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by Andrew BEATTY / Dave Clark Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The White House warned China it will “defend” US and international “interests” in the South China Sea and that trade must be a “two-way street.” Signaling Donald Trump’s tough stance against Beijing on Monday, spokesman Sean Spicer said “the US is going to make sure we protect our interests” in the South China Sea. “If those islands are, in fact, in international […]
by Filippo Monteforte with Ella Ide in Rome Agence France Presse PENNE, Italy (AFP) — Rescuers recovered three puppies from under the rubble of Italy’s avalanche-hit hotel Monday sparking fresh hopes some of the 22 people still missing after five days could be found alive. Firefighter Fabio Jerman said the discovery of the three shaggy white Abruzzo sheepdog pups meant there were still air pockets in the collapsed luxury spa resort, “an important sign of […]
CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — Former US President George H.W. Bush has been transferred from intensive care and could be released from the hospital Friday or over the weekend, doctors said on Monday. His wife and former first lady Barbara Bush was discharged from the hospital, Bush physicians Amy Mynderse and Clint Doerr said. The former first couple was admitted to Houston Methodist hospital on Wednesday. The 41st president, who is 92, was suffering from bacterial pneumonia, while Barbara Bush, 91, had […]
BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) — The youngest polar bear cub in Berlin’s Tierpark zoo learned a lesson in eating politely on Monday (January 23). The cub was digging into a piece of steak in front of the room’s camera, only for his mother Tonja to take the food away to a more private area. On January 12, the small polar bear was revealed to be a boy through first medical-check up. A Berlin radio station and […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — A senior economic advisor for US President Donald Trump told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet on Monday that Canada should not fear the trade intentions of the new American administration. Speaking at a retreat in Calgary to map out Ottawa’s demands in a renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Trump advisor Stephen Schwarzman said Canadians should not be “enormously worried” about the protectionist rhetoric coming out […]
by Miguel SANCHEZ Agence France Presse SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) — Vast woodland fires in the center and south of Chile have caused “the biggest forestry disaster in our history,” President Michelle Bachelet said Monday, canceling a trip abroad to supervise the emergency. A total of 130 square kilometers (500 square miles) have been charred, mainly in sparsely populated rural areas, according to the National Emergency Office. Although most of 150 fires that broke out this […]
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — The first sighting of clustered dwarf galaxies bolsters a leading theory about how big galaxies such as our Milky Way are formed, and how dark matter binds them, researchers said Monday. Theorised but never seen, the bundled galaxies were discovered using the largest optical survey of the night sky ever compiled, they reported in the journal Nature Astronomy. Seven clusters of three-to-five galaxies are each […]
by Andrew BEATTY Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – President Donald Trump moved Monday to pull the United States out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, making good on a pledge to scrap a deal he denounced as a “job killer” and a “rape” of US interests. Embarking on his first full week in office, the 45th US president began rolling out his policy agenda after a tumultuous first weekend for his administration by signing a […]
PARIS, France (AFP) – Paris began its first experiment with driverless buses on Monday, with city officials saying they were eager to prepare for the coming “revolution” of autonomous vehicles. Two box-shaped electric vehicles capable of carrying around 10 people have been deployed — within the safety of a special lane — on a bridge connecting two railway stations to the east of the city centre. “Autonomous vehicles represent a revolution for every city on […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Kerwin Espinosa on Monday (January 23) attended the hearing conducted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the death of his father, the late Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa in his prison cell last year. The younger Espinosa filed a supplemental complaint affidavit against the police belonging to the raiding team as a private complainant.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Monday (January 23) asked the public to give Philippine National Police Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa a second chance to fix the problems being faced by the PNP. He also clarified that his previous call for Dela Rosa to resign because of the controversial kidnap-slay of Korean businessman Jee Ick-Joo was not a personal matter. It should be noted that Alvarez attended the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines — Senator Joel Villanueva on Monday (January 23) at the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing recommended that a complaint for perjury be filed against former Bureau of Immigration officials Atty. Michael Robles and Atty. Al Argosino. This is because they did not reveal in a previous Senate hearing that they received bribe money from Jack Lam.
