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DOHA , Qatar (Reuters) – Qatar has launched an investigation into a cyberattack against its official state news agency, an official said on Thursday, after the news agency was hacked. The website of the news agency was hacked early Wednesday morning by hackers who posted a false statement attributed to the country’s Emir, Sheikh Tamin bin Hamad Al-Thani, which seriously deviates from Qatar’s foreign policy. In addition, the Twitter account of the head of the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – The Trump administration Thursday launched an investigation into planned imports of Canadian aircraft, following a complaint last month by United States aviation giant Boeing that the planes receive unfair subsidies. The anti-dumping investigation will look into charges that Canada’s Bombardier receives subsidies of nearly 80 percent, and could lead the US Commerce Department to impose equivalent punitive import duties. The preliminary ruling on the 100- to 150-seat planes is […]
by Mona SALEM CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — One of the two black box flight recorders from the EgyptAir plane that plunged into the Mediterranean last month has been repaired, Egypt’s investigation commission said Tuesday, prompting hopes it could provide clues on why the aircraft went down. The two black box recorders were found two weeks ago, but were too damaged to extract information on what caused the passenger jet to go down. They were sent […]
ORLANDO, United States (AFP) — A top US lawmaker said Thursday authorities were probing the Facebook activity of the Orlando nightclub shooter, after an investigation found Omar Mateen made extremist posts during the massacre and searched for news of his attack. Ron Johnson, the Republican chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security, sent a letter to Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg Wednesday asking the company to share specifics of five accounts apparently used by Mateen. […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) 5/24/2016 -The San Francisco judge handling the possible trial of Volkswagen in the emissions cheating scandal said Tuesday that there had been “substantial progress” toward a final settlement. Judge Charles Breyer said the German automaker was “on track to meet the court deadline” of June 21 for a deal with the government and car owners who sued Volkswagen for billions of dollars. In a hearing in the federal district court, […]
Malacañang denies that they are behind the decision to suspend Makati Mayor Junjun Binay and 15 other Makati City Hall officials. The Ombudsman had ordered Binay’s six-month suspension due to the issue of overpricing of Makati City Hall Building 2. Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda said that the Palace will not meddle with the Ombudsman’s decision since the latter is an independent body. Lacierda added that it is the duty of the Ombudsman to investigate and […]
Despite the investigation pending in the Office of the Ombudsman, the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee will conduct its own investigation on the allegedly overpriced Iloilio Convention Center.
The investigation on the MRT accident conducted by the Department of Transportation and Communication is currently ongoing as incidents involving the MRT rise.
