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MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — (AFP) — Boxing icon Manny Pacquiao has teased fans about a possible rematch with Floyd Mayweather, smiling as he gamely showed off a suit with pictures of himself and Mayweather on the lining. Pacquiao, 37, posted on his social media accounts Monday a photo of himself wearing the suit with his picture on the right side of the coat and Mayweather’s on the left. “Like my jacket?”, Pacquiao, who was elected […]
WOODEND, New Zealand (Reuters) — New Zealand emergency services and defense personnel began evacuating hundreds of tourists and residents from the South Island town of Kaikoura on Tuesday (November 15), after a powerful earthquake hit the region, killing two people. The 7.8-magnitude tremor struck just after midnight on Sunday (November 13), destroying farm homesteads, sending glass and masonry toppling from high rises in the capital Wellington and cutting road and rail links throughout the northeast of […]
(CCTV) — Peru has increased the security guards to 11,500 who will serve around the Lima Jorge Chavez International Airport, summit venue and the accommodations for delegations during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2016 in Lima, the capital city of Peru. Four main events are scheduled to be held through this week, including the APEC Concluding Senior Officials’ Meeting on Nov. 14-15, the APEC Ministerial Meeting on Nov. 17-18, the APEC CEO Summit on Nov. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Barack Obama headed across the Atlantic late Monday on his final foreign trip while in office — a farewell tour of Europe and a summit with Asia-Pacific leaders to reassure concerned allies after Donald Trump’s election. Obama will first go to Greece, his first trip to the birthplace of democracy, where he will visit the Parthenon and hold talks with the country’s leaders. Security will be tight in […]
by Andrew BEATTY President Barack Obama cautioned against dire predictions for Donald Trump’s presidency Monday, saying his Republican successor faces a reality check if he tries to enact his most controversial campaign promises. The outgoing Democratic leader made his comments at a wide-ranging news conference before he embarked on a farewell visit to Europe to reassure worried allies about a man he once warned was “unfit” to lead the United States. Trump’s election win last […]
by Jenny VAUGHAN CUC PHUONG, Vietnam (AFP) — Pangolin Mi Bo has seen better days. He arrived at a rescue centre in Vietnam missing a paw after it was cut off in a snare trap. The rest of his body is marked by red lacerations, and he will probably never regain enough strength to return to the wild. But he is among the lucky ones. Rescued from poachers, Mi Bo and dozens of other pangolins […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A Japanese city on Tuesday reopened a busy street that collapsed into a giant sinkhole, with the efforts of workers who toiled around the clock for a week drawing praise on social media. The gigantic sinkhole, measuring around 30 metres (98 feet) wide and 15 metres deep, appeared last Tuesday in a bustling business district in the southwestern city of Fukuoka, swallowing part of a five-lane street. The sinkhole, apparently triggered […]
by Kerry SHERIDAN with Katy Lee in Paris MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Skygazers took to high-rise buildings, tourist landmarks and beaches worldwide on Monday to catch a glimpse of the closest “supermoon” to Earth in almost seven decades. The unusually big and bright moon happens when the Earth’s satellite rock is full at the same time as, or very near, perigee — its closest point to our planet on its monthly ellipsis-shaped orbit. At […]
TAGUIG CITY, Nov. 15 (PIA)–The Embassy of Sweden in the Philippines was recently reopened in Taguig City. In a statement, Mikael Damberg, Sweden’s Minister for Enterprise and Innovation, said that the reopening of the embassy would strengthen the presence of Sweden in Southeast Asia. The Sweden Embassy in the Philippines was closed in 2008 due to budget cuts of its government caused by the global economic crisis. As the Government of Sweden reopens […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Facebook had a tool to weed out fake news circulating on the social network this year but declined to deploy it for fear of offending conservatives, a report said Monday. The report by the online news site Gizmodo comes with Facebook under fire for allowing hoaxes and misinformation to go viral and — according to some critics — boost the efforts of Republican Donald Trump in his successful presidential run. […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Hard rock chart-toppers Aerosmith on Monday announced a “farewell” tour for 2017, although they stopped short of saying the shows will be their last. The nearly half-century-old band behind rock classics such as “Dream On,” “Walk This Way” and “Janie’s Got a Gun” said it would start the tour on May 17 in Tel Aviv. The Boston-bred group scheduled shows across Europe, including at a series of summer festivals, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Barack Obama headed across the Atlantic late Monday on his final foreign trip while in office — a farewell tour of Europe and a summit with Asia-Pacific leaders to reassure concerned allies after Donald Trump’s election. Obama will first go to Greece, his first trip to the birthplace of democracy, where he will visit the Parthenon and hold talks with the country’s leaders. Security will be tight in central […]
