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NEBRASKA, United States (Reuters) — U.S. investor Warren Buffett, speaking at a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, challenged Republican Donald Trump on Monday (August 01) to release his tax returns. Trump has said he would not release his returns until the Internal Revenue Service has completed an audit. “Now I’ve got news for him, I’m under audit too and I would be delighted to meet him anyplace, anytime, before the election,” said […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Instagram on Monday said that is adding a new weapon for fighting harassment at the popular mobile app for sharing pictures and videos. The Facebook-owned social network began letting some celebrities and others with accounts that attract torrents of feedback filter those comments by keywords or even turn off the option to comment on particular posts. “Our goal is to make Instagram a friendly, fun and, most importantly, safe […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) – Record-seeking Britain have pulled out all the stops for their Rio Olympics campaign — to the extent of employing their own plumber for the leaky athletes’ village. Water leaks and even a small fire have been among the problems reported at the newly built tower blocks, along with blocked toilets, exposed wiring and unlit stairwells. Australia had to delay moving in because of concerns over the accommodation, and the […]
ADDIS ADABA Ethiopia (AFP) – A South Sudanese minister and opposition figure resigned on Monday saying a peace deal designed to heal the troubled young nation was dead, while calling for President Salva Kiir’s unity government to leave power. Lam Akol was agriculture minister in Kiir’s administration and also announced he was quitting as longtime leader of the opposition Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-Democratic Change (SPLM-DC) party. “There is no more peace agreement to implement in […]
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AFP) – Yemen’s government delegation to peace talks were leaving Kuwait on Monday after the rebel side rejected a draft peace plan proposed by the United Nations, its representatives said. “We now leave Kuwait… but are not quitting the consultations and not ending them before August 7,” said the head of the delegation, Foreign Minister Abdulmalek al-Mikhlafi. He was referring to the end date set by the UN envoy Ismail Ould […]
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) – Brazilian police said they rescued the kidnapped mother-in-law of British Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone unharmed after more than a week in captivity and arrested two men over her abduction. Aparecida Schunck Flosi Palmeira — the 67-year-old mother of Ecclestone’s Brazilian wife Fabiana Flosi — had been kidnapped on July 22. Schunck spoke briefly to television cameras as she arrived at a police station after being freed on Sunday, before hugging […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – by Michael Mathes Donald Trump’s confrontation with the parents of a slain Muslim American soldier escalated Monday, shaking the US presidential campaign amid Republican Party outcries over the real estate tycoon’s comments about the couple. The feud has become a flash point of the 2016 White House race that pits Trump against Democrat Hillary Clinton. It has dominated the news cycle ever since Pakistani immigrant Khizr Khan galvanized the Democratic […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) – by Sara Hussein A Russian military helicopter was shot down over Syria on Monday, killing all five people on board in the single deadliest incident for Moscow since it intervened in the war. The attack came as Syrian opposition fighters and their jihadist allies battled government forces outside Aleppo in a bid to ease the regime’s siege of rebel-held parts of the northern city. Russia’s defence ministry announced the downing of the helicopter, […]
TAIPEI, TAIWAN (AFP) – Wearing traditional dress from feather headdresses to loincloths, members of Taiwan’s indigenous community met President Tsai Ing-wen Monday as she made a landmark apology for centuries of suffering including the loss of ancestral lands. Tsai, the island’s first leader with aboriginal heritage, will personally head a committee to investigate past injustices as part of government efforts to ease tensions with the native community. “I apologise to the indigenous people on behalf […]
Dalawang buwang isasara sa mga turista ang Tangke lagoon sa Gigantes Island na nasa northern Iloilo. Bukod sa gagawing paglilinis, isa rin itong precautionary measure para sa kaligtasan ng mga turista lalo na at simula na ang panahon ng habagat.
LEON, Iloilo — Dahil sa tuloy-tuloy at malakas na buhos ng ulan nagkaroon ng mga pagguho ng lupa sa barangay Mali-Ao, sa Leon, Iloilo agad na pinalikas ang mga residente sa lugar lalo na at patuloy pa rin ang mga pag-ulan.
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Philippine National Police warned those who are planning to make prank call the new emergency hotline, saying that they will be arrested. In addition, PNP Chief Ronald Dela Rosa said that prank callers will be easily tracked.
