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Bello bats anew for ‘middle ground’ on contractualization

MANILA, Nov. 29 – Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III has renewed his call for workers’ groups to seek the ‘middle ground’ in the common desire to end illegal contractualization practices by employers. Bello made the appeal as the labor department concluded its nationwide consultative summits on endo and contractualizaton. “While the Department is keen on curbing illegitimate contractualization or ‘endo’ practices as directed by the President, we recognize that there are legitimate forms […]

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Putin, Iran’s Rouhani back OPEC bid to stabilise oil prices

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on Monday expressed support for OPEC’s plans to limit the cartel’s output ahead of a crucial meeting this week. In a telephone conversation, the two leaders said the cartel’s efforts were “an essential element” for returning stability to global oil prices, a Kremlin statement said. “The importance of steps taken by OPEC to limit the production of commodities was emphasized as […]

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Presidents attending, skipping Castro’s funeral rites

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — African and Latin American heads of state will attend funeral rites for Cuba’s communist icon Fidel Castro on Tuesday, but US President Barack Obama and several European leaders are staying away. Three days after his death at age 90, the list of attendees and absentees highlights the polarizing effect of the major Cold War player. Western absences – Barack Obama: While the US leader and Fidel’s brother, Cuban President Raul Castro, […]

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Golf: Tiger to make High Noon return alonsgide Reed

NASSAU, Bahamas (AFP) — Former world number one Tiger Woods, sidelined for 15 months after back surgery, will make his return to competitive golf at High Noon on Thursday alongside Patrick Reed at the Hero World Challenge. Pairings for the 18-man invitational event were released Monday and Woods, a 14-time major champion who has not won a major title since the 2008 US Open, will be the second to play in the sixth group out. […]

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Exodus as Syria rebels lose northeast Aleppo

by Karam al-Masri with Sara Hussein in Beirut ALEPPO, Syria (AFP) — Syria’s rebels lost all of the northern neighborhoods of their stronghold in east Aleppo on Monday, as the army made significant advances in its offensive to recapture the entire city. The regime gains have prompted an exodus of thousands of desperate civilians, some fleeing to districts held by the government or Kurdish forces, others heading south into areas still under opposition control. “The […]

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NBA: Mavericks easing Nowitzki back from injury

LOS ANGELES , United States (AFP) — The Dallas Mavericks will slowly ease Dirk Nowitzki back into the fray as the veteran German star recovers from a lingering Achilles problem, a report said Monday. Nowitzki missed Sunday’s victory over the New Orleans Pelicans after complaining of soreness in his right Achilles despite showing signs of improvement recently. Mavs coach Rick Carlisle told The Dallas Morning News he would not hesitate to rest Nowitzki as the […]

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Trump threatens to ‘terminate’ US-Cuba thaw

by Michael Mathes WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Monday threatened to end the US thaw with Cuba unless Havana makes key concessions, potentially upending the historic rapprochement engineered by the White House, which insists the opening serves American interests. Trump’s tough comments sparked a flurry of speculation about the incoming Republican administration’s policies regarding the communist-ruled island, and come after former leader Fidel Castro’s death Friday. “If Cuba is unwilling to […]

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Ohio State attacker was a university student: officials

COLOMBUS, United States (AFP) — Police identified the assailant who rammed his car into a crowd of pedestrians at Ohio State University Monday and attacked them with a butcher knife, as student Abdul Razak Ali Artan. “We can tell you the suspect is an OSU student,” Craig Stone, police chief at the university, told a news conference at which officials released the name of the suspect, who was shot dead by police. “We do not […]

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S.Africa’s Zuma on the ropes as resignation calls grow

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) – by Ben Sheppard South African President Jacob Zuma on Monday faced the biggest challenge to his leadership since taking power in 2009 as the ruling ANC party debated his future and calls grew for him to resign. Zuma has been hit by a series of corruption scandals and damaging court rulings this year, while the ANC suffered a sharp setback in local polls in August and unemployment has hit a 13-year […]

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WTO calls US state’s Boeing subsidies illegal in win for EU

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) – by Ben Simon Subsidies given by the US state of Washington to Boeing are illegal, the World Trade Organization said Monday, in a victory for rival aircraft maker Airbus and the European Union. The ruling from a WTO panel is the latest blow in a drawn out trans-Atlantic battle between the aviation industry’s two titans, which has seen both Airbus and Boeing score points along the way. The WTO said that […]

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In major blow, Syria rebels lose all northeast Aleppo

ALEPPO, Syria (AFP ) – by Karam al-Masri with Sara Hussein in Beirut Syria’s rebels lost all of the northern neighbourhoods of their stronghold in east Aleppo on Monday, as the army made significant advances in its offensive to recapture the entire city. The regime gains have prompted an exodus of thousands of desperate civilians, some fleeing to districts held by the government or Kurdish forces, others heading south into areas still under opposition control. […]

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Cubans begin emotional farewell to Fidel Castro

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) – by Laurent THOMET Massive crowds of Cubans streamed onto Havana’s iconic Revolution Square to pay tribute to Fidel Castro on Monday, kicking off an emotional, week-long farewell to the divisive Cold War titan. Long lines of mourners, many of whom had been waiting since before dawn, filled the square as the memorial began with a salvo of 21 cannon shots from a colonial fort overlooking Havana harbor. They filed silently past […]

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