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NEW YORK CITY, New York (Reuters) — Two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington promoted his latest film “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” in New York on Monday (November 20). For the title role, Washington underwent a striking transformation as a brilliant defense attorney lacking people skills, a man whose life has been spent fighting for others’ civil rights – and paid a price for his activism. The role was written for Washington by Director Dan Gilroy (‘Nightcrawler’) […]
(Eagle News) — The House justice committee will subpoena Associate Justice Teresita de Castro and a Manila Times reporter in subsequent impeachment hearings against Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno. The decision was reached after Larry Gadon, who filed the impeachment complaint, admitted he found out about Sereno’s alleged tampering of a draft temporary restraining order penned by De Castro only through reporter Jomar Canlas and some employees from the Supreme Court. The alleged tampering is […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Kyle Kuzma led the way as the Los Angeles Lakers staged a late rally to down the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday. In the only NBA game of the day as the United States prepares for Thursday’s Thanksgiving holiday, the Lakers fought back to win 103-94 at the Staples Center. The win saw the Lakers improve to 8-10, lifting them into the playoff places in the Western […]
by Liliana Samuel, Carlos Reyes and Eitan Abramovich Agence France Presse MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina (AFP) — An international search mission for a missing Argentine submarine entered a critical phase Tuesday after nearly a week without signs of life — as the vessel risked running out of oxygen after being submerged for so long. The ARA San Juan would have enough oxygen for its crew to survive underwater for seven days, if there was no […]
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — Skype has apparently joined the lengthening list of internet communication tools on China’s blacklist, with Apple saying Wednesday it was ordered to clear its download store of apps that violate national laws. Skype is no longer available for download on the China Apple Store or Android sites, with Chinese web-users saying it had been gone for weeks. “We have been notified by the Ministry of Public Security that a number of […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Dramatic footage of a North Korean soldier’s defection released shows him racing across the border under fire from former comrades, and then being hauled to safety by South Korean troops.
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Air China has suspended flights to North Korea, further limiting the secretive state’s links with the outside world, in what the government said was a business decision with no political motives. The suspension comes shortly after US President Donald Trump visited Beijing and pressed his counterpart Xi Jinping to do more to rein in North Korea’s nuclear program. China sent a special envoy, Song Tao, to the North last week but […]
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — Hundreds of Zimbabweans who fled their homeland for South Africa during the despotic rule of Robert Mugabe took to the streets of Johannesburg to celebrate the resignation of the hated president. Blowing vuvuzelas, waving Zimbabwean flags and stamping their feet, Zimbabweans danced their way through Hillbrow, a cosmopolitan Johannesburg neighborhood with a strong community of African immigrants. “We want to go back home, even tomorrow, even now at night. I’m […]
(Eagle News) — Secretary Jesus Dureza announced on Wednesday the cancellation of “all planned meetings” with communist rebels in line with President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive there would no longer be peace talks with them. Dureza, presidential adviser on the peace process, made the announcement also after Duterte said he would classify the New People’s Army, the Communist Party of the Philippines’ armed group, as a terrorist group. “There will be no peace negotiations anymore with the […]
CCTV — The Xi’an-Chengdu high-speed railway (HSR), traveling through the Qinling Mountains with a projected speed of 250 kilometers per hour, started its maiden trial run in full length on Wednesday. The first bullet train departed from Xi’an north station on Wednesday morning, embarking on its first round trip between Xi’an, provincial capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi, and Chengdu, provincial capital of southwest China’s Sichuan. Prior to this full-length test, a series of tests on […]
KARANGASEM, Indonesia (AFP) — Thousands living in the shadow of a rumbling volcano on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali fled Wednesday as fears grow that it could erupt for the first time in more than 50 years. Mount Agung belched smoke as high as 700 meters (2,300 feet) above its summit late Tuesday afternoon, sparking an exodus from the settlements near the mountain. Nearly 1,600 people died when Mt. Agung last erupted in 1963. It […]
BIÑAN CITY, Laguna (Eagle News) – Tinupok ng apoy ang mahigit sa labinlimang bahay sa A. Mabini St., Brgy. dela Paz, Biñan City, Laguna. Ayon kay Edward Casubha, 35 taong gulang mag-aalas tres ng madaling araw nitong Miyerkules, November 22, habang siya ay natutulog ay may narinig siyang sumisigaw ng sunog mula sa labas ng kanilang tahanan. Paglabas aniya niya ay nakita niya na nasusunog na pala ang bahay ng kanilang kapitbahay. Dahil gawa lamang […]
