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Deforestation + climate change = dead end for wildlife

by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) — Climate change combined with galloping tropical deforestation is cutting off wildlife from life-saving cooler climes, heightening the risk of extinction, researchers said Monday. Less than two-fifths of forests across Latin America, Asia and Africa currently allow for animals and plants to avoid potentially intolerable increases in temperature, they reported in the journal Nature Climate Change. “The loss of tropical forests between 2000 and 2012 led to an area […]

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Instagram moves on online bullying with pop-up warning

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Instagram on Monday announced new features aimed at curbing online bullying on its platform, including a warning to people as they are preparing to post abusive remarks. “It’s our responsibility to create a safe environment on Instagram,” said a statement from Adam Mosseri, head of the visually focused social platform owned by Facebook. “This has been an important priority for us for some time, and we are continuing to invest […]

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‘Spider-Man’ swings to top of North America box office

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Once again Spider-Man is trapping everything that flies by: “Spider-Man: Far From Home” took an impressive $185.1 million in North America over the long US holiday weekend period, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Monday. The latest smash hit in the Spider-Man franchise, made by Sony and Disney-owned Marvel, has already passed the half-billion-dollar mark worldwide. Its story line follows on from blockbuster “Avengers: Endgame” to focus on how Spider-Man […]

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First Democratic candidate drops from White House race

by Elodie CUZIN WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Congressman Eric Swalwell became the first candidate to drop out of the Democratic Party race for the White House Monday, as debates and fundraising drive a narrowing of voter focus on the sprawling field. The 38-year-old California representative never garnered more than one percent support in polls, according to Real Clear Politics — though he got a slight boost in the June 26-27 party debates when he […]

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Amnesty Int’l urges UN, ICC to probe HR violations in Duterte drug war; asks UN to hold PHL leader “accountable”

(Eagle News) — Amnesty International urged the United Nations to “immediately open an investigation into gross human rights violations and possible crimes against humanity committed as part of the ‘war on drugs’ of the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. It also urged the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to “expedite its examination into the situation and open a full and thorough criminal investigation.” The Amnesty report was entitled “They just kill: […]

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“To end impasse,” President Duterte chooses Cayetano as next House Speaker; term-sharing agreed with Velasco

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has made a choice for the next House Speaker, endorsing Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano under a term-sharing arrangement with Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco “to end the impasse” in the Lower House. In a talk with reporters in Malacanang on Monday night, July 8, Duterte said he had tried to distance himself from the issue, but was forced to make a choice after he observed the “uncertainties” in […]

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Meralco announces lower electricity rates for July

(Eagle News) – This July, electricity rates will go down again because of lower charges from independent power producers, according to Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) said Monday, July 8. This will be the third consecutive month of electricity rate cuts. “The downward adjustment of P0.1068 per kWh will mean a decrease of around P21 in the total bill,” Meralco said. “The third straight month of electricity rate decrease represents a total downward adjustment of around […]

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Gasoline prices to increase by 25 centavos per liter, while price cuts seen in diesel, kerosene

(Eagle News) – Gasoline prices will increase in several gasoline stations by 25 centavos per liter starting Tuesday, according to separate advisories issued by oil firms. While the pump prices of gasoline will rise, diesel and kerosene will have price cuts. Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp., Petro Gazz, PTT Philippines Corp., Eastern Petroleum Corp., TOTAL (Philippines) Inc., Phoenix Petroleum Philippines Inc., SEAOIL Philippines Inc. and Chevron Philippines Inc. (Caltex) all issued separate advisories about increasing their […]

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Hong Kong media firm dives 90% as chairwoman arrested

HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Shares in media company Camsing International crashed 90 percent in Hong Kong on Monday after saying its chairwoman had been arrested in China. In a statement to the city’s stock exchange, Camsing said the board became aware Friday that Lo Ching, who was also an executive director, was “currently being held in criminal custody” by the Yangpu Branch of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau. “The directors are unable to ascertain […]

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Robredo says it’s “embarrassing” that other countries are more concerned with abuses in Duterte drug war

(Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo said it was “embarrassing” that other countries were more concerned about alleged abuses taking place in the war on drugs of President Rodrigo Duterte. In her radio show “BISErbisyong Leni” on Sunday, July 7, Robredo lamented that in the Philippines, “only a few are concerned.” “Iyong sa akin lang, iyong ibang bansa nababahala para sa atin. Pero dito sa atin, parang ang nababahala yata kaunting-kaunti lang. Parang business […]

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Tajikistan probes poisoning deaths of 14 prisoners

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (AFP) — Tajikistan has opened a criminal investigation after 14 prisoners were fatally poisoned while they were being transported between jails, the justice ministry said Monday, suggesting that another inmate may have given them contaminated bread. The incident happened on Sunday as more than a hundred prisoners, including eight women, were being transferred in a convoy from prisons in the north of the Central Asian country to jails in the south. The justice […]

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Electric scooters: not so eco-friendly after all?

by Catherine HOURS PARIS, France (AFP) — E-scooters touted as zero-carbon urban transport are flooding city streets worldwide, but just how green they remain an open question. The companies — from multinationals to local start-ups — distributing them insist the omnipresent two-wheel vehicles are a boon for the environment and a curb on global warming. “Bird was founded to help create a cleaner and the more hospitable world that prioritizes people over cars,” the American […]

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