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1,000 migrant kids still separated from parents: US official

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States is still trying to reunite an estimated 1,000 migrant children separated from their parents under a controversial 2018 policy by former president Donald Trump, the US homeland security chief said Thursday. Speaking at a congressional hearing on funding for his agency, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas noted that a task force established by President Joe Biden had successfully reunited 200 children with their parents. However, “there are approximately […]

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Metro Manila to stay under Alert Level 1 until May 15; over 90 areas nationwide also under Alert Level 1

44 other areas under Alert Level 2 (Eagle News) — Metro Manila will remain under Alert Level 1 until May 15, the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) announced on Thursday, April 28 During the same period, May 1 to May 15, Alert Level 1 is also in effect in about 94 more areas nationwide, including provinces, towns, and cities, while Alert Level 2 would be in effect in at least 44 areas. -Around 60 areas including […]

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Billionaire Luiza Trajano, the businesswoman shaking up Brazil

by Luján Scarpinelli © Agence France-Presse SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazilian businesswoman Luiza Trajano has made it onto a lot of lists: TIME’s most influential people, Forbes’ billionaires, the biggest fortunes in Brazil… But although she has been touted as a potential contender in Brazil’s presidential elections this year, there is one list she says she is determined to stay off: the ballot. With the country deeply polarized ahead of October’s polls, “I want […]

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Mexico blames drug traffickers for journalist murders

  MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — The Mexican government on Thursday blamed drug traffickers for the murders of two journalists in the northwestern border city of Tijuana in January that triggered international condemnation. Prosecutors believe reporter Lourdes Maldonado was killed by remnants of the Arellano Felix cartel because of her allegations against drug dealers, Deputy Security Minister Ricardo Mejia said. The group’s alleged leader, nicknamed Cabo 16, is one of 13 suspects that have been […]

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In Kharkiv, no let-up for Ukraine firefighters

  by Emmanuel Peuchot © Agence France-Presse KHARKIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Blackened by smoke and dripping with sweat, firefighters in Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv are totally exhausted after two months of chasing blazes sparked by the constant explosion of Russian rockets. Since Russia invaded on February 24, there have been more than 1,000 fires in the eastern Kharkiv region which borders Russia, the area’s emergency services spokesman Yevgen Vasylenko said. In the city alone, over […]

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Tom Cruise unveils ‘Top Gun’ sequel with mid-air stunt

  by Andrew Marszal © Agence France-Presse LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — Tom Cruise unveiled the world-first screening of “Top Gun: Maverick” at CinemaCon in Las Vegas Thursday — introducing the long-awaited sequel while balanced atop a flying bi-plane. The new “Top Gun,” which picks up the story of Maverick and his fighter pilot buddies some three decades after the blockbuster original, was scheduled to open in 2020 but was repeatedly delayed by the […]

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War in Ukraine: Latest developments

  KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) – Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine: – Kyiv hit as UN chief visits – Russian missiles slam into buildings in a residential area of Kyiv as UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres visits the Ukrainian capital. Guterres and his team are unhurt, but casualties are reported and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says it is part of Russian leaders’ attempts to humiliate the United Nations. – Biden in […]

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Moderna seeks US authorization for Covid vaccine in children under 6: statement

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US biotech firm Moderna said Thursday it had submitted a request for an emergency use authorization in the United States for its Covid vaccine for children aged six months to under six years. Children under six are the only age group that has yet to gain access to a Covid-19 vaccine in the United States and in most countries. “We believe (this vaccine) will be able to safely protect […]

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First day of local absentee voting “generally peaceful” — Comelec

Over 84,000 approved local absentee voters allowed to cast their votes until Friday, April 29, for na’l elective posts   (Eagle News) – The first day of the local absentee voting on Wednesday, April 27, was “generally peaceful” and orderly, according to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC). The three-day local absentee voting will give over 84,000 public and private employees who have applied to vote ahead of the May 9 national and local polls a […]

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Fire hits Immigration bureau main office in Intramuros

(Eagle News) — A fire hit  the Bureau of Immigration main office in Manila on Thursday, April 28. According to the bureau, the fire broke out at 1:40 p.m. The bureau said the blaze was caused by a faulty air conditioning unit on the second floor of the building. The fire was declared out at 2:30 p.m. No fatalities nor injured were reported. The bureau said immigration services resumed after the fire was put out.

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Indonesia suspends all exports of palm oil, raising risk of destabilizing global vegetable oil market

  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia began imposing a complete ban on palm oil exports Thursday, as the world’s largest producer of the commodity risked destabilising a global vegetable oil market already hitting peak prices. The archipelago nation is facing a domestic shortage of cooking oil as well as soaring prices, with consumers in several cities having to queue for hours in front of distribution centres to buy the essential commodity at subsidised rates. Authorities […]

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