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WASHINGTON DC, United States (AFP) – The United States government expressed concern Wednesday about the status of China’s Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo and urged Beijing to release the cancer-stricken democracy activist and his wife so he can receive appropriate medical care. “We remain concerned that both Mr. Liu and his family are unable to communicate with the outside world and that he is not free to seek the medical treatment of his choosing,” White House […]
BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) – A fan of the Colombian football team Millonarios was killed by three fans wearing T-shirts of rival Atletico Nacional, police said Wednesday. The unprovoked assault happened Tuesday night at a bus station in Bogota, police inspector Oscar Solano told Caracol television. Press reports said the man was stabbed and died later in a hospital. “A Bogota family is in mourning because football fans allegedly attacked someone,” Solano said in a […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) – Over nearly a century Disney has exported United States culture across the globe, but the company was astonished to find one slice of Americana wildly popular in China — the turkey leg. The entertainment giant opened its $5.5 billion theme park in Shanghai in June last year, expecting to shift mainly bok choy, Mickey Pork Buns and Minnie Red Bean Buns to hungry customers. “If you go to Disneyland […]
BRASILIA, Brazil (AF) – Former Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was convicted and sentenced on Wednesday to nine and a half years in prison for corruption and money laundering. The term was handed down against Lula over a giant embezzlement and kickbacks scheme centered on state-owned oil group Petrobras, at the heart of a sprawling corruption probe known as “Car Wash.” The judge hearing the case said Lula — an iconic leftist politician […]
by Rob Woollard Agence France Presse Australian Jeff Horn has no doubt that he was a deserving conqueror of Manny Pacquiao but believes only a rematch with the Filipino star will settle the controversy once and for all. Horn stunned the boxing world with a unanimous 12-round decision over Pacquiao in Brisbane on July 2, a hotly contested result that triggered an outcry. The World Boxing Organization moved to quell the controversy by re-scoring […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he would “one of these days” call for a dialogue between mining companies and local communities to break what he said was the “mining impasse.” “One of these days, tawagin ko ang mga mayaman at ang mga mahirap. Makinig nalang kayo. Tingin mo dito? Sirain mo palayan niya, paano sila magsurvive. Ikaw kutkot ng kutkot..This cannot go on,” he said in a speech during 26th anniversary […]
by Amal Jayasinghe Agence France-Presse COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s navy has rescued an elephant that got into difficulties after being washed out to sea, a spokesman said Wednesday, calling it a “miraculous escape.” Chaminda Walakuluge said the Navy mounted the 12-hour rescue after spotting the elephant struggling to stay afloat around eight kilometers (five miles) off the island’s northeast coast. Divers aided by wildlife officials approached the distressed animal and tied […]
Hints at increasing salaries of BJMP personnel in his third year in office (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday he would institute reforms in the country’s penal system as soon as the situation in Marawi was over, and even hinted at increasing the salaries of Bureau of Jail Management and Penology personnel on the third year of his administration. Duterte was particularly irked at the situation in the New Bilibid Prison in […]
MANDALAY, Myanmar (AFP) – Hundreds of Myanmar farmers entered the seventh day of protest over land grabs on Wednesday, demanding the government return seized fields and protect them from a surge in prosecutions over property disputes. Land ownership is one of the most contentious issues in formerly junta-run Myanmar, where the army is accused of rampantly confiscating land during its 50-year rule. Anger over land-grabs was a key factor that helped Aung San Suu Kyi’s […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) – A baby panda in Japan has survived its crucial first 30 days, zoo officials said Wednesday, as a fresh video showed the cub at one-month-old. The female panda was the first to be born at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo in five years. The rare birth delighted animal lovers and businesses keen to cash in on the excitement that the panda generated. Footage released by the zoo shows the cub being weighed and measured by […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) – Iran and Oman will work to boost their ties, the Islamic republic’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, as a diplomatic crisis continued to persist in the Gulf. “Iran and Oman have for years had fraternal relations and the best must be made of these good relations to reinforce them,” Rouhani said as he met Oman’s foreign minister. The Iranian government’s website reported Foreign Minister Yussef Bin Alawi as […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday reiterated he wanted Supt. Marvin Marcos reinstated, noting that he would “never ever” allow any member of the government security force to go to jail “for doing his duty and obeying” his order. “E ngayon si Marcos suspended. E di suspended siya. Tapos tapos na suspension, sabi ko ibalik niyo sa trabaho yang mama. Wala naman yan nun e. He was too faraway. He wasn’t part of […]
