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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled a $10 billion United States investment by Apple supplier Foxconn to build a plant in Wisconsin. The businessman-turned-president made the announcement side by side with the Taiwanese tech giant’s CEO Terry Gou, as he tried to show his “America First” economic rhetoric is making a difference. Trump said the plant — which will make LCD panels — will create at least 3,000 jobs in […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Angelina Jolie has opened up about her split from Brad Pitt, confessing to having “the hardest time” and claiming to have spent months as a homemaker, doing dishes and cleaning up dog poop. Jolie, 42, filed for divorce last September, citing irreconcilable differences. She accused her Oscar-winning ex of hitting their teenage son on a flight from France to Los Angeles, sparking tabloid gossip and a Federal Bureau of […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Coca-Cola announced plans Wednesday to launch a revamped “Coke Zero” in the United States as it expands offerings of low-sugar and non-carbonated beverages amid flagging demand for sweet sodas. The soda, “Coke-Cola Zero Sugar,” which is already on the market in much of Europe and Latin America, will be available in the US starting in August. The launch comes at a time when more cities around the US have […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States Secretary of State on Wednesday Rex Tillerson denied suggestions that he plans to resign because of disagreement with the White House. “I’m not going anywhere,” Tillerson told reporters said as received Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani. Tillerson described his relationship with President Donald Trump as “good” and he would remain in his job “as long as the president lets me.” Tillerson’s job status has been […]
by Glenn Chapman Agence France Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook on Wednesday reported a surge in profits in the past quarter, fueled by strong growth in money-making ads to its more than two billion users. Net profit in the second quarter leapt 71 percent from a year ago to $3.9 billion while revenue climbed 45 percent to $9.3 billion. In after-hours trade, Facebook shares rose some 3.4 percent to $171.35 on the […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert and general manager Koby Altman downplayed reports of tension between superstar LeBron James and Kyrie Irving Wednesday, but neither confirmed nor denied that Irving had requested a trade. “These things are fluid,” Gilbert said of Irving’s situation at a press conference at the team’s Ohio training facility, Altman’s first since he was confirmed as the team’s new general manager on Monday. Numerous United States […]
The Philippines on Wednesday reassured Southeast Asian neighbors about its proposal to partner with Beijing in oil exploration in the disputed South China Sea, promising to consult them on any plans. President Rodrigo Duterte has softened his predecessor’s policy opposing China’s claims — which expand to nearly the entire sea — causing alarm among some neighboring Southeast Asian countries, which also hold partial claims. On Monday, Duterte said his government was in talks with China over joint drilling for […]
(Eagle News) – The country’s weather bureau, PAGASA, warned that continuous monsoon rains may “trigger flashfloods and landslides” over Metro Manila with moderate strong winds. As of 3 a.m. today, Thursday, July 27, the center of Tropical Storm “Gorio” (Nesat) was estimated based on all available data at 595 kilometers east northeast of Casiguran, Aurora with maximum sustained winds of 85 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 105 kph. […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Moscow and the European Union hit out at the United States on Wednesday after an overwhelming vote by the House of Representatives to impose new sanctions on Russia left President Donald Trump facing a tough call. The package, which targets Russia, Iran and North Korea, “tightens the screws on our most dangerous adversaries in order to keep Americans safe,” House Speaker Paul Ryan said after it passed on Tuesday by 419 votes to three. […]
AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) — Seventeen members of the same Indian family were found dead Wednesday as floodwaters receded from a village in Gujarat, officials said, and the death toll from the state-wide disaster climbed above 110. “They seem to have drowned in the floodwaters. The bodies were found buried in muck,” A B Parmar, a police inspector at the scene, told AFP. A senior Gujarati government official, Pankaj Kumar, confirmed the discovery of the bodies in Banaskantha district. […]
MEULABOH, Indonesia (AFP) — Young children lie in hospital in Aceh province, Indonesia, as thick smoke caused by forest fires forces dozens of people to be treated for lung infections. Some schoolchildren were still able to go to school in Meulaboh Wednesday wearing masks but several schools suspended classes so students could stay at home. In the past week, about 35 hotspots — concentrations of fires — have destroyed 70 hectares (0.27 square miles) of forests and other […]
(Eagle News Service) – Lanao del Sur Crisis Management Committee spokesperson Zia Alonto Adiong thanked the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) for its help in providing food and non-food provisions to Marawi evacuees. Adiong, who is also the Lanao del Sur first district assemblyman, said that the 100,000 relief items provided by the INC recently have benefited all the evacuees from Marawi City who were staying in Baloi and Iligan City. He particularly thanked […]
