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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte administered the oath of office for newly appointed Supreme Court Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin on Tuesday, December 4, along with two other Court of Appeals Justices whom he had appointed to the high court. Chief Justice Bersamin, who was appointed to replace former Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro, was accompanied by his family at the Heroes Hall during the ceremony. Bersamin was appointed as the country’s top magistrate […]
by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France Presse TAMPA, United States (AFP) — SpaceX on Wednesday blasted off its unmanned Dragon cargo ship, loaded with supplies, science experiments and food for the astronauts living at the International Space Station but failed to successfully land its booster afterwards. “We have had a great liftoff,” said SpaceX commentator John Insprucker, as the Falcon 9 rocket soared into the sunny, blue sky over Cape Canaveral, Florida at 1:16 pm (1816 […]
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) — Young Nepalis created a map of the Dead Sea with used plastic bags Wednesday in a bid to set a new international record and raise awareness about the vast volumes polluting the world’s oceans. Volunteers tied 100,000 colorful used plastic bags on a metal grid 20 meters (65 feet) long and five meters (16 feet) tall, shaped like the Dead Sea, on open ground in Kathmandu’s city center. The record attempt […]
by Joseph SOTINEL and Simon MORGAN Agence France Presse VIENNA, Austria (AFP) — OPEC members and other oil-producing countries gather in Vienna on Thursday to discuss cutting output to prop up prices, as US President Donald Trump urged them to keep the faucets open. Oil ministers from 20 or so countries busily criss-crossed the Austrian capital on Wednesday for preparatory negotiations ahead of the two-day meet at the headquarters of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Free agent Joakim Noah signed for the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday for the remainder of the season, the team announced. The 33-year-old former NBA defensive player of the year joins Memphis after being waived by the New York Knicks in the preseason. Noah was left out in the cold at the Knicks last season after a bust-up with coach Jeff Hornacek. He was placed on indefinite leave from the […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Six US marines were missing after two American military aircraft crashed on Thursday during a refuelling operation off the coast of Japan, officials from both countries told AFP. The two planes — an F-18 fighter and a C-130 tanker — were involved in a “mishap about 200 miles off of the coast of Japan around 2:00 am” according to a statement from the US Marines in Japan. A US defense official […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Beijing on Wednesday protested the arrest in Canada of Chinese national Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of global telecommunications giant Huawei, and urged her immediate release as she faces extradition to the United States. “At the request of the US side, the Canadian side arrested a Chinese citizen not violating any American or Canadian law,” a statement from the Chinese embassy in Canada said. “The Chinese side firmly opposes and […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Tesla Motors said Wednesday it will begin European deliveries of its long-awaited mass-market Model 3 electric car from February. A spokesperson told AFP the first to take delivery would be customers who had reserved their Model 3 starting March 2016 if they confirm their order by January 1. The spokesperson said customers would be invited to confirm over the coming weeks, starting Wednesday. Tesla’s mid-size, four-door all-electric family car was first […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Two US Marine Corps aircraft crashed during a refueling operation off the coast of Japan, a US defense official told AFP on Wednesday. The planes involved were an F-18 fighter and a C-130 tanker, the official said. In a statement, the Marine Corps said the planes had taken off from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. Search and rescue operations were underway following a “mishap.” They “were conducting regularly scheduled training […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The French government fears “major violence” from protests planned for Saturday, the presidency told AFP after weeks of demonstrations over rising living costs blamed on the government of Emmanuel Macron. “We have reasons to fear major violence,” a source said Wednesday amid calls for fresh mobilization of the “yellow vest” movement countrywide this weekend. © Agence France-Presse
by Yussel GONZALEZ Agence France Presse MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — The first woman elected mayor of Mexico City was sworn in Wednesday for a six-year term leading one of the world’s largest cities, in a country with a deep tradition of machismo. Claudia Sheinbaum, a 56-year-old scientist and environmentalist, rode to victory in the July elections on the same anti-establishment wave that brought her ally and mentor to power, Mexico’s new President Andres Manuel […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — Canadian boxer Adonis Stevenson suffered a “severe traumatic brain injury” and remains in intensive care, his doctors said Wednesday, days after the fighter lost his World Boxing Council light heavyweight title to Ukrainian Oleksandr Gvozdyk. The 41-year-old underwent surgery after the Saturday fight, and “his situation is still stable under the circumstances, but critical,” said doctor Alexis Turgeon. Turgeon noted that Stevenson requires “mechanical respiratory assistance, deep sedation and specialized neurological […]
