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Rescuers started to drill the second life hole late Sunday at the collapsed mine in east China’s Shandong Province to send food, water and communication tools to the miners trapped underground. The first 20-centimeter-wide hole was drilled through by Sunday noon to reach the 220-meter-deep location where 14 miners are trapped after the accident on Friday. At the same time, rescuers are continuing digging a hole at a separate location to reach the remaining three […]
The Syrian government and its opposition have reached an agreement on evacuating the besieged militants and families in three towns under UN mediation, sources said Sunday. According to the agreement, militants trapped in the Syrian-Lebanon border town of Zabadani will be allowed to head for the airport in Lebanon’s capital Beirut through a secure channel and leave for Turkey under the supervision of the International Red Cross, starting from Monday, sources said. The militants have […]
A freight train loaded with sulphuric acid derailed on Sunday (December 27) near Julia Creek in Australia‘s outback. Local media reported the 26-carriage train carrying about 200,000 liters as having come off the tracks and spilling small amounts of acid and some diesel fuel. Police have set up an exclusion zone and three people sustained minor injuries, Australia media reported.
British adventurer John Beeden on Sunday (December 27) became the first person to row solo non-stop from North America to the Australian mainland, local media reported. Beeden rowed more than 7,400 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean, after leaving San Francisco in his six-metre boat “Socks II” on June 1 this year. The 53-year-old Briton has been rowing for up to 15 hours a day, local media said. Beeden, an ex-Sheffield rower who now lives […]
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi was named the best player of the year at the Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai on Sunday (December 27). The 28-year-old Argentine international, who is a four-times world player of the year and has been shortlisted for the 2015 Ballon d’Or, helped to inspire his team to the Champions League, La Liga and King’s Cup treble despite losing two months to injury. “It’s always beautiful receiving this recognition. Even though the […]
Iraq’s army declared victory over Islamic State fighters in a provincial capital west of Baghdad on Sunday (December 27), the first major triumph for the U.S.-trained force since it collapsed in the face of an assault by the militants 18 months ago. The capture of Ramadi, capital of mainly Sunni-Muslim Anbar province in the Euphrates River valley west of the capital, deprives Islamic State militants of their biggest prize of 2015. The fighters seized it […]
A suicide bomber killed at least one person and wounded 13 in an attack on a road near Kabul airport, officials in the Afghan capital said on Monday (December 28), barely two weeks after a major Taliban assault in the city. A police officer at the scene said the suicide bomber walked up to a white pickup truck and detonated explosives he was wearing. A minibus was also destroyed by the explosion, which shattered the […]
Taiwan’s opposition leader and presidential front runner on Sunday (December 27) called on China to respect the island’s democratic process and said she believes Beijing will have a “rational attitude” when dealing with her independence-leaning party. Tsai Ing-wen, chairwoman of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), made the comments in the first live, televised presidential debate with three weeks to go before Taiwan votes in a new president and parliament. Tsai, with a double-digit percentage lead […]
China’s parliament passed a controversial new anti-terrorism law on Sunday (December 27) that requires technology firms to hand over sensitive information such as encryption keys to the government and allows the military to venture overseas on counter-terror operations. Chinese officials say their country faces a growing threat from militants and separatists, especially in its unruly Western region of Xinjiang, where hundreds have died in violence in the past few years. Speaking after China’s largely rubber-stamp […]
Islamic State has sanctioned the harvesting of human organs in a previously undisclosed ruling by the group’s Islamic scholars, raising concerns that the violent extremist group may be trafficking in body parts. The ruling, contained in a January 31, 2015 document reviewed by Reuters, says taking organs from a living captive to save a Muslim’s life, even if it is fatal for the captive, is permissible. Reuters couldn’t independently confirm the authenticity of the document. […]
According to an online money service firm, Filipinos are the second most educated migrants with 1.5 million Filipino migrants being university-educated. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by Lovely Ann Cruz)
The Philippines sent an emergency response team to confirm if there are any Filipinos injured in the hospital fire in Saudi Arabia that killed and injured hundreds. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, initial reports say that no Filipinos were injured in said fire. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by Lovely Ann Cruz)
