Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea asked the United States to delay planned high-level talks in New York this week, Seoul’s top diplomat said Thursday, a day after Washington abruptly announced the meeting’s postponement. The US State Department said Wednesday that the encounter between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and top North Korean official Kim Yong Chol, initially scheduled for Thursday, had been shelved for “a later date”. No further explanation was given, but […]
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen vowed Thursday that the island would not “concede one step” in defending itself as she inaugurated two frigates bought from the United States aimed at boosting Taipei’s naval capabilities against China. Rival China has upped military drills including a live fire exercise in the Taiwan Strait in April, declaring its willingness to confront the island’s “independence forces”. Beijing still claims self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Nancy Binay recently moved to have pet food regulated as well, saying that food safety and awareness were “essential in order to keep animals safe from illnesses.” Under Senate Bill No. 2068, Binay wants the labelling of pet food products to be mandatory, such that all information on the ingredients and additives in pet food, especially if such additive is a proven carcinogen or proven to cause detrimental side effects based on standards to […]
(Eagle News)—-Fifty one percent of Filipinos support a mandatory drug testing for Grade 4 students and older, a Social Weather Stations survey said. According to the Third Quarter 2018 Social Weather Survey fielded from September 15 to 23, of the 51% who agreed, 31% strongly agree and 20% somewhat agree. Thirty six percent disagreed (24% strongly disagree, 12% somewhat disagree), and 13% are undecided about the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency proposal, the survey said. According […]
by Heather SCOTT Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — No US economists believe the Federal Reserve will raise the all-important benchmark interest rate on Thursday but they are watching closely for any signals about how concerned the central bankers are about rising prices. With the economy growing strongly and wages at long last starting to increase after years of robust job creation, central bank officials are wary the economy could overheat. Investors will […]
by Paul HANDLEY Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The White House on Wednesday suspended the press pass of a CNN reporter who earlier sparred with Donald Trump at a news conference, in which the US president branded the journalist an “enemy of the people.” A visibly angry Trump had called reporter Jim Acosta a “rude, terrible person,” after the CNN White House correspondent refused the president’s orders to sit down and give […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Boeing issued a special bulletin Wednesday addressing a sensor problem flagged by Indonesian safety officials investigating the crash of a Lion Air 737 that killed 189 people last week. The plane maker said local aviation officials believed pilots might have been given wrong information by the plane’s automated systems before the fatal crash. “The Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee has indicated that Lion Air flight 610 experienced erroneous input from one […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump will meet on Saturday with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris on the sidelines of World War I commemoration ceremonies. The two leaders were to discuss notably “the situation in Syria” and “the threat posed by Iran,” a White House official said Wednesday on condition of anonymity. The tete-a-tete is the only bilateral meeting slated for Trump’s Paris trip, according to the official. The US […]
by Michael Mathes Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — While dozens of newcomer Democrats won seats in Congress in Tuesday’s midterms, several Republicans also emerged on the national stage, forming a fresh battalion of conservatives pushing US President Donald Trump’s political agenda. Despite the Republican Party’s mixed results in the election, true adherents to Trumpism claimed wins in various states at multiple levels, a sign that the president’s influence remains strong among his […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Wednesday for using derogatory and offensive language, the league said. A statement from NBA executive vice president of basketball operations Kiki VanDeWeghe said the 23-year-old Serbian had been sanctioned for comments made after Denver’s 108-107 defeat of the Chicago Bulls on October 31. Footage of Jokic’s post-game remarks showed the Nuggets ace using the slang phrase “no […]
by Estelle EMONET / Julie Pacorel Agence France Presse MARSEILLE, France (AFP) — A sixth body was found Wednesday in the rubble of two dilapidated buildings that collapsed in the French city of Marseille, where furious residents have accused authorities of ignoring warnings about the state of housing for the poorest. As many as eight people are feared to have been killed when the buildings crumbled in a matter of seconds on Monday morning in […]
by Thomas URBAIN Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump’s largely Democrat-voting hometown woke up Wednesday breathing a sigh of relief, pleased there were now checks on the president’s power but under few illusions that the political future of America would be any less divided. Having spent two years in denial that the anti-immigration Manhattan tycoon had won top office, many New Yorkers were in a better mood after Tuesday’s midterm […]
