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A Springfield, Oregon hospital, near where a mass shooting on a college campus left ten people dead, prepared for additional emergency medical personnel on Thursday (October 1) in order to handle the casualties it was expecting. “We called in multiple extra resources, surgeons, emergency physicians, nursing and others. In the meantime, we’ve been preparing also outside the actual medical arena by helping support some of the families, by setting up family resources, lodging and areas […]
World leaders agreed on Wednesday (September 30) that the global community must help shoulder the burden of the migrant crisis in Europe, but they don’t seem to be any further in being able to forge a clear path forward on exactly how it ought to be done. At a special U.N. meeting held on the sidelines of the General Assembly in New York, U.N. Chief Ban Ki-Moon recalled the image that swept across social media […]
The U.S. state of Georgia executed its only woman on death row on Wednesday (September 30), marking the first time in 70 years the state has carried out a death sentence on a woman, a prison official said. Kelly Gissendaner, 47, died by lethal injection at 12:21 a.m. EDT at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, a prison spokeswoman said. “She was praying, and when she was not singing she was praying, and became […]
An Afghan family with two of its family members refuging in Europe is eager to reunite with them there. Mujitaba Sediq, a young resident in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, is running a stationery to support his family. Owing to the turbulent situation in Afghan, Mujitaba’s elder brother lost his job as a translator in a foreigner-owned enterprise in Kabul. Seeing that it’s difficult to live in Afghanistan, the whole family decided to send Mujitaba’s elder brother […]
Based on satellite photographs, China already completed the construction of an airstrip in the Fiery Cross reef in the disputed Spratlys Island. Said airstrip is the largest and first Chinese base in the disputed territory.China is reported to be constructing two more airstrips. <em>(Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)</em>
The lawyer for the prime suspect in investigations into August’s deadly Bangkok bomb blast said on Wednesday (September 30) that his client was told to plant the bomb by another man. Fourteen foreigners were among those killed in the attack, the worst incident of its kind in Thai history. It dealt a fresh blow to a tourism industry recovering from the impact of political protests last year. Authorities said on Friday (September 25) the man […]
France’s foreign minister took a swipe at Russia on Tuesday (September 29) saying that it has talked a lot about striking Islamic State, but that if it wanted to prove its real intentions in Syria then it should stop “media strikes” and carry out real ones. “Those who are against Daesh [Islamic State], are those who strike Daesh. There’s no question about it. It’s simple,” Laurent Fabius told reporters in New York at the French […]
The U.S. military needs to improve its ability to deter attacks on its computer networks, and is working to make them more costly for U.S. adversaries, top U.S. military and intelligence officials told a Senate hearing on Tuesday (September 29). In the hearing, officials also expressed skepticism about a recent agreement with China to stop cyber attacks, and said more is needed to combat the Islamic State’s online recruitment. U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert […]
Iglesia Ni Cristo members in Burlingame, California defended the church against a small group of protesters who held a rally in the said area. This report from Eagle News U.S. Bureau.
Typhoon Dujuan hit southwestern China on Tuesday (September 29), causing gusty winds and rains, state media reported. Dujuan made landfall at around 8:50 a.m. (0050 GMT) in the coastal city of Putian after sweeping through parts of Taiwan, CCTV said. The Tropical Storm Risk website downgraded Dujuan to a Category 3 typhoon, from an earlier Category 4 status and estimated it would lose strength on Tuesday. In the neighbouring province of Zhejiang, torrential winds hit […]
Two suspected Islamic State militants have been killed and three arrested by Saudi security forces in coordinated raids in Ryadh and the eastern city of Dammam. (Photo captured from Reuters video) Two suspected Islamic State militants were killed and three were arrested by Saudi security forces in coordinated raids in the capital Riyadh and the eastern city of Dammam, the Interior Ministry said on Monday (September 28). The statement carried by state news agency […]
U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Monday (September 28) that more than 50 states had pledged some 30,000 new troops and police for possible deployment on United Nations peacekeeping missions. “More than 50 countries, from Bangladesh to Colombia, from Finland to China, are making commitments totaling more than 30,000 new troops and police,” Obama told a summit of world leaders organized by the United States to boost support for U.N. peacekeeping. China’s President Xi Jinping […]
