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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte Wednesday paid tribute to people who had voted “against populism” as his party scooped the largest number of seats in parliament. “This was the evening when The Netherlands, after Brexit and the American elections, said ‘stop’ to the wrong kind of populism,” Rutte told cheering supporters.
(Eagle News) — The Quezon City regional trial court on March 7 issued a decision upholding the Iglesia Ni Cristo’s rights over its property at no. 36 Tandang Sora, Avenue in Quezon City, ruling that unauthorized persons are banned from entering the area. In a 12-page decision on the petition for injunction filed by the INC in September 2015, Quezon City RTC judge Edgar Dalmacio Santos of Branch 222 said the INC “has, for […]
(Eagle News) — When the President of the Philippines and members of the Senate sit together at a long table and have an intimate dinner, what exactly do they talk about? Absolutely nothing that serious, at least according to the senators themselves. “Nothing official,” Senator Tito Sotto said when asked what he and his colleagues discussed with President Rodrigo Duterte during the meal. A picture of the rare gathering was uploaded by Senator JV Ejercito in his Twitter account on Tuesday night, drawing reactions ranging from […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Almost six million Adelie penguins are living in East Antarctica, more than double the number previously thought, scientists said Wednesday in findings that have implications for conservation. Research by an Australian, French and Japanese team used aerial and ground surveys, tagging and resighting data and automated camera images over several breeding seasons, which allowed them to come up with the new figure. They focused on a 5,000 kilometre (3,100 mile) stretch of […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Twitter confirmed Wednesday a major hacking attack which has seen a number of high-profile accounts defaced by pro-Turkey supporters with a message condemning “Nazi Germany” and “Nazi Holland”. “We are aware of an issue affecting a number of account holders this morning,” a Twitter spokesperson said, adding the source of the attack had been tracked to a third party app whose permissions had been removed. © Agence France-Presse
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) — Jewelry worn by some of the most iconic stars of the Golden Age of Cinema are going under the hammer in November at Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles. However, the lots up for auction, which were worn by the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, Katherine Hepburn and Errol Flynn, are not your usual jewelry lots. “It’s very different from a conventional jewelry auction in the sense that […]
(Reuters) — Actor Ben Affleck said on Tuesday (March 14) that he had completed treatment for alcohol addiction, saying he wanted to “be the best father I can be.” Affleck, 44, said on his Facebook page that his treatment was the “first of many steps” toward his recovery and specifically thanked his “co-parent,” wife Jennifer Garner, whom he separated from in 2015. “I have completed treatment for alcohol addiction; something I’ve dealt with in the […]
Pakistan launches its first census in nearly two decades, with security high as thousands of enumerators backed by the military began the enormous, politically-charged count. https://youtu.be/iL8XgnF-1Lk
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Commission on Appointments has rescheduled the confirmation hearing on the appointment of Gina Lopez as environment secretary to May 3. Senator Manny Pacquiao, who chairs the CA’s environment committee, said that so far, they have decided to bypass Lopez’s appointment. He said this was because the timing was off, what with the session recess due soon. He said Lopez–who is out of the country–would be able to explain her […]
This handout illustration obtained March 10, 2017 courtesy of Nio, shows the NIO EVE autonomous vision car of the future. A “global startup” which makes electric racing vehicles unveiled plans on March 10, 2017 to sell a fully autonomous car in the US market by 2020. The company called Nio, founded by Chinese entrepreneur William Li and with offices in Silicon Valley, Europe and China, unveiled a prototype of the vehicle called Eve at the […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong’s troubled flagship airline Cathay Pacific on Wednesday posted its first annual loss since the height of the financial crisis as it was hit by “intense competition” and a drop in demand from business travellers. The firm is struggling despite an expansion of international air travel in the region as lower cost carriers, particularly from mainland China, eat into its market share. Companies like China Eastern and China Southern […]
By Patrick Baert BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday warned the United States against starting a trade war while expressing optimism that the world’s two largest economies could keep relations steady despite Donald Trump-era frictions. “We don’t want to see any trade war breaking out between the two countries. That wouldn’t make our trade fairer,” Li told reporters at a press conference closing China’s annual parliamentary session. “No matter what bumps […]
