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By Daniel Lawler and Juliette Collen PARIS, March 27, 2024 (AFP) – Struggle to wrap your head around daylight savings? Spare a thought for the world’s timekeepers, who are trying to work out how climate change is affecting Earth’s rotation — and in turn, how we keep track of time. In a strange twist, global warming could even help out timekeepers by delaying the need for history’s first “negative leap second” by three years, a […]
By Gregory WALTON, Maggy DONALDSON NEW YORK, Dec 6, 2023 (AFP) – With a prolific musical output, a remarkably bankable tour and a name that’s headline catnip, it’s no surprise that Time Magazine has declared 2023 the Year of Taylor Swift. In its annual issue honoring a Person of the Year — a nearly century-old designation whose recipients include Volodymyr Zelensky, Martin Luther King Jr. and Greta Thunberg — the magazine called music’s reigning deity […]
Moscow, Russia (AFP) The Kremlin on Thursday said Time magazine’s decision to name Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky as “Person of the Year” reflected “Russophobic” trends in Western countries. The comments came after Zelensky was ranked “Person of the Year” by the magazine on Wednesday and the “Most Influential” person in Europe by Politico on Thursday. Time noted its choice to nominate Zelensky was the “the most clear-cut in memory”, hailing the leader’s decision to remain […]
New York, United States (AFP) Time magazine named President Volodymyr Zelensky as well as “the spirit of Ukraine” as its 2022 person of the year on Wednesday, for the resistance the country has shown in the face of Russia’s invasion. Calling Zelensky’s decision to remain in Kyiv and rally his country amid the ongoing war “fateful,” Time editor in chief Edward Felsenthal said this year’s decision was “the most clear-cut in memory.” Since Russia’s […]
(Eagle News)–In this picture, President Rodrigo Duterte is seen spending time with his family in Davao on Monday, Dec. 24. Also included in the picture are Elizabeth Zimmerman; Davao Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio and her husband Mans; Sebastian Duterte; former Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte who posted the picture on his Facebook page.
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, May 8, slammed Time magazine for including him in its list of “despots.” *** i** itong Time Magazine na ‘to. Nilagay ako doon sa mga despot. Hindi naman ako.. Ba’t diktador ba ako?” Duterte said in a speech in Malacañang, reacting to the story that named him among the world’s “strongmen” who included Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan and Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban. “Since […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, May 4, rejected Time magazine’s “strongman” tag, saying he has never jailed any person who criticized him. In the first place, he said he was “just a government worker,” with the people being his “employer.” He said it was “another thing” though if foreigners criticized him. The President has said only Filipinos have “unlimited” freedom of expression in the country. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, what Duterte has […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte has been featured in the cover and the cover story of the May issue of TIME magazine’s international edition. In the cover were also Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkey President Recep Erdogan and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The article titled “Rise of the Strongmen” written by American political scientist Ian Bremmer featured Chinese President Xi Jinping as well. “In every region of the world, changing times have boosted public demand […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he would move the country’s clocks 30 minutes forward to unify with the South’s time zone as a conciliatory gesture after Friday’s inter-Korean summit, Seoul said Sunday. The two countries on the divided peninsula have had different time zones since 2015 when the North suddenly changed its standard time to 30 minutes behind the South. Pyongyang cited a nationalistic rationale, saying it would […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump on Friday said he turned down being named Time’s “Person of the Year” after the magazine asked him for an interview and photo shoot but did not confirm he would be chosen. He tweeted: “Time Magazine called to say that I was PROBABLY going to be named ‘Man (Person) of the Year,’ like last year, but I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The time for “strategic patience” with North Korea is over, President Donald Trump said Monday, after winning Japan’s backing on his policy of considering all options to rein in the rogue state. Trump has signaled in the past that Washington could look beyond a diplomatic solution to the North’s nuclear weapons ambitions, and consider military intervention. The North’s nuclear programme is “a threat to the civilised world and international peace and […]
(Eagle News) — While Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte topped the Readers’ Poll for TIME Magazine’s top 100 list, the one who did his profile, former Colombian President Cesar Gaviria, wrote a very critical piece against the 72-year old leader and lectured him on what he should do. Duterte was among the TIME’s top 100 most influential figures in the world, along with his staunchest critic, detained Senator Leila de Lima who was listed among […]
