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JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the outgoing US ambassador to the United Nations after she resigned on Tuesday, following a tenure in which she asserted Washington’s support for Israel. “I thank ambassador Nikki Haley for her uncompromising struggle against the hypocrisy of the UN,” he wrote in Hebrew on his official Twitter account, wishing her success in her future endeavours. Haley has been a favourite in Israel as she pushed […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that planning for his next summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is advanced and that “three or four locations” have been short-listed. Trump said at the White House that the meeting would “probably” not be in Singapore, where their historic first talks took place in June. The pair discussed ending the reclusive state’s nuclear weapons program and hostilities between Washington and […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — New US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh dove into his new job Tuesday, shrugging off the controversy over his nomination and firing off a handful of questions at his first hearing, a case on prison reform. A handful of protesters rallied outside the court in opposition to the conservative justice, who was confirmed on Saturday by the Senate by a razor-thin margin after weeks of partisan rancor. “We will not […]
by Sebastian SMITH and Shaun TANDON Agence France Presse Nikki Haley abruptly resigned Tuesday as the US ambassador to the United Nations, in the latest departure from President Donald Trump’s often shifting national security team. Meeting Haley in the Oval Office, Trump said she had done a “fantastic job” and would stay on to the end of the year. “She told me probably six months ago,” Trump told reporters, that ‘”I want to take a […]
PORT-AU PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — The death toll from the earthquake that struck northwest Haiti over the weekend has risen to 17, with nearly 350 others injured, the interior ministry said Tuesday. Nine people were killed in the coastal city of Port-de-Paix, the closest major town to the quake’s epicenter. Seven more died in Gros-Morne, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) to the southeast and one was killed in the city of Saint-Louis du Nord, the […]
by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / with Leila Macor in Miami Agence France Presse PANAMA CITY, United States (AFP) — Hurricane Michael intensified Tuesday as it barreled toward the Florida coast, becoming a category 3 major storm as the governor of the southern US state warned residents to prepare immediately for a “monstrous” hit. Michael was now packing winds of 120 miles per hour (195 kilometers per hour) as it aimed for the Florida panhandle, the finger-shaped […]
(Eagle News)–Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano is running in the 2019 elections. Duterte revealed this in a speech on Tuesday, Oct. 9. He, however, did not say what position he would vie for. Earlier, the Palace said there would be a revamp in the Cabinet with several running for different positions in the next polls.
NEW YORk, United States (AFP) — Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart and Cleveland Cavaliers swingman J.R. Smith were each fined Monday by the NBA for their roles in an on-court altercation, the league announced. Smart was fined $25,000 for escalating an on-court incident during an altercation in which he was ejected. Smith was fined $15,000 for initiating the confrontation. The incident took place with 3:38 remaining in the first quarter of Cleveland’s 113-102 home victory […]
MARSEILLE, France (AFP) — French and Italian civil and military teams were working to contain a spreading oil spill in the Mediterranean Monday after a container ship collision off the island of Corsica that prompted France to launch an investigation into “maritime pollution”. The accident occurred early Sunday when a Tunisian freighter rammed into a Cyprus-based vessel anchored about 30 kilometers (20 miles) off the northern tip of the French island. The ship’s hull was […]
(Eagle News) — Nag-aalburuto ngayon ang mga vendor at maliliit na negosyante sa lungsod ng Makati dahil sa pagtalikod ng City Hall sa sektor ng maliliit na negosyo. Kasabay nito, pinuna ng mga vendor ang tila pagiging “pusong-bato” ni Mayor Abigail Binay-Campos at ng mga patakarang “anti-small business” na umano’y banta sa kabuhayan ng mahigit 1,000 mga vendor at daan-daang micro-enterprises sa lungsod. Ibinunyag ng mga kinatawan ng Makati Vendors Federation Inc. (MVFI) na pinapaalis […]
by Ryan McMorrow Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing’s international image took a self-inflicted bruising with a secretive investigation into the former Chinese head of Interpol, highlighting its ruthless tactics even as it seeks global goodwill in a trade spat with the United States, analysts said. The election of Meng Hongwei as head of Interpol in 2016 was a triumph for President Xi Jinping’s bid to burnish China’s international profile through leadership […]
Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Dead on the spot ang anim na drug suspek matapos na manlaban sa mga otoridad sa isinagawang buy-bust operation ng Rodriguez Municipal Police Station sa Double L, Bautista Creek Side Brgy. San Isidro, Rodriguez, Rizal. Ayon kay Rizal Provincial Director, Psensupt.Lou Evangelista, nakatunog ang mga suspek na pulis ang kanilang ka transakyon kaya agad na pinaputukan ang mga pulis. Agad naman gumanti ng putok ang mga operatiba […]
