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Republicans balk at Trump tariff proposal in rare pushback

by Michael Mathes Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States – Congressional Republicans occasionally confront Donald Trump on issues from immigration to diplomacy, but it is rare for them to bluntly oppose the US president on economic policy. That changed when he proposed tariffs on steel imports. Trump’s successes of 2017 — slashing regulations on US industry, hard-won tax cuts and soaring consumer confidence — won plaudits among conservatives like House Speaker Paul Ryan. But Trump’s aggressive plan to punish trade […]

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UK, Russia spar over Russian ex-spy’s suspected poisoning

by Jitendra JOSHI with Alice RITCHIE in London Agence France-Presse SALISBURY, United Kingdom – Britain warned Tuesday it would respond “robustly” if it emerged that a government was behind the suspected poisoning of a former Russian double agent found unconscious on a street bench in England, prompting a swift rebuke from Russia. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Britain would “take whatever measures we deem necessary” and even appeared to suggest England could pull out of the 2018 football […]

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Watch: N. Korea’s Kim Jong-Un meets with Seoul envoys for possible inter-Korean summit

https://youtu.be/FmVfNmJKEMA SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un discussed a possible summit with envoys from the South’s President Moon Jae-in, both sides said Tuesday, in the latest step of an Olympics-driven rapprochement on the divided peninsula. The delegation from Seoul is the most senior to travel North for more than a decade, and comes as Moon tries to broker talks between nuclear-armed Pyongyang and Washington after months of high tensions. The […]

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Two Koreas to hold summit, Pyongyang offers nuke deal: Seoul

  SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North and South Korea have agreed to hold a summit at their heavily armed border next month, with Pyongyang saying it would consider abandoning nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees, Seoul said Tuesday. If confirmed by Pyongyang, the offer would mark the first time under the current leadership the North had declared itself willing to discuss conditions under which it might consider giving up its nuclear arsenal -– […]

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Duterte: Political dynasties are “bad” but “sometimes they can be for the better”

Notes his daughter, Sara, for instance, was “running the show very well” as mayor in Davao (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said that while political dynasties were “bad,” sometimes they “can be for the better.” In a speech at the Go Negosyo 10th Filipina Entrepreneurship Summit in Pasay, the President cited as an example the situation in Davao, where his daughter Sara was mayor. According to the President, she was  “running the […]

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Roque: China-Vietnam setup in joint exploration in S. China Sea can be copied by PHL, China

(Eagle News) – Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said that the existing Vietnamese-Chinese setup in joint exploration and development could be a model for a possible Philippine-China joint exploration on the disputed South China Sea. He said on Monday, March 5, that the Philippines could follow the setup of the two countries in jointly exploring the  body of water. Vietnam has claims in the area, which China claims almost entirely. According to Roque, the exploration is […]

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S. Korean presidential hopeful quits after rape accusation

by Jung Hawon Agence France-Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A former South Korean presidential contender stepped down as a provincial governor and announced his retirement from politics Tuesday in a stunning political fall after a female aide accused him of multiple rapes. Ahn Hee-jung — who came second to current President Moon Jae-in in the contest for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination last year — is the most prominent figure to face abuse allegations […]

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2 dating sundalo, arestado sa buy-bust operation ng PDEA sa Zamboanga City

Ni Jun Cronico Eagle News Service ZAMBOANGA CITY (Eagle News) – Hindi nakaligtas sa ikinasang drug buy-bust operation ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Regional Office-9 ang dalawang dating sundalo na pinaniniwalaang nagbebenta ng mga illegal na droga malapit lamang sa kanilang tirahan sa Brgy. Upper Calarian, Zamboanga City. Pinangalanan ni PDEA-9 Regional Director Lyndon Aspacio ang mga naaresto na  sina Rodolfo Giovanni Haron alyas Kon-kon, dating miyembro ng Philippine Army, at Muin Jumadil alyas Mike na […]

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Roque says Sereno’s “continued stay in office may not be good” for SC

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno’s continued stay in office may not be good for the reputation of the Supreme Court. “Her (Sereno) continued stay in office may not be good for the institution,” Roque said in a statement. He explained that that the decision of the 13 magistrates who “arrived at a consensus” last February 27 for the Chief Justice to take an “indefinite […]

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Another Filipina worker reported missing in Syria

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — An overseas Filipino worker has been reported missing. The missing Filipina worker was identified as Michelle Alfonso. Her family already reported her missing to the authorities. According to her family and relatives in the Philippines, they haven’t able to contact Michelle for the last six months. Before Michelle went missing, she told her relatives that she was working in Syria. But her family said that as of August last year, […]

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Buko vendor beaten up by MMDA personnel arrested for 2007 murder in Masbate

His brothers were also nabbed by authorities By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The buko vendor who was seen being beaten up by three members of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority during a clearing operation last week has been arrested. Elements of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group nabbed Romnick Relos and his two brothers, Roy and Dondon, after they found the siblings were actually facing cases for a 2007 murder in Masbate. Roy and […]

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