Новости за 24.09.2015

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will meet US leader Barack Obama during his visit to the UN in New York on Monday, as the US frets about a military buildup by Moscow in Syria. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed to Russian news wires that the meeting will go ahead after the two leaders address the […]

President Vladimir Putin called pop star Elton John and suggested a meeting, his spokesman said Thursday, after the British singer was tricked last week by a prankster impersonating the Russian leader. “Putin… had a talk with Elton John,” his spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, quoted by RIA Novosti state news agency. The Russian leader told […]

PAGASA reported that Severe tropical storm ‘Jenny’ maintained strength as it slowly moves West Northwest. In the 11:00pm report, the weather bureau said that the location of the tropical storm’s center was estimated at 1,130 km East of Calayan Island, Cagayan (19.0°N, 132.1°E) and was expected to move West Northwest at 7kph. It had maximum […]

The number of Iranians among the hundreds killed Thursday in a stampede during the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia has reached 90, an official told state media. Said Ohadi, head of Iran’s hajj organisation, outlined the toll — double that of his last update — on state television and radio, noting that the […]

The White House on Thursday offered condolences after a “heartbreaking” stampede in Saudi Arabia that left more than 700 Muslim pilgrims dead. “The United States expresses its deepest condolences to the families of the hundreds of Hajj pilgrims killed and hundreds more injured in the heartbreaking stampede in Mina, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” said […]

A powerful 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck the eastern Indonesian region of Papua on Friday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The undersea quake hit at a depth of 24 kilometres (14 miles) at about 1:00 am (1600 GMT), 30 kilometres from Sorong, in West Papua province, the US Geological Survey said. The USGS […]

A powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck in the eastern Indonesian region of Papua on Friday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The undersea quake hit at a depth of 64 kilometres (40 miles) at about 1:00 am local time (1600 GMT), 30 kilometres from Sorong, in West Papua province, the US Geological Survey […]

Mr. Vice-President, Mr. Speaker, Honorable Members of Congress, Dear Friends,   I am most grateful for your invitation to address this Joint Session of Congress in “the land of the free and the home of the brave”. I would like to think that the reason for this is that I too am a son […]

A group of netizens are expecting more Filipinos to participate in its comprehensive election coverage that  makes use social networks and multimedia platforms to expose electoral fraud and violence and document electoral process. Blog Watch, The Philippine Online Chronicles, and #juanvote, POC.net announced Thursday the start of its 2016 presidential elections coverage at the media […]

The Muslims mark today the Eid’l Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice which honors the willingness of Abrahan (Ibrahim) to sacrifice his son as act of submission to God’s command. In recent years, several Filipino movies have had Muslims either as main character in or core of the stories. Here are some of them: ‘Bagong […]

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A government minister signaled Thursday that troubled R&B singer Chris Brown won’t be allowed to tour Australia in December because of his criminal conviction for assaulting pop star Rihanna. Michaelia Cash, who was assistant minister for Immigration and Border Protection before a Cabinet reshuffle this week, said she would recommend that […]

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Mexican singers Leonel Garcia and Natalia Lafourcade beat out newcomers for the most Latin Grammy nominations, announced Wednesday. The awards, considered the most prestigious in Spanish- and Portuguese-language music, will be unveiled November 19 at a gala in Las Vegas. The song “Hasta la Raiz”(“Up to the Root”), which Lafourcade sings […]

MEXICO CITY (AFP) – Julio Iglesias announced on his 72nd birthday on Wednesday that “Mexico” will be his last studio album, but the iconic Spanish crooner insisted he would keep singing “until I’m 150.” Presenting the album in Mexico City, Iglesias said that recording music in a studio is “complicated” and takes too much time. […]

SINGAPORE – The hazy conditions in Singapore have further deteriorated since Wednesday night, as denser haze from Sumatra has been blown in by the prevailing southerly winds, said Singapore’s National Environment Agency (NEA) on Thursday(September 24, 2015). The 1-hour concentrations of PM2.5 in the morning was recorded at 96- 199g/m3, and the 3-hour PSI was 183, […]

The Catholic church will provide housing for 150 homeless New Yorkers in honor of Pope Francis’ visit, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office said in a statement on September 23, 2015. This is the first announcement stemming from a new initiative between New York City and religious leaders to use places of worship to […]

President Benigno S. Aquino III confirmed that he met with Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo, two of her three daughters, and Liberal Party standard-bearer Manuel Roxas II on September 22, 2015 to discuss the possibility of Robredo running for vice president. “Wala pang tapos na usapan. Mag-uusap kami ulit, pero maganda ‘yung parang clearing the […]

Tropical Storm Jenny has intensified its strength but decelerated its speed as it continues to move west northwest, according to Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Thursday. PAGASA weather forecaster Aldczar Aurelio said as of Thursday (September 24, 2015) morning, Jenny was spotted 1,280 km east of Calayan, Cagayan (19.5N, 133.7E). Aurelio said the tropical […]

CAIRO  — President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi pardoned and released two Al-Jazeera English journalists on September 23, 2015, ending a case that was widely condemned by human rights groups and had raised questions about Egypt’s commitment to democracy and free speech. The move to free Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian national Baher Mohammed came days before […]

SEATTLE — Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, billionaire investor Warren Buffett and other top American and Chinese business leaders, vowing that his country would work to remove barriers to foreign investment and improve intellectual property protections. Xi’s conference with the business leaders in Seattle was part of a busy day. He […]

BRUSSELS — European Union leaders, faced with a staggering migration crisis and deep divisions over how to tackle it, managed to agree early Thursday to boost border controls to ease the influx and to send €1 billion ($1.1 billion) to international agencies helping refugees at camps near their home countries. The leaders also said that […]