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NEW YORK Mon Aug 4, 2014 3:32pm EDT (Reuters) – Oscar winner Sandra Bullock is Hollywood’s highest paid actress with estimated earnings of $51 million over 12 months, followed by Jennifer Lawrence and Jennifer Aniston, Forbes magazine said on Monday. Bullock, 50, had a big hit last year with the space thriller film “Gravity,” which won seven Academy Awards including best director for Alfonso Cuaron, and made more than $716 million worldwide. The best actress […]
By Umaru Fofana and Clair MacDougall FREETOWN/MONROVIA Mon Aug 4, 2014 9:51pm EDT (Reuters) – Hundreds of troops deployed in Sierra Leone and Liberia on Monday to quarantine communities hit by the deadly Ebola virus, as the death toll from the worst-ever outbreak reached 887 and three new cases were reported in Nigeria. With healthcare systems in the West Africa nations overrun by the epidemic, the African Development Bank and World Bank said they would […]
By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO Mon Aug 4, 2014 9:33pm EDT (Reuters) – Japan finds itself surrounded by a worsening security environment as North Korea pushes forward with missile development and China and Russia step up military activity in the region, Japan’s Defence Ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry’s annual white paper comes after intermittent testing by North Korea of ballistic missiles in defiance of a U.N. ban, and a record number of scrambles by Japanese […]
According to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board, the major cause of heavy traffic is the lack of discipline among drivers. As such, the Land Transportation Office will implement stricter requirements for those who are applying new driver’s license as well as training for those who will renew their licenses.
The Ilocos region and central Luzon as well as Metro Manila will experience rains as typhoon “Jose” affects the “habagat” weather system. The PAGASA did not raise public storm signals in any part of the country.
By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Lin Noueihed and Allyn Fisher-Ilan GAZA/CAIRO/JERUSALEM – Mon Aug 4, 2014 9:15pm EDT (Reuters) – Israel and Islamist Hamas were expected to hold their fire for three days starting on Tuesday, under terms of an Egyptian-brokered truce, while launching negotiations to cement a long-term deal to end a four-week Gaza war. The ceasefire was the latest of several failed attempts to stop what has been the worst Israeli-Palestinian fighting in two years. […]
Chinese media release footage of earthquake-stricken Yunnan province.
Israel troops were redeployed near the Gaza border following an air strike in a United Nations school, resulting in 10 civilian deaths.
In a bid to discredit whistleblower Benhur Luy, alleged pork barrel scam mastermind, Janet Lim Napoles, now wants the Sandiganbayan to subpoena Luy’s travel records from 2004-2013.
The Supreme Court enjoys higher approval and trust ratings compared to the Congress, according to the latest Pulse Asia survey.
At least 381 were killed as a magnitude 6.5 earthquake hits the Chinese province of Yunnan.
The trust ratings of legislators continue to fall following of arrests and incarceration of senators tagged in the pork barrel scandal and the Supreme Court’s ruling that the DAP is unconstitutional.
