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#Nixel's blog                     *Imelda Marcos' Jewels 💎 to Go on Sale After Green Light from 🇵🇭 Philippine President* The jewelry of former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos, famed for her extravagant spending and vast shoe collection, will go on sale with the proceeds going to benefit the Philippine public, the president’s spokesman said on Thursday. The government’s assets recovery body had sought President Rodrigo Duterte’s approval for the sale of one of the three sets of jewelry confiscated three decades ago after the fall of Imelda’s husband, the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. The collection, seized in Hawaii, where Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos lived in exile, includes a rare 25-carat, barrel shaped diamond which London-based auction house Christie’s said in 2015 could be valued at $5 million. The government had tried to auction the collections in the past but Imelda Marcos, now 89, had contested the move. Th...

#Nixel's blog *'World's Smallest' Surviving Premature Baby👶, Born Weighing Just 245g. Released from 🇺🇸 US Hospital* A baby born weighing just 245g (8.6oz) and 23 cm (9 inches), believed to be the tiniest on record to survive premature birth, has been discharged from hospital in the US. Baby Saybie weighed the same as a large apple when she was born at 23 weeks and three days in December 2018. Fighting for life, she was transferred to the intensive care unit at Sharp Mary Birch Hospital in San Diego, California. Doctors told Saybie's parents she had just hours to live. But five months on, she was discharged weighing a healthy 5.6 pounds (2.5kg), confounding all expectations. The Tiniest Babies Registry said Saybie is thought to be the world's smallest surviving premature baby. The previous record was held by a baby girl from Germany, born weighing 252g (8.9oz) in 2015, according to the registry, operated by the University of Iowa. A baby...

                              Nixel's blog A shallow 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of El Salvador on Thursday near San Salvador, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake struck around 40 kilometers south of the capital at a depth of 65 kilometers, said the USGS.  A tsunami warning was issued and classes in coastal areas were canceled. The tremor was reportedly felt in several countries including Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. There have been no immediate reports of casualties.         Source:  CGTN

                         #Nixel's blog     NAIROBI, May 29 (Xinhua) — Financial policymakers and experts drawn from institutions and enterprises in China and Africa met in Nairobi on Tuesday to discuss how to accelerate investment and collaboration for financial inclusion in Africa.   At the “2019 China-Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Summit,” which followed a similar event held in Beijing in September 2017, the professionals are discussing how to promote the global development agenda of digital financial inclusion (DFI) by building a collaboration platform between China and Africa to facilitate knowledge sharing, partnerships, and investments. The event, which touches on DFI innovation and development in Kenya and Africa in general, saw leading Chinese digital financial inclusion organizations displaying cases in DFI in China. In his opening remarks, Bei Duoguang, president of Chinese Ac...

                         #Nixel's blog At least 21 people died in a fiery accident in the southeastern Mexican state of Veracruz on Wednesday when a bus collided with a semi-trailer truck, a state official and various local media outlets reported. After the two vehicles collided on the mountain road, the bus rolled over on one side and caught fire. Roberto Hernández, the civil defense director for Nogales township, said the exit doors of the tumbled bus were blocked. Photos and videos circulating on social media showed the bus and truck engulfed in flames. The bus was traveling from Mexico City to Tuxtla Gutierrez in the southern state of Chiapas when the accident occurred in the state of Veracruz near the municipality of Maltrata. A rescue team works at the vehicle-colliding scene in Coatzacoalcos, state of Veracruz, Mexico, May 29, 2019.  /VCG Photo Initial reports said 20...

                             #Nixel's blog Chinese telecom company Huawei held on to its spot as the world's second-biggest smartphone vendor in the first quarter, before being blacklisted by the United States, research and advisory firm Gartner said. Gartner also said Huawei continued to reduce the gap with Samsung, but warned that growth could be limited in the near term. The United States on May 15 blocked Huawei from buying U.S. goods saying the company was involved in activities contrary to national security. The Trump administration softened its stance last week by granting Huawei a license to buy U.S. goods until August 19. Gartner said Samsung retained its top spot in worldwide smartphone sales, achieving a 19.2-percent market share in the first quarter of 2019. Huawei achieved the highest year-over-year growth among the world's top five – Samsung, Huawei, Apple and Chinese smartphone ...

                           #Nixel's blog      Eden Hazard scored twice and then admitted it was his parting gift as the Belgian's brace helped Chelsea sweep away Arsenal to win 4-1 in the Europa League final in Baku. This match started at 11 p.m. local time on Wednesday in Azerbaijan, but it was Thursday by the time it came to life with a flood of second-half goals started by Olivier Giroud's 49th-minute opener against his old club. Hazard then set up Pedro Rodriguez for Chelsea's second before grabbing a double of his own – including a penalty – either side of Alex Iwobi's consolation for Arsenal. The Belgian is widely expected to leave Chelsea for Real Madrid after seven years in England, and this was the perfect way for him to bow out. "I think it is a goodbye, but in football, you never know," the 28-year-old told BT Sport. "My dream was to play in the Premier League, and I have done...

                        #Nixel's blog    Chinese telecom giant Huawei has registered a trademark for its homegrown operating system (OS) "Hongmeng," a confirmation of the company's longtime efforts to achieve technological self-reliance.  The detailed information, which can be found on the website of the Trademark Office of China's National Intellectual Property Administration, shows that the application was submitted on August 24, 2018, and the valid term of the trademark is from May 14, 2019 to May 13, 2029.  Huawei has registered a trademark for its homegrown operating system. /VCG Photo Earlier this week, Richard Yu Chengdong, head of the company's consumer business, revealed that the homegrown OS is likely to be launched as early as this fall and no later than spring next year, according to media reports.  This comes as Google cut off Huawei devices from its Android OS fol...

                          #Nixel's Blog      At least seven people were killed and more than a dozen are missing after a pleasure boat carrying South Korean tourists capsized on the flooding Danube River in the Hungarian capital Budapest on Wednesday, police and ambulance said. According to the Foreign Ministry of South Korea, 33 South Korean tourists were on board the ship. Seven of them were rescued; seven are confirmed dead; and the 19 others, remain missing.  The ministry said it had established an emergency task force to obtain more information from Hungary and contact the victims' families. Hundreds of rescue workers try to offer help after a pleasure boat capsizes in Danube River at downtown Budapest, Hungary, May 29, 2019. /VCG Photo The boat reportedly collided with another tourist vessel near the Hungarian parliament building, then turned over on the river, which has...