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PHILADELPHIA, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton on Thursday accepted the Democratic Party’s White House nomination, casting herself as a tireless champion of the people and rejecting Donald Trump’s dark picture of America. Becoming the first woman to win the nomination of a major political party, Clinton promised to be a president for “all Americans,” whether they voted for her or not. Making a bold play for the political center ground in an election year […]
PHILADELPHIA, United States (AFP) — Chelsea Clinton on Thursday tried to lift the public veil on one of America’s best-known and most disliked politicians, telling the Democratic convention her mother, their presidential nominee, was “wonderful, thoughtful” and “hilarious.” Trying to soften a public image forged over decades of withering political trench warfare, Chelsea Clinton recounted a mother who read her “Goodnight Moon” and a grandmother who broke from politics to read “Chugga Chugga Choo Choo.” […]
Hundreds of Pokemon GO enthusiasts flocked to the centre of Madrid on Thursday (July 28) for a mass gathering of gamers that looked likely to spill over into much of the capital’s tourist area, while local police advised players to stay put. Pokemon GO players congregated in Madrid’s central Puerta del Sol square and were planning to take the chase to the city’s Retiro Park roughly a mile away. Some players pointed out the game […]
Amazon.com Inc reported a better-than-expected rise in quarterly revenue on Thursday (July 28), powered by blockbuster growth in its cloud services unit. Amazon’s web retail sales in the United States and internationally, the core of the company’s business, also topped expectations, and it forecast revenue ahead of expectations for the third quarter. Shares of Amazon, the world’s biggest online merchant, were up 2 percent in after-hours trading. The Seattle-based company is riding a wave of […]
(Eagle News) — Sinabi ng Philippine National Police (PNP) na titignan rin nila ang mga kilalang personalidad at mga celebrity na sangkot sa iligal na droga. Ayon kay Southern Police District acting Director Sr. Supt. Tomas Apolinario, kabilang sa “anti-drug operations” ng PNP ay ang pagsugpo sa mga party drug gaya ng ‘Ecstasy’. Kaugnay rin aniya ito ng nangyaring insidente sa isang “summer concert” sa Pasay city kung saan lima ang nasawi dahil sa paggamit […]
(Eagle News) — Mapapanood sa malaking screen sa Times Square sa New York city ang tatlong minutong video na nagpapakita sa paninidigan ng China sa pag-aangkin nito sa West Philippine Sea, kahit may inilabas nang desisyon ang artbitral tribunal na pumapabor sa Pilipinas. Batay sa ulat ang nasabing wide screen sa Times Square ay pag-aari ng isang sangay ng Xinhua News Agency na Official Press Agency ng China. Ipinalalabas ang nasabing video nang limang beses […]
Lava cascaded off of cliffs on Hawaii’s Big Island on Wednesday (July 27), marking the first time since 2013 that one of Kilauea’s lava flows reached the ocean. Lava from the volcano, located in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, began erupting in late May and has been continuously moving on a six-mile journey towards the coast. Authorities have said the lava poses no threat to any towns, but have cautioned tourists to keep their distance. Despite […]
A footprint measuring over a meter wide that was made by a meat-eating predator some 80 million years ago has been discovered in Bolivia, one of the largest of its kind ever found. The print, which measures 1.2 meters (1.3 yards) across, probably belonged to the abelisaurus, a biped dinosaur that once roamed South America, said Argentine palaeontologist Sebastian Apesteguia, who is studying the find. The print was found some 64 kilometres (40 miles) outside […]
Yulia Stepanova, the key whistleblower in the Russian doping scandal, said Thursday (July 28) she is not a traitor to her country. Her disclosure of state sponsored doping almost led to Russia being completely excluded from the Rio de Janeiro Games. “I don’t consider myself a traitor as they portray me in Russia. I think the traitors are those who have created the system. Those who give drugs to young athletes and ruining the future […]
(Eagle News) — Federalism – and the more equitable distribution of powers to the country’s regions – is the answer to the national progress that everybody has been yearning for in the Philippines. This was the gist of former Senate President Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel Jr.’s presentation at the forum on federalism sponsored by the development academy of the Philippines’ council of fellows at the Virata Hall of DAP Pasig. Under Pimentel’s proposal for a Federal […]
MANILA, Philippines July 29 — President Rodrigo Duterte issued a warning against the New People’s Army to respect the unilateral ceasefire his government declared last Monday or they might as well back fighting in the mountains. Duterte made the warning after being informed that NPA rebels attacked members of CAFGU Active Auxilliary (CAA) on their way back to their camp in Barangay Gupitan, Kapalong, Davao del Norte on Wednesday morning, July 27. One CAA was killed […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A British MP has complained about appearing in a video promoting Beijing’s claims in the disputed South China Sea, saying she was “deeply concerned” that her words had been misrepresented. Catherine West, a foreign affairs spokeswoman from the main opposition Labour Party specializing in the Asia-Pacific region, is briefly quoted in the video. The video shows white-sand beaches and crystal-blue waters, but conveniently omits images of the artificial islands Beijing […]
