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“We do not ask for an unlimited martial law,” Medialdea says (Eagle News) — “Unlimited peace.” This was what Executive Salvador Medialdea said was the aim of President Rodrigo Duterte’s proposal for a one-year extension of martial law. In his presentation before the joint houses of Congress on Wednesday, Medialdea said that such an extension would help quell a “state of actual rebellion” that he said “subsists in Mindanao.” He said this was “perpetrated not […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks opened flat Wednesday as investors fled to the sidelines ahead of a rate announcement by the US Federal Reserve, while Toshiba edged up after it settled a dispute with its US partner. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index inched down 0.57 points to 22,865.60, while the broader Topix index was up 0.10 percent, or 1.89 points, at 1,816.97. Wednesday’s Tokyo trade “lacks a clear sense of direction” ahead of the […]
(Eagle News) — The joint session of the two houses of Congress which will once again determine the fate of President Rodrigo Duterte’s request for a one-year extension of martial law in Mindanao began on Wednesday, amid protests being held by militant groups against the proposal. Senate President Koko Pimentel and Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez banged the gavel inside the session hall of the Batasang Pambansa a few minutes past 9 a.m. Fourteen senators were present […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia’s space agency on Tuesday blamed a failed satellite launch from its new cosmodrome on a programming error, prompting an angry response from the deputy prime minister in charge of space. On November 28 Russia lost contact with its Meteor-M weather satellite after its launch from the new Vostochny cosmodrome — only the second such launch since the facility opened in the country’s far east last year. The failure “exposed a […]
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) — The United Nations on Tuesday warned that more than 400,000 children in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are severely malnourished and could die within months without emergency intervention. The crisis — the latest to hit the poverty-stricken, strife-torn central African country — is unfolding in the vast region of Kasai, the UN’s children fund Unicef said. An 18-month-long combination of violence, mass displacement and slumping agricultural output are having a […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — A senior UN official returning from Pyongyang said Tuesday that North Korean officials had told him it was important to prevent war but offered no concrete proposal for talks. “They agreed that it was important to prevent war,” Jeffrey Feltman, the UN’s political affairs chief, told reporters after briefing the Security Council on his trip. Feltman met with North Korea’s Foreign Minister Ri Yong-Ho and Vice Foreign Minister Pak Myong-Kuk […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has reminded government workers not to display his pictures in their offices. The President issued the reminder after the Department of Labor and Employment issued Overseas Filipino Worker identification cards with Duterte’s face on them. Many netizens were quick to react, noting that Duterte’s face was bigger than the picture of the OFW in question. In September, the Palace issued a memorandum urging government offices to display photos of Philippine […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Visitors to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics can expect to arrive at an airport “scattered” with robots to help them, an official said Tuesday as he unveiled seven new machines to perform tasks from helping with luggage to language assistance. Among the seven robots on show was a fluffy cat mascot that can carry out simultaneous interpretation in four different languages. Visitors speak into a furry microphone, and translations appear instantly on […]
by Veronique Dupont Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Crews battling wildfires ravaging southern California for a week have managed to slow the spread of the worst of the blazes, officials said Tuesday, as residents were taking stock of the catastrophic damage. The biggest “Thomas” fire has charred nearly 95,000 hectares (234,000 acres) of land and is only 20 percent contained, according to the state agency Calfire. But in the past day […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The Go-Gos, the pioneering all-woman rock band, are heading to Broadway, with an assist by Gwyneth Paltrow. The Hollywood star was announced Tuesday as a producer for “Head Over Heels,” an upcoming musical that will trace the story of the rockers known for infectious pop-rock songs such as “Vacation.” “If you told us 30 years ago that our songs were going to be in a musical, we’d have said, […]
SARAJEVO, Bosnia (AFP) — Some were on their knees, others lay flat on their fronts, but somehow 18 Bosnia children and their two music teachers managed to play a tune on just one piano on Tuesday to create a new world record. The participants trained for three months for their joint performance of French composer Albert Lavignac’s late-19th-century oddity “Galop-Marche” which he wrote originally for eight hands. The event took place in the Sarajevo City […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Princes William and Harry attended the European premiere of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” on Tuesday, joining the all-star cast in London for the latest instalment of the sci-fi saga. The British royals walked the red carpet dressed in tuxedos for the screening at London’s Royal Albert Hall, where they were greeted by the rolling droid character BB-8 who dutifully bowed to the princes. The two reportedly have cameo roles […]
