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(Eagle News)–Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano lashed back at the United States on Saturday, April 21, following a report by the US State Department that human rights continue to be a major concern in the Philippines. “We do not need others who think they know better than us Filipinos to tell us what to do. As a sovereign nation, the Philippines deserves the same kind of respect we have been extending to our friends in […]
(Eagle News)–The picture that shows Australian nun Patricia Fox holding a microphone was taken during a press conference not a rally. Fox made the claim in a press conference on Saturday, April 21. “It wasn’t a rally, it was meant to be a press conference but because there are many other things going on, there was no press,” she said. She said she was expecting the press conference to be “indoors.” “But when I got […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has declared an end to the nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests that sent tensions soaring on the peninsula, in the region, and beyond. The move, enshrined in a decision by the ruling Workers’ Party, comes ahead of a summit with the South’s President Moon Jae-in next week, and with a much-anticipated meeting with US President Donald Trump due later. But it is only […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York seeks to recreate some of the grandeur of the Versailles royal palace in France. At first, the idea was to create a book based on the accounts of people who visited the palace, such as diplomats and nobles. But Danielle Kisluk-Grosheide, in charge of decorative art and sculpture at the Met, and Bertrand Rondot, chief curator at […]
by Heather Scott © Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Trade tensions between the United States and China, which threaten to spill over into the global economy, are dominating a gathering of world finance officials even as the Group of 20 avoided the topic on Friday. Official after official has called for disputes to be resolved through dialogue rather than unilateral tariffs, and warned about the threat to the economic recovery. French Economy […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday cautiously welcomed North Korea’s pledge to halt nuclear tests and intercontinental missile launches but its defense minister warned Tokyo will continue to put maximum pressure on Pyongyang. “We welcome it as a forward-looking move… but an important thing is whether the move will lead to the complete abandonment of missile and nuclear developments in a verifiable and irreversible manner,” Abe told reporters. “We want to […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he would halt nuclear tests and intercontinental missile launches, in a Saturday announcement welcomed by US President Donald Trump ahead of a much-anticipated summit between the two men. Pyongyang’s declaration, long sought by Washington, will be seen as a crucial step in the fast diplomatic dance on and around the Korean peninsula. It comes less than a week before the North Korean […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Kim Jong Un has halted North Korea’s nuclear tests and intercontinental ballistic missile launches, as diplomatic efforts to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula gather pace. Here are the key quotes from the North Korean leader’s announcement, made at a meeting of the central committee of the ruling Workers’ Party, as reported by the official KCNA news agency. ‘Brilliant victory’ Kim described building North Korea’s nuclear force as a “miraculous […]
House of Representatives’ stays the same (Eagle News)—-Net satisfaction ratings for the Senate, Cabinet and the Supreme Court fell by one grade, while that for the House of Representatives stayed the same in the latest Social Weather Stations survey. The First Quarter 2018 survey conducted from March 23 to 27, 2018, found that 61% were satisfied and 16% dissatisfied with the performance of the Senate; 45% satisfied and 24% dissatisfied with the Supreme Court of […]
Showcasing the growing development of the Crimean region and the rest of Russia, the 4th Yalta International Economic Forum (YIEF) focused on the theme “Future World, Future Russia” at the Mriya Resort and Spa, Republic of Crimea from April 18-21, 2018. Attended by around three thousand delegates from 71 countries including the Philippines, the 2018 YIEF established itself as a global platform in the discussion of economic affairs under the modern geopolitical, social and cultural […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday, April 20, showed pictures of Catholic nun Patricia Fox apparently speaking in rallies, debunking the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines claim that the Australian nun whom President Rodrigo Duterte had ordered investigated never spoke in the protests. “Well I now have a picture…Malinaw na malinaw po na kasama po siya, may hawak po siyang mikropono..I am just telling the bishops, hindi po sinabi ni Sister Fox sa […]
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) — Germany’s biggest lender Deutsche Bank on Friday admitted to a massive erroneous transfer of 28 billion euros ($34 billion) in a routine operation, more than the entire bank is worth. The unprecedented mistake happened on March 16 when Deutsche Bank carried out a transfer to an account at Deutsche Boerse’s Eurex clearing house, a spokesman told AFP. The operation was meant to involve a far smaller sum, which […]
