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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Indiana Pacers guard Victor Oladipo underwent successful surgery Monday to repair a ruptured quad tendon in his right knee, the team announced, but no timetable was given for his recovery. The Pacers lost the 26-year-old playmaker, whose father is from Sierra Leone and whose mother is from Nigeria, for the season after he suffered the injury with 4:05 remaining in the second quarter of last Wednesday’s 110-106 home victory over […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump will meet with China’s trade envoy this week during talks aimed at resolving the trade dispute with Beijing, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Monday. Chinese Vice Premier Liu He is leading a delegation of 30 officials to Washington as the United States and China work to reach an agreement ahead of a March 1 deadline, when US tariffs are due to increase sharply. Mnuchin told […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — A woman who accused US singer Chris Brown of rape has filed a new complaint in France after her police photo was leaked on the internet, a judicial source said Monday. The 25-year-old woman, identified in media reports as “Karima”, alleges that the image, taken by police as she filed the complaint, was posted on social media. An investigation for violation of judicial secrets, violation of a professional secret and distribution […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States imposed sanctions on Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA on Monday in the latest effort to ramp up pressure on the country’s President Nicolas Maduro. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the sanctions prevented Maduro from diverting more resources from the crisis-damaged country until control in Caracas could be transferred to an interim government or new democratically-elected government. However, Mnuchin said PDVSA’s US-based subsidiary Citgo would be able to […]
by Maria Isabel SANCHEZ Agence France Presse CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuela’s self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaido said Monday he was taking control of the country’s foreign assets as he piled pressure on leader Nicolas Maduro by calling for a new wave of protests against the embattled regime. Guaido, the opposition leader who has declared himself the country’s ruler amid violent anti-government protests, says “usurper” Maduro’s rule is illegitimate and wants to set up a […]
by Julian GUYER Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Tottenham Hotspur suffered their second defeat in English knockout football in a matter of days as they lost 2-0 to Crystal Palace in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Sunday. Connor Wickham gave the unfancied Eagles, 29 points adrift of Spurs in the Premier League, a ninth-minute lead before a penalty by former Tottenham winger Andros Townsend made it 2-0. Spurs’ Kieran Trippier […]
(Eagle News) — Nakaamba na naman ang pagtaas ng presyo sa produktong petrolyo sa araw ng bukas, Enero 29. Ayon sa Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation, Caltex at Seaoil, magtataas sila ng 55 centavos sa bawat litro ng diesel, 20 centavos naman sa bawat litro ng gasolina at 40 centavos sa bawat litro ng kerosene. Magpapatupad din ng kaparehong price adjustments maliban sa kerosene ang Phoenix, UniOil, Total, Ptt, Eastern, Jetti at Petro Gazz. Epektibo ang […]
(Eagle News)–The House of Representatives on Monday, Jan. 28, approved on final reading a measure that lowers the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 12 years old. More than 100–or 144–voted for House Bill 8858, while 34 voted against it. There were no abstentions. The approved measure is an amended version of an original bill approved by the House justice committee that pegged the minimum age of criminal responsibility to nine years old. The amended […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks closed lower on Monday partially due to a strong yen, while investors braced for corporate results by major companies. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index slipped 0.60 percent, or 124.56 points, to 20,649.00 while the broader Topix index was down 0.68 percent, or 10.59 points, at 1,555.51. “We have very few trading elements today but a relatively strong yen is among the negative factors,” said Daiwa Securities senior technical analyst […]
(Eagle News) — Plano ng Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) na magpatupad ng tatlong buwang fishing ban sa isdang tawilis simula Marso o Abril ngayong taon sa Taal Lake. Ayon kay BFAR Director Ed Gongona, taong 2013 pa nang imungkahi nila ang tatlong buwang fishing ban na ito pero hindi naman umano ito inaksyunan ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Subalit muling bubuhayin ng BFAR ang nauna nilang mungkahi, kasunod na […]
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — A rare and powerful tornado that struck Havana killed three people and left 172 injured, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said early Monday. Diaz-Canel, who toured the darkened streets of Havana in the pre-dawn hours visiting emergency crews, wrote on Twitter that damage to the Cuban capital from the late Sunday tornado was “severe.” The tornado overturned vehicles, uprooted trees, knocked down lampposts, and left part of the city in the dark. […]
HOLLYWOOD, United States (AFP) — Universal’s thriller “Glass” has kept clear of the competition in North American box offices for a second straight weekend, taking in an estimated $19 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Sunday. Financed and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, “Glass” is a sequel to his “Unbreakable” (2000) and “Split” (2016). It stars Bruce Willis as a superhuman locked in a psychiatric ward with a mass murderer — “Mr. Glass” — played […]
