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A U.S. appeals court on Monday (May 18) reversed part of the $930 million (USD) verdict that Apple Inc won in 2012 against Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, saying the iPhone maker’s trade dress could not be protected. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the patent infringement violations found by the jury. But the $382 million awarded for trade dress dilution will have to be reconsidered by the lower court. Trade dress […]
Thailand’s defence minister, General Pravit Wongsuwan, on Monday (May 18) denied that the country was pushing migrant boats back into the open sea. Pravit presided over a meeting with the Royal Thai Navy’s Region 3 in the country’s southern beach town of Phuket, to follow up on the navy’s operation on the migrant crisis in southeast Asia. Southeast Asian governments have so far shown little sign of a coordinated response to the boatloads of Bangladeshi […]
Former Grand Slam doubles tennis champion Bob Hewitt was sentenced to six years in prison by a South African court in Pretoria on Monday (May 18) after being found guilty of two counts of rape and a charge of sexual assault of minors. The Australian-born Hewitt, 75, was found guilty of assaulting three under-age girls during his time coaching children in South Africa in the 1980s and 1990s. Before sentencing, Hewitt pleaded with the court […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Monday (May 18) for reforming the World Health Organization to make it more nimble in responding to crises like Ebola that has killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa. Merkel, opening the WHO’s annual nine-day ministerial meeting, said that Germany would contribute 200 million euros to help developing countries boost their defences against infectious diseases, including 70 million euros for West Africa. The WHO and its director-general Margaret […]
A column of 3,000 Shi’ite militia fighters arrived at a military base near Ramadi on Monday as Baghdad moved to retake the western Iraqi city that has fallen to Islamic State militants in the biggest defeat for the government since mid-2014. Setting the stage for renewed fighting over the city, Islamic State militants advanced in armored vehicles from Ramadi towards the base where the Shi’ite paramilitaries were massing for a counter-offensive, witnesses and a military […]
Nearly 200 people were arrested on Monday a shootout between rival motorcycle gangs a day earlier where nine people were killed and 18 injured at a restaurant that law enforcement called a horrific crime scene. The bikers from at least five rival gangs attacked each other with guns, knives, brass knuckles, clubs and motorcycle chains at a Twin Peaks Sports Bar and Grill in the central Texas city of Waco. No bystanders or police were […]
MAY 18 (ASEAN Secretariat News) — ASEAN Senior Officials on Culture and the Arts met at the ASEAN Secretariat last week, 12-14 May, to set policies and strategies on promoting the culture and art sector of the ASEAN region. They also discussed how to celebrate the launching of ASEAN Community by the end of 2015, as well as ways for culture and the arts to contribute to building a people-oriented, people-centred ASEAN. “A key challenge […]
MAY 18 (Reuters) — Local Indonesian authorities in Aceh said on Monday (May 18) that shelters for migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh, lack basic showering facilities. Nearly 800 migrants came ashore in Aceh in Indonesia on Friday (May 15), taking the number that have made land in Indonesia and the northwest of Malaysia to more than 2,500 over the past week. One local Indonesian government official said while they had enough food for the migrants, […]
Dahil sa mataas na bilang ng kaso ng mga vehicular accident sa lalawigan ng quirino ay naalarma ang Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Kaya naman bilang tugon ng DPWH sa problemang ito ay kasalukuyan silang naglalagay ng karagdagang mga signage sa mga intersection, sharp curve at accident prone area. (Agila Probinsya Correspondent Rustie Lorenzo, Eagle News Service MRFaith Bonalos, Dexter Magno)
SAN JOSE, CAMARINES SUR – The Municipality of San Jose, Philips Electric and Lighting Inc. plus the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Philippines) signed a formal partnership to illuminate San Jose Port, a tuna landing site, using solar-powered LED lights. The signing was held during the municipality’s Fishers’ Day, which saw local fisherfolk take part in a fishing competition and a cook-off as part of the annual weeklong town fiesta. May is also the Month […]
MAY 18 — The Guinness Book of World Records named “Merlin” as the cat with the loudest purr in the world, stating that its purr is comparable to a dishwasher. (London, England) (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Dexter Magno, MRFaith Bonalos)
VALENZUELA City, Philippines, May 18 (Eagle News) — The local government of Valenzuela City formed a task force to ensure that all business establishments follow the fire safety standards. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Dexter Magno, MRFaith Bonalos)
