Новости за 26.01.2016

Military authorities responded Tuesday, January 26, to a report of gunshots at a building on the campus Naval Medical Center San Diego in San Diego, California.

Facebook's Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared a photo of what his closet looked like, and it was all grey in different shades.

A month after One Direction announced their hiatus, the British boy band released the new music video for their single History on YouTube, January 27, which will surely make every Directioner nostalgic.

Danish lawmakers voted Tuesday, January 26, to let police seize valuables worth more than $1,500 from asylum-seekers to help cover their housing and food costs while their cases were being processed.

Asia’s first locally-produced, regionally-syndicated music chart program has announced its awards for No. 1 Song and No. 1 Artist in Asia for 2015. The annual countdown of the top 140 songs of 2015 on the Asia Pop 40 chart played-out on-air throughout January and was based purely on their ranking in the AP40 chart and the number of weeks they appeared during the year. Grammy® Award-nominated and Brit Award-winning artist Ed Sheeran’s smash hit Thinking Out Loud has been named as Asia Pop 40‘s Number One Song for 2015... Читать дальше...

Brazil's health minister said the country will mobilize some 220,000 troops to battle the mosquito blamed for spreading a virus suspected of causing birth defects, but he also was quoted Tuesday, January 26, as saying the battle already is being lost.

There are many people like me who are constantly on their earphones while working out, doing chores or commuting around the city. It has become a sort of lifestyle to pass time with music, radio, podcasts or audiobooks when undertaking a number of routine tasks—especially those that include a lot of standing around and waiting in line. The whole endeavor might even prove enjoyable with the quality of what you are listening to, but the medium being used can make or break the overall experience. Technology... Читать дальше...

By AFP, Roy C. Mabasa, and Genalyn D. Kabiling Japan’s Emperor Akihito pledged yesterday to honor those who died in one of World War II’s deadliest battles, as he began a historic visit to the Philippines. Akihito, 82, and his wife, Empress Michiko, 81, will visit two war memorials during the five-day trip, the first by a reigning Japanese emperor to the Southeast Asian nation. ‘TOGETHER WE STAND’ – Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are accorded arrival honors by President Aquino at the... Читать дальше...

The Philippines welcomes Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko who are here for a five-day state visit. This is the first official visit by a Japanese emperor to the Philippines, although Akihito and Micihiko came to Manila in 1962 when they were still crown prince and crown princess. The visit has been described by some as a pacifist pilgrimage and they will be visiting the final resting places of both Japanese and non-Japanese who died in World War II. He had previously journeyed to battle sites in the Pacific ... Читать дальше...

Taking advantage of a rare quorum in the last five days of session, the House of Representatives quickly approved on third and final reading a bill granting local government units added powers in expropriating lands for the homeless families. Voting 171 for and 0 against, congressmen passed House Bill 6342, “An Act Strengthening the Right of Local Government Units to Expropriate Lands for the Benefit of the Landless.” Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo Benitez, who was elected to head the House bicameral conference panel... Читать дальше...

We have another kababayan to root for. Irene Alano-Rhodes from Manila made it through the blind auditions on Season 5 of “The Voice UK.”

Being fascinated by Nature. Having an eye for what the world has to offer. Being open for opinions and visions of others. Feeling out what the limits of the materials are. Deploying all senses to come to the essence of natural design. Natural rhythms and structures as an exhaustible source of inspiration. Getting fascinated by materials that are accidentally thrown in your face. Materials that are washed ashore on an unexpected place. They raise questions. The growth of plants in a natural rhythm makes you wonder. Читать дальше...

Vice presidential aspirant Senator Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV said President Benigno Aquino III would be cleared from any liability if the information given during executive sessions of the Senate’s investigation into the bloody Jan. 25 incident in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, were publicly released.

(Bloomberg) -- The Philippine central bank governor said there’s no need for now to shore up his economy with lower interest rates, putting the onus on fiscal policy to help sustain a historic pick-up in the Southeast Asian nation in recent years.

After taking a hiatus from an upcoming album and focusing on her worldwide concert tour, Katy Perry recently hinted on what her new music will sound like.

With a one letter shift from lower to upper case, the South Korean venue for the 2018 Winter Olympics, Pyeongchang, hopes to ensure visitors don't end up flying to the capital of North Korea by mistake.

Temperature in Baguio City on Tuesday morning dropped to a record low of 10.8 degrees Celsius for this year, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).

Vice presidential candidate Sen. Antonio F. Trillanes IV accused presidential candidate Vice President Jejomar C. Binay of being bare-faced liar as the Senate Blue Ribbon sub-committee concluded yesterday its 25th hearing on the alleged web of corruption spun by the Binay family in the Makati city government.

President Benigno Aquino welcomed Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at the Villamor Airbase on Tuesday afternoon (Jan. 26, 2016), at 2:55 p.m.

An airman was killed during an encounter with an estimated 15 New People's Army (NPA) bandits in Batangas Monday night.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - "The X-Files" actor David Duchovny got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday, a day after the cult television series returned to small screens to fanfare in the US.

MOSCOW, (PNA/Sputnik) –- The Zika virus, for which there is no vaccine, is likely to spread across Americas, the World Health Organization said Monday.