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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Slovenia’s Luka Doncic continued his otherworldly start to the NBA season, scoring 41 points as the Dallas Mavericks won their fifth straight with a 137-123 victory over the slumping Houston Rockets. Doncic, whose remarkable start has his per-game averages at near triple-double levels, also had 10 assists and six rebounds while Rockets superstar James Harden finished with 32 points and 11 assists in a showdown of dominant scorers. His […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US Defense Secretary on Sunday asked the navy chief to resign in a dispute over an elite SEAL commando whose demotion for misconduct was reversed by President Donald Trump. Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher had been accused of war crimes in a high-profile case but was found guilty of a lesser offense. On November 15, Trump reversed the demotion handed down to him due to his conviction. The defense department […]
VENICE, Italy (AFP) — Torrential rains across northern Italy and southern France killed three people at the weekend, sweeping away part of a motorway viaduct in northern Italy and causing fresh flooding in Venice on Sunday. The rains, which left at least three people dead and two missing across the two countries, were the latest in a two-week wave of extreme weather in the region. Part of a viaduct serving Italy’s A6 motorway near Savona […]
GOMA, DR Congo (AFP) — At least 29 people were killed Sunday when a small plane crashed after takeoff into a densely populated area of the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. A survivor among the 19 people — 17 passengers and two crew members — who were aboard the plane was taken to hospital along with 16 others injured on the ground, the North Kivu regional government said. “At this stage, […]
by Yan ZHAO / Xinqi SU HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong’s voters turned out in unprecedented numbers Sunday for local council elections that the city’s pro-democracy movement hopes will pile pressure on the Beijing-backed government to listen to their demands after months of violent protest. Long queues snaked out of polling stations across the territory in the election for 18 district councils, where the record turnout is expected to benefit democratic forces. The […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has fired Vice President Leni Robredo as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Illegal Drugs. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Robredo’s firing was “in response to the suggestion of Liberal Party President, Senator Francis Pangilinan, to just fire the Vice President from her post.” “This is also in response to the taunt and dare of VP Robredo for the President to just tell her that he wants her […]
(Eagle News)–The implementation of the ban on the use and importation of e-cigarettes is now one of the National Capital Region Police Office’s priorities. NCRPO chief Police Brigadier General Debold Sinas made the announcement in a statement on Sunday, Nov. 24. “In the enforcement thereof, we are bound to ensure that all violators will be arrested and properly recorded in the blotter book,” he said. According to Sinas, the NCRPO will also coordinate with vape […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has said he has yet to decide on the proposal to have a four-day work week. “I have to discuss it with the Cabinet. After, discuss it with [Labor Secretary] Silvestre Bello III and the rest,” he said. Earlier, Rep. Benny Antiporda made the proposal for select government agencies situated along EDSA for the holidays in a bid to decongest the main thoroughfare. Antiporda urged the government to conduct a feasibility study […]
by Javier TOVAR Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — After his mother dropped him off at school, Nathan Berhow pulled a .45-caliber pistol out of his backpack, opened fire and killed two classmates, all using a weapon he’d assembled at home. Such guns are sometimes called “ghost guns” — unregulated, easy to put together and almost impossible to trace because they have no serial number. The parts are readily available online, […]
by Yan ZHAO / Xinqi SU Agence France Presse HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong’s voters turned out in record numbers Sunday for local council elections that the city’s pro-democracy movement hopes will add pressure on the Beijing-backed government to heed their demands after months of violent protest. Lengthy queues snaked out of polling stations across the territory in the election for 18 district councils, where high turnout is expected to benefit democratic […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (PHISGOC) on Sunday, Nov. 24, apologized to some international football teams after they encountered transportation and hotel arrangements upon their arrival in the country. “We sincerely apologize to our athlete guests from Timor-Leste, Myanmar and Cambodia for the inconvenience caused to them by the confusion regarding their transportation and hotel arrangements,” PHISGOC said. According to PHISGOC, the “confusion with the Timor-Leste football team happened when some […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace has vowed to give justice to the victims of the Maguindanao massacre the period since the crime was committed entered its tenth year. “We join our people in commemorating this tragic day in our history..,” Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement. According to Panelo, the “Duterte administration remains resolute in giving justice to the victims and their families, as well as the maintenance of the protection of all media practitioners.” […]
