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by Charlotte VAN OUWERKERK Agence France-Presse ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AFP) — Among the cranes and containers of the port of Rotterdam is a surreal sight: a herd of cows peacefully feeding on board what calls itself the world’s first floating farm. In the low-lying Netherlands where land is scarce and climate change is a daily threat, the three-storey glass and steel platform aims to show the “future of breeding”. The buoyant bovines live on the top floor, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States is unlikely to be sent back into lockdown despite a surge in Covid-19 cases stemming from the Delta variant, top US scientist Anthony Fauci said Sunday. America is in for “some pain and suffering in the future” but enough people have now been vaccinated to prevent a repeat of last winter’s deadly surge, the infectious disease expert who advises President Joe Biden told ABC’s “This Week.” “I […]
Caeleb Dressel claimed his fourth Tokyo gold and earned the title of world’s fastest swimmer Sunday with an Olympic-record 21.07 seconds in the 50m freestyle final. The American was untouchable in an event he has dominated in recent years, hitting the wall ahead of France’s Florent Manaudou (21.55), who won gold at London in 2012 and silver at Rio 2016. Brazilian Bruno Fratus (21.57) was third. Dressel had his usual powerful start off the blocks […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Evgeny Rylov led a Russian one-two to win the men’s 100m Olympic backstroke gold medal in Tokyo on Tuesday. The 24-year-old hit the wall in 51.98sec to edge team-mate Kliment Kolesnikov, who touched in 52.00, ahead of American defending champion Ryan Murphy in 52.19. Murphy was bidding to make it seven consecutive Olympic gold medals in the event for the United States. It is the first time since the Moscow Games […]
Eagle Broadcasting Corporation’s NET25 presents its special telecast of the 107th anniversary of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) The program can be viewed through the youtube channel of NET25 through this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1QCg84PLoc ; and the Eagle News Youtube through this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU3232fQ-EY. It can also be viewed through eaglenewslive.com, and through the Facebook pages of NET25 (https://www.facebook.com/NET25TV/videos/1419809268392716) and Eagle News (https://www.facebook.com/EagleNews/videos/613783752918981) (Eagle News Service)
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Chris Paul erupted for 41 points to lead the Phoenix Suns into the NBA Finals on Wednesday with a series-clinching 130-103 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers. The Suns — who squandered the opportunity to wrap up the Western Conference Finals at home on Monday — rebounded at the Staples Center with an emphatic win, taking the best-of-seven series 4-2. Phoenix will face either the Milwaukee Bucks or Atlanta Hawks […]
By Caesar Ramos Vallejos The Iglesia Ni Cristo has scheduled numerous Lingap sa Mamamayan Covid-19 pandemic assistance projects aimed at indigents, the elderly, Muslim groups, and members of the media this May, with additional relief efforts planned for June and beyond focusing on different areas of the NCR Plus bubble. “We’re accelerating our assistance efforts as we continue working hard to defeat Covid-19. The INC is following the lead of Executive Minister Eduardo Manalo in […]
by Will VASSILOPOULOS ALEPOCHORI, Greece (AFP) — More than a dozen Greek villages were evacuated Thursday as firefighters battled the country’s first major blaze of the year on a mountain range overlooking the Gulf of Corinth. No injuries were reported, but “it will be a hard night… we’re fighting in difficult conditions,” junior civil protection minister Nikos Hardalias said. People were evacuated before dawn from the first of 17 villages and hamlets affected after the […]
GAZA CITY, Palestinian (AFP) — Israeli warplanes bombarded the Gaza Strip overnight Sunday to Monday, said witnesses in the Palestinian enclave, from where armed groups have launched rockets into the Jewish state. “IDF fighter jets are striking terror targets in the Gaza Strip,” the Israeli army said in a statement in the first hours of Sunday. Dozens of missiles crashed into different parts of the densely populated coastal territory, AFP journalists said. © Agence France-Presse
by Christophe VOGT GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Countries belonging to the G7 and the European Union can afford to donate more than 150 million vaccines to countries in need without compromising their own goals, UNICEF said Monday. The world’s seven richest states and the EU could help close the world’s vaccine gap by sharing just 20 percent of their June, July and August stocks with the Covax jab scheme for poorer nations, a study by […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Stephen Curry scored 46 points and claimed his second NBA scoring title as the Golden State Warriors won their sixth straight by beating the Memphis Grizzlies 113-101 on Sunday in San Francisco. Curry finished the regular season with a 32.0-point scoring average, claiming the league title over Washington’s Bradley Beal who scored 25 points earlier Sunday to finish at 31.3 points per game. “I had a lot of good […]
