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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A man armed with an automatic rifle opened fire on a Dallas federal courthouse on Monday before being killed by police in the southern US city, law enforcement officials said. Police identified the shooter as 22-year-old Brian Clyde, who caused no deaths or injuries when he began firing at the courthouse entrance from a sidewalk. In images captured by a photographer at the scene, Clyde is pictured wearing a military […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, June 17, said he would wait for the results of the probe into the Recto Bank incident before issuing a statement. “The only thing that we can do is to wait and give the other party the right to be heard. Importante ‘yan eh,” he said. He, however, urged the Navy to “stay out of trouble,” and to “not make it worse.” “With all the galit and one national […]
SHENZHEN, China (AFP) — Huawei’s founder said Monday the Chinese telecom giant’s overseas smartphone sales have tumbled since the US last month threatened to blacklist the company, and he warned the embattled firm would slash production to weather the US drive to isolate it. The announcements by Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei marked the first clear indication from the company of the impact of the US pressure, which is being applied over concerns […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing reiterated its backing of Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam on Monday after a massive demonstration demanding her resignation over a controversial extradition bill. Protest organisers said some 2 million people choked Hong Kong’s streets on Sunday — despite Lam’s decision to indefinitely suspend passage of the bill a day earlier. Critics fear the Beijing-backed law will entangle people in China’s notoriously opaque and politicised courts and damage the […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong stocks rallied Monday, leading many Asian markets higher after last week’s losses, with investors cheering a decision by the city to suspend plans to push through a controversial extradition law. Investors are also moving cautiously ahead of two huge market-moving events: the Federal Reserve policy meeting this week with its plans for interest rates in focus, and the G20 summit next week where US President Donald Trump […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, June 17, said the Chinese are not allowed to fish in Recto Bank in the West Philippine Sea. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement days after a Chinese vessel hit a Filipino fishing boat causing it to sink in the area. The vessel also abandoned the 22 Filipinos on board the fishing boat. But Panelo added it was still unclear if the crew of the Chinese vessel fished in […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Tens of thousands of Indian doctors went on strike Monday calling for more protection against violence by patients and their families, as parliament met for the first time since national elections. The nationwide strike, which will last until Tuesday morning, is in solidarity with doctors in the eastern state of West Bengal after three were viciously attacked by the relatives of a man who died. The Indian Medical Association (IMA), […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP ) — Twelve people were killed and dozens more injured in an Indonesian traffic accident Monday after a bus passenger tried to wrest control of the steering wheel following an argument with the driver, police said. The accident happened at around 1:00 am Monday (1800 GMT Sunday) when the coach swerved into oncoming traffic on a toll road in West Java, smashing into two cars and causing a truck to roll. Some […]
The founder of Huawei said the Chinese telecom giant would slash production over the next two years as it grapples with a US push to isolate the company internationally. “In the coming two years, the company will cut production by $30 billion,” Ren Zhengfei said during a panel discussion at corporate headquarters in Shenzhen. © Agence France-Presse
(Eagle News)–A group on Monday, June 17, asked the Commission on Elections to disqualify Ronald Cardema as representative of Duterte Youth Party-list. In arguing for Cardema’s disqualification, Millenials’ PH, which is backed by poll lawyers Sixto Brillantes and Emil Marañon III, said he was overaged. The partylist law says qualified youth representatives are aged 25 to 30. Cardema is 34 years old. The Commission on Elections had allowed Cardema to substitute for his wife Duciella, […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — At least 18 people were killed Sunday in a bus accident in a rural area of western Venezuela, police said. “Fourteen deaths were reported at the scene of the accident, 33 injured were transferred to the hospital in Villa del Rosario, where four of them died,” police said in a report seen by AFP. The accident occurred in a rural area of Zulia state which borders Colombia. According to a preliminary […]
(Eagle News)–Two suspected members of the Daulah Islamiyah were arrested in Quezon City over the weekend. Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde said Arnel “Abu Mus’Ab” Cabintoy and Feliciano “Abu Muslim” Sulayao were arrested in Tandang Sora. “Both suspects yielded blasting caps and grenades when arrested,” Albayalde said. The two are facing charges for illegal possession of explosives.
