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(Reuters) Protesters camped out in Baghdad’s Green Zone for 24 hours left the heavily fortified government district on Sunday after issuing demands for political reform but they pledged to return by the end of the week to keep up the pressure. Iraq has endured months of wrangling prompted by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s attempt to replace party-affiliated ministers with technocrats as part of an anti-corruption drive. A divided parliament has failed to approve the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (May 2) – President Benigno Aquino III visited the Iglesia Ni Cristo’s Executive Minister, Bro. Eduardo V. Manalo at the INC Central Office to give his heartfelt thanks for the support of the Church throughout his administration. President Aquino visited the INC Central Office around 9 in the morning on Monday, May 2. The President made his courtesy call one week before the May 9 elections and after the respective courtesy calls […]
If you’re thinking of detoxing your body or losing weight, a juice cleanse may seem like the perfect way to do it, but know the risks along with the benefits. Jessica Sanchez tells us the good and the bad behind juicing. Reuters
by Sebastian Smith RIO DE JANEIRO , Brazil (AFP) — Dilma Rousseff greets the Olympic flame in Brazil on Tuesday, but the pomp and ceremony will seem empty to a president likely to be suspended from office just a week later. The arrival of the flame in Brasilia from an ancient Greek temple via Switzerland will trigger a three-month countdown to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics and Brazil’s big chance to shine on the global […]
by Jalees ANDRABI TIKAMGARH , India (AFP) –As young boys plunge into a murky dam to escape the blistering afternoon sun, guards armed with guns stand vigil at one of the few remaining water bodies in a state hit hard by India’s crippling drought. Desperate farmers from a neighbouring state regularly attempt to steal water from the Barighat dam, forcing authorities in central Madhya Pradesh to protect it with armed guards to ensure supplies. India […]
INC’s canned food drive for “Our Place Society”, a community centre in the heart of the city of Victoria, BC Jeanete Duazo reports
SEOUL , SOUTH KOREA (AFP) –The head of a Korean subsidiary of a British consumer goods company was slapped and shouted down Monday as he apologised for his firm’s role in selling a humidifier disinfectant blamed for more than 100 deaths in South Korea. Shouting “too late” and “cannot forgive” in English, a handful of the victims’ relatives rushed the podium where Atar Safdar, the head of Oxy Reckitt Benckiser Korea, was speaking at a […]
ENGLAND, United Kingdom (AFP) — A series of new photographs of Princess Charlotte, the daughter of Prince William and his wife Kate, were released on Sunday (May 1) to mark her first birthday. The princess turns one on Monday (May 2) and is seen sitting, smiling, standing and pushing a toy in the garden in the undated pictures taken by her mother, Duchess of Cambridge, at Anmer Hall in Norfolk.
Members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo in Italy, Southern Europe showed their talents in sports in today’s EVM Cup – Italy edition. The event started with a special greeting to brother Eduardo V. Manalo headed by brother Joel Narciso, the District Minister of Southern Europe, together with the ministers & evangelical workers assigned in different congregations from all over Italy. Angela Garcia reports
by Mathilde BELLENGER ALTO PATACHE , Chile (AFP) — Every morning at dawn, a thick mist known as “The Darkness” blows in from the Pacific to the edge of the Atacama Desert, the most arid place in the world. After tantalizing the northern Chilean desert with the promise of moisture, the mist evaporates in the sun, leaving the heat to bake the stark lunar landscape. But the South American country is researching how to use […]
(Reuters) — Latin America´s largest fashion week wrapped up in Sao Paulo on Friday (April 29), as one of the first events of its kind in the world to unveil upcoming Summer 2017 collections. Playing on the theme of “Hands Worthy of Gold,” the 41st edition of Sao Paulo Fashion Week celebrates the human capacity to reinvent and create anew. Featured designer, Patricia Bonaldi, for example told Vogue that Brazil is living in such a […]
(Reuters) — Visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida met China’s State Councillor Yang Jiechi and Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing on Saturday (April 30), in a visit aimed at improving the ties between the two largest economies in Asia. Kishida shook hands with China’s State Councillor Yang Jiechi before sat down for talks with delegations from both sides. “I would like to express my gratitude to the Chinese people for welcoming me and I am […]
