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by Louis Genot Agence France Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil faced serious supply disruptions on the seventh day of a truckers’ strike Sunday, although the government said the country was “on a path to normalization.” Brazilian authorities have deployed the military to clear barricades erected by strikers and have been escorting fuel trucks since Friday to maintain access to refineries. But federal transportation police reported that as of Saturday night, nearly 600 […]
SALALAH, Oman (AFP) — Cyclone Mekunu was downgraded further to a deep depression Saturday, a day after lashing the southern coast of Oman and killing at least two people, authorities said. Civil defense officials said a man and a 12-year-old girl were killed, while three Asian nations were missing after the cyclone hit Oman’s Dhofar and Al-Wusta provinces. Oman police earlier reported that the man died after floods swept him away with his car near […]
MAJURO, Marshall Islands (AFP) — Haze from the Kilauea volcano eruption in Hawaii blanketed the Marshall Islands 3,700 kilometers (2,300 miles) away on Sunday, as officials warned it would continue moving west. The haze, a phenomenon known as “vog” or volcanic smog, “is spreading across Micronesia,” the US National Weather Service based in Guam said. The volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island is now in its fourth week of eruptions. Meteorologists advised residents on the […]
by Brian Knowlton Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US and North Korean officials met Sunday at a border truce village as preparations resumed for a high-stakes, high-drama summit that President Donald Trump said held “brilliant potential” for the North. “I truly believe North Korea has brilliant potential and will be a great economic and financial Nation one day,” Trump said on Twitter. “Kim Jong Un agrees with me on this. It […]
(Eagle News) – United States ambassador to the Philippines, Sung Kim, was called up from his assignment in the country to lead the US delegation to the border truce village in Panmunjom between North and South Korea on Sunday, May 28, in preparation for the planned historic summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. This was according to a report by the Washington Post. Sung Kim, a former […]
by Terry Daley Agence France Presse ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italy could be forced to hold new elections after Giuseppe Conte gave up his bid to form a government following the collapse of talks with the president over including a eurosceptic economy minister in his cabinet. Conte, 53, a lawyer and political novice, picked for prime minister by the anti-establishment Five Star Movement and far-right League seeking to form a coalition, had to present a […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A US delegation was holding talks with North Korean officials Sunday at a border truce village amid preparations for a summit between the two countries’ leaders, the State Department said. “A US delegation is in ongoing talks with North Korean officials at Panmunjom,” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement. “We continue to prepare for a meeting between the President and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.” The […]
By Alfred Acenas EBC Hawai‘i Bureau HONOLULU (Eagle News) — “Wild Wild West!” is how Department of Interior and Local Government Officer-in-Charge (DILG OIC) Eduardo Año described Boracay during a Town Hall Meeting hosted by the Philippine Consulate General in Honolulu on May 19, 2018. Año explained that the temporary closure was necessary to give Boracay Island the time to heal and recoup its original feature and ecosystem and that piecemeal rehabilitation was no longer […]
by Miguel Sanchez Agence France-Presse SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) — Chile’s Catholic church took another blow on Saturday as the bishop leading the charge against sex abuse stepped down following more allegations of misconduct by priests. Rancagua Bishop Alejandro Goic presented his resignation as head of the Bishops’ Conference sex abuse prevention board, the latest episode in a Chilean abuse scandal which has rocked Pope Francis’s papacy. The church accepted Goic’s immediate resignation from the board […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea on Saturday welcomed the renewed prospect of a summit between the United States and North Korea after President Trump cancelled talks with Kim Jong Un only to suggest they might still take place. “We find it fortunate that the embers of the North Korea-US talks are reignited. We are watching developments carefully,” Presidential Blue House spokesman Kim Eui-gyeom said. Trump’s cancellation of the summit blindsided treaty ally South […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Friday that the world could be heading for an unprecedented economic crisis due to the confrontational trade policy and protectionism being pursued by the United States. Without directly naming US President Donald Trump, who has slapped on tariffs and pulled out of trade deals, Putin lamented that a new era of protectionism was emerging and “breaking” the free trade system responsible for global prosperity. “Today we need not trade […]
Russia said Friday the Netherlands had provided no evidence that Moscow was directly behind the 2014 shooting down of flight MH17 over war-torn east Ukraine, accusing the Dutch of promoting their own agenda. “Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok called me today,” Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters in Saint Petersburg. “They have practically no doubt that the BUK missile came from Russia. I asked him about facts proving these claims. He did not give […]
