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BEIJING, China (AFP) — A tropical storm in China left six people dead and at least eight more missing, reports said, after it lashed Taiwan with typhoon-grade winds and rain. Super Typhoon Nepartak brought chaos to Taiwan Friday, forcing more than 15,000 people to flee their homes as part of the island saw its strongest winds in over a century. It had weakened into a tropical storm by the time it made landfall in Fujian […]
BEIJING, China (Reuters) — The South China Sea is not on the agenda and should not be discussed at a major summit between Asian and European leaders in Mongolia at the end of the week attended by China’s premier, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Monday (July 11). The Asia-Europe Meeting, or ASEM, will be the first important diplomatic gathering after the July 12 ruling by an arbitration court hearing a dispute between China and […]
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — A strong 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck northern Ecuador late Sunday in the same area devastated by a powerful quake in mid-April, the US Geological Service said. Its epicenter was 41 kilometers (25.5 miles) south of the town of Propicia — located next to the quake-devastated coastal town of Esmeraldas — and 154 kilometers (96 miles) northwest of the capital Quito, the USGS said. The quake, which struck at 9:11 pm (0211 […]
by Sebastian Smith RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Rio de Janeiro hosts the Olympic Games in less than four weeks, but crime and economic crisis mean the party-loving Brazilian city is glum and struggling to find its vibe. Stadiums are just about ready and local businesses, hammered by Brazil’s deep recession, look forward to the arrival of an estimated 500,000 tourists. For an already sports-mad city, the Games — the first ever held in […]
MANILA, July 11 – Outgoing Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. has proposed a new Salary Standardization Law that will result in a weighted average increase of 45 percent in the compensation of all salary grades, and raise compensation of government personnel to at least 70 percent of the private sector rate. Belmonte, through House Bill 11 or the proposed “Salary Standardization Act of 2016” or “SSL 2016,” said the measure will be effected through a combination of […]
MANILA, July 11 – Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said the Abu Sayyaf group (ASG) still has to answer to their actions. Abella contextualized President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s earlier statement that he does not consider the group as criminals. During an interview over DZRB Radyo ng Bayan on Saturday, the Palace official said, “He (President Duterte) was just trying to explain the context kung ano ‘yung ginawa ‘nong ASG (on what the ASG has done).” He explained that “basically these are people […]
by Thomas URBAIN DALLAS, United States (AFP) — As America reeled from a week of violence pitting police officers against civilians, Dallas Police Chief David Brown came to personify the nation’s trauma. After a black army veteran killed five white officers at a peaceful march in the Texas city, the 55-year-old police chief, who is African-American, delivered a simple but poignant message: “We are heartbroken,” he said. “This must stop. This divisiveness between our police […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Nintendo shares soared more than 20 percent Monday morning, extending a rally sparked by news that its smartphone game debuted at the top of gaming charts. The videogame giant jumped 3,310 yen to 19,580 yen as its latest foray into mobile gaming launched in the US and Australia was an immediate hit with fans. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
MANILA, July 11 – Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Secretary Martin Andanar said the United Nations (UN) Arbitration Court decision on the West Philippine Sea will be released in the afternoon of Tuesday, July 12. In an interview over Radyo ng Bayan on Sunday, he said: “Let us wait for the decision and the Solicitor General will study this, then that’s the time we shall explore our next move.” Andanar also said President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s executive […]
(Reuters) The son of slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has threatened revenge against the United States for assassinating his father, according to an audio message posted online. Hamza bin Laden promised to continue the global militant group’s fight against the United States and its allies in the 21-minute speech entitled “We Are All Osama,” according to the SITE Intelligence Group. “We will continue striking you and targeting you in your country and […]
(Reuters) British finance minister George Osborne will meet some of Wall Street’s biggest investors in New York on Monday to urge them to stick with Britain despite last month’s vote to leave the European Union, his office said. The vote for Brexit has pushed the pound to 31-year lows against the dollar and many investors have warned that Britain – until this month the world’s fifth-largest economy – faces years of uncertainty over everything […]
by Jan Hennop THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — An international tribunal will hand down a ruling on Tuesday in an increasingly bitter dispute over the South China Sea, in a closely-watched case that risks ratcheting up tensions in Southeast Asia. The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) — the world’s oldest international arbitration tribunal — will issue a written decision at 11:00 am (0900 GMT) after the Philippines challenged China’s claim over much of the […]
