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SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A wave of sympathy for disgraced Australia skipper Steve Smith gathered pace on Friday after his heart-wrenching apology and as opposition grew to the severity of bans handed out in a ball-tampering scandal. Smith’s tearful appearance in front of media helped trigger the resignation of coach Darren Lehmann and also prompted calls to rein in criticism which has verged on hysterical during an extraordinary week for Australian cricket. Both Smith and […]
RICHFIELD, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump insisted Thursday that US forces would pull out of Syria “very soon” and lamented what he said was Washington’s waste of $7 trillion in Middle East wars. In a populist address to industrial workers in Ohio, Trump said US forces were close to securing all of the territories that the Islamic State jihadist group once claimed. “We’ll be coming out of Syria, like, very soon. Let […]
(Eagle News)–China has expressed support for the Philippines’ pullout from the International Criminal Court, saying that the tribunal “should respect the sovereignty of nations, act cautiously and avoid being used as a political tool.” “China believes that a sovereign country has the right to say no to political manipulation under the cloak of law,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lu Kang added in a press conference on Wednesday. According to the spokesperson, since President Rodrigo Duterte […]
(Eagle News) — Kasalukuyang isinasagawa ng SCAN International ng Iglesia ni Cristo sa Distrito ng Cagayan East probinsya ng Cagayan ang Bantay Lansangan, Ligtas na Paglalakbay. Ang layunin ng nasabing aktibidad, ay makatulong sa pamahalaan pangunahin na sa Philippine National Police(PNP) para magabayan at matulongan ang mga kababayan nating motorista sa kanilang paglalakbay ngayong bakasyon. Dalawang dako ang nagsisilbing istasyon o himpilan ang mga miyembro ng SCAN na matatagpuan sa Barangay Pateng, sa bayan ng […]
(Eagle News) — Maaga pa lamang ay nakahanda na sa ibat ibang dako ang mga miyembro ng Iglesia Ni Cristo SCAN International sa Laguna upang magbigay ng libreng serbisyo publiko sa mga motoristang bumibyahe. Layunin ng bantay lansangan na ito na masigurong ligtas na makarating at magkaroon ng payapang paglalakbay ang mga kababayan nating motorista na magbabakasyon at samantalahin ang araw na walang pasok. Bago pa man itakda ang bantay lansangan ay nakipag ugnayan […]
RICHFIELD, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump warned Thursday that he may delay implementation of a renegotiated trade deal with South Korea until after planned nuclear talks with North Korea. Trump offered no explanation for the apparent threat, which came just a day after he hailed the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS) as a victory for his get-tough stance on commerce. “I may hold it up until after a deal is made with […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Tesla on Thursday issued a voluntary recall of 123,000 Model S cars to replace a power steering bolt that could corrode due to salt used on winter roads. No accidents or injuries have been caused by a flaw that prompted the decision to replace the part in all Model S vehicles built before April of 2016, according to the Silicon Valley-based company. “If the bolts fail, the driver is […]
(Eagle News)– A magnitude-4.7 earthquake struck Borongan City in Eastern Samar early Friday morning. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit 23 kilometers east of Borongan at 1:20 a.m. The earthquake, of tectonic origin, had a depth of 20 kilometers. It was felt at Intensity IV in Borongan City.
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid suffered a left eye orbital fracture when he collided with a teammate and will require surgery, the NBA team said Thursday. Embiid was hurt when teammate Markelle Fultz accidentally drove his right shoulder into his face in the first half of Philadelphia’s win over the New York Knicks on Wednesday. Initially diagnosed with a facial contusion, Embiid left the game and didn’t return. He was […]
By Anna Malpas with Dave Clark in Washington Agence France Presse Russia on Thursday announced a mass expulsion of US diplomats and the closure of the US consulate in Saint Petersburg in retaliation to coordinated moves by Western countries to isolate Moscow in the wake of the poisoning of a former double agent in Britain. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow would expel 60 US diplomats and close Washington’s consulate in Saint Petersburg in […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck the New Britain island of Papua New Guinea on Friday, US seismologists said, but a tsunami threat from the tremor was over. The quake struck at 5:25 pm local time (2125 GMT) about 162 kilometers from the New Britain town of Rabaul, the US Geological Survey said. It was initially recorded at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers (six miles) before it was revised by the […]
(Eagle News)–Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo went to the defense of two Cabinet secretaries over their claims some human rights groups may have links to drug syndicates In a statement, Panelo said Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano and Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque were only “expressing concern” when they said that human rights group may be “unwitting tools” of drug syndicates to destabilize the government. “We are not dispensing accusatory allegations.They are merely expressing concern […]
