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(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday announced the appointments of special envoys to China, the United States and Australia. The reappointment papers of Wallie Lee, Carlos Chan, Ferdinand Borja, Cheng Yong, William de Jesus Lima as special envoys to China were signed by President Rodrigo Duterte himself on January 3. The new term of office of Lee, Chan, Borja and Lima runs from January 1 to June 30, 2018. Yong will also serve for six […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) – Japanese star Kei Nishikori pulled out of the Australian Open Thursday, saying he was not ready for best of five set matches as he struggles to overcome a long-standing wrist injury. The Asian number one has not played competitively since last August after suffering a torn tendon in his right wrist during a practice session at Cincinnati. “I am very sorry to announce that I will miss the Aussie Open this year,” he said […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) – The official winner of this year’s dramatic Sydney to Hobart yacht race could be determined as early as Thursday, as an international jury assesses the fate of Supermaxi Wild Oats XI after her record finish. Wild Oats surpassed last year’s record time by several hours when she crossed the finish line late Wednesday, but her ninth line honors victory remains in the balance after second-placed LDV Comanche lodged a protest. The battle between […]
(Eagle News) – Nakikisimpatiya ang Chinese government sa mga Filipino sa gitna ng patuloy na pagtaas ng bilang ng nasawi sa pananalasa ng bagyong “Vinta.” Ayon kay Foreign Minister Wang Yi, naniniwala ang Tsina na sa ilalim ng kasalukuyang gobyerno ng Pilipinas ay malalampasan ng mga Pilipino ang kalamidad at maibabalik sa normal ang kanilang pamumuhay sa lalong madaling panahon. Una ng nagpaabot ng pakiki-dalamhati ang Canada, Australia at Estados Unidos sa mahigit kalahating milyong […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) – Australia skipper Steve Smith was denied his fourth straight Boxing Day Test century on Wednesday as England fought back with five wickets to leave the hosts at 326 for eight at lunch on day two. England, already an irretrievable 3-0 down in the five-match series, dismissed Smith, Mitchell and Shaun Marsh, Tim Paine and Jackson Bird to take five for 82 in the first session in baking temperatures. Debutant Tom Curran celebrated his […]
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — Japanese tennis star Kei Nishikori has withdrawn from the season-opening Brisbane International as he recovers from a wrist injury. Nishikori, 27, has been out of action for more than four months, dropping to 22 in the world rankings. “I am so disappointed to miss Brisbane this year. For years, it’s been my first tournament of the season and I always feel so at home there,” Nishikori said on the tournament’s official Twitter account. […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) – England’s players owed under-fire skipper Joe Root their utmost to turn the tables on dominant Australia in the showpiece Boxing Day Test in Melbourne, wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow said Saturday. The Ashes has already been decided with Australia taking the first three Tests, but England is scrambling to avoid an embarrassing 5-0 series whitewash. Bairstow said captain Root was coping with the growing pressure and the England team was working hard to break their […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — A man who mowed down pedestrians with his car in Melbourne attributed his actions to “perceived mistreatment of Muslims,” Australia said Friday, with nine foreigners among the injured. Nineteen people were rushed to the hospital, and three remain critical, after the Australian-Afghan driver ploughed through a busy downtown intersection on Thursday in what authorities said was a “deliberate act.” The 32-year-old, who came to Australia as a refugee, has a history […]
by Tania Lee Agence France Presse MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — A car ploughed into a crowd in Australia’s second-largest city on Thursday in what police said was a “deliberate act” that left more than a dozen people injured, some of them seriously. Witnesses said people were thrown through the air after being hit by the vehicle, which did not appear to be trying to stop as it “mowed everybody down.” Victoria state police said they […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s most enduring military mystery has been solved after the wreckage of the country’s first submarine was found more than a century after vanishing off Papua New Guinea’s coast, officials said Thursday. HMAS AE1, the first of two E Class submarines built for the Royal Australian Navy, vanished on 14 September, 1914 near the Duke of York Islands with 35 crew members from Australia, Britain and New Zealand on board. The […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A woman has been pulled alive from an abandoned Australian mine shaft where she was trapped in searing heat for two days until a drone found her, police said Monday. The 26-year-old vanished from her home in Lightning Ridge on Friday after going for a walk, sparking a large-scale search and rescue operation. She apparently tripped and fell down the eight-meter (26-foot) deep shaft, police said, surviving despite daytime temperatures of more than […]
by Michel Comte © Agence France-Presse OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canada announced Tuesday it would buy 18 used Australian jets instead of new Boeing Super Hornets, signaling limits in its unwavering friendship with its US neighbor. A little more than a year after saying it would buy 18 Super Hornets for more than $5 billion, and amid trade tensions, Ottawa formally rejected the deal in favor of used planes from Australia. Senior government and military officials said […]
