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A renown fort in India’s northernmost state suffered severe damage in an earthquake on Monday (October 26), said an official. A major earthquake struck the remote Afghan northeast on Monday, killing more than 200 people in Afghanistan and nearby northern Pakistan, injuring hundreds and sending shock waves as far as New Delhi, officials said. The death toll could climb in coming days because communications were down in much of the rugged Hindu Kush mountain range […]
South Korean navy fired warning shots at a North Korean patrol boat near the rivals’ disputed maritime border, where sailors on both sides have been killed in past exchanges of fire, the two sides said on Sunday (October 25). A North Korean spokesman said the South fired at its vessel conducting “routine” operation, calling it a “serious provocation,” and warned such action could spark military confrontation and refuel tensions on the Korean peninsula. “On Saturday, […]
Indonesia authorities struggled on Sunday (October 25) to contain fires started by slash-and-burn agriculture practices while the deteriorating air quality in the region led to at least one new death. Southeast Asia has suffered for years from an annual “haze” caused by forest and peat clearing across Indonesia, which has come under increasing political pressure to stop the problem, but so far to no avail. Fires this year have been helped by drier weather brought […]
South Korean navy fired warning shots at a North Korean patrol boat near the rivals’ disputed maritime border, where sailors on both sides have been killed in past exchanges of fire, the two sides said on Sunday. The incident, which took place on Saturday, coincided with the holding reunions of families separated during the 1950-53 Korean War under an August accord that ended an earlier standoff and called for better ties. South Korea’s navy fired […]
More than a foot of rain fell on Navarro County, south of Dallas on Saturday (October 24) as heavy rains inundated many parts of Texas. Rains across Texas triggered flash floods, forcing evacuations in at least one county and stranded drivers in the central part of the state, officials said. One man was missing in San Antonio after being swept into a drainage ditch by flood waters, officials said. A Union Pacific freight train derailed […]
UNITED States of America (Eagle News) – Several pets became stars of their viral videos when they dressed-up and re-enact famous scenes and pretend to be popular cartoon characters. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Vince Alvin Villarin)
Haze covered Singapore on Friday (October 23) as forest fires in Indonesia continued to send choking smoke drifting across parts of Southeast Asia. On the National Environment Agency’s website, the three-hour average of the Pollutant Standards Index at 12 pm (0400 GMT) registered at 175, indicating an “unhealthy” level of air pollution. Indonesia has come under increased pressure from its neighbours to contain the annual “haze” crisis, which is caused by slash-and-burn agriculture practices, largely […]
According to the United States Geological Survey, the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu was hit by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center is not expecting any tsunami. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
With Ambiente 2016 nearing, organiser Messe Frankfurt GmbH held a press conference on Friday, October 16, 2015 in Manila to encourage Philippine businesses to participate. Below is the official press release. The show to see: Ambiente 2016 is the barometer for trends in the consumer-goods industry Leading international fair welcomes Italy as 5th partner country; Paola Navone is the designer of Italy’s partner country presentation https://youtu.be/seQtU2Tvsps Contract business, sourcing and a top-flight complementary programme. New […]
Residents in the town of Casiguran in northern Aurora province on Wednesday (October 21) began rebuilding their homes and clearing debris from the roads after Typhoon “Lando” tore through the area. Typhoon “Lando”, now downgraded into a tropical depression from a category 4 typhoon, left a trail of destruction in the northeastern Philippines, destroying houses and crops, killing at least 26 people and displacing thousands on Sunday (October 18), the national disaster agency said. Andres Subang, […]
Nearly 400 South Koreans crossed the heavily armed border into North Korea on Tuesday (October 20) to be reunited with family members separated for more than six decades since the 1950-53 Korean War, in an outpouring of emotions and tears. The two Koreas, which are divided and remain in a technical state of war, agreed to hold the family reunions for the first time since February last year after negotiating the end of a standoff […]
China does not seek to change the existing status of territorial claims in the South China Sea with its newly built lighthouses, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday (October 20), arguing that Beijing already had “indisputable sovereignty” in the contested waters. China says its lighthouses on Cuarteron Reef and Johnson South Reef in the Spratly islands will assist navigational security, but experts and diplomats call them a shrewd move to buttress Beijing’s territorial claims. China […]
