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SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) — Raging forest fires in central Chile have killed 10 people, displaced thousands and destroyed entire villages, the government said Thursday. Multiple blazes fueled by strong wind and drought conditions have ravaged 273,000 hectares (680,000 acres) in just over a week. The latest fatality was a fireman killed when a tree fell on his truck in the Biobio region 550 kilometers (340 miles) south of the capital Santiago, the regional government said. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump plans to fund his construction of a wall on the Mexican border by imposing a 20 percent import tax on goods from Washington’s southern neighbor, his spokesman said Thursday. The financing of the project, which is aimed at clamping down on illegal immigration, has sparked tensions between the two countries: Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Thursday called off a visit to Washington set for next […]
by Nathalie OLOF-ORS Agence France-Presse ZURICH, Switzerland (AFP) -US pharmaceuticals giant Johnson & Johnson on Thursday announced it was buying Europe’s biggest bio-pharmaceutical firm Actelion for $30 billion (27.9 billion euros) in a deal that creates a new spin-off company. The world’s biggest producer of healthcare goods will acquire all the outstanding shares of Switzerland-based Actelion for $280 per share, the two companies said in a joint statement. With the deal, which has been approved […]
by Andrew BEATTY Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – President Donald Trump on Thursday challenged Mexico’s president to cancel an upcoming visit to Washington if he is unwilling to foot the bill for a US border wall, escalating the war of words between the neighbors. After Enrique Pena Nieto Trump denounced the new Republican leader’s decision to move ahead with the project, Trump took to Twitter to publicly upbraid him for refusing to fund […]
by Jean-Louis SANTINI Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Comments by US President Donald Trump on nuclear weapons and climate change have helped make the world less safe, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists warned Thursday, moving its symbolic “Doomsday Clock” 30 seconds closer to midnight. The clock — which serves as a metaphor for how close humanity is to destroying the planet — was last changed in 2015, from five to three minutes […]
Dalawang taon makalipas ang naganap na bomb attack sa isang museum sa Cairo, Egypt. Muling binuksan ang naturang art para sa publiko. Dito ay ni-restore ang karamihan sa mga art. Dinaluhan naman ito ng maraming bisita na ang karamihan ay mga turista, upang masaksihan ang kinilalang historical museum. Ilan sa idinagdag dito ay ang medicine, coins, astronomy, weaponry upang magdagdag ganda sa museum collection. Marami ang totoong nagandahan sa bagong restoration nito kumpara noong luma […]
Binuwag ng pinagsanib na pwersa ng gobyerno ang mga iligal na palaisdaan sa Laguna Lake. Layon nitong luwagan ang linya ng lawa para malayang makapangisda sa lugar. Sinaksihan ito ni Jerold Tagbo at narito ang kaniyang report:
Ibinunyag mismo ng Malakanyang na may problema sa kalidad ang mga pabahay na itinayo para sa mga biktima ng bagyong Yolanda sa Tacloban. Sinabi ni Housing Czar Secretary to the Cabinet Leoncio Evasco Jr. na habang isinasagawa ni Pangulong Duterte ang inspection sa mga itinatayong bahay sa Tacloban, nakita ang mga depekto at hindi umaayon sa standard na pinag-usapan. Ayon kay Evasco, hindi natupad ng National Housing Authority (NHA) ang kautusan ng pangulo na dapat […]
Marami pa raw insidente ng ‘tokhang-for-ransom’ na kinasasangkutan ng mga tiwaling pulis. Kanina, nagpakita si Senador Panfilo Lacson ng ilang video na nagpapatunay na nagtatanim ng ebidensya ang mga pulis sa isang ni-raid na opisina ng mga Chinoy. Nagbabalik sa detalye si Meanne Corvera:
Nagpaliwanag ang Malacañang sa matinding galit ni Pangulong Duterte sa Simbahang Katolika. Ayon sa Palasyo, parang pinalilitaw ng ilang Catholic Bishop na sila’y malinis at walang nagawang pagkakamali. Si Vic Somintac sa detalye: https://youtu.be/JFlhkBFOh1w
Hiniling sa Korte Suprema ng isang survivor at mga miyembro ng pamilya ng apat-kataong napatay sa “Oplan Tokhang” sa Payatas, Quezon City na bigyan sila ng proteksyon mula sa pagbabanta ng pulisya. Hiniling din nilang suspendihin na ang “Oplan Tokhang” sa kanilang lugar. Ito ang unang kaso na dinala sa high court laban sa anti-illegal drugs campaign ng gobyerno. Si Erwin Temperante sa detalye:
Nasa pre-charge investigation na ng PNP Internal Affairs Service ang kasong administratibo laban sa mga pulis na sangkot sa pagkidnap at pagpatay sa Korean businessman na si Jee Ick Joo. Ilang Korean national naman ang nagtungo kanina sa Kampo Crame para mag alay ng bulaklak sa lugar kung saan sinasabing napatay ang Koreano. Ang detalye sa report ni Mar Gabriel: https://youtu.be/ioUC9STqBYg
