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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – British long-distance running star Mo Farah will no longer work with long-time coach Alberto Salazar but has denied the split is related to doping allegations surrounding the Oregon-based guru, it was reported on Monday. In an interview with The Sun newspaper, Farah, the four-time Olympic champion over 10,000m and 5,000m, said he was ending his association with Salazar because of a move back to Britain. The 34-year-old Somalia-born star began training with […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Tiger Woods will make his latest return from long-term injury at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas next month, the former world number one confirmed on Monday. The 14-time major champion has not played since February after a recurrence of back problems which forced him to miss the 2015-2016 season. “I am excited to return to competitive golf at the Hero World Challenge,” said Woods, who also made […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) – Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri called on business and union leaders to put aside their differences and back his government’s planned economic and social reforms in a speech Monday. Macri pledged his government would maintain “austerity and order in the public accounts,” as well as favor employment, reduce taxes, lower inflation, punish corruption and strengthen Argentina’s institutions. “I call on you to achieve basic consensus to draw a roadmap that gives us stability, […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) – Visiting Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday condemned the killing of an indigenous leader last week by the ELN guerrillas in violation of its ceasefire with Bogota. “Of course, we condemn the assassination as we would any assassination because to us life is the most precious thing,” Santos told a joint press conference with his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau. Santos said the killing would be investigated by a verification commission comprising the […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The next season of Netflix’s award-winning “House of Cards” will be the last, a spokesman said Monday, as the series reeled over sexual misconduct allegations against its star Kevin Spacey. The 58-year-old double Oscar winner, who plays ruthless President Francis Underwood in the hit show, is facing claims from actor Anthony Rapp that he “made a sexual advance” at a party 31 years ago while Rapp was underage. […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Carles Puigdemont, who was removed from office as Catalonia’s president last week by Madrid’s central government, spoke with a lawyer in Belgium on Monday as Spanish prosecutors sought rebellion charges against the region’s separatist leaders. But Paul Bekaert, who specializes in asylum issues, said “Puigdemont is not in Belgium to request asylum,” only to prepare a legal riposte to any eventual moves by Madrid. “On this matter (asylum) nothing has yet been decided,” […]
by Dmitry Zaks KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) — A Chechen volunteer soldier who was accused of plotting to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin was wounded and his wife killed Monday when their car was strafed by gunfire near Kiev. The apparent assassination was the latest involving high-profile figures in Ukraine who bitterly opposed Russia. Ukrainian interior ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko said Amina Okuyeva died and her husband Adam Osmayev was injured when their car was hit by a […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Monday carrying a South Korean communications satellite to boost broadband coverage for southeast Asia and the Middle East, and stuck its 19th rocket landing in two years. The tall, white rocket roared into the blue sky over Cape Canaveral, Florida at 3:34 pm (1934 GMT), propelling Koreasat-5A toward a geostationary orbit some 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers) from Earth. The satellite is designed to replace an earlier […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said that the use of drones and unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAVs) is banned during the 31st ASEAN Summit. CAAP said that they will strictly implement a “no-fly zone” from November 9 to 17 in Manila and Clark, Pampanga. Violators will be fined from Php 300 to Php 500.
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Human rights issues in the Philippines may be a topic for discussion during the meeting between United States President Donald Trump and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, according to reports. The meeting between the two leaders would be held on the sidelines of the 31st Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit next month. Earlier, Trump expressed admiration for President Duterte’s war on illegal drugs. https://youtu.be/9kZLAABSsSc
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that he would welcome the class suit against the government which some Marawi City residents are threatening to file citing as reason the devastation in the city due to the war against Islamist State – inspired terrorists. President Duterte also took responsibility for legal, civil and criminal liabilities, saying he was the one who declared martial law in the Mindanao region, which will last until […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas extended the deadline regarding the exchange of old bills, or the so-called “New Design Series” (NDS) banknotes, with the new banknotes or the “New Generation Currency” until December 29 this year. The extension was granted due to numerous requests from the public. This is the fourth extension granted by the BSP. Old bills or the NDS banknotes dating from 1985 were devalued starting January […]
