela Rosa said investigators were looking at the […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Two men shot dead two people and seriously injured a third on Thursday at a cafe in Basel, north-west Switzerland, police said as they hunt for the suspects. “Two men came into Cafe 56” around 8.15 pm local time (1915 GMT) “and fired several rounds of shots,” police said in a statement, without providing information on a possible motive. “Two customers were killed. Another is in a critical condition.” The assailants […]
(Eagle News) — Two people have now been reported killed, and 41 others were injured after a 5.9-magnitude aftershock jolted Surigao del Norte on Sunday. In an interview over Radyo Agila DZEC’s “Feedback,” Surigao City Vice Mayor Alfonso Casurra said the two fatalities suffered a heart attack. Casurra said 41 were injured, and properties also destroyed. In fact, he said many of the buildings that were partially damaged in a 6.7-magnitude earthquake on Feb. 10 were now […]
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 […]
FRANCFORT, Germany (AFP) — A masked and armed man barricaded himself in a German multiplex cinema with dozens of people inside Thursday before being killed by police, officials said. No hostages were injured in the complex in the western town of Viernheim, 75 kilometres (50 miles) south of Frankfurt, Hesse state interior minister Peter Beuth said. “The assailant moved through the cinema complex, according to the information we have now, and appeared confused,” he said. […]
YANCHENG, China (AFP) — Emergency personnel mounted rescue efforts amid scenes of carnage Friday as the toll from hurricane-force winds and a tornado in China rose to at least 98 dead, with hundreds more injured. Whole villages were levelled and huge trees felled when winds of up to 125 kilometers (77 miles) per hour struck around Yancheng city, the official Xinhua news agency said. So far 98 people have been confirmed dead and about 800 […]
by Jim SLATER CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — Defending champion Golden State and the LeBron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers rallied around underperforming stars on the eve of Friday’s turning point fourth game in the NBA Finals. The Cavaliers trail the best-of-seven series 2-1 despite a 120-90 romp Wednesday that has many questioning Cleveland’s need for injured forward Kevin Love and why NBA Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry of the Warriors has had only a so-so finals […]
