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SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — French President Francois Hollande called Sunday for efforts to intensify the relationship between Europe and Asia in the face of resurgent “isolationism.” He was speaking in Singapore, the first stage of the last international tour of his five-year term which will also take him to Malaysia and Indonesia. “I appeal for us to intensify our exchanges, our trade, political and cultural agreements,” he said. “This is all the more necessary […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte took the early lead in polls opened by Time for its annual list of 100 most influential people in the world, overtaking the likes of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Beyonce. Duterte garnered a 4 percent vote so far based on a check of initial poll results for TIME 100 on Sunday. The polls were opened on Friday. Trudeau, Beyonce and Merkel each had […]
Sydney, Australia (AFP) — Australians are bracing for the worst cyclone in the country’s northeast in several years, with residents evacuated and schools closed amid forecasts of destructive winds and rain. Cyclone Debbie has been forming off the coast of Queensland state in recent days, the official Bureau of Meteorology said Sunday, with its “very destructive core” expected to hit land early Tuesday morning. “The very destructive core of Tropical Cyclone Debbie is currently expected to […]
HONG KONG (AFP) — Carrie Lam was voted leader of Hong Kong Sunday by a mainly pro-China committee according to unofficial media counts, in an election rejected as a sham by pro-democracy activists. Widely seen as Beijing’s favorite candidate, her victory comes as semi-autonomous Hong Kong remains deeply politically divided with concerns growing that China is tightening its grip.
By Josh Tolentino | EBC SPORTS KANSAS CITY — It wasn’t meant to be for top-seeded Kansas, as it was upset by No. 3 Oregon 74-60, in the Midwest Regional Final Saturday in front of a KU-friendly Sprint Center crowd of 18,643. Tyler Dorsey torched KU for a game-high 27 points off 9-of-13 shooting, leading Oregon to its first Final Four since 1939 — the year the first-ever NCAA Tournament was played when the Ducks won their only National Championship. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump faced the biggest blow yet to his young presidency as his bid to repeal Obamacare went down in flames at the hands of rebel Republican lawmakers. Barely two months into his term, Trump was forced to withdraw an embattled Republican health care bill Friday, moments before a vote, leaving his campaign pledge to dismantle his predecessor’s health care reforms unfulfilled. The stinging defeat showed the limits […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is demanding answers from the previous Aquino administration why it had allowed the drug problem to become worse and balloon into this tragedy wherein he said four millions Filipinos are now drug addicts. “You read the crimes that were committed before the drug campaign. Look at the victims! Children who are raped, two years old, night shift workers and everybody else,” Duterte said during the groundbreaking of the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said he would not let the Filipino youth be destroyed by drugs, stressing that this was a campaign promise that he made and he would not renege on it. The President also stressed the importance of rehabilitation of illegal drug dependents, which is a twin program of the Philippine goverment’s fight against drugs. On Saturday, March 25, President Duterte led the groundbreaking ceremony of the a site where […]
By James Pheby LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British police said Friday they had made further “significant” arrests over the Islamist-inspired terror attack on parliament, as they released the first picture of the homegrown killer who left four people dead. Khalid Masood, a 52-year-old Briton with a history of violent offenses but no terrorist convictions, was shot by police on Wednesday after a rampage through Westminster. Two other suspects are in custody following searches at 21 […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — From Sydney to New York, cities and monuments will dim their lights on Saturday in a show of solidarity against the threats being faced by the planet from humankind. This year marks the tenth anniversary of Earth Hour, an annual bid to raise awareness about global warming caused by the burning of coal, oil and gas to power cars and power plants. Since it was first held in 2007, in Sydney […]
By Dave Clark WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet with North Atlantic Treaty Organization members next week in Brussels, officials said Friday, as alliance diplomats worked to nail down the date. “We are currently planning to hold the meeting of NATO foreign ministers on 31 March. Consultations on scheduling among Allies are ongoing,” a NATO official in Brussels said. The NATO foreign ministers meeting had been planned […]
(Eagle News) — The Paris Agreement on Climate Change will take effect in the Philippines next month. This is according to Senator Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate committee on climate change. According to Legarda, the historic agreement that aims to keep global average temperature to well below two degrees Celsius below pre-industrial levels, and to limit the increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius, will enter into force in the country on April 22, exactly a year the […]
