Other News

More senators call on Malacanang to “show the door” to Faeldon

Opposition and administration lawmakers want him out of BOC   (Eagle News) — More senators are asking for Malacanang to “show the door” to Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon citing the results of hearings on the P6.4 billion shabu shipment that had passed through the customs bureau without any inspection. Both opposition and administration senators are calling for his resignation, with both Liberal Party senators Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan and Franklin Drilon citing the “bipartisan clamor” for […]

Continue Reading →

Japan deploys missile defense over N. Korea threat to Guam: reports

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan was on Saturday deploying its Patriot missile defense system after North Korea threatened to fire ballistic missiles over the country towards the US Pacific territory of Guam, reports said. Regional tensions are mounting as Washington and Pyongyang ratchet up their war of words, with President Donald Trump warning Pyongyang would “truly regret” any hostile action against the US. The defence ministry started deploying the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) system in […]

Continue Reading →

McGregor’s sparring partner quits, says Mayweather can easily defeat “scumbag” boxer

  LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Former boxing champ Paulie Malignaggi says he has no regrets about quitting Conor McGregor’s training camp, describing the mixed martial arts fighter as a “scumbag” who surrounds himself with “a bunch of yes men.” McGregor is preparing to face boxing star Floyd Mayweather in a Las Vegas boxing ring on August 26 in what could be one of the richest fights in history. The 36-year-old Malignaggi, who retired […]

Continue Reading →

Facebook discretely fields China photo-sharing app

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook’s interest in China has led it to discretely create a photo-sharing application released there without the social network’s brand being attached. “We have long said that we are interested in China, and are spending time understanding and learning more about the country in different ways,” a Facebook representative said Friday in an email response to an AFP inquiry. “Our focus right now is on helping Chinese businesses and […]

Continue Reading →

Neymar offers to pay $2.5 million fine to Brazil tax authorities

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazilian football star Neymar is willing to pay a fine of $2.5 million to settle tax evasion allegations in his country, his lawyer said Friday. The 25-year-old wants to leave the fight with Brazilian authorities behind him as he prepares for a new professional life with Paris Saint-Germain after his record $261 million (222 million euro) transfer buyout from FC Barcelona, Neymar’s lawyer Marcos Neder told a press conference. “This […]

Continue Reading →

World’s oldest man, Holocaust survivor, dies in Israel aged 113

(Reuters) — Holocaust survivor Israel Kristal, who last year was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest living man, died in Israel on Friday (August 11), aged 113, local news media reports said. Guinness said Kristal was born in Poland on Sept. 15, 1903, and survived the Auschwitz death camp, where his first wife, two children and other family members were killed by the Nazis. He married again after the war and moved […]

Continue Reading →

Contaminated eggs scandal spreads from Europe to Asia

by Danny KEMP Agence France Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — A scandal involving eggs contaminated with insecticide spread to 15 EU countries, Switzerland and as far away as Hong Kong on Friday as the European Commission called for a special meeting on the growing crisis. Ministers and food safety chiefs from around the European Union are set to meet on September 26 in a bid to get countries to stop “blaming and shaming” each other […]

Continue Reading →

Peru expels Venezuela ambassador over ‘break with democratic rule’

LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Peru on Friday ordered the expulsion of Venezuela’s ambassador over his country’s “break with democratic rule” under President Nicolas Maduro, the foreign ministry said. Ambassador Diego Molero has five days to leave Peru, the ministry said. The decision came days after Peru’s congress voted for the Venezuelan envoy to be kicked out. “The Peruvian government ratifies its firm position of continuing to contribute to the restoration of democracy in Venezuela,” a […]

Continue Reading →

Video: Egypt train collision kills at least 37: ministry

https://youtu.be/2E72VlS1STU   ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (AFP) — At least 37 people were killed as two trains collided Friday outside the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, in one of the deadliest in a string of such accidents in Egypt, the health ministry said. The crash also injured 123 people, the ministry said in a statement. Footage on the state broadcaster showed one train had partly keeled over in the crash, and medics were seen moving the dead and […]

Continue Reading →

Trump to talk with China’s Xi on NKorea crisis

BEDMINSTER, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump said he would have a phone call on Friday with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to discuss the stand-off over North Korea’s nuclear drive. “That phone call (with Xi) will take place tonight,” Trump told reporters in New Jersey after talks with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and UN ambassador Nikki Haley. “We have been working very closely with China and with other countries.” China has […]

Continue Reading →

Satellite photos suggest North Korea preparing submarine missile test: report

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Recent satellite photos suggest North Korea could be preparing for fresh submarine-based ballistic missile tests, an expert on its military said Friday. Joseph Bermudez, a specialist in North Korean defense and intelligence affairs, posted photographs on the authoritative 38 North blog of the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University which he said could show preparations for a test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). “Recent commercial satellite imagery reveals […]

Continue Reading →

Gilas crush Iraqis to keep unblemished record in Asia Cup; gain quarterfinals berth

(Eagle News) — Gilas Pilipinas took home the bacon on Friday night, crushing the Iraqi team with double digits, and getting a free pass to the quarterfinals. The Philippine team was off to a rough start, though, lagging behind the Iraqi team during most of the first quarter. The national team picked up their game slightly in the first part of the second quarter, but led the Iraqi team by only single digits. It was […]

Continue Reading →
1 … 4,817 4,818 4,819 4,820 4,821 … 7,408