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At UN ocean conference, US takes aim at illegal fishing

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) – The United States on Wednesday put a spotlight on global efforts to combat illegal fishing at the United Nations ocean conference, steering clear of the controversy over its pullout from the Paris climate deal. President Donald Trump’s envoy to the conference, David Balton, said the ocean and its resources are “under tremendous pressure from a variety of threats – including illegal fishing, marine pollution, and ocean acidification.” “Illegal, unreported, […]

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Iran leader shrugs off IS attacks in Tehran

by Ali Noorani and Eric Randolph Agence France-Presse TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) – Iran’s supreme leader shrugged off attacks on Wednesday by gunmen and suicide bombers in Tehran that killed 13 people as United States president Donald Trump warned the nation was reaping what it sowed. The assault was the first claimed by the Islamic State group in Iran, and was the worst terror strike to hit the nation in years.  “These fire-crackers that happened today […]

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Trump returns to White House amid release of Comey testimony

WASHINGTON DC, United States (Reuters) – United States President Donald Trump returned to the White House from Ohio on Wednesday (June 7) shortly after the release of former Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey’s written testimony. Comey accused Trump of asking him to drop an investigation of former national security adviser Michael Flynn as part of a probe into Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election. In dramatic written testimony, Comey said Trump told […]

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South Korea to freeze new THAAD deployment pending probe

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) – South Korea will suspend any further deployment of a controversial United States missile defense system until an environmental impact assessment ordered by new President Moon Jae-In is finished, his office said Wednesday. Seoul agreed under Moon’s ousted predecessor Park Geun-Hye last year to deploy the powerful missile intercept system to guard against threats from nuclear-armed North Korea despite angry opposition from Beijing, which views it as a threat to its […]

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Twelve dead as IS claims first attacks in Iran

  by Ali Noorani and Eric Randolph Agence France-Presse TEHRAN, Iran – Gunmen and suicide bombers stormed Iran’s parliament and the shrine of its revolutionary leader on Wednesday, killing 12 people in the first attacks in the country claimed by the Islamic State group. Dozens were injured in the attacks, which targeted two of Iran’s most potent symbols: its parliament complex in central Tehran and the mausoleum of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini who led the 1979 […]

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Debris found in sea after Myanmar military plane goes missing

by Caroline Henshaw / Hla-Hla Htay Agence France-Presse YANGON, Myanmar  – Debris has been found in the sea near where a Myanmar military plane went missing with more than 100 soldiers and their families on board on Wednesday, a local official and air force source said. Navy ships and aircraft had been searching since the afternoon when the plane lost contact with air traffic controllers. Most of those on board were thought to be women and […]

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S.Africa west coast storm kills 8, causes chaos

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AFP) – A ferocious storm killed eight people as it pummeled South Africa’s west coast on Wednesday, forcing the closure of Cape Town harbor, triggering flash floods and causing extensive damage, authorities said. The weather system which struck on Tuesday has damaged buildings, felled trees, left 46,000 homes without electricity and caused travel chaos as flights and rail services were hit by gale-force winds and flooding. Three people were killed in the […]

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President Duterte reiterates creation of P50-billion education fund for soldiers’ children

“I will be there to protect you,” the President tells the troops   (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday reiterated the creation of a P50-billion education fund for the children of soldiers, as he emphasized he was behind his men who were fighting the good fight. In a speech before the 1st Mechanized Brigade in Camp Leonon in Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat, Duterte said he already found P20 billion, and would only add P30 billion […]

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Featured video: Displaced Marawi children draw their tragic experience in war-torn city

https://youtu.be/5-dEefh1G-M (Eagle News) — A girl weeps as she tries to draw a tragic scene that she witnessed in her well-loved home city of Marawi. She bows her head, drawing her knees close to her body, and sobs, holding a pencil and a pad paper. She doesn’t want to look up. Her once peaceful environment was shattered when Islamist terrorists — combined forces of Maute rebels, the Abu Sayyaf Group and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters […]

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President Duterte makes offer for “able-bodied” NPA fighters to become gov’t soldiers

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday made the offer for New People’s Army “able-bodied” and qualified “soldiers” to fight for the government instead, noting that the communist insurgency has already gone on for around 50 years. “I am again addressing myself to the NPA…Kayong mga sundalo sa NPA, kung gusto niyo sumali sa government ko, I will take you in as soldiers of the country…Anytime. Bumaba lang kayo at magtrain..,” he said during his visit to a military camp in Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat, […]

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DOJ to appeal SC order assigning to Cagayan de Oro courts cases involving Maute

Aguirre says Maute cases should be tried outside Mindanao for the judges’ safety QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Justice will appeal the Supreme Court order assigning to special courts in Cagayan De Oro City the cases involving members of the Maute Group as well as others involved in the violence in Marawi City. Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre said that while the High Court agreed with the creation of special courts that […]

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Sing for Hope Piano project returns to New York City’s public parks

By: Abigail Vital, EBC New York Bureau Music has been an important part of history, as a way to pass on part of a tradition or simply just for pleasure.  Creating music, then, has been an integral part of carrying out this tradition.  With the use of instruments, music is made, and thus enjoyed by many.  The piano in itself has its own history. Whether playing one of Beethoven’s classics or serenading to Billy Joel’s, […]

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