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HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets were largely flat on Monday morning following weak US trading at the end of last week and as nervousness over Chinese growth put pressure on global equities. After early gains, Hong Kong hovered between positive and negative territory, edging up 0.2 percent by mid-morning. Tokyo and Shanghai stocks were largely unchanged, with Tokyo trading down by 0.1 percent. “Flagging growth in China revived global growth concerns,” Stephen Innes, […]
by Josh Edelson / Laurent Banguet Agence France Presse PARADISE, United States (AFP) — The number of dead in a wildfire raging in California rose to 29 on Sunday, matching the deadliest in the state’s history as recovery teams found six more bodies in the grim search through the wreckage. The “Camp Fire” — in the northern foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains — is the largest and most destructive of several infernos that have sent […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Pneumonia will kill nearly 11 million children under five by 2030, experts warned Monday on a global day aimed at raising awareness of the biggest infectious killer of infants worldwide. While in the developed world the severe lung infection mainly affects the elderly, in developing nations it is children who bear the brunt, with hundreds of thousands dying each year from the easily preventable disease. More than 880,000 children — mainly […]
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba filled a record $30.7 billion in orders on Sunday during its annual “Singles Day” shopping frenzy, but growth slowed from previous years. The world’s biggest 24-hour shopping event, celebrating its tenth year, kicked off early Sunday and once again shattered its own sales mark as Chinese online buyers seized on promotions to snap up everything from electronics to clothing and housewares. Sales rose 27 percent, compared with […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt will visit Saudi Arabia on Monday where he will press King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. During a trip to the region that includes a visit to the United Arab Emirates, Hunt will also seek to build support for UN efforts to end the conflict in Yemen, the Foreign Office said. His visit comes amid an […]
by Sakher Abou El Oun Agence France Presse GAZA CITY, Palestinian (AFP) — An exchange of fire erupted during an Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing six Palestinians and an Israeli soldier, officials said, while potentially dashing hopes that a recent agreement would restore calm. As tensions rose following the clash, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said he would cut short his trip to Paris, where he had been attending […]
by Ludovic EHRET Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — Sneakers on a popular Chinese e-commerce platform look like Adidas, but are branded “Ababis”. Underwear resembling Calvin Klein are called “Caiwen Kani”. Toys with an uncanny resemblance to a certain blockbuster movie franchise opt for “Star Wnrs”. As China held its massive annual “Singles Day” online sales event on Sunday, shoppers could still find cheap imitations on Alibaba’s Taobao app despite the company’s efforts to […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — The two Koreas began destroying 20 guard posts along their heavily-fortified frontier Sunday under a plan to reduce tensions on the border. Under an agreement made between their generals in late October, North and South Korea agreed to each remove 10 posts and preserve one on either side of the frontier. The militaries on Sunday began destroying the 20 border guard posts in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Europe should not spend higher defense budgets on US-made weapons, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview due to air Sunday, after a defense row with President Donald Trump. One of dozens of world leaders attending World War I commemorations in France this weekend, Trump tweeted after landing in Paris that Macron’s call for a “real European army” was “insulting”. In an interview recorded on Saturday with CNN after talks […]
by Josh Edelson / Laurent Banguet Agence France Presse PARADISE, United States (AFP) — Search teams scoured the carnage of California’s most destructive ever wildfire for victims on Sunday, as the state-wide death toll rose to 26 with high winds hampering the effort to rescue property and save lives. Firefighters took advantage of a brief calm overnight to make headway against the multiple blazes, but conditions were expected to be hellish on Sunday with winds […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Sunday, Nov. 10, reiterated the arrest of National Democratic Front of the Philippines consultant Vicente Ladlad was due to his illegal possession of firearms. “The confiscation of high-powered firearms and explosives in the possession of Ladlad and two others is a result of a lawful search made by the police witnessed and certified by officials of the Homeowners Association,” Albayalde said. Albayalde made the comment following the […]
(Eagle News)—–President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, Nov. 11, urged Palawan officials and residents to be wary of the number of tourists visiting the island, and to not allow hotels to be built near the easement. “Wag ninyong i-overload. Bantay kayo diyan,” he said. He also required hotels to put up their own water treatment facility to ensure that their waste does not go straight to the waters. “Do not allow ‘yung mga hotels near sa […]
