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BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Thai Badminton star Ratchanok Intanon broke down in tears and spoke of her relief Monday after being cleared of doping, ending fears her Olympic dreams had been scuppered. The 21-year-old shuttler, who is beloved in Thailand and remains the kingdom’s best chance for a medal in Rio, tested positive for a banned substance in May after a tournament in China. But the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Monday cleared her after ruling […]
REUTERS — Illumination and Universal’s “The Secret Life of Pets” dominated the box office for a second straight week on Sunday (July 17), pulling in a total of $50.6 million to become one of the summer’s biggest hits. The animated feature film about domesticated creatures out on their own in the Big Apple has earned a total of $203.2 million in the U.S. The much anticipated revamp of “Ghostbusters” debuted this weekend to a solid […]
by Andrew BEATTY CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — The Republican convention kicks off Monday with a one-two punch of law-and-order tough-talk, and Donald Trump’s wife playing character witness as the bombastic mogul seeks to lock up his presidential nomination. Melania Trump, a Slovenian-born former model, will headline the opening night of the 2016 convention in Cleveland, Ohio, which takes place against a backdrop of fear over racial violence and unrest abroad. A spate of race-tinged […]
MANILA, July 18 – Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno in his first sit-down press conference today told the media the department’s preparations for the 2017 budget under President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s administration. Secretary Diokno, a two-time budget secretary, said that the budgets for 2017 until 2022 will support the president’s promise to improve the country’s infrastructure, invest in human resources, modernize agriculture and rural development, and develop lagging regions. For Fiscal […]
by Jennie MATTHEW CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — Cleveland deployed overwhelming security Sunday, bracing for possible unrest as delegates poured into town for the Republican National Convention that will anoint Donald Trump as the party’s US presidential nominee. The killing of three police officers Sunday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana only added to the tensions in Cleveland, where law enforcement agencies have thrown a ring of steel around downtown and anti-Trump demonstrators began marching toward the […]
NICE, France (AFP) — An eight-month-old baby boy lost in the chaos after a truck rammed into a crowd in the French Riviera city of Nice killing at least 84 people was tracked down through Facebook on Friday. Tiava Banner — who said she was not the mother of the baby — sent out an appeal on Facebook looking for any information on the whereabouts of the child who had been lost in his blue […]
by Olivia HAMPTON WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The suspect who shot three police officers dead in Baton Rouge on Sunday was a Marine veteran who served in Iraq, in a chilling parallel with the Dallas cop killings, whose perpetrator served in Afghanistan. Gavin Eugene Long, a 29-year-old African American widely identified as the shooter by US media, turned his gun on police amid a spate of race-tinged violence involving law enforcement. Louisiana State Police […]
by Rob Lever WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — It may be inside a protest rally, or in front of a deadly shooting. Smartphones, video and social media are empowering citizens to tell their stories like never before. This became clear with the live video earlier this month from Diamond Reynolds when she captured the aftermath of the shooting by a police officer of her boyfriend Philando Castile in Minnesota and streamed it live on Facebook. […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The “Ghostbusters” crew may have rooted out New York’s supernatural but failed to overpower the city’s furry critters, who topped the box office once again. “The Secret Life of Pets” grossed an impressive $50.6 million in its second weekend, according to industry tracker Exhibitor Relations, bringing its total US profits to $203.2 million. The Illumination-produced animated comedy chronicles the journey of two pet dogs let loose in New York, […]
Profile of Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, the driver in the Nice attack.
Updated timeline of the Nice attack and the state of the investigation.
QUEZON City, Philippines — An inspiring event happened inside the San Juan City Jail Extension , as the Iglesia Ni Cristo Ecclesiastical District of Quezon City conducted a film showing of their district’s INCinema entry entitled ‘Kwento ng Isang Napakagandang Kapalaran'(Story of One’s Fortune). The event was attended not only by INC members but also by others interested in joining the Church. The film encouraged the INC members to remain steadfast in their faith while […]
