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Shenyang, China (AFP) — The Chinese hospital caring for cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo has decided to invite United States, German and other foreign experts to treat him in China following international pressure to let him go abroad. The legal bureau of Shenyang — the northeastern city where Liu is being treated — said in a statement Wednesday the invitation was made “at the request” of Liu’s family. China has faced global calls to give the democracy […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) – A South Korean military spokesperson on Wednesday (July 5) said a joint missile drill it conducted earlier in the day with the United States army showed that both countries’ forces would “never tolerate any kind of provocation from North Korea.” North Korea on Tuesday (July 4) said it had conducted an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, which some experts believe had the range to […]
MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Norte (Eagle News) – Nabawi na ng militar ang Dansalan College na ginamit bilang stronghold ng Maute Terror Group sa Marawi City. Isang buwan ding inokupahan ng mga terorista ang nasabing eskwelahan. Sinunog pa nila ang ilang bahagi nito nang una nilang salakayin ang lungsod. Ang eskwelahan ay nagsilbing pwesto sa mga sniper at mga humahawak ng machine gun sa panig ng mga terorista. Ayon kay Task Force Marawi Spokesperson Lt. […]
(Eagle News) — Another one of the persons of interest in the killing of an entire family in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan has been killed. Rosario, the mother of Roosevelt Turima, alias “Ponga,” said in a radio interview that two men wearing masks entered their house in Barangay Sto. Cristo around 11 a.m. on Wednesday, and shot him. Turima was rushed to the hospital but was declared dead. “Hindi adik yan kasi kung adik […]
LIPA CITY, Batangas (Eagle News) — Natunton ng mga awtoridad ang nagsu-supply ng baril sa Maute Terror Group sa Marawi City. Ayon kay Philippine National Police Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa, naaresto na nila ang lider ng grupo na si Rommel Litan, at ang mga miyembrong sina Rommel Quinones, Angelo Magcamit, at Rey Quinones. Base sa record ng Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation Detection Group, mula December 2015, aabot na sa 671 na mga imitation […]
Privately-run aid organizations rescuing migrants off Libya have slammed the idea of creating a “code of conduct” for them to follow, saying European ministers tackling the crisis are bungling their response. Italy, France and Germany held a working dinner on Sunday to prepare the ground for a six-point plan to address the biggest migrant phenomenon since World War II, to be submitted to the bloc at a meeting on Thursday in Talinn. Top of […]
LAMITAN CITY, BASILAN (Eagle News) – Naaresto ng mga awtoridad ang isang miyembro ng bandidong grupong Abu Sayyaf sa Lamitan City, Basilan. Si Ismael Gampal, na nag-o-operate sa Basilan, ay naaresto ng mga operatiba ng 19th Special Forces Company ng 4th Special Forces Batallion kamakailan. Narekober mula sa kaniya ang isang M16 rifle, ilang war materials, military backpack at uniforms. Si Gampal ay dinala sa headquarters ng mga operatiba sa Brgy. Dangcalan, Lamitan City para […]
HONG KONG, China (Reuters) – New Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam struck a conciliatory tone on Wednesday (July 5) and vowed to improve ties with the legislature, but she suggested fresh reforms to bring greater democracy to the Chinese city would not be tabled anytime soon. Lam, in her first week in office, spent about an hour answering lawmakers’ questions in an especially arranged meeting, where the mood appeared less hostile compared with sessions involving […]
Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao on Wednesday urged the World Boxing Organization (WBO) to review the “unfair decision and officiating” in his fight against Australia’s Jeff Horn. Pacquiao endorsed a formal call by the Philippines’ Games and Amusement Board for the WBO to review the outcome of Sunday’s fight in Brisbane. “I love boxing and I don’t wanna see it dying because of the unfair decision and officiating,” Pacquiao, 38, said in a statement issued by […]
(Eagle News) – The European Union said it was giving P48 million (850,000 euros) of financial aid to help the thousands of civilians displaced by the ongoing fight in Marawi. The financial assistance–coursed through the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO)– will be used to provide for the necessities, including food, water, and health care, of over 50,000 people. “This grant from the EU will support the delivery of immediate life-saving assistance […]
(REUTERS) — United States scientists have found evidence to support the existence of the unseen Planet 10, which is much closer than the previously reported Planet Nine, a planet that has not yet been fully proven to exist. The Kuiper Belt is a disc-shaped region that contains icy bodies, space rocks and dwarf planets such as Pluto. It is understood that Kuiper Belt objects orbit the sun with an orbital tilt, while those at least […]
ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — The former co-leader of Turkey’s third largest political party went on trial in Ankara on Tuesday on charges of disseminating “terror propaganda” for outlawed Kurdish militants. Figen Yuksekdag and the other co-leader of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtas, were detained in November and have been held in jail ever since. Their incarceration alarmed the European Union and raised further concerns over use of the state of emergency imposed in […]
