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By Caesar R. Vallejos, EBC Correspondent Unperturbed by the continuous lambasting of the European Union (EU) by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, including asking the diplomats to leave the country, EU Ambassador Franz Jessen said “we’re still here and we are not only still here but we are here in great numbers.” READ how President Duterte lashed out at the EU here. In front of key government officials that included Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) […]
by Katy Lee Agence France Presse MADRID, Spain — Spain said Thursday it will move to seize some of the Catalan regional government’s powers after its leader warned he could declare independence, escalating the country’s worst political crisis in decades. The central government in Madrid had given separatist leader Carles Puigdemont until 10:00 am (0800 GMT) on Thursday to say whether or not he was declaring a breakaway state in the semi-autonomous region following a […]
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Eagle News) – Hundreds of Jacksonville residents in Duval County lined up at Regency Square Mall on Wednesday to receive food assistance from Florida’s Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP). “Food for Florida,” a program sponsored by D-SNAP offers emergency food benefits to disaster survivors. Assistance eligibility is based on a resident’s monthly income and the number of members in a household. Residents need to pre-register online prior to receiving a food assistance […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) – US President Donald Trump’s administration has “dispelled” doubts over whether it will stand by a hard-won personal data protection accord with Europe struck during Barack Obama’s presidency, the EU said Wednesday. But Brussels said it still wanted Washington to improve on a deal to protect European personal data transferred to the US by internet giants like Google and Facebook. Last year’s deal replaced a previous arrangement struck down by the bloc’s top court, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Police arrested a gunman suspected of killing three people and wounding two Wednesday at a suburban Maryland business park before shooting another man in neighboring Delaware. “The suspect in this incident has been located and is in police custody,” the Wilmington, Delaware police department said of Radee Prince, 37. Wilmington Police Chief Robert Tracy earlier told reporters that Prince “is a dangerous individual. This person shot six people in one day” in […]
by Thomas Watkins Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – US President Donald Trump was snarled in fresh controversy Wednesday after he was accused of being disrespectful to a US soldier slain in an ambush in Niger, as well as showing insensitivity to the grieving family. Trump moved quickly to dispute descriptions of his conversation with the pregnant widow of Sergeant La David Johnson, 25, who was one of four US service members killed in a jihadist ambush […]
by Nova Safo Agence France-Presse CHICAGO, United States (AFP) – Texas delayed a confessed serial killer’s execution Wednesday to investigate last-minute revelations that potentially connect him to another murder for which someone else is awaiting execution. Anthony Shore was to be put to death for raping, torturing and murdering three girls and a young woman in Houston between 1986 and 1995. But prosecutors feared he was going to posthumously via a note — and falsely — confess […]
by Harry Pearl Agence France-Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) – The US government was fully aware of a bloody anti-communist purge by the Indonesian army in the 1960s, with one diplomat at the time describing the bloodletting as “widespread slaughter,” recently declassified documents have revealed. The 39 US embassy documents cover the period from 1964-1968, at the peak of the Cold War, and uncover new details about one of the most tumultuous periods in modern Indonesian history. […]
by Amaury Hauchard Agence France-Presse BOUAR, Central African Republic (AFP) – At Bouar appeal court, presiding judge Aime Pascal Delimo twiddles his thumbs, surveys his empty office and then, with a sigh, closes his door to leave early. Delimo wields jurisdiction over territory in western Central African Republic (CAR) that is the size of Austria. Violent crime here is chronic. But he has no work. In one of the world’s poorest countries, the criminal justice system in […]
by Fran Blandy Agence France-Presse One of Kenya’s top election officials quit Wednesday in a searing statement accusing her colleagues of political bias and saying an upcoming presidential election could not be credible. The resignation of one of seven poll commissioners is the latest dramatic twist to an election process that has plunged the East African nation into its worst political crisis in a decade. “The commission in its current state can surely not guarantee […]
by Yemeli Ortega and Yussel Gonzalez Agence France-Presse MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) – The earthquake that hit Mexico on September 19 did not discriminate in its destruction, leveling homes in rich and poor neighborhoods alike. But one month on, the tragedies facing Mexico City’s newly homeless depend largely on class. Residents of upscale neighborhoods like Roma and Condesa face a frenzied rush to rent or buy new homes in other neighborhoods nearby, creating a real estate bubble. […]
by Emmanuelle Michel with Marianne Barriaux in Barcelona Agence France-Presse MADRID, Spain (AFP) – Catalonia’s independence push is taking its toll on the region’s tourism industry, with revenues and hotel bookings down since a banned October 1 secession referendum that was marred by violence. “The tourism sector is one of the most strongly affected by the instability,” Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy told parliament last week as he defended his government’s handling of the Catalan crisis. Catalonia, with […]
