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(AFP) — Relatives of residents trapped in a 16-storey apartment complex felled by a powerful earthquake in Taiwan that killed 14 people were praying for miracles Saturday as rescuers sought survivors, with more than 150 missing in the quake zone. The cluster of buildings in the historic southern city of Tainan were full of families who had gathered for Lunar New Year celebrations when it collapsed and the death toll is rising. The national […]
(Reuters) — After hours of searching for quake survivors amongst the rubble of a 17-storey collapsed building in southern Taiwan, five people were still missing on Saturday (February 6) as darkness fell. A powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Tainan at around 4 a.m. on Saturday (2000 GMT Friday, February 5), the start of a Lunar New Year holiday. At least eight people were killed. Buildings in nine other locations in the city of 2 […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs said that there were no Filipinos among the reported casualties so far in Taiwan following the 6.4 magnitude earthquake that hit Southern Taiwan. Foreign Affairs Spokesman Charles Jose said that they have not yet received reports of any Filipino casualties in the powerful quake that shook Tainan where eight had been reported killed Eagle News correspondents in Taiwan Michael Suarez and Lalaine Millendez also reported that there […]
(Reuters) — Over 800 soldiers searched for survivors in southern Taiwan after it was hit by a powerful earthquake of 6.4 magnitude that has killed at least eight people on Saturday (February 6). Six of the dead were found in a 17-storey apartment building that collapsed, with five people still missing in the ruins of the complex as darkness fell. One victim was a 10-day-old girl. Footage from the Military News Agency under the […]
(Reuters) — Rescue workers raced against the clock and searched for survivors at a site where a 17-storey apartment building toppled during an earthquake that has killed at least five in southern Taiwan on Saturday (February 6). Among the bodies found in the collapsed building in Tainan was a 10-day-old girl. Rescue workers continued to search for about 35 people feared trapped inside. Authorities said there were 92 households and 256 people living in […]
(Reuters) A powerful earthquake struck Taiwan early on Saturday killing at least 12 people, most in a 17-storey apartment building that collapsed, with some people still known to be missing in the ruins of the complex as night fell, government officials said. As rescuers searched for survivors, questions were raised about the construction of the Wei-guan Golden Dragon Building in the southern city of Tainan, with its floors that pancaked down on each other […]
TWITTER Inc said on Friday (February 5) it had suspended over 125,000 accounts since mid-2015 for “threatening or promoting terrorist acts, primarily related to ISIS.” Reuters said the microblogging service provider said in a blog on Friday that it had increased the size of the teams that review reports of such activity, reducing the response time significantly. The company said it was seeing results, including an increase in account suspensions and “this type of […]
FIFTEEN Filipinos were killed in a fire at a hotel in the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region that killed 21 people and injured dozens of others on Friday (February 5), the governor of Erbil told a local media network. While Reuters reported the initial death toll at 17, an Al Jazeera report said those killed were at least 21 people, and that 15 of them were Filipinos. The Al Jazeera report said that the […]
(Reuters) — Colombia’s Ministry of Health on Friday confirmed the first three deaths from the Zika virus at a press conference. “We have studied six suspected cases, and have confirmed three of them to be caused by the Zika virus. These three deaths are the first ones confirmed by us; other cases are still under review,” said Martha Lucia, director of National Health Institute. The three cases include one man and one woman who died […]
South Korean Defence Minister Han Min-koo presided over an emergency meeting on Friday (February 5) in Seoul with military officials over North Korea’s planned missile launch. Han said his army is capable of detecting the missile launch. “Our Aegis destroyer has proved its capacity and readiness by firstly detecting North Korea’s missile launches three times in the past,” said Han at the meeting. The North notified U.N. agencies late on Tuesday (February 2) of its […]
Two New York police officers were shot on Thursday (February 4) at a public housing project and are in a stable condition, and one suspect is dead, authorities said. Three Housing Authority officers were patrolling stairwells at the Melrose Houses in the Bronx when they ran into two men. One of them pulled out a gun and opened fire, officials said at a news conference. One of the officers was grazed in the head and […]
The World Health Organization warned those that traveled to the countries affected by the Zika virus to donate blood. WHO added that this is a precaution as it is still not clear how said virus is acquired. At present, 26 countries in South and Central America, the Carribean and even Europe are affected by the Zika virus. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/0yAWZJ9hkbY
