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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — David Fizdale, fired as coach of the Memphis Grizzlies last November, was named Monday as the new coach of the NBA’s struggling New York Knicks. The 43-year-old American — who has served assistant coaching stints with Golden State, Atlanta and Miami — took on the challenge of reviving a woeful side that has missed the playoffs for five consecutive campaigns. “I am honored and humbled to join the Knicks,” […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — News agencies welcomed Monday what they called a “major step” by the EU parliament’s legal committee asking internet giants to pay for press articles. Officials are hammering out an overhaul of EU copyright rules against the backdrop of free online news that has decimated earnings for traditional media companies. “Very profitable companies, like Facebook and Google, offer users qualified news reporting from publishers including news agencies, but they do not offer […]
by Paul Handley Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Monday defended his nominee to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, who faces stiff opposition over her past role in the torture of suspected Al-Qaeda detainees. “My highly respected nominee for CIA Director, Gina Haspel, has come under fire because she was too tough on Terrorists,” Trump tweeted. “Think of that, in these very dangerous times, we have the most qualified […]
by Mariëtte Le Roux Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Why have some birds opted for a taxing life of constant migration — seeking out temperate climes to feed as winter arrives, only to return months later to breed? Seemingly paradoxically, the behavior is driven by a quest for energy efficiency, a study said Monday. Migrating birds, researchers found, gain more energy from whatever is on the destination menu than they expend getting there […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — At least two people were killed and several others were hurt when two trains collided late Monday in Germany, the national rail company said. The Deutsche Bahn network operator said that a commuter service hit a freight train between Ingolstadt and Augsburg in Germany’s southern Bavaria region. “There are some seriously injured and others only lightly,” a Deutsche Bahn spokesman told the German DPA press agency. German police said that a […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — “Avengers: Infinity War” flexed its considerable muscle anew this weekend in North American theaters, pulling in a robust $114.8 million and leaving other top films in its dust, according to figures released on Monday. The three-day take by the Marvel superhero epic gave it the second-highest second weekend of all time, behind only “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” Only five movies have hit the $100 million mark in their […]
by Frederic J. Brown Agence France Presse LEILANI ESTATES, United States (AFP) — More than two dozen homes have been destroyed and dozens more are threatened by red-hot lava seeping from the Kilauea volcano, the most active in Hawaii, civil defense officials said. Evacuation orders remained in place Monday for hundreds of residents of the Leilani Estates and Lanipuna Gardens areas in the eastern part of Hawaii’s Big Island. Hawaii’s Civil Defense Agency, in […]
(Eagle News) — Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) members formed impressive colorful human sentences and monograms not just in the Manila site of the worldwide walk to fight poverty, but also in various parts of the country, on May 6, the day of its global charity walk. In Palawan North, the INC members formed the phrase “Worldwide Walk to Fight Poverty.” In Benguet, church members made a colorful human formation greeting the INC […]
(Eagle News)—–Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo attended the Cabinet meeting on Monday, May 7, amid calls for her to resign and an ongoing investigation into the Department of Tourism’s P60-million advertisements placement in her brothers’ PTV4 program. In a picture provided by Special Assistant to the President Bong Go, Teo was seen shaking hands with President Rodrigo Duterte, who has reportedly ordered the investigation. Senator Nancy Binay is seeking for a separate Senate investigation. Teo has […]
(Eagle News) – Supreme Court Associate Justice Teresita J. Leonardo-De Castro has been nominated to replace Ombudsman Conchita Morales, who is set to end her 7-year term in July. In nominating De Castro in a letter to the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) dated May 3, retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Arturo Brion said she had had long years of experience in the prosecution and the judiciary. “Through all these years, she has served the […]
by Dave Clark / and Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump will confirm on Tuesday whether he will make good on a threat to re-impose US sanctions on Tehran and thereby throw the entire Iran nuclear deal into question. Trump’s announcement that a decision was imminent cut short a last-ditch European diplomatic drive to save the accord ahead of what had been a May 12 deadline. Trump had […]
