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Ticketmaster cancels public sale of Taylor Swift tickets

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – After days of glitches and long waits frustrated fans trying to buy Taylor Swift tickets during presale windows, Ticketmaster on Thursday said they were cancelling tomorrow’s slated public sale. “Due to extraordinarily high demands on ticketing systems and insufficient remaining ticket inventory to meet that demand, tomorrow’s public on-sale for Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour has been cancelled,” the ticketing broker tweeted. It was not immediately clear whether that […]

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PAGASA monitoring LPA off General Santos

(Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area off General Santos. PAGASA said it is embedded along the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao. The weather bureau said Visayas, Mindanao, MIMAROPA, Bicol Region, Quezon, and the southern portion of Aurora will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate with at times heavy rains are […]

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President Bongbong Marcos, China’s Xi meet on APEC sidelines

(Eagle News) — President Bongbong Marcos on Thursday, Nov. 17, met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the 9th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ meeting. According to the Office of the Press Secretary, the “two leaders discussed strengthening and expanding the Philippines-China relationship…” The statement said this was particularly “in the areas of agriculture, energy, infrastructure, and people-to-people connections.” The statement, however, was silent on whether or not the West Philippine Sea […]

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British, Australian and Japanese prisoners freed in Myanmar junta amnesty

BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — A former British envoy, an Australian economic adviser and a Japanese journalist flew to Thailand late Thursday after being freed by Myanmar’s junta in an amnesty releasing almost 6,000 prisoners. Since a military coup last year, Myanmar has seen a bloody crackdown on dissent in which thousands of people have been jailed. Former British ambassador Vicky Bowman, Australian economic adviser Sean Turnell and Japanese journalist Toru Kubota touched down in Bangkok […]

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McDonald’s suspends operations in Kazakhstan

ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AFP) – McDonald’s announced Thursday it was suspending operations in Kazakhstan due to supply problems as the Central Asian state gears up for an early election this weekend. A relative of the first Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kairat Boranbayev, runs a McDonald’s franchise in Kazakhstan. On Sunday, the country will hold a snap presidential vote expected to cement incumbent Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s grip on power, months after deadly unrest shook the nation and left more than […]

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Pelosi to step down as top Democrat after Republicans take House

by Caitlin Wilson and Chris Lefkow Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Democrat Nancy Pelosi, the trailblazing first woman to wield the speaker’s gavel in the US House of Representatives, said Thursday that she will step down as party leader when Republicans take control of the chamber in January. “I will not seek reelection to Democratic leadership in the next Congress,” Pelosi said in an emotional speech on the House floor. “The hour has […]

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President Bongbong Marcos to hold bilateral talks with China’s Xi Jinping

(Eagle News) — President Bongbong Marcos is set to hold bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The talks are slated on the sidelines of the 29th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand on Thursday, Nov. 17. The President arrived in Bangkok on Wednesday evening. He and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos were expected to meet Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua and Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana. He was also expected to meet […]

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One dead in Greece migrant dinghy sinking: coastguard

ATHENS, Greece (AFP) – Greece’s coastguard on Thursday said a man drowned and several more were rescued in the latest migrant boat sinking in the Aegean Sea. The coastguard said two of its patrol boats responded to a distress call near the island of Kos late on Wednesday. They found 11 men in the water, one of them unconscious. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Kos harbor, the coastguard said. Two weeks ago, two migrant […]

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Warhol piece sells for $85 mn at New York auction

New York, United States (AFP)   Andy Warhol’s iconic 1960s painting “White Disaster” sold for $85 million at auction Wednesday evening at Sotheby’s in New York. The 1963 piece of art was sold after two minutes and a brief duel between two bidders, for a total of $74 million, or $85.4 million with all related costs and fees. The last time a piece of art from Warhol’s “Death and Disaster” series was sold in 2013, […]

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Myanmar junta to release UK ex-ambassador, Australian and Japanese prisoners

Yangon, Myanmar (AFP) ADDS fresh quote, 200 gathered outside prison, Australian FM statement Myanmar’s military said Thursday it will release almost 6,000 prisoners, including a former British ambassador, a Japanese journalist and an Australian economics adviser, in a rare olive branch from the isolated junta. The Southeast Asian country has been in turmoil since the military’s coup last year and a bloody crackdown on dissent during which thousands have been jailed. Former British envoy Vicky […]

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Xi spat with Trudeau lays bare China’s frayed ties with Canada

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AFP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping scolded Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in an on-camera dressing down at the G20 summit, an unusual public spat that could further complicate the strained relations between the two countries. Footage recorded by reporters at the Bali conclave for world leaders on Wednesday showed Xi upbraiding Trudeau after details of a discussion between the two leaders were leaked to the media. Trudeau had on Tuesday raised […]

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Leaders to watch as Malaysia heads to the polls

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | AFP | Thursday 11/17/2022 Malaysians go to the polls on Saturday after four years of fractious politics that followed the fall of jailed former prime minister Najib Razak. At stake are 222 seats in the lower house of parliament, to be decided by 21 million registered voters. Here are thumbnail portraits of the key personalities: – Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob – Ismail is the vice chief of the ruling United […]

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