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BERLIN , Germany (AFP) — German police shot dead a 17-year-old Afghan refugee late Monday after he attacked train passengers with an axe and a knife, seriously wounding three people in what one official said was a “probable” Islamist attack. Several other people were also injured in the assault on a regional train near the southern city of Wuerzburg, police said, adding that the teenager was killed as he tried to flee. Joachim Herrmann, the […]
MANDALUYONG, Philippines (Eagle News) — A suburb in Manila is helping self-confessed drug users turn over a new leaf by forcing them into a weekly dance exercise routine. About 70 drug users, who had recently surrendered to the police in the suburb of Mandaluyong, were given an hour-long Zumba class as part of the local government’s unorthodox rehabilitation program. Zumba is a dance fitness activity created by a Colombian dancer in the 1990s, involving […]
BEIJING, China (Eagle News) — China plans to build nuclear power stations in the South China Sea to establish “effective control” of disputed islands, officials have reportedly said. The China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) made the announcement just two days after The Hague-based tribunal concluded china had “no legal basis” for its claim to almost all of the South China Sea. According to the state-run global times, the CNNC wrote on a social media account: […]
The ASEAN-Korea Center signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Korea Institute for Robot Industry Advancement (KIRIA) at the ASEAN-Korea centre on July 12. The two organizations will work on implementing investment and trade promotion products and human resource development in the industry. In a report in the Korean Times, it said, that, at the “investment and market research mission program” in Singapore from July 17 to 20, a Korean delegation of five businesspeople […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Isinusulong ni Senate President Franklin Drilon ang panukalang batas na nagbabawal sa pagiging balimbing o political butterfly ng mga pulitiko. Itoy sa pamamagitan ng Senate Bill 226 o ang Political Party System Act na siyang magpapatatag sa loyalty o katapatan at ideological principles ng isang partido pulitikal. Nakasaad sa nasabing panukala na pagbabayarin ang isang pulitiko ng 25 porsyentong surcharge kung aalis sa kanyang partido maliban pa sa pagsasauli ng […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Tiniyak ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na tanggal agad sa trabaho ang mga opisyal at empleyado ng gobyerno na lumalagpas sa kanilang lunch break at tumatakas para mamasyal sa mga mall. Sinabi ni Pangulong Duterte na dapat isipin lagi ng mga manggagawa sa national at local government offices na binabayaran sila ng mga mamamayan para magtrabaho ng walong oras. Ayon kay Duterte, ang mga empleyadong wala sa kanilang tanggapan pagkatapos ng […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing will close off access to part of the South China Sea for military drills, officials said Monday, after an international tribunal ruled against its sweeping claims in the waters. An area off the east coast of China’s island province of Hainan will host military exercises from Tuesday to Thursday, China’s maritime administration said on its website, adding that entrance was “prohibited”. The area of sea identified is some distance from the […]
MANILA, July 18 – Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno in his first sit-down press conference today told the media the department’s preparations for the 2017 budget under President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s administration. Secretary Diokno, a two-time budget secretary, said that the budgets for 2017 until 2022 will support the president’s promise to improve the country’s infrastructure, invest in human resources, modernize agriculture and rural development, and develop lagging regions. For Fiscal […]
NICE, France (AFP) — An eight-month-old baby boy lost in the chaos after a truck rammed into a crowd in the French Riviera city of Nice killing at least 84 people was tracked down through Facebook on Friday. Tiava Banner — who said she was not the mother of the baby — sent out an appeal on Facebook looking for any information on the whereabouts of the child who had been lost in his blue […]
by Fulya OZERKAN Raziye AKKOC ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkish authorities pressed on Sunday with a ruthless crackdown against suspects in the failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with 6,000 people detained as he vowed to stamp out the “virus” of the putschists. Erdogan said Turkey could consider reinstating the death penalty following the putsch bid, despite concerns in the international community. World leaders including US President Barack Obama have strongly condemned Friday’s attempted […]
London, United Kingdom—The minister charged with securing new trade deals for Britain outside the European Union said Sunday he was aiming for a Brexit date of Jan. 1, 2019, as London made overtures toward Australia and Canada. “That’s the date I’m working to, which could be brought forward if necessary,” International Trade Secretary Liam Fox told the Sunday Times newspaper. This would involve triggering Article 50 of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty, which would start a […]
(Reuters) An attempted Turkish military coup appeared to crumble on Saturday after crowds answered President Tayyip Erdogan’s call to take to the streets to support him and dozens of rebel soldiers abandoned their tanks in the main city of Istanbul. At least 60 people were killed in violence that erupted on Friday after a faction of the armed forces attempted to seize power, officials said. A successful overthrow of Erdogan, who has ruled Turkey […]
