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MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to hold a first meeting with United States leader Donald Trump on Friday, on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, the Kremlin said Tuesday. “It has been agreed for July 7,” top Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies, without giving further details. The much-hyped maiden encounter between the two leaders comes as Trump’s camp is under intense […]
North Korea says it has successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile — a watershed moment in its push to develop a nuclear weapon capable of hitting the mainland United States. The video also shows photos of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un excitedly cheering while watching the missile test. North Korean state TV declared the ICBM test-firing a success. A news presenter announced, “Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Hwasong-14 test firing, success!” as the Korean Central […]
NASA has released a video showing how light shows like these can be seen by astronauts gazing back down on Earth. Time-lapse imagery captured on June 25, 2017, by Expedition 52. (Video courtesy NASA)
https://youtu.be/rDtieRWH5_A KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — “Zeerak” the bespectacled orange muppet is the latest innovation from Sesame Street in Afghanistan: a children’s TV character who reveres his educated older sister, brought on to screens to show a new generation that a woman’s place is beyond the home. Producers are betting the new character — a four-year-old boy dressed in a traditional shalwar kameez and a waistcoat embroidered in Afghan national colors will inspire millions of children — and […]
Vows to continue ongoing military modernization program (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday emphasized the “crucial role” of the Philippine Air Force in efforts to liberate Marawi from Islamic State-inspired attacks, as he vowed to continue the modernization program of the country’s aerial warfare troops. “The (PAF) is also playing a crucial role in efforts to take Marawi from the clutches of the ISIS-inspired terrorists. We have deployed more than 40 of our air […]
by Layal Abou Rahal with Ahmad Mousa in Mosul Agence France Presse BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — United States-backed forces have penetrated the heavily fortified heart of jihadist bastion Raqa for the first time, in a key milestone in the war against the Islamic State group in Syria. Air strikes by the US-led coalition battling IS punched two holes in the mediaeval wall surrounding the Old City of Raqa, allowing fighters of the Syrian Democratic […]
SAN JOSE DEL MONTE CITY, Bulacan (Eagle News) – Natagpuang patay sa gilid ng kalsada sa San Jose del Monte nitong Lunes ang isa sa itinuturing na “person of interest” sa pagpatay sa limang miyembro ng isang pamilya sa nasabing lungsod. Nakahandusay sa gilid ng kalsada ang bangkay na mayroong nakataling karatula sa leeg na may nakasulat na na “adik at rapist ako huwag tularan.” Kinumpirma ng mga awtoridad na ang natagpuang bangkay sa Northwinds Phase […]
ILIGAN CITY (Eagle News) – Isa sa mahigpit na minomonitor ngayon ng Department of Health (DOH) ay ang mga buntis, mga may inaalagaang sanggol, mga bata, at kababaihan na nasa evacuation center. Ito ang inihayag ng DOH Region 10 matapos makapagtala ng mga malnourished na mga buntis sa mga evacuation center sa Iligan City, Lanao del Norte. Ayon sa DOH, sa 53 na mga naitalang buntis, ay dalawa ang mahina ang lagay ng kalusugan. Samantala, sa limang […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved a national budget for 2018, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno confirmed on Monday, July 3. Duterte will ask Congress for a Php 3.767 trillion national budget for 2018 in his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) to be held on July 24, he said. Malacañang drafted the 2018 national budget with Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella saying that the budget was agreed upon in the […]
(Reuters) — Team Macif, skippered by François Gabart and a five-man crew, arrived in New York on Monday (July 3), the first among four trimarans that were attempting to beat the ocean liner Queen Mary 2 in a unique race across the Atlantic. The race between Saint-Nazaire, France and New York was celebrating a century of Franco-American relations. The ocean liner arrived in New York on Saturday with a time of five days, 16 hours […]
