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by Rob Woollard with Shaun Tandon in New York Agence France-Presse MINNEAPOLIS, United States (AFP) — Once a teen idol, then a sensual R&B singer, Justin Timberlake is keeping his mojo even as he enters his next phase as a rootsy, mature father. The superstar singer and actor is roaring back to the forefront of pop culture this weekend with a one-two punch — on Friday, the release of his first album in five years, […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Phoenix reserve guard Isaiah Canaan had surgery Thursday to repair his broken left ankle, the Arizona Republic reported, and the Suns expect him to make a full recovery from a horrific injury that shocked the NBA. Suns General Manger Ryan McDonough told the newspaper Canaan should be fully fit for training camp next season. McDonough said he was with Canaan Thursday before his surgery and the player “was in […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Apple on Thursday reported a $20 billion profit in a record-setting quarter and said sales of its newest iPhone X smartphone were better than expected. Revenue in the final three months of last year increased 13 percent to $88.3 billion, according to the California-based technology giant. “We’re thrilled to report the biggest quarter in Apple’s history, with broad-based growth that included the highest revenue ever from a new iPhone […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Myanmar’s government has told the Security Council that this month was “not the right time” for a visit by the top UN body to see first-hand the Rohingya refugee crisis, the council president said Thursday. Kuwait’s Ambassador Mansour al-Otaibi said Myanmar authorities were not opposed to such a visit, which could take place in March or April. “They just think that this is not the right time for a visit,” Otaibi, […]
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — Arab foreign ministers on Thursday called for the creation of a UN-backed “multilateral mechanism” to help revive the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. The appeal was issued at the end of a two-day meeting to discuss US President Donald Trump’s December 6 recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital which has sparked Arab anger. Trump’s decision also to relocate the US embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv triggered deadly clashes in Palestinian […]
by Anna Maria Jakubek Agence France-Presse WARSAW, Poland (AFP) — Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Thursday defended a controversial Holocaust bill intended to safeguard his country’s image abroad but which has instead drawn dismay from Israel, the US, the EU and Ukraine. The head of the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party government spoke after the senate approved the legislation, which sets fines or a maximum three-year jail term for anyone who refers to Nazi German […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump is set to approve the release of an explosive memo alleging abuse of power in the FBI’s probe of his election campaign, a White House official said Thursday. Rejecting entreaties from the Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation to block the document on the grounds it could expose top secret counterintelligence data, the official told AFP the president’s green light would likely come on Friday. “The president is […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — The aerial search for survivors from a ferry that sank in the remote Pacific was suspended Friday with more than 80 people still missing, many of them children, officials said. “The Kiribati government has suspended aerial searches for survivors of the ferry MV Butiraoi,” Rescue Coordination Center New Zealand said in a statement. The Butiraoi set off January 18 on a two-day voyage with 88 people aboard, including 23 children and teenagers. […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Francis Escudero on Thursday alleged there were “back-up” SD memory cards used in the 2016 elections that were not “mirror images” of the original ones. Speaking before the joint oversight committee, Escudero said his witness, a former poll official, would corroborate this. He said the witness would appear in the next hearing. “Ang tanong, ilan sa back up drive ang pinadala? At nasaan yung record ng back-up drive? Apparently walang ganung record ang Comelec […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday threatened to give the slots of University of the Philippines students who keep on “walking out” of classes to deserving lumads. The President made the statement in the local dialect in a speech before the Indigenous Leaders Summit in Davao, and hours after UP students–many of whom were affiliated with militant groups–staged a protest to condemn what they said was the US-Duterte regime. “These UP students who […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Around 50 members of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) staged a protest on Thursday to call for the release of NDFP consultant Rafael Baylosis and his companion, who were arrested by authorities the day before. “Iligal (ang pagkakaaresto) sa kanila. Hindi dumaan sa proseso,” Jerome Adonis, secretary general of the Kilusang Mayo Uno said in front of Camp Crame in Quezon City. Adonis argued that the arrest […]
President Rodrigo Duterte has said that Indonesian and Malaysian troops can enter the Philippines when in pursuit of terrorists. The President said all Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur should do was to inform the Armed Forces of the Philippines beforehand. President Duterte said the Philippines was even willing to give the foreign troops assistance. “If it is a joint operation, you bring along my soldiers because that’s what I’ve been saying. Hot pursuit in the seas,” […]
