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by Sakher Abou El Oun with Mike Smith in Jerusalem Agence France Presse GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — Israeli air strikes in Gaza killed three Palestinians and destroyed a Hamas TV building on Monday after a barrage of rocket fire from the enclave, as renewed violence threatened to derail efforts to end months of unrest. The flare-up came after a deadly Israeli special forces operation in the Gaza Strip on Sunday that left Hamas […]
by Ben PERRY Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Oil prices advanced Monday after crude kingpin Saudi Arabia unveiled plans to cut output in the face of global oversupplies, and pressed other producers to follow suit. Higher crude prices failed to lift the market overall in London however, with the FTSE 100 index lower as trading came to a close amid opening declines on Wall Street. Tobacco stocks were among those that slumped, […]
by Javier Tovar with Leo Mouren in Washington Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Marvel legend Stan Lee, who revolutionized pop culture as the co-creator of iconic superheroes like Spider-Man and The Hulk who now dominate the world’s movie screens, has died. He was 95 years old. Lee, the face of comic book culture in the United States, died early Monday in Los Angeles after suffering a number of illnesses in recent […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has arrived in Singapore for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit and Related Summits. The event in which the President is expected to meet Asean leaders will last for three days. On Thursday, the President is slated to leave for Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea for the Asia-Pacific Economic Forum.
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte has named an officer in charge of the Office of the Special Assistant to the President. Undersecretary Jesus Melchor Quitain, who was administrator of Davao when Duterte was the city mayor, will replace Bong Go temporarily, based on a memorandum signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea. Go resigned last month to run as senator n the 2019 polls.
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A woman has been charged after a “complex” investigation into an Australian strawberry scare where needles were found stuck into the fruit, police said Sunday, in a crisis that sparked nationwide panic. Queensland state authorities offered a large reward and the national government raised jail terms for such crimes after sewing needles were found in plastic boxes of the fruit sold in supermarkets in September. Since the first case came […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) will deport the nine illegal foreign workers in Pasay and Manila who had no working permits. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said the nine foreign nationals are now undergoing deportation proceedings for violating the country’s immigration laws. “We will deport them for blatantly violating our immigration laws. Foreigners are prohibited in engaging in any gainful activity without the proper visas,” Morente said in a statement. Four of the […]
(Eagle News) — Idinepensa ni Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Oscar Albayalde ang tila pagiging malambot ng PNP sa nakatakdang pag-aresto kay dating First Lady Imelda Marcos na hinatulang guilty ng Sandiganbayan sa pitong kaso ng graft. Ikinukumpara kasi ito sa pagiging agresibo ng PNP sa pag-aresto kay Senador Antonio Trillanes IV noong Oktubre. Ayon kay Albayalde, ikinokonsidera nila ang pagiging babae, may edad at ang kalusugan ng dating unang ginang. “Wala tayong nakikitang magiging […]
(Eagle News) — After the 33rd ASEAN Summit in Singapore, President Rodrigo Duterte will fly straight to Papua New Guinea to attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ meeting. The ASEAN Summit starts on Tuesday, Nov. 13 and ends on Nov. 15. The following day, Nov. 16, is the start of the APEC summit which will end on Nov. 18. In a press briefing, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Ernesto Abella said that President Duterte will […]
KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — Casualties are feared after a huge explosion rocked Kabul on Monday close to where scores of Afghans had been protesting against Taliban attacks on the minority Hazara ethnic group. The blast struck in front of a high school in the downtown area of the Afghan capital, the interior ministry said. A photo shared on the popular WhatsApp messaging app showed several bodies laying on the ground. “It was a huge blast […]
(Eagle News) — Tumanggap ng ayuda ang siyamnapu’t anim na miyembro ng New People’s Army (NPA) na nagbalik-loob sa gobyerno. Sa ilalim ng programang balik loob Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration, nakatanggap ang mga rebelde ng 15,000 immediate assistance at fire arms remuneration, kung saan binigyan din ang mga ito ng pera batay sa halaga ng mga armas na isinuko nila sa pamahalaan. Bukod dito, pagkakalooban din ang mga rebel returnee ng buwanang tulong sa ilalim […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization warned Monday that antibiotics consumption is dangerously high in some countries while a shortage in others is spurring risky misuse, driving the emergence of deadly superbug infections. In a first, the United Nations health agency said it had collated data on antibiotic use across large parts of the world and had found huge differences in consumption. The report, based on 2015 data from 65 countries and regions, […]
