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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s finance ministry admitted to doctoring key documents related to a favoritism scandal dogging Shinzo Abe, a ruling lawmaker said Monday, as a new poll suggested the affair is hitting the prime minister’s popularity. Abe and his finance minister Taro Aso face mounting pressure over the scandal, which has resurfaced in recent days with allegations that officials altered key evidence to parliament. Among the names removed from the documents was that […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Here are five major dates in Russia since the disintegration of the USSR or the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 1991: the Soviet Union dies December 8, Russian President Boris Yeltsin, elected six months earlier at the first multi-party election, agrees with his Belarussian and Ukrainian counterparts to replace their union, the USSR, with a commonwealth. As the Soviet Union disintegrates, leader Mikhail Gorbachev resigns. The USSR ceases to exist in […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets on Monday extended last week’s rally as a solid US jobs report boosted optimism in the world’s top economy, fuelling a record close on Wall Street. With sentiment still strong following Donald Trump’s decision to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in an unprecedented summit to discuss its nuclear programme, equities were on the up. The upbeat developments helped temper worries about Trump’s announcement of steel and […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Magsasagawa ng mass screening ngayong araw, Marso 12, para sa mga preso sa Manila City Jail, ang Department of Health (DOH) at Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP). Ito ay upang matukoy kung ilan sa 5,000 preso ang apektado ng sakit na tuberculosis. Matatandaang napaulat na mahigit sa 40 katao ang nagpositibo sa sakit na tuberculosis dahil sa mainit na panahon at pagsisiksikan sa bilangguan.
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Bumalangkas na ng mga batas at reporma ang Qatar government para matiyak ang seguridad at kalagayan ng mga Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) sa nasabing bansa. Sinabi ni Labor Undersecretary Ciriaco Lagunzad, mayroon nang ipinatutupad na Dispute Settlement System sa Qatar na binubuo ng tatlong komite na hahawak at magpoproseso sa kaso ng mga OFW. Ayon naman kay Labor Attaché David Des Dicang, may 21 araw ang nasabing komite para […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Judges and court employees nationwide on Monday, March 12, called for the immediate resignation of on-leave Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, saying that she should make this sactifice to preserve the integrity of the tribunal. The call was made by the Philippine Judges Association President and Marikina RTC Judge Felix Reyes, Supreme Court Employees Association (SCEA), Supreme Court Assembly of Lawyer Employees (SCALE), the […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — At least two people died late Sunday when the helicopter they were riding in crashed into Manhattan’s East River, local media reported. New York police confirmed the accident ahead of a press conference scheduled for 9:00 pm (0100 GMT), but without indicating a toll. New York 1 television, citing police sources, reported that five of the six people flying in the helicopter had died, with only the pilot surviving. […]
VIENNA, Austria (AFP) — A 26-year-old Austrian was shot dead outside the Iranian ambassador’s residence in Vienna on Sunday night after he attacked a guard with a knife, police said. The assailant “died on the spot” after the guard opened fire, police spokesman Harald Soeros told AFP, adding that the attack took place just before midnight local time in a residential area. The motive for the attack is not yet known, police said. The guard, who […]
by Joanna CHIU / Ryan MCMORROW Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — China’s Xi Jinping on Sunday secured a path to rule indefinitely as parliament abolished presidential term limits, handing him almost total authority to pursue a vision of transforming the nation into an economic and military superpower. The move reverses the era of “collective” leadership and orderly succession that was promoted by late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping to ensure stability following the turbulent […]
by Jim MANNION Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump deployed his spy chief Sunday to sell his snap decision to engage North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in momentous nuclear talks that the president himself predicted would be a “tremendous success” but others warn carry big risks. CIA director Mike Pompeo portrayed North Korea as buckling under the pressure of US-led international sanctions and insisted there would be no let-up for the […]
by Michael Mathes Agence France Presse MOON TOWNSHIP, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump predicted “tremendous success” Saturday in upcoming groundbreaking talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and suggested the reclusive state wants to “make peace” despite a years-long nuclear standoff. The comments came after the American leader said he has received encouragement from the leaders of China and Japan, and assurance that North Korea had promised not to shoot missiles in […]
(Eagle News)–At least 44 Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters have been killed in clashes with military troops in Maguindanao as of Saturday. In a radio interview, Lieutenant Colonel Gerry Besana, commander of the 6th Infantry Division, Civil Military Operations of the Philippine Army, said that the number was an increase from the 23 recorded last Friday. He said 26 have so far been hurt in the skirmishes in Datu Unsay Ampatuan and Datu Saudi Ampatuan. He said the […]
