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RIYADH , Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi security forces on Monday shot dead a suspected jihadist in the western province of Taif a day after a policeman was killed in a shootout, the interior ministry said. The gunman was killed after refusing to surrender to security forces hunting him over his suspected involvement in an attempt to infiltrate a police station parking area in the province on Sunday, a ministry statement said. It identified him […]
WASHINGTON ,United States (AFP) — US doughnut chain Krispy Kreme is being bought by the German investment group JAB Holding, folding it into JAB’s strong portfolio of European and North American coffee and coffee-shop brands. JAB said Monday that its unit JAB Beech would pay $1.35 billion to take the New York Stock Exchange-listed Krispy Kreme Doughnuts private. That will put the nearly 80-year-old doughnut and coffee chain, with more than 1,100 shops in 26 […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Monday night conceded to Davao City Mayor and presidential frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte as unofficial partial quick counts of election returns from the Commission on Elections showed Duterte at an early lead. As of 10:40 p.m., Duterte leads with 12,606,829 votes based on the partial unofficial quick count of election returns received by the COMELEC. Liberal Party standard bearer Manuel “Mar” Roxas II comes in at second with […]
by Simon STURDEE VIENNA, Austria (AFP) — Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann quit Monday, bowing to intense pressure two weeks after the opposition anti-immigration far-right dealt his coalition a historic blow in the first round of presidential elections. The centre-left Faymann, 56, chancellor since 2008, said in a statement that he no longer had “strong backing” in his party, the Social Democrats (SPOe). “As a result of this insufficient support I am drawing the consequences and […]
MOSCOW ,Russia (AFP) — Russia and the United States on Monday agreed to step up efforts to find a political solution to the Syrian conflict and extend a truce across the whole of the country. “The Russian Federation and United States are determined to redouble efforts to reach a political settlement of the Syrian conflict”, according to a joint US-Russian statement published by the Russian foreign ministry. The two sides, co-chairs of the International Syria Support […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Presidential leading candidate Rodrigo Duterte has taken an early lead in the Philippine presidential elections, according to unofficial tallies carried by national media shortly after polls closed. Duterte had 1.31 million votes, nearly double his nearest rival, with about eight percent of the total counted, according to CNN Philippines, which was tallying data released by the election commission. Duterte gave a cautious assessment when asked on CNN Philippines about the early […]
STOCKHOLM , Sweden (AFP) — Canadian mining company Lucara Diamond on Monday announced the sale of a huge 813 carat diamond for a record $63 million (55 million euros), ahead of the sale of an even bigger one. The sale of the massive “Constellation” diamond was “the highest price ever achieved for a rough diamond, breaking all records,” CEO William Lamb said in a statement. The name of the buyer for the diamond, discovered in […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – In an interview with Ely Saludar, Commission on Election Chairman Andres Bautista gives his assessment regarding the 2016 Local and National elections. He said that minor disturbances are normal during the elections and that the transmission of the election results were done more quickly compared to last election. The proclamation of national candidates can be possibly done tomorrow, May 10. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by […]
CAIRO , Egypt (AFP) — At least 81 people including firefighters suffered minor injuries on Monday when a fire spread quickly through a commercial area in downtown Cairo, Egyptian officials said. The fire erupted overnight in a small hotel in the Al-Mosky neighborhood, not far from the Al-Azhar mosque, and moved rapidly to four nearby buildings, police told AFP. The buildings included warehouses containing plastic materials which helped the fire to spread. The cause of […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — US social network Facebook has won a trademark case in China against a local company, state media reported Monday, weeks after a court ruled against tech giant Apple in a similar suit over its iPhone brand. China’s trademark authorities in 2014 approved an application by a beverage factory to register the brand “face book” for products such as drinks and potato crisps, state broadcaster China Central Television’s English channel said on a […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — The number of bodies recovered from a landslide that engulfed workers at a Chinese construction site rose to 31 on Monday with seven people still missing, authorities said. Heavy rain at the weekend buried a temporary shed used by workers at a hydropower station construction site in Fujian province, in the southeast, under 100,000 cubic metres of mud and rock, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Major rescue efforts were continuing, […]
SEOUL , South Korea (AFP) — A BBC reporter in North Korea was detained, interrogated for eight hours and eventually expelled over his reporting in the run-up to a rare ruling party congress, the British broadcaster said Monday. Foreign reporters invited to cover specific events in North Korea are subjected to very tight restrictions on access and movement. Numerous journalists have been prevented from returning because their previous coverage was deemed “inaccurate” or “disrespectful” — […]
