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PM-elect Mitsotakis vows to make Greece ‘proud’ after vote triumph

by John HADOULIS ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — Greece’s conservative prime minister-elect Kyriakos Mitsotakis vowed that the country would “proudly” enter a post-bailout period of “jobs, security and growth” after winning a landslide victory in Sunday’s general election. Official results showed Mitsotakis on track to crush leftist premier Alexis Tsipras, who oversaw austerity meausures after Greece’s dramatic rescue by international creditors in the European debt crisis. “A painful cycle has closed,” Mitsotakis said in a televised […]

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Iran to face more ‘isolation, sanctions’: Pompeo

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Iran will face further sanctions in response to its expected breach Sunday of a uranium enrichment cap, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. “Iran’s latest expansion of its nuclear program will lead to further isolation and sanctions,” the top US diplomat said on Twitter. Iran said earlier it was hours away from breaching the cap set by an endangered nuclear deal reached with international powers but from which the […]

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Milwaukee Bucks could add a second Antetokounmpo

ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — Thanasis Antetokounmpo is negotiating with the Milwaukee Bucks and could join his younger brother Giannis, the NBA regular-season MVP, on the team, a European basketball website reported Sunday. Eurohoops said that Thanasis was finalizing a two-year deal which would give the Bucks two pairs of brothers: Thanasis and Giannis Antetokounmpo and Brook and Robin Lopez. The site Thanasis’ contract would be in the neighborhood of $3 million. Thanasis, 26, played the […]

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Trump: Migrant detention centers to open to media

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump on Sunday said migrant detention centers that have come under criticism for overcrowding and poor conditions will be opened to visits by journalists. “I’m going to start showing some of these detention centers to the press. I want the press to go in and see them,” Trump told reporters in Morristown, New Jersey. “We’re going to have some of the press go in because they’re crowded, […]

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7 bricks of suspected cocaine found on shore in Mauban, Quezon, says police

(Eagle News) — Seven bricks containing suspected cocaine weighing more or less seven kilos were discovered at a coastal area in Mauban, Quezon on Sunday, July 7, according to the police. The bricks of the white substance believed to be cocaine were found at the coastal area of Sitio Bulwagin Brgy. Cagsiay 1 in Mauban town, and have an estimated value of P35 million. “The discovery of said bricks was based on the report of […]

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Transport holiday by TNVS drivers set today from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., but some may not join strike

(Eagle New) – Thousands of Transport Network Vehicle Service drivers and operators claimed they would join a transport holiday declared on Monday, July 8. The transport holiday will be from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., but some groups said that they are giving TNVS drivers the free choice if they don’t want to join the strike. Ninoy Mopas, president of the TNVS group Thug Philippines circulated a statement saying they are giving “the freedom to […]

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NBA Warriors vow to retire Iguodala number, trade him

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Andre Iguodala will have his number nine jersey retired by the Golden State Warriors, the NBA club announced Sunday in confirming his trade to the Memphis Grizzlies. The 35-year-old US swingman and a projected first-round NBA Draft pick were sent to Memphis in exchange for forward Julian Washburn and a traded player exception, giving them future help under NBA salary cap rules. Iguodala helped the Warriors reach the past […]

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NDF’s Sison says US can easily remove Duterte from power; Palace dismisses “wishful thinking” from “old revolutionary”

  (Eagle News) – The National Democratic Front of the Philippines chief political consultant Jose Maria Sison said that the United States could easily overthrow President Rodrigo Duterte and install Vice-President Leni Robredo as the country’s new leader. In a statement in reaction to President Duterte’s challenge to the US to be the first to fire a shot in the South China Sea dispute, Sison said that there was “no need for the US to […]

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Guaido: Venezuela opposition, govt to resume talks, in Barbados

CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuela’s self-declared interim president Juan Guaido said Sunday a new dialogue between the opposition and President Nicolas Maduro’s government would be held in Barbados. He did not specify a date for resumption of talks at the new venue, in the Caribbean, after earlier discussions stalled in Norway. “In response to the mediation of the Kingdom of Norway (the opposition) will attend a meeting with representatives of the usurper regime in Barbados, […]

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Strong 6.9 magnitude quake hits waters off Indonesia

  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A strong magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off Indonesia on Sunday, the US Geological Survey reported, triggering a brief tsunami warning that sent panicked residents fleeing to higher ground. The Southeast Asian nation is one of the most disaster-hit on Earth due to its position straddling the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, where tectonic plates collide. Earthquakes and tsunamis have claimed thousands of lives in recent years. Sunday’s quake struck at […]

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Southwest monsoon affecting extreme Northern Luzon, says PAGASA

  (Eagle News) – The Southwest Monsoon is affecting extreme Northern Luzon which could bring rains in the area, according to the country’s weather bureau, PAGASA, Monday, July 8. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers mostly in the afternoon or evening because of localized thunderstorms, forecasters said. PAGASA warned there could be flashfloods and some landslides during the thunderstorms.

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Tutankhamun relic sells for $6 mn in London despite Egyptian outcry

by Dmitry ZAKS Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A 3,000-year-old quartzite head of Egyptian “Boy King” Tutankhamun was auctioned off for $6 million Thursday in London despite a fierce outcry from Cairo. Christie’s auction house sold the 28.5-centimetre (11-inch) relic for £4,746,250 ($5,970,000, 5,290,000 euros) at one of its most controversial auctions in years. No information about the buyer was disclosed. The famous pharaoh’s finely-chiselled face — its calm eyes and puffed […]

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