Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union (EU) and its member states have signed the Comprehensive Air Transport Agreement between the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and the European Union and its member states (“ASEAN-EU CATA”) at the 28th ASEAN Transport Ministers’ Meeting on 17 October 2022, in Bali, Indonesia. The ASEAN-EU CATA is the world’s first bloc-to-bloc air transport agreement and reflects the latest policy thinking […]
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | AFP | US government officials have not been invited to a Saudi investment conference planned for later this month, its organiser told AFP Monday, saying he did not want the gathering “to become a political platform”. The decision not to invite American officials, a departure from previous years, comes as tensions rise between longtime partners Washington and Riyadh over the Saudi-led OPEC+ cartel’s recent vote to cut oil production by […]
Washington, United States | AFP | Former US president Donald Trump’s administration prevented health officials from providing accurate information about Covid-19 in a bid to back up his overly optimistic view of the outbreak, according to a congressional report released Monday. Senior staff at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told investigators Trump aides bullied staff and tried to rewrite their reports in a bid to align guidance with the president’s public […]
Miami, United States | AFP | by Simon EVANS Had Jimmy Butler’s late three-point effort in game seven of last year’s Eastern Conference championship game not bounced off the rim, the Miami Heat would have reached their second NBA Finals in three years. And while few predicted the Heat would go deep in the playoffs last season, it’s perhaps a little surprising that the same view prevails again heading into this campaign. The Heat, say […]
Washington, United States | AFP | Police in Oklahoma have opened a murder investigation after the discovery of four dismembered bodies in a river in the small town of Okmulgee in the central US state, law enforcement officials said Monday. Four friends disappeared on the evening of Sunday, October 9, after having left the home of one of them by bicycle, sparking a large search. Investigators finally discovered four dismembered bodies in a river on […]
Moscow, Russia | AFP | A Russian military plane crashed on Monday into a residential area of Yeysk, a town in southwest Russia near the border with Ukraine, causing a huge fire and killing at least six people, according to Russian authorities. “Six people died, 19 injured including two children,” a spokesman for the ministry of emergency situations said giving an updated toll late Monday. The resulting fire that engulfed a nine-storey residential building […]
by Ryland JAMES Agence France Presse Wellington, New Zealand (AFP) — The world’s fattest parrot can’t fly, and now it can’t run either. Voting began on Monday in New Zealand’s always-controversial Bird of the Year contest, with angry twitchers spitting feathers at a decision to ban the twice-winning kakapo. The beguiling owl parrot — which resembles a verdant feathered bowling ball — already won the contest in 2008 and 2020, and came runner up in […]
Tehran, Iran (AFP) — Iran vowed Monday an “immediate” response to the European Union as it prepares new sanctions on the Islamic republic after over a month of protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death. EU foreign ministers met Monday to adopt sanctions on Iran, including on the morality police in whose custody Amini died on September 16 after she was detained for allegedly breaching Iran’s strict dress code for women. Iran will “decide and act […]
(Eagle News) — Filmmaker Paul Soriano has been named presidential adviser for creative communications. Office of the Press Secretary officer-in-charge Undersecretary Cheloy Garafil made the announcement on Monday, Oct. 17. Soriano directed President Bongbong Marcos’ first State of the Nation Address in July. He also directed the President’s commercials when he was still running for the presidency. Soriano is set to take his oath later in the day.
by M JEGATHESAN Agence France Presse Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (AFP) — World Cup hosts Qatar will stage the 2023 Asian Cup, the Asian Football Confederation said on Monday, after China withdrew earlier this year because of Covid. China pulled out in May because of its “zero-Covid” policy, leaving the AFC scrambling to find a new host for its flagship men’s 24-team football tournament. The tournament had been due to be held in 10 Chinese cities […]
Seoul, South Korea (AFP) — The members of the K-pop supergroup BTS will enlist in the military, their agency said Monday, putting an end to a years-long debate on whether the stars deserved exemptions from mandatory service. All able-bodied South Korean men under the age of 30 must perform about two years of military service, mainly because the country remains technically at war with nuclear-armed North Korea. BTS are credited with generating billions for the […]
by Emmanuel PEUCHOT Agence France Presse Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) — Russian-launched “kamikaze drones” attacked Kyiv early Monday, the Ukrainian presidency said, describing the strikes as an act of desperation nearly eight months into a war that has claimed thousands of lives. Photos captured by an AFP photographer showed the drones swooping low across the skies of Kyiv as police officers fired at them from the ground. Other images showed smoke rising from explosions across the […]
