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The Rio 2016 opening and closing ceremonies are to cost ten times less than those in London 2012, according to the team of directors. The opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro next year will cost ten times less than those in London 2012, the team of directors announced on Tuesday (September 22) as the group met in the host city to discuss the plans, which still remain […]
West African heads of state are set to travel to Ouagadougou to reinstall the country’s deposed interim leader in a bid to find a peaceful end to the political crisis in Burkina Faso. The presidents of several African nations were due to travel to Burkina Faso’s capital on a mission to negotiate the peaceful roll-back of a coup by presidential guard soldiers last week, it was announced on Tuesday (September 22). After extensive meetings in […]
(Reuters) — About 1,000 pro-democracy activists rallied outside Hong Kong government headquarters on Monday (September 28) to mark the first anniversary of protests that crippled parts of the Chinese-controlled city for weeks but failed to secure electoral reforms. The demonstrations last year, when activists streamed on to highways to demand full democracy, became the biggest political challenge to Beijing’s Communist Party leaders in years. Police, keen to avoid any repeat of last year’s occupations, far […]
Sighs and cries of anguish and joy were heard in the South Korean Red Cross office, where a computer lottery selected candidates for the upcoming family reunions this month. The lottery drawn on the Red Cross computer randomly selected 500 from nearly 130,000 names of South Koreans looking for family members in North Korea. About 66,000 of them are still alive, with most aged 70 or more. The process of choosing which families to participate […]
The French military released on Sunday (September 27) footage showing its first air strikes in Syria, which it says destroyed an Islamic State training camp in the east of the country to prevent the group from carrying out attacks against the France’s interests and to protect Syrian civilians. France had until now only struck Islamic State targets in neighbouring Iraq, carrying out just 3 percent of air strikes in an offensive on the group by […]
Brethren all over the world participated in the “Most Extensive Proclamation of God’s words” or the “Dakilang Pamamahayag ng mga Salita ng Diyos” officiated by the Iglesia Ni Cristo’s, Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo. Said event is the largest evangelical mission in the history of the church and have been witness simultaneously worldwide. One of the remote sites in the locale congregation of Navy Gate Abu Dhabi, ecclesiastical district of United Arab Emirates Brethren […]
As one of the remote sites chosen, members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo gather in Ontario, Canada to view the historic evangelical mission to be led by Bro. Eduardo V. Manalo, Executive Minister of the Church. Said event will be held at the Philippine Arena and will be viewed simultaneously in various remote sites around the world. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
According to seismologists, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit the Indonesian province of West Papua. There is no tsunami warning raised in the aftermath of said earthquake. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Dexter Magno, MRFaith Bonalos)
After the deadly Hajj pilgrimage stampede that resulted in more than 700 dead, King Salman of Saudi Arabia ordered the review of the organization of the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca. The king also ordered the investigation of the said stampede. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Dexter Magno, MRFaith Bonalos)
According to Saudi civil defense officials, 717 deaths were recorded in the stampede that occurred during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia with 800 others recorded as injured. Said stampede occurred in Mina which is near Mecca. <em>(Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Dexter Magno, MRFaith Bonalos)</em>
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington on Thursday (September 24) for a state visit and talks with President Barack Obama that are expected to be clouded by differences over alleged Chinese cyber spying, Beijing’s economic policies and territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Cyber security remains a hot issue in the U.S. – Chinese relations as Washington is considering sanctions against Chinese companies and individuals it accuses of stealing U.S. trade secrets. Responding […]
At least 717 pilgrims were killed on Thursday (September 24) in a stampede outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi authorities said, the worst disaster to strike the annual haj pilgrimage in 25 years. At least 805 others were injured in the crush at Mina, a few kilometres east of Mecca, caused by two large groups of pilgrims arriving together at a crossroads on their way to performing the “stoning the devil” ritual at […]
