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Abramovich, Ukraine negotiators suffer suspected poisoning: report

WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (AFP) – Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich and Ukrainian negotiators were targets of a suspected poison attack, potentially by Moscow hardliners seeking to sabotage peace talks, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The billionaire businessman, recently slapped with sanctions by Western nations seeking to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin over his invasion of Ukraine, has reportedly been shuttling between Kyiv, Moscow and other negotiation sites. A source familiar with the matter confirmed […]

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US ex-bishop admits covering up 25 years of child sex abuse

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – A US association for victims of sexual abuse denounced Monday a former bishop in New York state who admitted to having ignored multiple sexual assaults on children committed by 11 priests over 25 years. In April 2021, Howard Hubbard, an ex-bishop in the city of Albany, testified under oath over four days before the state’s Supreme Court and acknowledged that from 1977 to 2002, he was informed of sexual […]

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Ukraine says Kyiv suburb of Irpin ‘liberated’

KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) – Ukrainian forces have “liberated” the Kyiv suburb of Irpin, Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky said late Monday in televised remarks. “In fact, this is now happening in parallel: the armed forces are advancing, the police are advancing, and immediately a sweep is going on completely through the streets… Therefore, the city has now been liberated, but it is still dangerous to be there, ” Monastyrsky said. The town’s mayor, Oleksandr Markushin, had […]

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4.0-magnitude quake hits Ilocos Norte

(Eagle News) — A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck Ilocos Norte on Monday, March 28. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake struck at 7:10 p.m. Its epicenter was five kilometers northwest of Bacarra. It had a depth of focus of 25 kilometers. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were reported: Reported Intensities: Intensity IV – Bacarra and Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte Instrumental Intensities: Intensity IV – Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte Intensity II – Laoag […]

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DFA says over 400 OFWs repatriated recently now in PHL

(Eagle News) — Over 400 repatriated overseas Filipino workers have arrived in the Philippines, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Monday, March 28. According to the DFA, of those repatriated, 203 came from Macau, 53 were from Thailand, and 142 came from Vietnam. With the repatriates, according to the department, the total number of repatriates from Macau since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic was  5,761. Meanwhile, the total number of repatriates from Thailand […]

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Biden ‘gaffe’ on Putin scrambles US message on Ukraine

by Brian KNOWLTON Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Joe Biden’s apparent call for Vladimir Putin’s exit reverberated instantly around the world, sparking an administration rush to course-correct — and risks scrambling US efforts to rally a united front on the Ukraine conflict. Biden’s comment that the Russian president “cannot remain in power” — delivered in Warsaw at the close of three days of marathon diplomacy — was termed “a horrendous gaffe” […]

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12th oil price hike this year: Diesel prices to go up by P8.65 per liter, gasoline prices by P3.40 per liter on March 29

Price hike follows major rollback last week   (Eagle News) – Oil companies are set to implement another price hike on Tuesday, March 28, with diesel prices increasing by P8.65 per liter, and gasoline by P3.40 per liter. Kerosene prices are also set to increase by P9.40 per liter. The price hike, the 12th this year, follows a rollback that happened last week due to the movement of world crude prices affected by Covid lockdowns […]

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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi ‘in quarantine’ after staff tests Covid-19 positive

  YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Detained former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has skipped three days of her trial in a junta court after Covid-19 was detected among her staff and she was placed in quarantine, a source with knowledge of the case said Monday. The 76-year-old’s civilian government was ousted in a coup last year that triggered mass protests, and she faces a raft of charges that could see her jailed for more […]

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Russia, Ukraine set for face-to-face peace talks

by Danny KEMP Agence France-Presse KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) – Russian and Ukrainian negotiators will resume face-to-face peace talks as soon as Monday, probing whether a near-stalemate in fighting has forced Moscow to temper its demands. President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the new negotiations, saying he hoped they would bring peace “without delay”, and lamented a month-long Russian invasion that has already killed thousands and devastated numerous Ukrainian cities. The new talks are set to start in […]

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Israeli PM tests positive for Covid after Blinken talks

  JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has tested positive for Covid-19, his office said Monday, after he met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Bennett, who met Blinken in Jerusalem on Sunday on the sidelines of a “historic summit” of Israeli and Arab diplomats, “is feeling well and will continue his schedule as planned from his home,” a statement from his office said. Also on Sunday Bennett visited the northern Israeli city […]

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US, Philippines kick off their largest-ever war games

by Ron Lopez and Mikhail Flores Agence France-Presse MANILA, Philippines (AFP) – The Philippines and the United States launched the largest-ever joint military drills in the archipelago nation on Monday, signalling deepening defence ties as fresh tensions surface in the disputed South China Sea. The war games are the last under outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte, who previously threatened to cancel exercises and axe a key military deal with longtime ally the United States as he […]

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Shanghai to lock down in phases to rein in Covid-19 outbreak

  by Dan Martin Agence France Presse SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — Shanghai will launch a phased lockdown to curb an Omicron-fuelled Covid-19 outbreak that has hit China with its highest caseloads since the early days of the pandemic, the city government said Sunday. China’s biggest city will lock down its eastern half from Monday until Friday, officials said, followed by a similar lockdown of its western side beginning on April 1. The metropolis of 25 […]

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