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FRANKFURT, Germany, March 13, 2024 (AFP) – German sportswear giant Adidas reported an annual loss for 2023 on Wednesday, still weighed down by the fallout from the end of its tie-up with controversial rapper Kanye West. The loss of 75 million euros ($82 million) followed a profit of 612 million euros the previous year. Sales fell by five percent to 21.4 billion euros, and were hit particularly hard in the United States due to the […]
By Anuj CHOPRA WASHINGTON, March 13, 2024 (AFP) – The picture was meant to douse speculation about the whereabouts and health of Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales, but instead her manipulated image unleashed a torrent of internet-breaking rumors and conspiracy theories. The storm in the royal tea pot erupted after Kate, 42, on Monday apologized and admitted to editing a palace-issued photograph of herself with her three children after the altered image was withdrawn by […]
PORT SUDAN, Sudan, March 13, 2024 (AFP) – Without critical action, nearly 230,000 children and new mothers in war-ravaged Sudan are “likely to die from hunger”, Save the Children warned on Wednesday. Nearly 11 months of fighting between the forces of two rival generals has killed thousands and displaced eight million people in the northeast African country, the United Nations says. The bombing and destruction of fields and factories have plunged Sudan into “one of […]
(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos has secured at least $4 billion worth of investment deals during his working visit to Germany, the Presidential Communications Office said. According to the PCO, of the eight agreements clinched during the Philippine-Germany Business forum in Berlin, three are letters of intent (LOI) from different German companies, two memoranda of agreement, and three memoranda of understanding (MOU). The first LOI is aimed at the development of a partner hospital to support […]
https://youtube.com/shorts/aXg8A4OOS3Y?feature=share TOKYO, March 13, 2024 (AFP) – A rocket made by a Japanese company exploded just after launch on Wednesday, with public broadcaster NHK showing footage of the fiery failure. Tokyo-based startup Space One had been aiming to become the first Japanese private firm to successfully place a satellite into orbit. Its 18-meter (60-foot) solid-fuel Kairos rocket blasted off from the startup’s own launch pad in Wakayama prefecture in western Japan, carrying a small government […]
By Lucia LACURCIA, Pablo PORCIUNCULA RIO DE JANEIRO, March 13, 2024 (AFP) – A gunman wounded two people at Rio de Janeiro’s main bus station Tuesday and held 16 passengers hostage for three hours before being convinced to surrender, police said. There were scenes of panic as gunshots rang out in the afternoon at the Novo Rio station through which some 38,000 people pass daily, with buses headed for all regions of Brazil. Witnesses said […]
KADUNA, Nigeria, March 13, 2024 (AFP) – Gunmen abducted dozens of people from a northwestern Nigerian village on Tuesday, according to two local representatives and a UN source, just days after the kidnapping of more than 250 pupils from a school in the same region. Criminal gangs often carry out mass kidnappings in northwest Nigeria, targeting schools, villages and highways where they can quickly snatch large numbers of people for ransom payments. Tuesday’s abductions in […]
(Eagle News)–The Presidential Communications Office has announced new appointees in various government departments and offices, including the Office of the President. Felix Castro Jr., who was presidential assistant for Marawi rehabilitation, was named the OP’s assistant secretary. Cris Tenorio was appointed Director IV at the OP’s Asset Management Office. Julius Leonen and Adrian Bautista, meanwhile, were appointed Director II and Director III, respectively, at the PCO. In the Department of Finance, Joven Balbosa was appointed […]
(Eagle News)–A free and open South China Sea benefits the world. This was the declaration made by President Bongbong Marcos during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday. The President is on a three-day working visit in Germany. “Because it really, it has to be recognized that the South China Sea handles 60 percent of the trade of the entire world. So, it’s not solely the interest of the Philippines, or […]
JERUSALEM, March 12, 2024 (AFP) – The Israeli military said Tuesday a soldier believed to be held captive in Gaza had been killed in the October 7 attack and his body taken to the Palestinian territory. Sergeant Itay Hen, 19, “fell on October 7 and was then kidnapped” to the Gaza Strip by Palestinian militants, the military said in a statement. During the attack, Palestinian militants seized around 250 hostages, dozens of whom were released […]
By Ani SANDU BUCHAREST, March 12, 2024 (AFP) – Controversial British-American influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan appeared in a Bucharest court on Tuesday after Romanian police detained them over UK sex offence charges. The brothers were arrested on Monday evening at their home near the capital Bucharest, where they are under judicial supervision in a separate case, and appeared at an appeals court on Tuesday, dressed in black. Romanian authorities said in a […]
TOKYO, March 12, 2024 (AFP) – Locals in a city in western Japan have been told not to approach or touch a missing cat that fell into a vat of dangerous chemicals and then scampered off into the night. An employee at a metal plating plant in Fukuyama arrived for work on Monday morning to find feline paw prints leading away from the container, the firm said. Grainy security camera footage released by the company […]
