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MANILA , Philippines (AFP) — Islamist extremists in the Philippines who last month beheaded a Canadian man say they will kill another Western hostage if a multi-million dollar ransom is not paid within four weeks. A video released by Abu Sayyaf — whose leaders have sworn allegiance to the Islamic State group — shows Canadian Robert Hall and Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad wearing orange shirts in a jungle setting, surrounded by hooded, armed men. The men […]
DAVAO, Philippines (AFP) — The leader of the Philippines’ communist insurgency will be welcome to return home after nearly three decades in exile and participate in peace talks, president-elect Rodrigo Duterte has said. Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison wrote in a Facebook post last week he hoped to come home following the landslide May 9 election win of Duterte, with whom he has maintained ties while living in the Netherlands. In […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday vowed cooperation with French investigators probing payments allegedly made to help Tokyo secure the 2020 Olympics. “I have instructed the education and sports minister to fully cooperate in the investigation,” Abe told lawmakers in parliament, Jiji Press reported. “Education and sports minister (Hiroshi) Hase told the Japanese Olympic Committee and the former bid committee to cooperate in the investigation,” Abe was quoted as saying. […]
by Maria Isabel SANCHEZ SANTO DOMINGO , Dominican Republic (AFP) — Dominican Republic incumbent leader Danilo Medina seemed destined for a sweeping victory in the country’s presidential election Sunday, according to early official results, in a vote marked by long lines, technical difficulties and staff walkouts. With just over a quarter of the results in, Medina had won 61.7 percent of the vote, according to preliminary figures released by government election authorities. If the results […]
LONDON , United Kingdom (AFP) — A tip from a CIA spy to authorities in apartheid-era South Africa led to Nelson Mandela’s arrest, beginning the leader’s 27 years behind bars, a report said on Sunday. Donald Rickard , a former US vice-consul in Durban and CIA operative, told British film director John Irvin that he had been involved in Mandela’s arrest in 1962 which was seen as necessary because the Americans believed he was “completely under […]
BEIJINg, China (AFP) — China on Sunday accused the US of deliberately distorting the facts in a report on the Asian giant’s defence policy, warning Washington it had “severely damaged” trust between the superpowers. The Pentagon on Friday said Beijing had been building up military facilities on reefs and islets in a bid to assert its claims to the contested waters of the South China Sea. China’s military has also been using “coercive tactics” to […]
NEW YORK , United States (AFP) — Unbeaten heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder could be in line to face rival undefeated British ring kings Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua after a planned bout next Saturday in Moscow was canceled. Lou DiBella, Wilder’s promoter, said that any talk of rescheduling a new fight date for Wilder to meet Russian Alexander Povetkin, who tested positive for the banned substance meldonium, was “unfounded and premature.” The World Boxing Council […]
GENEVA ,Switzerland (AFP) — A 14.62-carat blue diamond owned by an architect of the modern diamond industry could fetch a record price at this week’s Magnificent Jewels auctions in Geneva. The dazzling rock previously belonged to the late Philip Oppenheimer, scion of the family that controlled the De Beers diamond mining company. As chairman of a powerful cartel called the Central Selling Organization, Oppenheimer — who died in 1995 — tightly controlled the international diamond […]
MADRID , Spain (AFP) — Thousands took to Madrid’s streets on Sunday to mark the fifth anniversary of the birth of Spain’s Indignados movement, which shook the country’s political system and sparked “occupy” movements around the world. Crowds marched through the Spanish capital to the beat of drums, holding banners proclaiming: “Indignados, united or defeated!”, “Unemployed on the march!” and “European Union of people, not nations!”. Thousands also gathered in the city’s central Puerta del […]
NEW YORK , United States (AFP) — Rapper Azealia Banks has apologized for a stream of racist and Islamophobic invective against former One Direction heartthrob Zayn Malik that led Twitter to suspend her. Banks, who has long been notorious for provocative social media postings and has rarely voiced remorse, offered her “sincerest apologies to the world” in a posting on Instagram, where her account remains active. “Employing racial/sexual slurs/stereotypes in attempts to make fun of […]
MANILA, philippines (AFP) — Communist guerrillas killed three Philippine soldiers in the first fatal clash since a newly-elected president offered to restart stalled peace talks, the military said Sunday, May 15. The soldiers were on the central island of Negros on Saturday investigating reports that New People’s Army guerrillas were extorting money from villagers when they clashed with about ten rebels, leaving three soldiers dead and two wounded, a military report said. The violence comes just […]
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