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SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Bitcoin hit a fresh record of $14,000 Thursday as investors piled in, triggering a warning the cryptocurrency was “like a charging train with no brakes” which would inevitably slip back. It touched a new a high of $14,400 in Asian trade before slipping back to $13,900, according to Bloomberg News. The rally came just a day after the virtual currency, which has been used to buy everything , hit the $12,000 […]
LONDON, United States (AFP) — A 20-year-old man appeared in court on Wednesday charged with plotting to assassinate British Prime Minister Theresa May in a bomb and knife attack. Naa’imur Zakariyah Rahman is accused of planning an explosion outside May’s Downing Street office then trying to enter the building with a suicide vest and a knife in a bid to kill her. State prosecutor Mark Carroll said Rahman planned to detonate an improvised explosive device […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nilinaw ng Philippine National Police na wala pang opisyal na kautusan na nagtatalaga kay Police Deputy Director General Ramon Apolinario bilang susunod na pinuno ng PNP. Sa harap na rin ito ng pagpapakilala ng ilang opisyal kay Apolinario bilang susunod na PNP Chief sa gitna ng isinagawang pagpupulong ng PNP National Advisory Council sa Cebu City. Posible raw na biniro lang si Apolinario dahil kung susundin umano ang PNP hierarchy, maituturing […]
by Stuart Williams Agence France Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan begins the first visit by a Turkish head of state to Greece in 65 years Thursday, with concerns over relations as Athens said it was “worried” by his comments perceived as reviving territorial friction. Ties between Turkey and Greece have warmed over the past 20 years, after decades of tension that almost sparked a miltary confrontation in 1996 ended when earthquakes […]
by Catherine Triomphe Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Time magazine named as Person of the Year Wednesday “the silence breakers” who triggered a national reckoning by revealing the pervasiveness of sexual harassment, assault and abuse in US life. President Donald Trump was runner-up in the prestigious ranking, ahead of his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Time designated as “silence breakers” the individuals, mostly women, who came forward this year to publicly expose patterns […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has extended the service of Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Rey Guerrero. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the President signed the extension of his service for six months following his assumption of the post on Wednesday, Dec. 6. With the extension, Guerrero, who was supposed to retire on Dec. 17, is expected to bow out as AFP chief of staff on April 24, 2018. The extension […]
by Joanna Chiu Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — An Indian drone has “invaded” China’s airspace and crashed, Chinese state media said Thursday, months after the neighbours ended one of their worst border standoffs in decades. “The Indian move violated China’s territorial sovereignty. We strongly express our dissatisfaction and opposition,” Xinhua news agency cited the deputy director of the army’s western theatre combat bureau, Zhang Shuili, as saying. Zhang did not give details about […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — The United States has asked China to crack down on postal shipments of synthetic opioids, which President Donald Trump says are fueling a US drug-abuse crisis, a State Department official said Wednesday. Because synthetic opioids, such as the highly potent drug fentanyl, are hard to detect in the mail, fighting drug trafficking into the United States has become “a completely different ballgame,” said James Walsh of the State Department’s Bureau […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Halos dalawang buwan lang mula nang pahintuin ng Pangulo, muli na namang sasabak sa war on drugs ang Philippine National Police (PNP) sa ikatlong pagkakataon. Ito’y matapos lagdaan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang memorandum na nag-uutos sa PNP na suportahan ang Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) sa kampanya kontra droga. Sa muling pagsabak sa war on drugs, muling bubuhayin ng PNP ang kanilang Oplan Double Barrel at Oplan Tokhang na […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-In will visit China next week for talks on North Korea and other issues, his office said Wednesday, amid tentative signs of diplomatic movement after months of high tensions over Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile threats. The announcement came as a high-level United Nations representative held talks with a senior North Korean official during a rare trip to Pyongyang. Jeffrey Feltman, UN undersecretary general for political affairs, […]
(Eagle News) — Former Senator Jinggoy Estrada has asked the Sandiganbayan for permission to go on a “long-desired family bonding” in Hong Kong. In a five-page motion, Estrada told the fifth division the trip–which if allowed would be from December 26 to 31—was something he promised his family. “After accused-movant was allowed bail, the family has been longing for bonding outside of the country. The…holidays would be the most opportune time to have this,” he […]
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Extreme heat sometimes forces hummingbirds to seek shade instead of foraging for food, researchers said Wednesday, warning that global warming could test the tiny birds’ capacity to adapt. With hearts beating more than 1,000 times a minute, hummingbirds need to feed constantly, which means they can ill afford to spend time dodging sunshine, according to a report in the journal Royal Society Open Science. “They […]
