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by Susan Njanji Agence France Presse HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) — Robert Mugabe clung on as Zimbabwe’s president Sunday, using national TV to insist he still holds power despite a military takeover and mounting pressure for his autocratic 37-year rule to end. Crowds who gathered in bars and cafes in Harare to watch the address, which was widely expected would end in the 93-year-old’s resignation, were left stunned and disconsolate. Some wept openly. “The (ruling ZANU-PF) […]
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AFP) –The EU’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Sunday she would discuss ways to end the Rohingya crisis with Aung San Suu Kyi when she meets the Myanmar leader in Yangon. Mogherini and foreign ministers from Asia and Europe toured refugee camps along Bangladesh’s border with Myanmar and heard harrowing testimony from displaced Rohingya there before their meeting Monday with Suu Kyi. Myanmar’s civilian leader has been facing mounting global outrage […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang has expressed its concern over the safety of MRT-3 coaches, as it vowed to upgrade and rehabilitate the MRT-3 system that had drawn flak for various operational defects, the most recent of which is the decoupling incident in Makati last week. But a statement from the Palace said shutting down the MRT operations is an option that needs to be further studied, as this would be more disadvantageous to the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte conferred the Order of Lapu-Lapu to recuperating soldiers in his visit to the Camp Panacan Station Hospital in Davao City for their honorable performance of duty in the fight against terrorists in Marawi City and with the New People’s Army in Tagum City. Duterte pinned the Order of Lapu-Lapu medals to Private First Class (PFC) Ronald Pamonag and CAFGU Active Auxiliary (CAA) Eduardo Matambonoy, Jr., and also pinned the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday said he would declare the New People’s Army a terrorist group, noting what he said were their “depredations,” including the supposed killing of a 4-month-old baby. “I’ll be issuing a proclamation. I will remove them from the category of a legal entity, or at least a semimovement which would merit our attention, placing the—same as America—terrorists,” Duterte said. He reiterated he no longer wanted to talk to […]
By Josh Canlas Tolentino, EBC Sports International CHICAGO (Eagle News) – Kemba Walker scored a game-high 47 points, but couldn’t convert when it mattered most, missing the potential game-winning layup with less than 10 seconds left. The Chicago Bulls went on to win, 123-120, Friday evening at the United Center, handing the Hornets their sixth straight loss. The Bulls’ 123 points mark a season-high. “We’re not insync,” said Walker, who finished with 47 points, six […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A fire tore through a house in Beijing Saturday killing 19 people and injuring eight, Chinese state media said. The inferno broke out in Beijing’s southern Daxing district, Xinhua news agency said, citing local authorities. The report did not specify the cause but said an unspecified number of suspects were in police custody. Xinhua said the fire was brought under control some three hours after it erupted and that the injured […]
by Ali Choukeir and Sarah Benhaida Agence France Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — Its “caliphate” has imploded, its de facto capitals in Iraq and Syria have fallen, and hundreds of its fighters have either surrendered or fled. The Islamic State jihadist group may not be dead yet but its dream of statehood has already been buried, analysts say. No one in IS “will now think of imposing ‘the territory of the caliphate’,” said Hisham al-Hashemi, an Iraqi […]
By Caesar Vallejos, EBC Correspondent Technology and artificial intelligence will drive the next 50 years of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). “When we ponder the next 50 years, we see increasing prosperity driven by technology and artificial intelligence,” former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said at the recently concluded ASEAN Business and Investment Summit 2017. After celebrating its golden years in the Philippines, the ASEAN has left an imprint being undoubtedly one of the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday said he would order the dismissal of public officials who went on unauthorized trips with public funds next week. Duterte made the announcement during a speech in Davao City. “A number of them are lined up to be fired. Those who went out of the country to waste the money without permission of the authorities, in this case, the President, they have to go,” Duterte said. He […]
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Santa Barbara County, California (AFP) — NASA on Saturday launched a next-generation satellite into space designed to monitor weather around the world and help improve forecasts. The satellite, called the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1), is a joint venture between the US space agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which provides weather reports and forecasts. The satellite was launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket as scheduled at 1:47 […]
