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by Robin MILLARD Agence France Presse STANDFORD-LE-HOPE, United Kingdom (AFP) — The first-ever freight train from Britain to China started its mammoth journey on Monday along a modern-day “Silk Road” trade route as Britain eyes new opportunities after it leaves the European Union. The 32-container train, around 600 metres (656 yards) long, left the vast London Gateway container port laden with whisky, soft drinks and baby products, bound for Yiwu on the east coast of […]
WASHINGTON, United States (Reuters) — U.S. President Donald Trump is open to authorizing additional strikes on Syria if the use of chemical weapons continues in the country, the White House said on Monday (April 10). “The sight of people being gassed and blown away by barrel bombs ensures that if we see this kind of action again, we hold open the possibility of future action,” White House spokesman Sean Spicer said at a briefing on […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte ordered immediate relief operations in the towns in Batangas which were devastated by the series of quakes that continue to shake the province, saying it was important to “restore normalcy in the affected areas as soon as possible.” While there had been no reported deaths in Batangas, the President said that Filipinos should still continue to be vigilant and be always prepared for disasters. “Rest assured, our government is […]
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) — Frozen, sub-Arctic wastelands loaded with planet-heating greenhouse gases are more susceptible to global warming than previously understood, scientists warned on Monday. Even stabilising the world’s climate at two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels — the daunting goal laid down in the 196-nation Paris Agreement — would melt more than 40 percent of permafrost, or an area nearly twice the size of India, they reported in […]
(Eagle News Service) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday lashed out again at ABSCBN and Inquirer on live television, accusing the first of estafa, and the other of non-payment of taxes. “ABSCBN, inestafa ako niyan. ABSCBN accepted my money kasi noon, at the later part of the campaign..when I got the money sa mga well-meaning supporters, nagbili ako ng airtime para naman masali and pangalan ko ..Hindi lumabas,” he said in a press conference at the […]
by Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi Agence France Presse MARDIN, Syria (AFP) — Laughter rings out and there is an atmosphere of excitement and joyful chaos. Children are perched on stilts, others spin plates or happily perform aerial dances. This is not a big top circus in a major city but a house in southeastern Turkey, where Syrian refugee children learn circus tricks in an innovative programme to help integrate into their foreign host country. The Her Yerde Sanat […]
by Thomas Watkins with Ella Ide in Lucca Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US strike on a Syrian air base destroyed a fifth of the Damascus regime’s remaining warplanes, Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Monday as Washington fired a fresh salvo of warnings at President Bashar al-Assad. The public assessment of Friday’s missile strike and the forceful rhetoric came as G7 ministers met in Italy to send a “clear and coordinated” […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Neil Gorsuch was sworn in Monday as the US Supreme Court’s ninth justice, retilting the bench to the right as he filled the seat left vacant by last year’s death of conservative icon Antonin Scalia. Confirmed by the Senate Friday after a bitter months-long fight, Gorsuch was sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts in a private ceremony at the Supreme Court attended by the other justices and Gorsuch’s family. […]
by Mona Salem Agence France-Presse ALEXANDRIA, Egypt – Hundreds gathered Monday to mourn 45 Egyptians killed in jihadist bombings, after Cairo declared a state of emergency following the attacks on two Coptic churches. The Islamic State group said it was behind the twin bombings that targeted services at churches in the cities of Tanta and Alexandria, and threatened further attacks. Sunday’s first bombing at the Mar Girgis church in Tanta city north of Cairo killed […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte departed on Monday, April 10, for state visits to three Middle East countries — Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar — saying it was important to “reinforce” ties with the Gulf states where the largest group of Filipinos are working. In his departure speech, President Duterte said this would be first meeting with the “esteemed leaders” in the Gulf, stressing how this is important as “there is much […]
Ni Erwin Temperante Eagle News Service Ibinasura ng Court of Appeals ang hiling ni Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton na baliktarin ang unang desisyon ng isang korte na nagsasabing siya ang pumaslang sa Pilipinong si Jeffrey Laude noong October 2014. Kinatigan ni Associate Justice Marlenez Gonzales-Sison ng 16th Division sa 48 na pahinang desisyong kanyang isinulat ang unang desisyon ng Olongapo Regional Trial Court Branch 74 na nagsasabing guilty si Pemberton sa kasong homicide. Sinentensya rin […]
CHENGDU CITY, Sichuan Province, southwest China (CCTV) — It may be an easy life for panda cubs at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in southwest China’s Sichuan Province as they tease their handlers day in and day out. One such cub, named Qiyi, did exactly that in the latest video from the base. In the video recorded last Monday, Qiyi’s handler tried hard to persuade it to return to the room after […]
