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by Carole Landry and Park Chan-Kyong in Seoul Agence France Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The United States on Wednesday warned that North Korea’s leadership will be “utterly destroyed” if war breaks out as it called on countries to cut all diplomatic and trade ties with North Korea — including Chinese oil shipments to Pyongyang. Washington urged tough action at an emergency meeting of the Security Council called to respond to North Korea’s […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump lunged headlong into a row with British Prime Minister Theresa May late Wednesday, publicly rebutting her criticism of anti-Muslim propaganda. “Theresa @theresamay, don’t focus on me, focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom. We are doing just fine!” Trump tweeted, hours after using the social media platform to retweet Islamophobic videos from a British far right leader. © […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States(AFP) – Snapchat on Wednesday unveiled a redesign intended to rev up use of the image-sharing smartphone application by focusing on personal interests instead of what friends post. Parent company Snap has promised the redesign in a bid to make Snapchat more user-friendly in the face of competition from rival messaging apps, especially those fielded by leading social networking Facebook. Snap changes included separate streams for posts or messages from close friends versus […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) – A German court will decide Thursday whether to hear a Peruvian farmer’s case against energy giant RWE over climate change damage in the Andes. Saul Luciano Lliuya argues that RWE, as one of the world’s top emitters of climate-altering carbon dioxide, must share in the cost of protecting his hometown Huaraz from a swollen glacier lake at risk of overflowing from melting snow and ice. After an initial hearing in mid-November, the court […]
(Eagle News) – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas announced the release in advance of the new P5 coin that will feature the portrait of Philippine revolutionary hero, Gat Andres Bonifacio, instead of the previous image of Emilio Aguinaldo who is officially recognized as the first Philippine President. The BSP said that five peso coin in the New Generation Currency (NGC) Coin Series which featured Bonifacio on the obverse or front side “highlights the 120th […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte urged all Filipinos to fight for freedom from corruption, criminality and illegal drugs, as well as from terror and violence, in his message paying tribute to the “Father of the Philippine Revolution,” Andres Bonifacio. “It was Andres Bonifacio who ignited the fires of revolt that led to the foundation of our nation and brought freedom to our people,” the President said. He stressed that as the heirs of […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — More than 57 percent of children in the United States will be obese by age 35 if current trends in weight gain and poor eating habits continue, researchers warned Wednesday. The risk of obesity is high even among children whose present weight is normal, said the report in the New England Journal of Medicine. “Only those children with a current healthy weight have less than a 50 percent chance of becoming obese […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Opposition Leader Andrew Scheer on Wednesday called for the resignation of Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau over perceived ethics breaches and allegations he profited from his own tax policies. “In my capacity as leader of the opposition, I am officially calling on Bill Morneau to resign as finance minister,” Scheer said. “It is clear that under a cloud of investigation and serious questions about his dealings going unanswered, he should not continue in […]
Fifteen suspected communist guerrillas including six women have been killed in a gunbattle, the military said on Wednesday, days after President Rodrigo Duterte called off peace talks. Duterte last week vowed to go to war with the rebels and said he would categorize them as a “terrorist” group over deadly attacks against soldiers and police. Late Tuesday, residents reported seeing armed men boarding a van and a truck in the town of Nasugbu 65 kilometers […]
by Jo Biddle with Rusmir Smajilhodzic in Mostar Agence France Presse The United Nations war crimes court for former Yugoslavia descended into chaos during its last judgement on Wednesday when a Bosnian Croat defendant appeared to take poison to protest the upholding of his 20-year jail term. UN judges were handing down judgement in the appeals case of six former Bosnian Croat political and military leaders in the court’s final verdict for war crimes committed […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Labor and Employment has announced that it will start issuing Overseas Filipino Workers identification cards next week. The OFW ID aims to expedite their’ transactions with the government, especially when they are claiming benefits. Through the iDOLE system, OFW ID users can access their data from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), Bureau of Immigration (BI), Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA), […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Transport group Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operator Nationwide will hold a transport strike on Monday (December 4, 2017) and Tuesday (December 5, 2017). This in response to the President’s announcement that old public utility jeepneys should be off the streets by January 2018. PISTON has said that the government’s modernization program was to the detriment of the country. “The jeepney phase out is just one way for […]
