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Proudly holding up his title belt and flanked by Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, Australia’s Jeff Horn brushed aside the outcry against his shock victory over Manny Pacquiao on Monday (July 3), saying there will always be “naysayers” saying he didn’t deserve to win. The 29-year-old former schoolteacher was awarded a unanimous 12-round decision over the eight-division world champion after a bloody battle in front of more than 51,000 fans at Brisbane’s Lang Park on Sunday […]
by Gabriel BOUROVITCH Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) – A project to build a nuclear plant at Hinkley Point in Britain will overrun by £1.5 billion ($1.95 billion, 1.71 billion euros) and may face further delays, its main supplier said Monday. EDF, the state-run French company that has the lion’s share of the controversial scheme, made the announcement after a long review. EDF is part of a French-Chinese consortium that was awarded the […]
by Ralf ISERMANN Agence France-Presse MUNICH, Germany (AFP) – Up to 18 people were feared killed Monday in one of Germany’s worst road accidents after a tour bus carrying pensioners burst into flames in a collision with a trailer truck, police said. “Thirty passengers were taken to hospitals, some with serious injuries. The others are believed to have died in the burning tour bus,” which had been carrying 48 people, police said in […]
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (Eagle News) – Isang simulation exercise ang isinagawa sa Pagadian City kaugnay sa posibilidad ng pag-atake ng terorista. Limang magkasunod na tunog ng sirena ang nagkunwang hudyat na mayroong mga teroristang umatake sa iba’t ibang bahagi ng siyudad. Pagkatapos ng ilang minuto, agad dumating ang mga first responder mula sa Pagadian City Police Station. Sumunod naman ang Zamboanga Del Sur Provincial Office Unit, at tropa ng militar para i-neutralize ang […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) – Rainstorms have triggered floods across central and southern China, forcing hundreds of thousands of people from their homes and leaving more than two dozen dead or missing, state media reported Monday. At least eight people were killed and a further nine were unaccounted for in the southern Guangxi region as of Sunday, Xinhua news agency said, citing local authorities. Thousands of hectares of cropland were inundated and 600 houses collapsed in […]
PARIS, France (AFP) – PARIS, France (AFP) – A 23-year-old man has been charged with plotting to assassinate President Emmanuel Macron at France’s Bastille Day parade, a judicial source said Monday. The self-described nationalist, who was arrested last Wednesday, told investigators he wanted to kill Macron at the July 14 national day parade in Paris, a source close to the investigation said. He said he also wanted to attack “Muslims, Jews, blacks, homosexuals,” the source […]
TEXAS, United States (Reuters) – The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft was released from the International Space Station on Monday (July 3) in preparation for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean with over 4000 pounds (1814 kg) of cargo and experimental samples. Images from NASA showed a robotic arm detaching from the ISS and navigating the separation in preparation for the Dragon’s return to Earth. Astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer commanded the release of the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte vowed that the military offensive against Islamist radicals, including the Maute group, will continue until the last terrorist is taken out. “We will not go out there until the last terrorist is executed,” he said. During his speech at the 50th Araw ng Davao del Sur held at the Davao del Sur Coliseum in Digos City on Saturday, July 1, the President also sympathized with the […]
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Speaking at a rare special seating of parliament called to defend the government’s integrity, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Monday (July 3) he wanted to avoid suing his brother and sister for defamation over allegations that he had abused his power in a dispute with them over what to do with their late father’s house. The bad blood between the heirs of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s first prime minister, […]
PARIS, France (Reuters) – The European Union’s commissioner for migration, Dimitris Avramopoulos, said the bloc was willing to help ease the pressure for Italy, who has appealed to the EU for help in taking in African migrants. Italy has even raised the possibility of closing its ports to humanitarian rescue ships to pressure EU partners, sources familiar with the matter said. Italy has brought in over half a million boat migrants since 2014, and a […]
(REUTERS) – China’s aircraft carrier “Liaoning” and its formation have been conducting trans-regional training since it set out from east China’s Qingdao on June 25. The formation is made up of the aircraft carrier and destroyers Jinan and Yinchuan, frigate Yantai, and a squadron of J-15 fighter jets and helicopters. The training mission aims at strengthening coordination among the vessels and improving the skills of the crew and pilots in different marine environments. Xu Ying, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre is confident that the Supreme Court will rule in favor of President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law in Mindanao. The Supreme Court has until July 5 to decide on the issue, but may issue its ruling on or before Wednesday, July 4. Aguirre said that there is no ground for the SC to overrule the martial law declaration as this has supported by facts […]
