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PARIS, France (AFP) — Security has been beefed up at holiday markets throughout France following the carnage in Berlin on Monday, French Interior Minister Bruno Le Roux said. “Security at holiday markets was immediately reinforced” after a lorry ploughed into a Berlin holiday market killing at least nine people, he said. The scenes in Berlin were reminiscent of an attack in the French Riviera city of Nice in July in which Tunisian extremist Mohamed Lahouaiej […]
WARSAW, Poland (AFP) — The Polish owner of the lorry that ploughed into a Berlin market on Monday, killing at least nine people in what police said was a possible terror attack, confirmed his driver was missing. “We haven’t heard from him since this afternoon. We don’t know what happened to him. He’s my cousin, I’ve known him since I was a kid. I can vouch for him,” transport company owner Ariel Zurawski told AFP. […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said there were many signs that the crash of a lorry into a bustling Berlin market on Monday was an attack. “I don’t want to use the word ‘attack’ yet, although there are many things pointing to one,” he told public television after at least nine people were killed in the incident. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — America’s Electoral College Monday confirmed as expected Donald Trump’s election as the 45th president of the United States, unswayed by a last-ditch bid by die-hard opponents to bar the Republican’s path to the White House. Six weeks after his upset victory over the Democrat Hillary Clinton, Trump sailed past the 270 votes needed to make his victory official, according to US media, clearing the way for him to succeed Barack […]
by Deborah Cole Agence France Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — A lorry ploughed into a busy market in central Berlin on Monday, killing at least nine people and hurting 50 more in what police said was a possible terror attack. Ambulances and heavily armed officers rushed to the area after the driver mounted the pavement of the market in a square popular with tourists, in scenes reminiscent of July’s deadly truck attack in the French […]
Agence France-Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) – The Russian ambassador to Ankara was shot dead in a brazen attack by a Turkish policeman in a cultural centre on Monday in what both sides branded an “act of terror.” The assassination, by a sharp-suited gunman shouting “Don’t forget Aleppo”, came after days of protests in Turkey over Russia’s role in Syria and on the eve of a unprecedented meeting of the foreign ministers of Turkey, Russia and […]
by Aurélia END Clare BYRNE Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) – A French court on Monday found IMF head Christine Lagarde guilty of negligence over a massive state payout to a tycoon when she was French finance minister but spared her a fine or prison sentence. The ruling was a rare setback in Lagarde’s glittering career but it was not clear how it would affect her position at the International Monetary Fund, whose board was […]
by Karam al-Masri with Maya Gebeily in Beirut Agence France-Presse ALEPPO, Syria (AFP ) – Thousands of traumatised Syrians left the rebel enclave of Aleppo on Monday under a complex evacuation agreement that will see regime forces exert full control over the battered city. Families had spent hours waiting in below-freezing temperatures, sheltering from the rain in bombed-out apartment blocks and waiting desperately for news on a new wave of departures. The operations resumed on […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa announced that key officials of the PNP will receive additional bonus from President Rodrigo Duterte. The additional bonus ranges from Php 50, 000 to Php 400, 000 depending on rank and position. The bonus is a “thank you” from the President himself to show his gratitude to the PNP on its support during his administration’s five-month war against illegal drugs.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – House Appropriations Committee Chair Carlo Nograles warned government officials that they will be removed from their positions if they will not use all of their budget. Nograles said that under-utilization of the budget allocated for them means that the government officials concerned are not fully giving the level of service needed by the public. He said this is also based on the statement of President Rodrigo Duterte who does […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte’s economic managers are asking for the implementation of an increase in the Social Security System’s monthly contributions in preparation for the proposed Php 2,000 pension hike.
QUEZON City, Philippines – Malacañang assured that the two officials of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) – Deputy Commissioners Al Argosino and Michael Robles – will face criminal complaints because of their alleged acceptance of bribe money from gambling lord Jack Lam. The Department of Justice (DOJ) already formed an investigating team as per the order of President Rodrigo Duterte. President Rodrigo Duterte himself fired the two officials for the unlawful conduct. Even before he […]
