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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law Vanessa was taken to a New York hospital Monday as a precaution after a “suspicious package” containing unidentified powder was mailed to the family home, police said. Donald Trump Jr, an outspoken defender of his father and who was the intended recipient of the letter, called the incident “truly disgusting.” “The powder was tested and was found to be not hazardous,” a police spokeswoman […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un praised South Korea as very impressive, state media reported Tuesday, after his sister and other top regime officials returned from their landmark visit to the Winter Olympics. The state-run KCNA news agency published a short report on Kim meeting the delegation on its return to Pyongyang. “After receiving the (Olympic) delegation’s report, Kim Jong Un expressed satisfaction over it and said that very impressive […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The United Nations is in talks with North Korea over its unpaid dues, which Pyongyang said it could not settle because of banking sanctions, a spokesman said Monday. North Korean Ambassador Ja Song Nam met Friday with the UN head of management to discuss the money owed to the world body. North Korea maintains that it is unable to transfer nearly $121,500 owed to the United Nations after its Foreign Trade […]
by Noe Leiva © Agence France-Presse TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AFP) — Lawmakers in Honduras are debating a bill that wants to fine administrators of social media networks for online comments deemed offensive or promoting “hate campaigns.” The measure was introduced by a member of the ruling National Party as the country is wracked by protests claiming President Juan Orlando Hernandez won a new mandate through a rigged November election. Much of the vitriol against Hernandez and the National […]
by Scott Williams © Agence France-Presse ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AFP) — Roger Federer said Monday he could allow himself to dream about recapturing the world number one spot at this week’s Rotterdam tournament and becoming the oldest man ever to hold the position. To climb back to the top at the age of 36, the Swiss must at least reach the semi-finals. If seedings hold up, that means he would have to defeat compatriot and friend Stan Wawrinka […]
by Douglas Gillison © Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Monday unveiled an ambitious proposal to renew American infrastructure as part of a budget that calls for a stunning rise in debt and trillions in cuts to the social safety net and other spending. The blueprint for the 2019 fiscal year abandons the long-held Republican goal of balancing the federal budget within a decade, with deficits projected to peak in 2020 and […]
by Andrei Borodouline and Vasily Maximov © Agence France-Presse STEPANOVSKOYE, Russia (AFP) — Investigators on Monday begun examining a black box containing flight data about the Russian passenger plane which crashed near Moscow minutes after take-off, killing all 71 people on board. Rescuers searched through deep snow for body parts and debris following the disaster, the country’s deadliest air crash since 2016. The Antonov An-148 plane went down in a snow-covered field, making it difficult to access, […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Sea level rise is accelerating and could reach 26 inches (66 centimeters) by century’s end, in line with United Nations estimates and enough to cause significant problems for coastal cities, a study said Monday. The past annual rate of sea level rise — about three millimeters (0.1 inches) per year — may more than triple to 10 millimeters per year by 2100, said the report in the Proceedings of the National Academy […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesman Atty. Harry Roque said that the government was looking at other countries where Overseas Filipino Workers repatriated from Kuwait could go. Roque said that Oman and Bahrain were two countries that were being considered. “President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has given priority to the right to life of our OFWs and will not allow further inhumane treatment to be inflicted on our OFW’s in Kuwait,” Roque said in […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The fourth dialogue between Philippine and Japan officials for the “Build, Build, Build” program has started. The dialogue was led by Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez and Dr. Hiroto Izumi, Special Adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The Philippine government first signed a 15.93 billion yen (approx. $142 million) loan agreement with Japan International Cooperation Agency for a project that aims to mitigate flooding in several areas in Cavite. The […]
Says former JBC chair knew about Sereno SALN issue but included her in shortlist of nominees for top magistrate post anyway (Eagle News) — The camp of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno said Associate Justice Diosdado Peralta, then-acting chair of the Judicial and Bar Council, knew she submitted three Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth since her appointment as SC associate justice in 2010, but went ahead and approved her application for the top […]
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AFP) – Leaders of Azerbaijan’s main opposition parties pledged Monday to boycott a snap presidential election which is expected to extend the autocratic rule of President Ilham Aliyev. “The Popular Front party and the National Council of the Opposition took a decision to boycott the snap presidential election,” the Popular Front chairman, Ali Kerimli, told AFP. “The conditions for a democratic and competitive election in Azerbaijan are not in place, and there is no independent […]
