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Mexico and Central American countries approved a plan on Wednesday (January 20) for more flights that would allow thousands of Cubans stranded in Costa Rica to continue on to the United States. Regional governments meeting in Guatemala earlier this week deemed as a “success” the first pilot trip last week, when 180 Cubans flew to El Salvador, took a bus to Mexico and received transit visas to go to the U.S. border. Costa Rica’s Deputy […]
Washington D.C., New York and other East Coast cities readied fleets of snow plows, thousands of flights were canceled or delayed and residents stocked up on groceries on Thursday ahead of a winter storm expected to dump up to 30 inches (76 cm) of snow on the region. At least five states had declared emergencies by Thursday afternoon, as the season’s first major Atlantic Coast storm started to move over the Mid-South before barreling on […]
A nail-biting time it certainly is – and if traders in Frankfurt were hoping for a magic rabbit from the European Central Bank (ECB) – they didn’t get it. But they did get a promise – after interest rates were held again at record low levels. MARIO DRAGHI, EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT: “It will therefore be necessary to review and possibly reconsider our monetary policy stance at our next meeting in early March.” The market crash […]
The rouble slumped to new all-time lows on Thursday (January 21) as speculative pressure on the currency built, piling pressure on policymakers and reinforcing fears about the fragility of the commodity-dependent economy. Pushed down by a collapse in global prices of oil that has soured sentiment for Russian assets, the rouble broke through 83 roubles per dollar for the first time before later slumping to 86 per dollar. Chief economist with Alfa Bank, Natalia Orlova, […]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention on Thursday (January 21) discussed new guidelines for doctors caring for pregnant women who might have been exposed to Zika virus, a mosquito-borne infection that can cause brain damage in a developing fetus. The new guidelines, first reported by Reuters, include a warning to pregnant women to avoid travel to 14 countries and territories in the Caribbean and Latin America affected by the virus. They include: […]
Last year’s global average temperature was the hottest ever by the widest margin on record, two U.S. government agencies said on Wednesday (January 20), adding to pressure for deep greenhouse gas emissions cuts scientists say are needed to arrest warming that is disrupting the global climate. Data from U.S. space agency NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration showed that in 2015, the average temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.62 degrees […]
Thai authorities arrested a group of activists wanted for attempting to demonstrate against the military last month, police said on Thursday, the latest arrest of dissidents in the junta-ruled country. Soldiers detained one student activist from the New Democracy opposition group late on Wednesday and police arrested a further three members of the group on Thursday (January 21). They were the latest arrests by the army, which took power in a May 2014 coup and […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (January 21) – With the advent of ride-sharing apps, their safety levels are quite impressive. Two leading apps, like Uber and Grab Car, provide the full information of the driver; his photo, plate number, car model and contact number. Instinctively, the passenger would share these details to their friends and family for emergency. But what if the given unpredictability of events dug you into possibilities of rape, holdap, and kidnap by the driver […]
Dalawang magkaibang species ng pawikan ang nahuli ng mga mangingisda sa Ipil, Zamboanga, Sibugay. Agad naman itong ipinagbigay alam sa mga awtoridad para maobserbahan ang mga nahuling pawikan bago ito pinakawalan. (Agila Probinsya Correspondent Jen Alicante)
Sa Pangasinan, matagumpay na naisagawa ang isang choir competition na tinawag na “Himig Kaligtasa.” Ang mga kalahok sa nasabing patimpalak ay mga choir member na kaanib sa Iglesia Ni Cristo. (Agila Probinsya Correspondet Juvy Barraca)
British singer Adele captures the world record for the fastest music video to reach 1 billion views for her comeback single, “Hello”. According to the Guinness World Record, Adele was able to reach 1 billion views 84 days after being uploaded. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
In a list released by Forbes, New York Knicks took the top spot as the most valuable National Basketball Association (NBA) team with a value of $3 billion compared to Los Angeles Lakers’ value of $2.6 billion. Also included in the list are Chicago Bulls and Boston Celtics. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
