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Massive blast-induced fire at a chemical plant injured four residents in Jilin, northeast China’ Jilin Province on Wednesday night. The blast occurred at around 19:50, and the fire was put out on early Thursday morning. After the fire, everything was left in a mess, with flaming debris and broken glass littered on the ground. There was also a pungent smell at scene. The local environmental protection department has set an alert for potential environmental pollution. The […]
Heavy smog continued to engulf Beijing and some of the other provinces in parts of China on Wednesday (December 9), a day after the capital city issues its first ever “red alert”, the highest of the four-color warning system for air pollution. China’s capital issued a “red alert” late on Monday (December 7), predicting that Beijing would be shrouded in heavy smog from Tuesday (December 8) to Thursday (December 10). A red alert means that […]
Democratic Presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton on Tuesday (December 8) blasted Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States saying the candidate has made a name for himself “trafficking in prejudice and paranoia.” Clinton, campaigning in Salem, New Hampshire said “His latest insult is his call is to stop all Muslims from entering the United States. This is both a shameless and a dangerous idea. At a time […]
Vowing to renew the relationship between Canada and its Aboriginals, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday (December 08) his government would set up an inquiry on missing and murdered indigenous women, a measure opposed by his predecessor. Trudeau said his government was committed to repairing the partnership with Canada’s Aboriginals, who make up 5 percent of the population but have higher levels of poverty and addiction and are far more often victims of crime […]
The United Nation authorities will take measures to protect the stranded refugees and immigrants on the Greek border with Macedonia as Iranian refugees’ protest against the border closure continues. Thousands of refugees and immigrants continued arriving at the Greek-Macedonia border despite that border police may clear the area of anyone not from Iran, Syria or Afghanistan. But most of the immigrants said they were not seeking opportunities in Europe, they were fleeing from the persecution. […]
California Muslims on Tuesday (December 8) rejected a proposal by Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump to ban Muslims from entering the United States, calling his comments undemocratic and dangerous. On Monday (December 7), Trump called for blocking Muslims, including would-be immigrants, students, tourists and other visitors, from entering the country following last week’s California shooting spree by two Muslims who authorities said were radicalized. It was the most dramatic response by a presidential candidate following […]
The United States is reviewing and seeking to confirm reports that Iran launched a ballistic missile last month in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power said on Tuesday. “The U.S. is conducting a serious review of the reported incident,” Power told reporters after a meeting of the Security Council on unrelated issues. She added that if Washington confirmed the reports that Iran tested a medium-range ballistic missile […]
(Reuters) — Global warming has not paused, but more research is needed to understand the level that might cause tipping points or irreversible damage to the earth’s climate system, the chair of the U.N. panel of climate scientists told Reuters on Tuesday (December 8). In 2013, the panel reported a slowdown or “hiatus” in warming since about 1998, despite rising man-made emissions of greenhouse gases, heartening skeptics who said the risks of climate change […]
California Muslims on Tuesday (December 8) rejected a proposal by Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump to ban Muslims from entering the United States, calling his comments undemocratic and dangerous. On Monday (December 7), Trump called for blocking Muslims, including would-be immigrants, students, tourists and other visitors, from entering the country following last week’s California shooting spree by two Muslims who authorities said were radicalized. It was the most dramatic response by a presidential candidate following […]
(Eagle News) — The Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) recently consecrated a new house of worship in Leyte, bringing to 540 the number of houses of worship built from January to November this year (2015) alone. INC Executive Minister, Brother Eduardo V. Manalo, officiated at the special worship service on Nov. 27 in Sitio New Era, Barangay Langit in Alang-alang, Leyte where the 400-seater house of worship of the New Era local congregation is located. […]
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Monday (December 9) called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States in the most dramatic response by a candidate yet to last week’s shooting spree by two Muslims who the FBI said were radicalized. We have no choice,” Trump said at a rally in South Carolina, warning of more Sept. 11-style attacks if stern measures are not taken. In Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, Trump told a rally […]
Yemen’s president told the United Nations on Monday that he has asked the Saudi-led coalition to begin a 7-day ceasefire on Dec. 15 to coincide with U.N.-sponsored peace talks aimed at ending months of fighting that has killed nearly 6,000 people. “I have notified the leadership of the Coalition of our intention to cease fire for a period of seven days, starting December 15 until December 21,” President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi said in a letter […]
