Новости за 08.08.2016

Far from his laid back image at the House of Representatives, a combative Senator Manny Pacquiao yesterday pushed for the reimposition of the death penalty and reiterated the necessity of imposing it as a capital punishment for drug trafficking.

Children of homeless families sleeping in a sidewalk in down Cebu City will have to find another place to spend the night now that the city government has announced it will strictly enforce the curfew for minors starting Monday. The curfew will be in effect from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. (Juan Carlo de Vela) /mb.com.p

Has the Japanese simplified the multiplication method for everyone? When I was younger, I knew of a different method that made use of fingers, albeit for the numbers six through ten only. OMGFactsSex, in its Twitter page, shared about the method in a post.   This Is No Surprise, Japan Has Done It Again By Simplifying Multiplication For Everyone https://t.co/bVuaMZRtNa — OMGFactsSex (@OMGFactsSex) August 4, 2016

Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev vowed to send anyone linked to US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen back to Turkey.

Thousands of people took to the streets of a city in eastern China to protest against a possible Sino-French nuclear project.

In a video that has worsened our Monday blues, a woman driver crashed her Mercedes-Benz 380SL Roadster into a USD 300,000 Ferrari 458 Speciale. The incident took place at Katie’s Cars And Coffee in Great Falls, Virginia where the driver failed miserably to parallel park her Mercedes and ended up on the left-side of the bonnet of the […]

Iconic American automobile manufacturer, Jeep, had showcased a few of its models at the 2016 Auto Expo held earlier this year in Delhi-NCR. Models such as the Grand Cherokee, Wrangler and the Grand Cherokee SRT made their Indian debut at the biennial event. The company had then announced that it would start its operations in […]

The Toyota Etios twins has been given a makeover for the Brazilian market. Cosmetic updates are headlined by a sportier front bumper that features a large, black insert, along with a redesigned air dam. The front grille is new as well, and now gets chrome lips. There are no sheet metal changes, but new side […]

Moves are afoot to create a new national youth parliament in Switzerland. The time has come to empower young people in politics, argues Jonas Hirschi, head of a new group for the Swiss Federation of Youth Parliaments. In Switzerland there are 66 youth parliaments at the local and cantonal level. Although in many cases they are organised differently, they have a common denominator: engagement by young people for young people on political themes and for causes that are of concern to the young. At the national level... Читать дальше...

Last year, Bajaj Auto refreshed the only cruiser in the line-up, the Avenger. Formerly available only in a 220cc trim, the company extended the Avenger brand with two new variants, the Avenger Street 150 and the Avenger Street 220. The standard model was christened as the Avenger Cruise 220. Also read: New 2015 Bajaj Avenger 150 Street review : Young […]

MANILA -- With hopes to "rekindle" ties between the Philippines and China, former President Fidel V. Ramos is slated to fly to Hong Kong Monday at 2:35 p.m. to begin his task as special Philippine envoy to China.

MANILA -- Catholic prelates on Monday expressed opposition to the burial of the late President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LMNB) in Taguig City next month.

The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) announced August 8, 2016 an P0.11/kWh decrease per kilo watt hour (kWh) for its electricity rates this month compared to July.