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by Dave Clark VIENNA , Austria (AFP) — Senior envoys from world and regional powers are to meet once again in Vienna on Tuesday in an effort to salvage stumbling efforts to halt Syria’s bloody civil war. US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov — diplomacy’s odd couple, at loggerheads over much else in the world — will chair the meeting. At the gathering, the 17-nation International Syria Support Group […]
Who will be the next president of Philippines? That is the question on every Filipino all over the world. And tasked with the responsibility of monitoring the absentee voting are the Philippine consulates of the various countries. Whether you are in the Philippines or in abroad, every vote counted. The Philippine consulate general in New York in particular has the task of attending to almost 26, 000 registered voters for this year’s election. Philippine nationals […]
NEW YORK , United States (AFP) — The Indiana Pacers appointed Nate McMillan as head coach on Monday, replacing Frank Vogel after the team refused to renew his contract, a statement said. McMillan, who had spent the last three seasons working alongside Vogel as associate head coach, takes over after signalling his desire for the top job. “I truly believe Nate is the right coach for us at this time,” Pacers president of basketball operations […]
The Philippine Embassy in Washington D.C. prepared for the canvassing and counting of the absentee voting ballots from 47 precincts.
BETHESDA , United States (AFP) — Tiger Woods said Monday he hopes to make his comeback from injury at next month’s Quicken Loans National — but highlighted his tough road to recovery by hitting three shots into the water before watching journalists. His Tiger Woods Foundation helps host the tournament, which this year takes place at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland from June 23-26, the week following the US Open. Woods, who has not […]
NEW YORK , United States (AFP) — The Indiana Pacers appointed Nate McMillan as head coach on Monday, replacing Frank Vogel after the team refused to renew his contract, a statement said. McMillan, who had spent the last three seasons working alongside Vogel as associate head coach, takes over after signalling his desire for the top job. “I truly believe Nate is the right coach for us at this time,” Pacers president of basketball operations […]
DIYARBAKIR , Turkey (AFP) — Turkish authorities on Monday confirmed that 13 missing civilians had been killed last week in a blast caused by a huge quantity of explosives hoarded by Kurdish rebels blowing up accidentally. The mainly Kurdish region of Diyarbakir, in southeast Turkey, was rocked by a massive explosion on Thursday night said to have been caused by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants loading explosives onto a truck. Four people, all PKK militants, […]
by Alice RITCHIE LONDON , United States (AFP) — South Korean author Han Kang won the Man Booker International Prize on Monday, sharing the £50,000 ($72,000, 63,500 euros) award with her translator — who had only taught herself Korean three years before. Han Kang, 45, an author and creative writing teacher who is already successful in South Korea, is likely to enjoy a spike in international sales following the win for “The Vegetarian”. “I’m so […]
LONDON , United Kingdom (AFP) — World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury insists he is “in no way a racist or bigot” after apologising on Monday for comments he made in an hour-long video rant. Fury caused controversy after making homophobic, sexist and anti-Semitic remarks in the interview last week, which led to widespread calls for him to be banned from boxing. “I apologise to anyone who may have taken offence at any of my comments,” […]
MANILA, Philippines — Agriculture posted a 4.53 percent drop in production in the first three months of 2016. The output increments in the livestock and poultry sub-sectors were not enough to offset the downturn in the performance of the crops and fisheries sub-sectors due to prolonged dry spell and damages caused by Typhoons “Lando” and “Nona”. Gross earnings amounted to P375.2 billion at current prices or 1.49 percent lower than the last year’s level. The crops […]
WASHINGTON , United States (AFP) — US Secretary of State John Kerry is unavailable the day a Paris meeting to relaunch negotiations over the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is set to occur, the State Department said Monday. However the United States and France are looking into a possible alternative date for the ministerial discussions, which fall on the US Memorial Day holiday honoring members of the armed forces who died in combat. “We’ve made it clear […]
SAN FRANCISCO , United States (AFP) — Twitter plans to let people fire off links or pictures without eating into the 140-character limit set for posts at the one-to-many messaging service, Bloomberg reported on Monday The change could take place by the end of this month, according to a Blomberg report that cited someone familiar with the matter. Twitter declined to comment, but the move would come as the San Francisco-based company strives to ramp […]
