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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Confidence among Japan’s biggest manufacturers has slipped for the third straight quarter, a key central bank survey showed on Monday, reflecting concern about trade wars and a string of natural disasters. The Bank of Japan’s Tankan report — a quarterly survey of about 10,000 companies — showed a reading of 19 among major manufacturers in its September survey, against 21 in the June report. It is the first time the reading […]
(Eagle News) — Planong limitahan at lagyan na ng restriksyon ang pagpapa-interview sa media ng mga kongresista. Sa ilalim ng panukala ng dating broadcaster na si Antipolo City 1st District Rep. Chiqui Roa-Puno, bawal mag-interview sa mga restricted area tulad ng cooling tower, electrical power house, switch gear area at fire pump area. Ito aniya ay para sa kaligtasan ng mga mambabatas at mamamahayag at mapanatili ang seguridad sa Kamara. Kabilang din sa “no-coverage area” […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — The Indonesian government on Monday called for international help to deal with the aftermath of a devastating series on earthquakes and a tsunami in the island region of Sulawesi that killed at least 832 people. President Joko Widodo ” authorized us to accept international help for urgent disaster-response,” the government’s head of investment Tom Lembong said, as dozens of aid agencies and NGOs lined up to provide live-saving assistance and the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — An American warship has sailed through waters off the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, in the latest implicit challenge to Beijing’s sweeping territorial claims in the region, the Pentagon said Sunday. “Guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur conducted a freedom of navigation operation,” an official told AFP. “Decatur sailed within 12 nautical miles of Gaven and Johnson reefs in the Spratly Islands.” The official said all US military operations […]
by Hiroshi HIYAMA / Richard CARTER Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A powerful typhoon sliced through Japan after making landfall Sunday evening, injuring dozens, halting transport, and bringing fierce winds and torrential rain to areas already battered by a string of recent extreme weather episodes. Typhoon Trami sparked travel disruption in the world’s third-biggest economy, with bullet train services suspended, more than 1,000 flights canceled and Tokyo’s evening train services scrapped. National broadcaster […]
FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday warned US President Donald Trump against “destroying” the United Nations. “I believe that destroying something without having developed something new is extremely dangerous,” Merkel said at a regional election campaign event in Bavaria. The veteran leader — a close ally of Trump’s bugbear Barack Obama while he was president — added that she believed multilateralism was the solution to many of the world’s problems. Trump […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — As Macedonian citizens vote Sunday on whether to rename their country “The Republic of North Macedonia”, here is a look at other nations that have changed their names. Many countries changed their names at independence, most often from ones imposed by their colonizers. At their independence, for example, Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan), Botswana (Bechuanaland), Ghana (Gold Coast), Indonesia (Dutch East Indies), Malawi (Nyasaland) and Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) were created. The 1991 break-up […]
by Sally MAIRS and Saska CVETKOVSKA Agence France Presse SKOPJE, Macedonia (AFP) — Macedonian voters on Sunday supported a plan to rename the country aimed at ending a decades-long spat with Greece and unlocking a path to NATO and EU membership, although the referendum was marred by low turnout. With ballots from 93 percent of polling stations counted, 91.3 percent of votes favored the name changing to North Macedonia, compared to 5.7 percent opposed, according […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesians desperate to trace loved ones missing in the earthquake and tsunami that struck the island of Sulawesi are turning to social media sites like Facebook to aid their search. With the scale of the disaster still unclear, telecommunications patchy and some areas still out of reach, families are posting photos, descriptions of lost family members and contact numbers in the hope of learning more. “Have you seen any of my […]
by Rob Lever Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Tesla has promised to revolutionize the automobile, but the high-end electric car maker keeps hitting road blocks created by its founder Elon Musk’s erratic behavior and considerable ego. Those traits contributed to fraud charges brought against Musk on Thursday by federal regulators, a potentially serious blow coming just as Tesla is ramping up efforts to become a mainstream manufacturer. But on Saturday, the brilliant […]
(Eagle News)–Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano emphasized the Philippines’ respect for human rights before the international community during the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. “The Philippines and President Duterte are instituting all these reforms to be able to protect the rights of every single Filipino and every single human being living in the Philippines,” Cayetano said. According to Cayetano, the country, however, will always choose to protect the rights […]
(Eagle News)—–The Department of Foreign Affairs on Sunday, Sept. 30, vowed justice for a Filipina who was killed allegedly by her Swedish actor-husband in Kista, Sweden on Sept. 23. In a statement, the DFA said the Philippine Embassy in Norway was in contact with Swedish authorities, and was working with the Swedish government-provided lawyer handling the case of Mailyn Conde Sinambong, a mother of two. Mailyn’s husband, the DFA said, is in the custody of Swedish […]
