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by Jonah Mandel Agence France Presse World leaders voiced hope Friday that a historic deal between the UAE and Israel could kickstart moribund Middle East peace talks, even as the Palestinians and some of their allies denounced the move to normalise ties as a betrayal of their cause. Announced by US President Donald Trump on Thursday, it is only the third such accord Israel has struck with an Arab country, and raised the prospect of […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Sunday, June 23, welcomed a completed pact between the Philippines and Indonesia that delineates the exclusive economic zone boundaries of both countries. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the pact, which shows the “strong and tight bond between the tow countries, which incidentally are celebrating their 70th anniversary of formal diplomatic and bilateral relations,” was the highlight during President Rodrigo Duterte’s bilateral talks with Indonesian President Joko Widodo on […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday, April 12, that he would witness the signing of an agreement for the protection of Overseas Filipino Workers in Kuwait. “Maganda naman. To give honor din sa Kuwaiti government. I’ll go there to witness the signing,” Duterte said. He said he would go to witness the signing “anytime.” According to Duterte, one of the Philippine government demands is for the OFWs to have a one day-off […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said it was now finalizing arrangements for the formal signing of an agreement with the Kuwaiti government on the protection of overseas Filipino workers deployed in the Gulf state. In a statement on Tuesday, March 20, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) may take place in the first week of April. The venue of the signing has […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea will not seek to renegotiate a deal with Japan on wartime sex slavery, it said Tuesday, despite new President Moon Jae-In saying on the campaign trail he “could not accept” the agreement. The issue of women forced into sexual slavery for Japanese troops during World War II is a hugely emotional one that has long marred ties between the South and its former colonial ruler. Ousted president Park […]
BEIJING, China (Reuters) — China and Vietnam reached an agreement on managing their dispute in the South China Sea through friendly talks, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Friday (November 3) in a news briefing held in Beijing. This followed an ugly spat over the summer between the two communist neighbours. The countries had been at loggerheads over the strategic waterway, through which more than $3 trillion in cargo passes every year, with Vietnam having […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Spanish 37-year-old free agent center Pau Gasol, a six-time NBA All-Star, has agreed to a three-year deal with the San Antonio Spurs, ESPN reported Friday. The contract, according to unnamed sources in the ESPN website report, will include a partial guarantee in the final season for the Barcelona-born star, who is set to start his 17th NBA campaign later this year. Gasol, who won NBA titles in 2009 and […]
HAMBURG, Germany (AFP) — Russia and the United States have agreed to a ceasefire in southwest Syria starting from midday on Sunday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced Friday. “Today in Amman Russian, American and Jordanian experts… agreed on a memorandum of understanding to create a de-escalation zone” in the regions of Daraa, Quneitra and Sweida, Lavrov said. “There will be a ceasefire in this zone from midday Damascus time on July 9.” Lavrov was […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Donald Trump had made a historic error Thursday by abandoning the Paris climate agreement, and urged frustrated United States climate scientists and entrepreneurs to come and work in France. And cheekily adapting the nationalist slogan used by Trump on his election campaign trail, Macron urged defenders of the climate to “make our planet great again.” In a TV address broadcast both in French and English, Macron […]
by Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump announced America’s withdrawal from the Paris climate accord Thursday, a policy shift with potentially wide-ranging repercussions for the environment and Washington’s ties with the world. In a staunchly nationalist statement from the White House Rose Garden, Trump announced the US would stop implementing the “bad” 2015 deal and look to renegotiate it — or begin work on a new one. “I […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (AFP) — Trinidad and Tobago sent approximately 68 tonnes of food and commodities to crisis-hit Venezuela Thursday, with hundreds more tonnes set to arrive in the coming days, a Venezuelan official said. Venezuela, which is enduring severe shortages of food and other basic commodities, will receive 600 tonnes of goods from Trinidad and Tobago under a trade agreement. The embattled South American country is grappling with an economic crisis […]
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson meets Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe and signs an agreement to strengthen ties between the cities. The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, met Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe on Wednesday (October 14) to boost relations between the two cities. Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe began the meeting by expressing regret that Japan could not compete against England in this year’s rugby world cup. “I was hoping to see Japan and England compete […]
