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PARIS, May 12, 2023 (AFP) – Iran on Friday released two French citizens, including one also holding Irish nationality, as Paris urged Tehran to free other foreigners jailed by the Islamic republic. French-Irish citizen Bernard Phelan, held since October, and Frenchman Benjamin Briere, whose ordeal in Iran lasted two years, were freed from their prison in the northeastern city of Mashhad, the French foreign ministry said. They rapidly boarded a special flight to Paris and […]
EL PASO, United States, May 12, 2023 (AFP) – The United States bolted tough new immigration policies into place Friday, setting up an uncertain future for desperate migrants reaching its southern border, as a top official expressed confidence the system will hold. Thousands of people remained in Mexico hoping to enter the United States, as it was not yet clear how the stringent new rules for people crossing the border illegally would be enforced. In […]
ISTANBUL, May 12, 2023 (AFP) – President Recept Tayyip Erdogan on Friday defended Russia’s Vladimir Putin from allegations of meddling in Turkey’s crucial weekend election. Erdogan’s secular rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu on Thursday accused unnamed Russian actors of spreading “deep fakes” and other disinformation aimed at swaying the outcome of Sunday’s vote. The Kremlin “strongly” denied the allegation and Erdogan stood up for Putin at a televised campaign appearance on Friday. “Mr. Kemal is attacking Russia, […]
NEW YORK, May 12, 2023 (AFP) – Named Friday as Elon Musk’s successor as Twitter CEO, Linda Yaccarino is a respected media and advertising executive considered a visionary by some. Yaccarino left her job as head of advertising at NBCUniversal, where she worked for 12 years. Born into a family with Italian roots, Yaccarino has spent her career in television, 20 years of it with the Time Warner group that has since become known as […]
BUENOS AIRES, May 12, 2023 (AFP) – Inflation in Argentina reached 108.8 percent in the 12 months to April, a more than three decade high, the Indec national statistics institute said Friday. Month-on-month, inflation in April was 8.4 percent in Latin America’s third largest economy. Argentina has one of the highest inflation rates in the world. In 2022, it reached 94.8 percent, the country’s highest annual figure since 1991, when it exceeded 171 percent. The […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck Ilocos Sur on Friday, May 12. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 10:38 a.m. The epicenter was eight kilometers southeast of Burgos. The depth of focus was one kilometer. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were reported: Intensities: Intensity V – Burgos, and City of Vigan, Ilocos Sur Intensity IV – Alilem, Cervantes, Gregorio Del Pilar, Galimuyod, Lidlidda, Banayoyo, Bantay, Caoayan, Quirino, […]
BAMAKO (AFP) – The scene is replicated in towns across Mali almost every evening. Plunged into darkness by power cuts, people like Mamadou Haidara and his wife while away the hours sitting and talking, stuck in their sweltering homes. There is no electricity for a fan to freshen the torpid air, for a refrigerator to keep food and drinks cool or even for a charger to power up a dead phone. “I’ve bought quite a […]
TOKYO (AFP) – A six-year wait came to an end for “Zelda” fans across the world on Friday as Nintendo released the long-awaited next instalment of its 40-year-old gaming saga. Gamers began lining up outside a shop in Paris well before midnight, determined to get their hands on “Tears of the Kingdom” the minute it became available. “I’m going crazy actually, because it’s been six years that we’ve been waiting for this game,” 19-year-old Taylor […]
By Cecil MORELLA, Mikhail FLORES MANILA,Philippines (AFP) Jailed Philippine human rights campaigner Leila de Lima was acquitted Friday on one of two remaining drug trafficking charges filed against her under the Rodrigo Duterte administration, putting her a step closer to freedom. De Lima, a former senator and justice minister, has been detained since February 2017 on charges she and human rights groups say were fabricated as payback for going after Duterte and his war on […]
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Jayson Tatum scored 16 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter as the Boston Celtics held off the Philadelphia 76ers 95-86 on Thursday to force a decisive game seven in their NBA playoff series. The star Boston forward was enduring a dismal shooting night, making just one of 13 attempts from the floor through the first three quarters before erupting with four three-pointers in the final period as the Celtics […]
UITO, May 12, 2023 (AFP) – Darwin’s flycatcher, a small bird with striking vermilion plumage, is making modest but noticeable headway on the Galapagos Islands in its battle back from near extinction, the remote archipelago’s national park said Thursday. The only 15 remaining pairs of the charismatic birds on the island of Santa Cruz have produced 12 chicks this year, the park said. The species is endemic to the Galapagos, and is considered vulnerable by […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities seized over P12 million worth of imported shabu in a controlled-delivery operation on Thursday, May 11, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said. According to PDEA, the 42-year-old consignee of the P12,240,000 shipment that arrived at the Port of Clark on May 9 has been arrested. The shipment–which contained 1,808 grams of imported shabu, according to PDEA—had come from San Jose in the United States. PDEA said the PDEA Clark Inter Agency […]
