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TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned the United States of “painful consequences for everybody” if there is an escalation in tensions with the Islamic republic. Zarif also accused the US of “playing a very, very dangerous game” in an interview with CNN aired on Tuesday. “There will be painful consequences for everybody (if) there is an escalation against Iran, that’s for sure,” he said. Tensions have risen between Washington […]
(Eagle News)–Former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales is back in the country after she was held by immigration authorities at a Hong Kong airport on Tuesday, May 21. Morales arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 around 10 p.m., hours after her ordeal. She was supposed to go on vacation with her family in the special administrative region of China, but decided to return to the Philippines after she was held for supposedly being a […]
(Eagle News)—Davao Mayor Sara Duterte on Wednesday, May 21, said she was not the “correct person” to endorse someone as speaker of the House of Representatives, saying she was “only the Mayor of Davao City.” The presidential daughter made the remark as she addressed several issues concerning congressmen who aspire for the post, which will be vacant after the newly elected congressmen are proclaimed. Duterte for instance denied claims she was endorsing the speakership bid […]
(Eagle News)–Canada has tapped a shipping company to recover the garbage that was shipped to the Philippines six years ago. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said according to Canada, the return of the trash, which languishes in a Tarlac landfill, will be “sooner than later.” No date was, however, specified. Earlier, the Philippines recalled its diplomatic envoys in Canada, after the North American country missed the May 15 deadline to have the trash shipped back. President […]
https://youtu.be/jeNsMmVAvOk Agence France Presse HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) – US tech giant Google on Thursday signed a deal with Cuban operator ETECSA to explore ways of boosting internet service on the communist-run island, despite diplomatic tensions between Washington and Havana. The companies signed a memorandum of understanding in Havana aimed at speeding up connectivity to help bring communications on the island into the 21st century, a key policy of President Miguel Diaz-Canel. Cuba’s internet provider is […]
https://youtu.be/6W2UQUd5WhE by Aidan JONES Agence France Presse BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) – Netflix agreed Tuesday to team up with the makers of “Crazy Rich Asians” for a production based on the gripping real-life rescue of the “Wild Boars” football team from a flooded Thai cave. But the streaming giant would not immediately be drawn on whether it would give the saga its high-end mini-series treatment or be made into a film. The 12 boys and their […]
(Eagle News)—The man who served as the administrator of one of the websites that first carried the “Ang Totoong Narco-list” videos against President Rodrigo Duterte and his family has pleaded not guilty to inciting to sedition. Rodel Jayme entered his plea at his arraignment at the Parañaque Regional Trial Court Branch 258, where he was charged. Jayme has admitted to being the administrator of the website, but denied uploading the videos which accused Duterte, members […]
(Eagle News)—-The Palace has asked the Department of Justice to probe former National Youth Commission chair Ronald Cardema following reports he presided over a meeting even after he was already deemed resigned from his post. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the announcement in a news conference on Tuesday, May 21, six days after the conduct of the meeting, based on a text message from an unknown number received by Panelo. The supposed meeting took place […]
(Eagle News)—-Former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales has been held by immigration authorities at a Hong Kong airport. Reports quoting Morales’ lawyer Anne Marie Corominas said Morales was not allowed inside the special administrative region of China for a family vacation after being considered a “security threat.” Morales was scheduled to be deported on Tuesday evening. Morales was one of two who filed a complaint before the International Criminal Court against China President Xi Jinping. Apart from […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Tuesday, May 21, said the report by an American think-tank that said Chinese clam-harvesting fleets have returned to the South China Sea still needs to be validated. According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, this was the “first time he has ever heard of the information.” “.. I suppose the Western Command should make a validation of that and then refer it to the Secretary of Foreign Affairs for whatever action the […]
by Qasim NAUMAN HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Google’s decision to partially cut off Huawei devices from its Android operating system has presented the Chinese tech titan with one of its most dramatic challenges yet: how to keep up with the competition if it cannot use the platform that powers nearly every other smartphone in the world? It is a possibility for which the Shenzhen-based firm, the world’s second-largest smartphone maker by sales, has been […]
by Shingo ITO TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A Tokyo police smartphone app to scare off molesters has become a smash hit in Japan, where women have long run the gauntlet of groping on packed rush-hour trains. Victims of groping can activate the Digi Police app, which either blasts out a voice shouting “stop it” at top volume, or produces a full-screen SOS message — which victims can show other passengers — reading: “There is a […]
