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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich lashed out at Golden State Warriors center Zaza Pachulia on Monday, blaming the Georgian international for a dangerous play over the incident that has ruled Kawhi Leonard out of Game 2. Leonard hobbled out of Sunday’s defeat in Oakland in the third quarter after Pachulia followed through as he attempted to close down Leonard as the Spurs star attempted a jump shot. Pachulia […]
by Rob Lever / with Alice Tidey in London Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Security researchers on Monday reported signs of a potential North Korea link to the massive cyberattack campaign that sparked havoc in computer systems worldwide and opened fresh political rifts between Russia and the United States. After days of disruptions affecting networks worldwide, a top US official said the number of computers affected had reached 300,000, but that infection […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump discussed specific terror threats with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Moscow’s envoy to the US in the Oval Office last week, but not “sources or methods,” senior officials said Monday. The statements from National Security Advisor HR McMaster and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson came after The Washington Post reported that Trump had revealed classified information to the Russians about a threat posed by […]
SEOUL , South Korea (AFP) — North Korea Monday celebrated the launch of what appeared to be its longest-range ballistic missile yet tested in a bid to bring the United States mainland within reach, saying it was capable of carrying a “heavy nuclear warhead.” Leader Kim Jong-Un personally oversaw the test on Sunday, the official Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) said, and pictures by state media showed him gazing at the missile in a hangar […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – Ian Brady, the British serial killer notoriously known for the “Moors Murders,” died Monday at the age of 79 in a high security psychiatric hospital, authorities said. Brady and his partner Myra Hindley — who died in prison in 2002 — tortured and murdered five children between July 1963 and October 1965 near Manchester, in central England. Both were jailed in 1966 for three murders before later confessing to another […]
(Eagle News) — “Stop it.” This was the message of President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday to unscrupulous judges who he said made an interpretation of the law a mere business, as he appealed to the Supreme Court to “do something” about corruption in the judiciary. Duterte, who arrived in the country from China past 3 a.m., said during his speech at the Davao International Airport that it was an open secret that some judges received […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Occidental early Tuesday. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake took place 211 kilometers south, 36° east of Sarangani at 1:41 a.m. The depth of focus was at 33 kilometers. No aftershocks were expected.
LIPA, BATANGAS (Eagle News) — Dalawang bata ang namatay nang tupukin ng apoy ang tinatayang nasa sampung bahay sa Lipa, Batangas, nitong nakaraan. Kinilala ang mga biktima na sina Xander, apat na taong gulang, at Divon Lalucis, tatlong taong gulang. Hinihinalang natrap ang magpinsan sa kanilang bahay dahil sa mabilis na pagkalat ng apoy na nagsimula sa di pa matukoy na bahay sa Barangay Dos, alas 11:40 ng umaga. Ayon sa mga nakasaksi, napakabilis ng pagkalat […]
BONTOC, Mountain Province (Eagle News) — Nagdulot ng malaking perwisyo sa maraming motorista ang pagkasira ng Nakagan bridge sa Mountain Province noong Linggo, ika-14 ng Mayo. Nasira ang temporary bridge na dinadaanan ng mga sasakyan at manlalakbay paloob at palabas sa bayan ng Bontoc nang tumaas ang lebel ng tubig ng Sabangan River dahil sa pagbuhos ng malakas na ulan na tumagal ng halos apat na oras. Karamihan sa mga manlalakbay ay naglakad na lamang at maingat na […]
Washington, UNITED STATES (AFP) — Microsoft warned governments Sunday against storing computer vulnerabilities like the leaked one at the heart of the cyberattack that has crippled computers in more than 150 countries. “The governments of the world should treat this attack as a wake up call,” Microsoft’s president and chief legal officer, Brad Smith, wrote in a blog post about what is being called the largest ransomware attack ever. He warned of the danger of exploits […]
BEIJING, China — President Xi Jinping criticized protectionism on Monday at a summit positioning China as a champion of globalization, and secured a free trade commitment from almost 30 other world leaders as the meeting wound up. Xi addressed the leaders–including Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte—on the second day of the forum on his new Silk Road plan, a huge infrastructure project intended to revive ancient land and sea trade routes from Asia to Europe and […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron has named little-known parliamentarian Edouard Philippe from the rightwing Republicans party as his first prime minister, his office announced Monday. The choice of Philippe, a 46-year-old from the northern port city of Le Havre, will be seen as an attempt by Macron to attract other moderates to his new centrist Republique En Marche party (Republic on the Move, REM).
