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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – by Roland JACKSON Ben PERRY Brexit will spark an economic slowdown and ravage public finances, forcing a multi-billion-pound spike in state borrowing over the next five years, a gloomy mini-budget revealed Wednesday. Britain is predicted to borrow an extra £122 billion ($152 billion, 143 billion euros) in the period to 2021, according to official forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility. About half of that budget black hole — or […]
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) – by Joe Dyke Israel revived plans on Wednesday to build 500 new homes for Jewish settlers in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, an ominous sign for Palestinians wary of a Donald Trump presidency, an NGO said. “The political significance of this action is that it is the first plan to be promoted since the US elections,” Betty Herschman from the Ir Amim NGO said. The plan for 500 housing units in Ramat Shlomo, […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – by Edouard GUIHAIRE James PHEBY A far-right extremist was sentenced on Wednesday to life imprisonment without the possibility of release for murdering British MP Jo Cox a week before Britain’s EU referendum in a “politically motivated” attack. “Because she was a member of parliament your crime has an additional dimension that calls for particular punishment,” judge Alan Wilkie told Thomas Mair, 53, as he issued the rare “whole life term” […]
PALM BEACH, United States (AFP) – President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will nominate South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, a Republican critic who once rebuked him for failing to disavow white supremacists, as US ambassador to the United Nations. An Asian-American with little previous foreign policy experience, Haley was the first woman to be picked for Trump’s cabinet, injecting a measure of diversity in a group that until now has consisted solely of white […]
(Eagle News)– Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa on Wednesday (November 23) cried after hearing Senator Miguel Zubiri’s statement of trust for his role in the administration’s war on drugs. “Sa tingin ko, ikaw na lang ang pinagkakatiwalaan namin. Ikaw na lang talaga ang pag-asa namin, because we believe in you,” Zubiri said during the Senate probe on the death of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa. This statement made Dela […]
(Eagle News) — Posibleng sa pamilya ni Ronnie Dayan mapunta ang P1 milyon na pabuya na nilikom ng Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC). Ito ay matapos mahuli kahapon ang umano’y driver-bodyguard ni Senadora Leila De Lima sa liblib na bahagi ng San Juan, La Union. Ayon kay Atty. Ferdinand Topacio, Legal Counsel ng VACC, kung totoong ang kapatid ni Dayan ang nagbigay ng impormasyon sa pagsuko nito ay posibleng sa kaniya ibigay ang pabuya. […]
SAN FRANSCICO, United States (AFP)- Facebook has built a tool for geographically censoring posts at the leading social network as it seeks a path back into China, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. The New York Times cited three current and former Facebook employees, who asked for anonymity, as saying that the tool could filter news feeds at the social network in specific places. “We have long said that we are interested in China, […]
DORTMUND, GERMANY (Reuters) — Already-qualified Borussia Dortmund crushed Legia Warsaw 8-4 on Tuesday (November 22) to set a record for the most goals scored in a Champions League match, helped by a Marco Reus hat-trick. Rampant Dortmund netted five times in 15 first-half minutes with Shinji Kagawa grabbing two goals while Reus, back for the first time after six months out injured, completed the scoring in stoppage time. Dortmund are top of Group F on […]
LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (Reuters) — Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), a growing phenomenon in which the majority of worker bees abandon a hive, is partially caused by neonicotinoid pesticides used by farmers. Scientists say CCD could potentially wipe-out large numbers of the pollinating insect, causing catastrophic damage to world food supplies. A British team of scientists believe they have an answer – treating bees with inexpensive long-wavelength light therapy. The team at University College London (UCL), […]
INDIA (Reuters) — An origami-inspired ophthalmic testing device could help democratize eye care for people in isolated communities and developing countries. The Folding Phoropter consists of just two sheets of card and two small lenses. Following simple instructions, the pieces of card are folded together into two oblong boxes that slide into one another, with the lenses then attached at each end. Resembling a telescope, a patient looks through one end of the phoropter towards […]
(Eagle News)– Senator Leila de Lima’s former aide Ronnie Dayan is set to execute his affidavit on his alleged involvement in the illegal drug trade in New Bilibid Prison (NBP). Oriental Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali, chair of the House justice committee which ordered Dayan’s arrest, said he will be assisted by lawyers from the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP). “We have given Dayan an opportunity to select a lawyer out of his personal choice […]
Chile vows to strengthen trade with China in the face of protectionist threats from US President-elect Donald Trump, during an official visit of the Asian giant’s president Xi Jinping. https://youtu.be/E4AeLn8_ORo
