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200 estudyante nakilahok sa ASEAN Forum sa Basilan

ISABELA CITY, Basilan (Eagle News) – Nilahukan ng mahigit 200 delegado mula sa mga piling eskuwelahan at youth organizations ang Association of Southeast Asian Nations forum sa Basilan kamakailan. Nakasuot pa ng mga lumahok ng traditional attire ng tribong Yakan, Tausug, Samal, Tagalog at Chavacano. Sila ay nagtipon sa Basilan State College Ampitheaters. Nagkaroon ng talakayan sa pagitan ng mga resource speakers mula sa iba’t ibang organisasyon at mga dumalong mga kabataan. Ibinahagi ni Roderick Trio […]

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Trump taps Jon Huntsman as US ambassador to Russia: White House

WASHINGTON DC, United States (AFP) – President Donald Trump has tapped veteran diplomat and former Utah governor Jon Huntsman as ambassador to Russia, the White House said Tuesday. The announcement came amid swirling controversy and multiple investigations into allegations that the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow to win the 2016 election. Huntsman, 57, previously served as US ambassador to China and Singapore. If confirmed by the US Senate, Huntsman would venture to Moscow for a […]

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US Senate vote set for next week on Obamacare repeal

WASHINGTON DC, United States (AFP) – The United States Senate will vote next week on proceeding to a bill that repeals the Affordable Care Act without a ready replacement plan, the chamber’s top Republican said Tuesday. “At the request of the president and vice president and after consulting with our members, we will have the vote on the motion to proceed to the Obamacare repeal bill early next week,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said. […]

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Controversial French anti-terror bill clears hurdle

PARIS, France (AFP) – A controversial bill to toughen France’s security laws cleared its first hurdle late Tuesday when the conservative-dominated Senate approved the legislation by a majority. Senators backed a first reading of the bill by 229 votes to 106, meaning the text will now be handed to the lower house, the National Assembly, for debate in October. The new laws — a campaign pledge of President Emmanuel Macron — will replace a state […]

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World’s first child hand transplant a ‘success’

WASHINGTON DC, United States (AFP) – The first child in the world to undergo a double hand transplant is now able to write, feed and dress himself, doctors said Tuesday, declaring the ground-breaking operation a success after 18 months. The report in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health provides the first official medical update on 10-year old Zion Harvey, who underwent surgery to replace both hands in July 2015. “Eighteen months after the surgery, the […]

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Microsoft cloud to help Baidu self-driving car effort

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) – Microsoft’s cloud computing platform will be used outside China for collaboration by members of a self-driving car alliance formed by Chinese internet search giant Baidu, the companies announced on Tuesday. The US software giant is one of more than 50 entities that have joined an Apollo alliance created by Baidu in April. Microsoft will enable alliance members to collaborate, share information and tap into the analytic power of Azure […]

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Trump fumes as US health care reform bid collapses

by Michael Mathes Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States – An angry President Donald Trump railed Tuesday against dissenters in his party who dashed his months-long effort to dismantle his predecessor’s landmark health care law, insisting it was finally time to “let Obamacare fail.” With four Republicans now lined up against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s health overhaul, the plan has flatlined in the 100-member chamber, where the party could afford only two defectors in order […]

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Five killed as building collapses in Pakistan

Karachi, Pakistan (AFP) — Five people died when an apartment building collapsed in southern Pakistan early Tuesday as most of its residents were sleeping, officials said. Rescuers struggled to pull survivors from the rubble of the three-storey building in the southern city of Karachi. “Five bodies were recovered from the rubble,” the city’s deputy  commissioner, Fareed Uddin, told AFP. Another local official said a woman and a 13-year-old boy were among the dead. Rescuers pulled at least nine injured people […]

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Swiss couple found on glacier 75 years after disappearance

Geneva, Switzerland (AFP) — A couple who disappeared in the Alps 75 years ago has been found preserved in a receding glacier, ending decades of uncertainty for their seven children, Swiss media reported Tuesday. The bodies were found lying near each other in the Diablerets massif in southern Switzerland, along with backpacks, a bottle, a book and a watch, according to Le Matin daily. The head of the Glacier 3000 ski resort, Bernard Tschannen, told Le Matin that the […]

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President Duterte warns soldiers against leaving military camps without guns

“Ayaw kong ibrutalize ka,” he says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday warned soldiers against leaving their military camps without any weapons, noting they should not allow themselves to be “brutalized” by the enemy. “I will overrule that kind of regulation (regulation prohibiting government security forces from bringing guns outside their camps) because it is stupid,” he said in a speech during the turnover of around 3000 guns to the Armed Forces of the […]

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President Duterte to issue order banning portraits of himself, other gov’t officials; says portraits of heroes should be displayed instead

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is set to issue an order banning portraits of himself and those of other government officials, noting that the portraits of heroes should be placed there instead. “I intend to issue a decree. Ipatanggal ko ‘yung mga litrato namin, lalo na ‘yang litrato ni… Tapos litrato, pagpasok niya, litrato niya. Na-buang man ‘yung mga ganun na tao,” he told soldiers in a speech on Tuesday. He noted that when […]

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4 na construction worker, bihag pa rin ng Abu Sayyaf

ZAMBOANGA CITY (Eagle News) – Apat na construction worker ang hawak pa rin ng grupong Abu Sayyaf ayon sa mga awtoridad. Sina Joel Adanza, Edmundo Ramos, Jayson Vailoces, Felimon Guerero ay binihag ng mga armadong lalaki sa Sports Complex ng Kawmang Elementary School, Patikul, Sulu noong madaling araw ng Sabado, July 15. Ayon sa ulat ng Philippine National Police sa Patikul, pinasok ng mga armadong lalaki ang barracks ng mga construction worker. Subalit nang mabigo ang mga ito na makita […]

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