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MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines’ foreign ministry accused China on Sunday of ‘mischaracterising’ an arrangement between them that allowed the unimpeded resupply of Filipino troops stationed on a beached naval vessel in the South China Sea. After repeated clashes in the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, the two countries reached a “provisional arrangement” earlier this month on resupply missions to soldiers stationed at the Sierra Madre, a naval vessel Manila deliberately grounded in 1999 to […]
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday warned the United States that if Washington deployed long-range missiles in Germany from 2026 then Russia would station similar missiles in striking distance of the West. The United States will start deploying long-range fire capabilities in Germany in 2026 in an effort to demonstrate its commitment to NATO and European defenсe, the United States and Germany said earlier this month. The United States’ “episodic deployments” are […]
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Tokyo, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks rose moderately Tuesday with a tailwind from gains on Wall Street as investor sentiment improved, partly thanks to optimism over US-China trade talks. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index, which jumped 2.44 percent on Monday, added 0.82 percent or 165.07 points to close at 20,204.04 while the broader Topix index was up 0.39 percent or 5.90 points at 1,518.43. US shares pushed higher for a second session in a row Monday amid […]
By Norman Castro EBC New York Bureau TORONTO (Eagle News) – On a chilly Friday spring night, the Toronto Raptors looked to lock up the top seed in the Eastern Conference as they faced the Indiana Pacers. In a possible second round match up in the playoffs, this showed to be a preview of what might come. The Air Canada Centre was buzzing from the opening tip off, and the Raptors were more than […]
PODGORICA, Montenegro (AFP) — Montenegro asked Monday for international help to fight wildfires in the Lustica peninsula on the country’s Adriatic coast, while forest fires in neighboring Croatia spread to suburbs of the coastal city of Split. “The situation at Lustica is critical. The interior ministry of Montenegro asked for the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism” to be activated to help extinguish the fire, the government said in a statement. Mayors of the threatened coastal […]
LAGOS, Nigeria (Reuters) — Olamide Babajide goes out on the streets of Lagos to shop for old tires, a key component for her furniture products. Babajide is the founder of Pearl Recycling, a company that transforms recyclables like car tires, magazines, straws, plastics and wood among other things into household items. The company also offers money in exchange for recyclable garbage. Pearl Recycling was set up in 2014 with 5,000 U.S dollars that Babajide won […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Around 40,000 protesters took to the streets of Madrid on Wednesday to mark International Women’s Day and call for an end to domestic violence. Gathered in the central square, the protesters carried posters reading “Justice” and “We are not all here” — in reference to victims of violence who have lost their lives. Municipal officials estimated at least 40,000 people had rallied in Madrid, and smaller protests were held in Barcelona […]
by Marie A. Dumayac Eagle News Service Colorado DENVER, Colorado, USA – (Eagle News) — Denverites enjoyed a warm weather on February 2017, hitting high 60’s (19 degree C), mid-70’s (23 degree C), and even an 80 degree F (27 degree C). Denver also set the highest temperature ever recorded in four days of February (10th, 15th, 16th, 21st). On February 23rd, a day after a high of 57 degree F (14 degree C), and […]
by Paul HANDLEY WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The incoming Donald Trump administration faces a world of greater risk of conflict, slower growth and more anti-democratic pressures than ever since the Cold War, a new US intelligence report released Monday said. US leadership is ebbing amid shifts in economic, political and technological power, deep changes in the global landscape “that portend a dark and difficult near future,” according to the National Intelligence Council’s “Global Trends: […]
