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Moscow, Russia | AFP | Russian officials on Friday hailed Vladimir Putin on his 70th birthday, praising him for his role in modern Russian history. The same day, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to three human rights organisations and activists: Ales Bialiatski of Belarus, Russia’s Memorial group and Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties. The committee said it wanted the prize to highlight the “way civil society and human rights advocates are being suppressed” […]
Berlin, Germany | AFP | German sportswear giant Adidas put its partnership with Kanye West under review Friday after the US rap star triggered a furore by wearing a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt at Paris Fashion Week. “We have taken the decision to place the partnership under review,” the company said in a statement. The artist now known as Ye had been widely criticised over the T-shirt, which he wore and was also shown as […]
Yangon, Myanmar (AFP) More than one million people have been displaced in Myanmar since the military coup last year, the United Nations children’s agency has said. The Southeast Asian nation has been in turmoil since the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s government last year, sparking widespread armed resistance. The junta has responded with a crackdown that rights groups say includes razing villages, mass extrajudicial killings and airstrikes on civilians. Since the coup and as […]
Buenos Aires, Argentina | AFP | One person died Thursday following violent clashes that started outside a soccer match on the outskirts of Buenos Aires before spilling into the stadium and onto the pitch, authorities said. Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas as they attempted to stop fans attending the match between top-flight teams Boca Juniors and Gimnasia y Esgrima from pushing into the already crowded venue. The unrest outside the Carmelo Zerillo stadium […]
San Antonio, Philippines | AFP | by Mikhail FLORES US and Philippine marines stormed a beach near a disputed rocky outcrop in the South China Sea on Friday as part of joint military drills involving more than 3,500 troops. It is the first time the annual naval exercises have been held under Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, who has expressed strong support for the decades-old alliance, after rocky relations under his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte. But Marcos told US […]
(Eagle News) — Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board chair Cheloy Velicaria-Garafil has resigned from her post. Velicaria-Garafil, a lawyer, said she stepped down as she has “accepted the offer to help in the Office of the Press Secretary as its Undersecretary and OIC.” “This is a great honor and privilege, and I thank the President for this opportunity to once again work with him in his administration to serve the Filipino people,” she added. […]
by Ashraf KHAN / Joe STENSON Agence France-Presse JOHI, Pakistan (AFP) — His head haloed by a whirlwind of mosquitoes, Aamir Hussain stands on the roof of his home in southern Pakistan surveying the fetid floodwaters all around. Four months after the start of record monsoon rains linked to climate change, the standing water has curdled into a pestilent soup breeding malaria, cholera and dengue. The UN has warned of a “second wave” of catastrophe, […]
(Eagle News) — Teachers who tested positive, were exposed to, or have symptoms of COVID-19 are allowed to avail of paid leaves, the Department of Education said on Friday, Oct. 7. According to DepEd spokesperson Michael Poa, this is according to DepEd Order No. 39 issued on Sept. 20. He said the order was based on the Civil Service Commission Memorandum Circular Number 2, Series of 2022. “We have to follow DOH (Department of Health) […]
by Max DELANY and Jan FLEMR Agence France-Presse PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AFP) — Leaders from across Europe met Thursday in Prague for the inaugural summit of a new forum aimed at bringing the continent together in the face of Russia’s aggression, with Ukraine’s president urging more support for Kyiv. The first gathering of the “European Political Community” at the grand Prague Castle complex brought together a disparate grouping of 44 nations from the Caucasus in […]
by Montira Rungjirajittranon with Thanaporn Promyamyai in Bangkok Agence France-Presse NA KLANG, Thailand (AFP) — Weeping, grief-stricken families gathered Friday outside a Thai nursery where an ex-policeman murdered nearly two dozen children in one of the kingdom’s worst mass killings. Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha will later visit survivors of the attack that left at least 37 people dead, including the attacker’s wife and child. Overnight, coffins carrying the bodies of […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines logged 2562 additional COVID-19 cases on Thursday, Oct. 7. According to the Department of Health, the additional cases pushed the total cases to 3961349. Of these, 26380 were active. Of the regions, Metro Manila logged the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days with 13582. It was followed by Calabarzon with 5523, Central Luzon with 2886, Davao Region with 1377, and SOCCKSKARGEn with 737. Of the […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — The Thai king will on Friday visit survivors of a gun and knife attack on a nursery that left at least 37 people dead, most of them young children. King Maha Vajiralongkorn will meet families reeling from the tragedy in northeastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province, as will Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha, a government spokesman said. Thailand has begun mourning one of its deadliest mass killings, with flags on government buildings […]
