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ZHENGZHOU, Sept. 8 (PNA/Xinhua) — A Chinese bus maker announced Monday that its driverless bus has completed a successful trial-operation on an intercity road in central China’s Henan Province. The 10.5-meter hybrid bus by Yutong Bus Co., Ltd., ran around 32.6 kilometers on the intercity road linking Zhengzhou City with Kaifeng City in late August, according to Yutong. The driverless bus has passed all tests including identifying all 26 traffic lights on the road, automatically […]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (PNA/Xinhua) — Seven weeks after its historic flyby of Pluto, NASA’s New Horizons probe now began to transmit the tens of gigabits of data it collected about the dwarf planet back to Earth. The transmission rate of the July 14 encounter data, however, is especially slow, at only 1-4 kilobits per second, considering the spacecraft’s 4.8 billion-kilometer distance from Earth, which means a radio signal delay of 4.5 hours. As a result, […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium, September 8 (Reuters) — The European Commission announced a 500 million euro ($557 million) package of measures on Monday (September 7) to provide relief for farmers stung by slumping prices, triggered partly by the loss of exports to Russia due to EU sanctions against the country. The crisis has triggered a wave of protests which culminated on Monday with nearly 5,000 farmers and more than 1,000 tractors arriving in Brussels, where an emergency […]
SEOUL, September 8 (Reuters) — Families torn apart by the Korean War six decades ago are to reunite briefly near the heavily fortified border of North and South Korea next month under a deal reached between the two sides on Tuesday (September 8), according to a statement from the South. “With regard to the reunions of the separated families, we agreed to hold the reunions from October 20 to 26 at Mount Kumgang. And the […]
BOHOL, Setyembre 8 (Agila Probinsya) — Inilunsad ng Provincial Government at Department of Trade and Industry ang Bohol Negosyo Center noong Biyernes, Setyembre 4 na sinaksihan ni Senador Bam Aquino IV. Ang Negosyo Center ay naglalayong matulungan ang Small at Medium Scale Entrepreneurs na madagdagan ang kanilang puhunan na maaring magamit ng mga negosyante sa pagpapalaki ng kanilang mga negosyo. (Agila Probinsya Correspondent Angie Valmores)
ZAMBALES, Setyembre 8 (Agila Probinsya) — Sabay-sabay na nagsagawa ng linis bayan ang mga miyembro ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa lalawigan ng Zambales, partikular na sa mga bayan ng Botolan, Iba, Palauig, Masinloc at Sta. Cruz. Dala ang mga panlinis gaya ng walis tingting, dustpan, kalaykay ay nilinis nila ang harap ng mga pangunahing establishimento sa bawat bayan, gaya ng harap ng mga munisipyo, maging ang kapitolyo ng lalawigan ay nakinabang sa gawaing ito ng […]
GERMANY, September 8 (Reuters) — Scientists in Germany have come up with a method for extracting the precious element germanium from plants. The element is a semi-conductor and was used to develop the first transistor because it is able to transport electrical charges extremely quickly. Nowadays, silicon-germanium alloy is indispensable to modern life, crucial in making computers, smartphones and fiber-optic cables. Transparent in infra-red light, germanium is also used in intelligent steering systems and parking […]
HUNGARY, September 8 (Reuters) — Migrants and refugees walking through Hungary complained on Monday (September 7) that police were preventing them from making their way to Budapest. The police initially escorted the group, who were heading to the Hungarian capital after leaving a migrant camp on the border. At Roszke, on Hungary’s frontier with Serbia, around 300 migrants broke through a cordon around a reception camp and set off down the wrong side of the […]
MEXICO City, September 8 (Reuters) — Police in Colombia and Mexico have seized more than two tonnes of cocaine after a sniffer dog discovered part of the consignment which had been dyed black and registered as an ingredient in print cartridges, Colombian police said on Monday (September 7). The shipment, part of which was found in the cargo terminal of Bogota’s international airport, was destined for the Mexican state of Sinaloa, home to the infamous […]
DIPOLOG CITY, Sep. 8 — Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Sec. Teresita Quintos-Deles told the region’s top business leaders at the second day of their two-day Mindanao Business Conference (MinBizCon) being held in Dipolog City September 2-3 that that “if the Philippines is to grow, if it is to gain a leading place within the Southeast Asian region and the entire global community, we will have to continually work towards the intertwined goals of peace and […]
MANILA, Philippines, September 8 — Vice President Jejomar Binay on Monday, September 7 met with members of the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) to get the party’s support for his 2016 presidential bid. It was the first time the Vice President formally met with members of the NPC, most of whom had openly expressed support for Binay’s toughest rival, senator Grace Poe. The son of businessman Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco — former Pangasinan Representative Mark Cojuangco said […]
MANILA, Philippines, September 8 — The palace defended Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Francis Tolentino from people calling for his resignation. “Patuloy ang tiwala at kumpiyansa ni Pangulong Benigno S. Aquino III kay MMDA Chairman Tolentino sa kanyang pagganap ng tungkulin.” “Sa nakalipas na limang taon, ipinakita ni Chairman Tolentino ang isang hands-on, ‘can do’ management style ng agarang pagtugon sa pangangailangan ng mga mamamayan bunsod ng bagyo at pagbaha at paghahanda sa matitinding […]
