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Catholic Church’s Pope Francis will meet leaders of the US Catholic Church on Thursday, the Vatican announced, after a high profile accusation that the pontiff covered up sexual abuse allegations against an American cardinal. Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, the president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, will attend the meeting after saying last month he was eager to meet the pope following the scandal. Two other conference officials will be at the meeting, as […]
(Eagle News)–Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison called President Rodrigo Duterte a “congenital liar and an incorrigible political swindler” after the chief executive said he had evidence of the conspiracy among the Communists, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and other members of the political opposition to oust him as president. “And I challenge him to present publicly what he claims as recorded conversations,” Sison said, referring to what Duterte said were taped conversations […]
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said Moscow and Beijing plan to use their own national currencies more often in trade deals as Russia’s relations with the West deteriorate. “The Russian and Chinese sides confirmed their interest in using national currencies more actively in reciprocal payments,” Putin told journalists during a press briefing with Chinese Leader Xi Jinping after talks at an economic forum in the far eastern Russian city of […]
by Maxime Popov Agence France Presse CHITA, Russia (AFP) — Russia launched Tuesday what it called its largest ever military drills, with hundreds of thousands of troops taking part along with Chinese soldiers in a show of force NATO condemned as a rehearsal for “large-scale conflict.” President Vladimir Putin is expected to attend the games after hosting an economic forum in Russia’s far eastern city Vladivostok where his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping is one […]
by Jan Hennop Agence France Presse THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — The International Criminal Court on Tuesday said its work would continue “undeterred” after Washington threatened to prosecute its judges if Americans are charged with war crimes committed in Afghanistan. France and Germany also weighed in to support the Hague-based court after White House National Security Advisor John Bolton said the ICC was “already dead to us”. “The ICC, as a court of law, […]
(Eagle News) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has changed his mind and said that he will still stay inside the Senate premises upon the “advice of some senators” a few hours after he had said he was prepared to leave the Senate grounds after the Supreme Court ruling denying his petition for a temporary restraining order. Trillanes said that he came out with his decision after allegedly making “direct engagements” with the “units” from […]
(Eagle News)–Classes were suspended in some areas on Wednesday, Sept. 12, as Typhoon “Mangkhut” was expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility, bringing rains in parts of northern Luzon. Below is a list: Mexico, Pampanga –all levels Bauang, La Union –all levels; afternoon classes
by Serene Assir / Isabel Malsang Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Extreme weather events were a leading cause of global hunger rising last year, with women, babies, and old people particularly vulnerable to the worsening trend, a UN report said Tuesday. Increasingly frequent shocks such as extreme rainfall or temperatures, as well as droughts, storms, and floods, helped push the number of undernourished people to 821 million in 2017, it said. That […]
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP) — Kulsoom Nawaz, the wife of former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif, died of cancer in London on Tuesday as her husband remains locked up in jail in his home country following his fall from power. Nawaz, 68, who was first lady of Pakistan three times, was diagnosed with lymphoma in August last year and had been receiving treatment at a private hospital in London for months. “Yes, the death of Begum Kulsoom Nawaz […]
(Eagle News) –Solicitor General Jose Calida on Tuesday, Sept. 11, lauded the House justice panel’s dismissal of the impeachment complaints filed against the seven Supreme Court justices who voted to oust Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice. “The (Office of the Solicitor General) and the Filipino people laud the House Committee on Justice for junking these frivolous impeachment cases against the ‘True Magnificent Seven’ who just performed their solemn duty of interpreting the Constitution even […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Kiko Pangilinan on Tuesday, Sept. 11, said the Liberal Party has “no shortage” of candidates for 2019 who are “principled and competent enough to change the trajectory of the country.” “I can confirm that our list has more than enough names to fill a slate,” he said. He said the process of selection of the final candidates will be completed “before the month ends.” The list, he said, would be subject to […]
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) — Zimbabwe’s main opposition party will this week hold a mock inauguration to name its leader Nelson Chamisa as the country’s president, highlighting its claims the July 30 election was rigged. Chamisa, who heads the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), narrowly lost to Emmerson Mnangagwa in Zimbabwe’s first election since the ousting of long-time ruler Robert Mugabe last year. Chamisa’s legal bid to have the result overturned due to alleged electoral fraud […]
