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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Australia’s Ben Simmons won the battle of the triple doubles with LeBron James as the Philadelphia 76ers rolled to their 13th consecutive victory with a 132-130 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Simmons finished with 27 points, 15 rebounds and 13 assists on Friday as the Sixers surged to a 30 point first-half lead and scored 78 points by halftime. James tallied 44 points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Competition Commission has ordered ride-hailing service Uber to continue operating its app pending the PCC’s review of the Uber-Grab deal. “The PCC believes that Uber is capable of operating its ride-hailing app in the country, despite its claims that it has already exited the Southeast Asia market,” PCC Chair Arsenio Balisacan said in a statement. According to Balisacan, while Uber was “highlighting the exit,” it “does not emphasize enough its […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima has urged a probe into what she said were the recent spate of killings against members of the legal profession. “Since the beginning of this administration, in spite of constant calls for action to protect members of legal profession, the numbers of lawyers killed have increased and without any significant executive or legislative action taken,” De Lima said in filing Senate Resolution No. (SRN) 668. De Lima cited […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP)–Southeast Asia will maintain robust economic growth despite rising tensions as tit-for-tat tariffs between the US and China stoke fears of a damaging trade war, regional finance ministers said Friday. “We sounded a warning about the risk of rising protectionism and the possibility of the trade disputes deteriorating,” Singapore Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat told reporters after a meeting of ASEAN finance chiefs. However detailed briefings by economists from the World Bank, International […]
by Carola Sole with Sebastian Smith in Rio de Janeiro © Agence France-Presse SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil (AFP) — Ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s polarizing election frontrunner and leftist icon, was negotiating his surrender after dramatically skipping a first deadline Friday to start his 12-year prison sentence for corruption. Holed up with thousands of cheering supporters in the metalworkers’ union building in his hometown of Sao Bernardo do Campo, near Sao Paulo, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A US congressman pulled out a loaded Smith & Wesson pistol during a meeting with constituents Friday in a bid to make a point about gun safety, according to a local report. House Republican Ralph Norman of South Carolina told The Post and Courier newspaper that he drew the handgun and placed it on a table while at a “Coffee With Your Congressman” event at a diner, in an attempt […]
by Joe Jackson with Anna Smolchenko in Moscow © Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The former Russian spy who was found slumped in an English city after being poisoned is no longer in critical condition and is “improving rapidly”, the hospital treating him said Friday. It was the first news of Sergei Skripal’s health improving since the 66-year-old ex-double agent and his daughter Yulia were found poisoned on a bench on March 4 […]
by Jennie Matthew © Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Irish Mixed Martial Arts superstar Conor McGregor was released on $50,000 bail Friday after being hauled before a US judge on assault and criminal charges over a frenzied attack on a bus of rival fighters that injured two athletes. The 29-year-old, nicknamed “The Notorious,” was filmed lobbing a dolly through a window of the bus in a New York stadium at the end of […]
by Dave Clark © Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States struck President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle Friday, imposing sanctions on seven of Russia’s most influential oligarchs and stoking a diplomatic crisis some have dubbed a new Cold War. Those hit include metals magnate Oleg Deripaska, described as operating for the Russian government, as well as Alexei Miller, director of state-owned energy giant Gazprom. Any assets they hold in areas under US […]
by Joe Dyke and Mai Yaghi © Agence France-Presse GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — Israeli forces killed seven Palestinians as thousands protested and clashes erupted along the Gaza border on Friday, a week after a mass demonstration led to violence and the bloodiest day since a 2014 war. Gaza’s health ministry also reported that 408 Palestinians had been taken to hospitals and medical centres for treatment. The dead included a 16-year-old, it said. At […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to fire another government official. Duterte made the announcement in a speech in Sofitel on Thursday, April 5. “I’ll be firing about one undersecretary, one after the other. Ubusin ko talaga ‘yan,” he said. The President did not give any reason for the looming dismissal of the official, but in his speech, he railed against corruption and how activities of this nature were still being practised in government. “I […]
