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The Saudi-backed Syrian opposition said on Tuesday (January 26) that they would only take part in the Geneva peace talks this week if certain humanitarian issues in the war-torn country were addressed. The group said they would decide on Wednesday (January 27) whether they would take part in the talks, saying it welcomed an invitation to the negotiations but was seeking clarifications from the United Nations. The High Negotiations Committee (HNC), which groups arm political […]
There is currently “no justification” for asking Mexican women to postpone getting pregnant because of an outbreak of the mosquito-born virus Zika, a senior Mexican Health Ministry official said during an interview with Reuters on Tuesday (January 26). Zika, which has spread across the Americas, has been linked to brain damage in thousands of babies in Brazil, leading health authorities in Colombia and El Salvador to advise women against getting pregnant for anywhere up to […]
Israel’s defence minister Moshe Yaalon said on Tuesday (January 26) that Islamic State militants had been funded with ‘Turkish money’, an assertion that could hinder attempts to mend fences between the two countries after years of estrangement. Yaalon said that the Turkish government wasn’t pulling their weight in the fight against “terrorism”. “Now it’s up to Turkey, the Turkish government, the Turkish leadership, to decide whether they want to be part of any kind of […]
Brazilian officials have stepped up efforts to battle the rapid spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus linked to the alarming surge infants born with serious brain damages. Roughly 4,000 suspected cases of microcephaly have been reported in Brazil since October, compared with the 150 cases reported in all of 2014. In Brazil’s northeastern state of Pernambuco alone, 1,000 babies were born with smaller-than-usual brains according to health officials. One of them was Gleyse Kelly’s 3-month-old […]
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan arrived in Manila Tuesday for a five-day state visit to the country, marking the 60th anniversary of Philippine-Japanese diplomatic relations. The plane carrying Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress landed at 2:40 p.m. at the AGES Aviation Center, Balagbag Ramp in Pasay City, where they were accorded arrival honors. On hand to welcome the Japanese imperial couple upon their arrival was President Benigno S. Aquino III, accompanied by […]
Our correspondent from New York, Percival Cunanan reports about some fatalities in weather-related incidents. The storm brought heavy snow on Friday and Saturday; some areas have seen more than one meter of snow. “Historical”, “epic”, “phenomenal” and “monster storm” — these are the words that you will hear all over the East Coast describing snow storm Jonas that was greatly hitting mid – Atlantic region all the way to new England. (Percival Cunanan, EBC NY […]
The group Islamic State announced that it has the capability to launch a global attack and will commit another large-scale attack in Europe to follow-up on the Paris massacre. The European Union Police Agency or Europol reveals that IS has a new style of attack and they are monitoring the activities of said group. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
REUTERS — Bushfires were burning out of control in parts of Tasmania’s Wilderness World Heritage Area (WHA) on Monday (January 25). Fire crews have been brought in from interstate to help extinguish the blazes, many in remote areas of the island state. The fires are threatening areas in South West National Park, the Central Highlands and Cradle Mountain and authorities have said that heavy rainfall is needed to extinguish dozens of blazes in the WHA […]
(Reuters) — A major earthquake hit southern Alaska early on Sunday (January 24), the U.S. Geological Survey said, setting off tremors felt more than 170 miles (280 km) away in the state’s biggest city Anchorage. “When it really hit I realized we got an earthquake going on. So it took me about 20 second to figure out maybe I need to get under a door frame because it was shaking really good. The lights were […]
(Reuters) — There were no immediate reports of any casualties or major damage across Spain’s southern coast early on Monday (January 25) after a major earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck about 162 km (100 miles) southeast of Malaga. The quake hit at 0522 local (0422 GMT), the Spanish National Geographic Institute said, and was followed by six lesser aftershocks. The U.S. Geological Survey had earlier reported the tremor had a magnitude of 6.6 and […]
Authorities believed that the plane debris found in a coastal area in southern Thailand may be part of the lost Malaysia Airline Flight MH370. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
Heavy snow has blanketed the western and northern coasts of Japan over the weekend, lowering visibility and disrupting traffic. Visibility is very poor in cities in coastal areas, and accumulating snow, which is narrowing the roads by the hour, is causing many accidents and stranding many cars. Local governments dispatched snow plows to clear roads, but they made little progress as the snow accumulated faster and over a wide area. Even in central parts of […]
