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(Eagle News) – Pinabubusisi ng Department of Energy (DOE) sa Department of Justice (DOJ) ang sunud-sunod na pagtaas sa presyo ng mga produktong petrolyo. Sa liham na ipinadala ni Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi kay Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II, nakasaad ang kahalagahan ng muling pagbuhay ng DOJ-DOE Task Force. Sinabi ni Cusi na ito ang mangunguna sa pagsilip kung lehitimo ang mga nakaraang fuel price increase ng mga oil company. Partikular na sisilipin ng task […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Myanmar’s suffocating controls over its Rohingya population amount to “apartheid”, Amnesty International said Tuesday in a probe into the root causes of a crisis that has sent 620,000 refugees fleeing to Bangladesh. Scenes of dispossessed Rohingya in Bangladeshi camps have provoked outrage around the world, as people who have escaped Rakhine state since August recount tales of murder, rape and arson at the hands of Myanmar troops. Myanmar and Bangladesh have […]
SOCHI, Russia (AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said he will talk to US counterpart Donald Trump on the telephone on Tuesday after an unannounced meeting with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in Sochi. “On the basis of our meeting today, I will hold consultations with the leaders of the countries that I already spoke about. There is already a planned talk with the Emir of Qatar today and tomorrow (another one) with the president of […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Lawsuits were filed Monday against the company that staged the Las Vegas country music concert at which a gunman killed 58 people and wounded nearly 500. Two hotel chains are also named in the suits, which accuse the defendants of negligence and failing to provide security in the October 1 massacre. Perched in a 32-floor room of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Stephen Paddock opened fire on the […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korea’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday (November 21) the United States’ decision to put North Korea back on a list of state sponsors of terrorism is expected to contribute to the peaceful denuclearization of the North. The announcement will not change the joint stance of South Korea and the U.S. in trying to bring North Korea to the dialogue table, the ministry’s spokesman said during a regular news briefing. “The […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A rocky cigar-shaped object detected in space last month came from another solar system, astronomers said Monday as they confirmed an unprecedented observation. The discovery may provide clues as to how other solar systems formed, said the researchers, who published their study in the British journal Nature. The asteroid, named Oumuamua by its discoverers, is one-quarter mile (400 meters) long and highly elongated –perhaps 10 times as long as it is wide. That […]
MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina (Reuters) — Missing Argentine submarine ARA San Juan still has not sent any signals back and remains out of contact, according to Gabriel Galeazzi, spokesman for the Argentine Navy. The search for the missing submarine has not gone well, said Galeazzi, as he confirmed that all seven formerly-received signals were not in fact from ASA San Juan. “Communication satellite companies analyzed a spectrum of more than 400 satellite calls’ signals, and […]
NAY PYI TAW, Myanmar (Reuters) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) foreign ministers’ meeting on Monday in Myanmar’s capital Nay Pyi Taw. In his address to the meeting, Wang said the ASEM represents a new path for international relations and communications among countries. Wang said the Communist Party of China successfully held its 19th National Congress last month, mapping out a grand blueprint for China’s development in the next […]
Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno has warned that any moves to impeach her will endanger the country’s democracy, and reminded judges to resist political pressure and uphold judicial independence. “These are challenging times and it is difficult to keep on saying no to the powers that be, but this is part of the sacred trust for which we have made our vows,” she said during a speech on Monday at the unveiling […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Kyrie Irving exploded for 47 points as the Boston Celtics notched their 16th consecutive victory with a thrilling overtime defeat of the Dallas Mavericks on Monday. Irving was in sensational form at the Mavs’ American Airlines Center, helping Boston overturn a late fourth quarter deficit before powering to a 110-102 win. Irving’s haul included five three-pointers and three rebounds as Boston came back from 89-79 down with just over […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A Chinese court sentenced prominent human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong to two years in prison for “inciting subversion” on Tuesday, the latest jailing in an intensifying crackdown on rights defenders and activists. Jiang, 46, had taken on many high-profile cases, including those of Falun Gong practitioners, Tibetan protesters and victims of the 2008 contaminated milk powder scandal, before being disbarred in 2009. Jiang sat in court, flanked by two police officers, as a […]
by Frank ZELLER Agence France Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Germany’s president was to lead a push from Tuesday to save the EU’s top economy from the political turmoil sparked by the collapse of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition talks. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who takes centre stage because he can call snap elections, was to use his diplomatic skills as former foreign minister to persuade parties to return to the negotiating table. The head of state, who […]
