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YALA, Thailand (AFP) — A motorcycle bomb killed three civilians and wounded 22 others on Monday morning at a market in Thailand’s insurgency-hit south, officials said, the first such attack on a ‘soft target’ in the Muslim-majority region for months. A rebellion against Thai rule in the culturally distinct Thai “Deep South” bordering Malaysia has left nearly 7,000 dead — the majority civilians — since 2004. The death toll in 2017 from the insurgency was […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The National of Bureau of Investigation gave Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa 10 days to answer the cyber-libel complaint filed by businessman Wilfredo Keng. The NBI issued the directive on the day Ressa and her lawyer went to its headquarters after she was subpoenaed in connection with the complaint filed over a Rappler story published in May 2012. The Rappler report written by Reynaldo Santos said the businessman […]
LANAO DEL SUR, Philippines (Eagle News) — Sugatan ang anim na sundalo sa pakikipagbakbakan sa natitira pang mga miyembro ng ISIS-inspired group na Maute sa Lanao del Sur. Ayon kay Army Spokesman Major Ronald Suscano, naka-engkwentro ng mga tropa ng Joint Task Force Ranao ang sampung miyembro ng Maute na nagresulta sa pagkasugat ng anim na tropa ng pamahalaan. Nagsimula ang engkuwentro noong Sabado ng umaga nang rumesponde ang mga sundalo sa ulat ng ilang […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US Senate adjourned late Sunday without reaching a deal on re-opening government, as the Republican leadership postponed a vote on ending the shutdown until noon on Monday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had sought to move up a 1:00 am (0600 GMT) Monday vote to 10:00 pm Sunday night, but top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer objected. He said that despite continuing negotiations, “we have yet to reach agreement on […]
GUINOBATAN , Albay (Eagle News) — Nag-abot na rin ng tulong ang pamunuan ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa lalawigan ng Albay sa mga apektado ng pagaalburoto ng Bulkang Mayon. Aabot sa 70 pamilya o nasa 400 katao ang agarang nabigyan ng tulong ng Iglesia Ni Cristo na nangangailangan ng pagkain. Ayon kay kapatid na Ruel Castillo, District Minister ng lalawigan ng Albay, isa sa aral sa loob ng Iglesia Ni Cristo ay ang pagtulong sa […]
by Veronique Dupont Agence France Presse LOA ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Stars descended on the red carpet Sunday for the Screen Actors Guild Awards, with Black comedy crime story “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” expected to dominate a ceremony that will honor Hollywood’s women. Reese Witherspoon, Susan Sarandon, Morgan Freeman, Margot Robbie, Sterling K. Brown, and “Stranger Things” star Millie Bobby Brown were among the glamorous arrivals at the Shrine Exposition Center in downtown […]
(Eagle News)– A 64-year-old Iraqi explosives specialist described as having close links to extremist groups in the Middle East was taken into custody over the weekend, the police said on Monday. The Philippine National Police said Taha Mohamed Al-Jabouri was nabbed by operatives of the intelligence group on Sunday in Barangay Malabania, Angeles, Pampanga at 3 a.m. The PNP said this was after they received information through the barangay information network that a “suspicious-looking” person […]
by Michael Mathes Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The top senator from US President Donald Trump’s party urged lawmakers to “step back from the brink” as they gathered Sunday for a vote to keep the government shutdown from stretching into the coming work week. Hundreds of thousands of federal employees are set to stay home without pay as of early Monday following the dramatic collapse Friday night of talks to agree on […]
by Becky Davis and Lillian Ding, with AFP bureaus in Europe and the United States Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — For years China was the world’s top destination for recyclable trash, but a ban on certain imports has left nations scrambling to find new dumping grounds for growing piles of garbage. The decision was announced in July and came into force on January 1, giving companies from Europe to the United States barely […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Facebook said Monday that it will train 65,000 French people in digital skills in free schemes to help women set up businesses and the long-term unemployed get back to work. The internet giant also announced that it will pour an additional 10 million euros (8.9 million euros) into artificial intelligence in France by 2022, without saying how much it will invest in the training schemes. The US social network will work […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — Aerospace company Rocket Lab said Sunday it had successfully fired a rocket into orbit for the first time from its New Zealand launch base. “Electron is orbital. Successful payload deployment,” the company tweeted. The Electron rocket, named “Still Testing,” took off from Mahia, on the east coast of the North Island, at 2.45 pm (0145 GMT) on Sunday and reached orbit eight minutes later. The 17-meter-long (55ft 7in) carbon-fiber rocket […]
by Khaled Orabi in Muscat with Omar Hasan in Dubai Agence France Presse MUSCAT, Oman (AFP) — Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia called Sunday for extending cooperation between OPEC and non-OPEC producers beyond 2018, after a deal to cut output succeeded in shoring up prices. The call, the first explicit invitation by Riyadh for long-term cooperation between oil producers, came with oil prices topping $70 a barrel thanks to the deal, after they dove below […]
