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HELSINKI, Finland (AFP) — After months of anticipation, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet Monday to put to the test the US president’s ambition to forge a personal bond with the Kremlin chief. If Trump’s instinct is right and he finds common ground with Putin, then the pair’s Helsinki Summit may take the heat out of some of the world’s most dangerous conflicts. But the Washington-Moscow rivalry has a long history and there […]
BEMAKO, Mali (AFP)–At least 10 civilians have been killed in a possible jihadist attack in Mali’s northeast, close to the border with Niger, according to armed Touareg groups and local authorities. More than 100 people, including numerous civilians, have been killed in recent months in the unstable region, where jihadist groups who have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group operate. On Sunday, “armed bandits linked to local criminal groups operating on the Mali-Niger border […]
(Eagle News) — Malaysian Prime Minister expressed his admiration for “Filipino champion” Manny Pacquiao as he called Sunday’s fight at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia a “historical day.” The 93-year old Malaysian leader watched Pacquiao’s fight against Argentinian boxer Lucas Matthyse, along with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte who flashed a thumbs up after the Pacquiao win. “This is a historical day for Malaysia when we have a Filipino champion fighting in Malaysia […]
by Ben Sheppard JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — Celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s birth have focused attention on South Africa’s progress since the euphoric 1994 elections that marked the end of apartheid. The country’s the emergence from decades of the white-minority rule was greeted with optimism around the world, but over the last 24 years South Africa has struggled to live up to Mandela’s vision. Race and inequality A World Bank report […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — US President Donald Trump has seemingly breached royal protocol by discussing his private conversation with Queen Elizabeth II who he says thinks Brexit is a “very complex problem”, according to an interview with British media. The convention-shredding president, who had already attracted ire ahead of his four-day visit to Britain by rebuking Prime Minister Theresa May as she struggles over Brexit, met the Queen on Friday at Windsor Castle. He […]
The Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) conducted a massive Aid to Fight Poverty where it gave 50,000 parcels of free food to families and residents of Malawi and Kenya during visits of the Felix Y. Manalo (FYM) Foundation, the charitable institution of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC or Church Of Christ), last June. The recent activities were held in fulfillment of the Church’s commitment to help those in need and to help alleviate poverty, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States on Friday formally lifted a crippling ban on exports to China’s ZTE, rescuing the smartphone maker from the brink of collapse after it was denied key components. The US Commerce Department said it would continue to monitor the company to prevent further violations of US sanctions on Iran and North Korea. “While we lifted the ban on ZTE, the Department will remain vigilant as we closely monitor […]
by Chris Lefkow Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Twelve Russian intelligence officers have been charged with hacking Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic Party in a stunning indictment just days before President Donald Trump meets with Vladimir Putin. The charges were drawn up by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the former FBI director who is looking into Russian interference in the November 2016 vote and whether any members of Trump’s campaign […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Embattled Haiti Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant resigned on Saturday following deadly violence and looting sparked by a now-abandoned plan to raise fuel prices. “I submitted my resignation to the president of the republic,” who has “accepted my resignation,” Lafontant said in the lower house of Haiti’s legislature. Lafontant had faced a potential vote of no confidence had he not resigned — something he had previously insisted he would not […]
(Eagle News) — The Iglesia Ni Cristo recently conducted its outreach activity in Hong Kong. Thousands of Overseas Filipino Workers (attended the event including those in the two venues in Macau, via video link. (Miguel Gutierrez)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) — Pakistan was in shock Saturday after a suicide blast killed 128 people, shaking confidence in security just as the dramatic arrest of ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif ratcheted political tensions higher ahead of nationwide polls. Sharif’s dramatic return from London and subsequent arrest for corruption was overshadowed as the carnage in Mastung, in the country’s southwestern province of Balochistan, unfolded late Friday. Newspapers branded the blast — one of the deadliest […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — South Korean president Moon Jae-in said Friday he is confident a diplomatic thaw between Washington and Pyongyang will continue, despite “bumps and bruises” on the path to denuclearising the Korean peninsula. Moon was speaking during a state visit in Singapore, where last month US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met during an unprecedented leaders’ summit. Kim committed to a nuclear-free North Korea at the end of […]
