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MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — The monarch butterfly population dropped by a quarter in its Mexican wintering grounds this season and US President Donald Trump’s planned wall could affect its migration from Canada, Mexican authorities said Thursday. The orange and black butterfly covered 2.91 hectares (7.2 acres) of pine and fir forest in the 2016-2017 season, compared to 4.01 hectares the previous year, a 27.4 percent decline, the government said. The monarch population is estimated […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — President Hassan Rouhani said Thursday Iran’s military power was “purely defensive”, after tensions with the United States over its missile program and a nuclear deal soared following Donald Trump’s inauguration. “The Islamic Republic of Iran has showed that it doesn’t intend to interfere with the internal affairs of other countries,” Rouhani told foreign diplomats in Tehran, according to the ISNA news agency. “Our military power is purely defensive,” he was quoted […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States and Japan have conducted the first interception of a ballistic missile target using a jointly built system, amid heightened tensions over North Korea’s missile program. The two nations have been working together since 2006 to develop a variant of the Standard Missile-3, a ship-launched missile that operates as part of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. Friday’s test off Kauai in Hawaii saw the Standard Missile-3 “Block […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — US Defense Secretary James Mattis told his Japanese counterpart on Saturday that their alliance remained a “cornerstone” of regional stability as he wrapped up a visit aimed at reassuring key Asian allies about Washington’s commitment to their security. Japan and the US have a decades-long security alliance while US-South Korea military ties date back to the 1950-53 Korean War. But on the campaign trail, US President Donald Trump accused Seoul and […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Filipinos are still welcome to go the United States of America despite the controversial executive order of President Donald Trump against the entry of refugees and citizens of seven Muslim countries. US State Department spokesman Mark Toner said that the Philippines is not included in the listed countries of concern by US President Trump. Trump’s executive order banned travel to the US from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia […]
by Dave Clark and Nicolas Revise Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Former ExxonMobil chief executive Rex Tillerson was sworn in Wednesday to take charge of a US State Department simmering with opposition to President Donald Trump’s refugee ban. After the 64-year-old oilman’s nomination was confirmed by the Senate, he headed to the White House, where Trump formally named the political newcomer Washington’s next top diplomat. “This is a man that is respected […]
by Michael Mathes Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US Senate Democrats blocked committee votes Tuesday on two of Donald Trump’s nominations for key cabinet posts, drawing White House charges of obstruction amid sharpening partisan tensions. “Today Senate Finance Democrats refused to move forward with nominations of Mnuchin & Price,” Senator Ron Wyden, top Democrat on the finance committee, said on Twitter, referring to Treasury secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin and Tom Price, […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Inspite of earlier remarks of President Rodrigo Duterte wanting to end United States military presence in the country, the US will still construct temporary facilities in selected camps of the Philippine military this year. This was according to Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, but he clarified that these facilities would only be for humanitarian assistance and disaster response, and that there would be no military equipment that would be kept in the US facilities to be set […]
by Andrew Beatty, with Laurent Thomet in Mexico City Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US-Mexican relations were rocked Thursday as Donald Trump’s administration suggested taxing imports from the southern neighbor to fund a border wall and Mexico’s president scrapped a meeting with the US leader. Trump had been scheduled to receive Pena Nieto at the White House on Tuesday, for their first meeting since the inauguration. Instead, the Republican president is managing […]
by Andrew BEATTY Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – US President Donald Trump took a first step toward fulfilling his pledge to “build a wall” on the Mexican border Wednesday, signing two immigration-related decrees. Trump visited the Department of Homeland Security to approve an order to begin work to “build a large physical barrier on the southern border,” according to the White House. Trump also signed measures to “create more detention space for illegal […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang congratulated the United States 45th President Donald Trump on Saturday (January 21), saying the Philippine government was looking forward to “working closely” with the new Trump administration. “We congratulate the people of the United States for a successful 58th presidential inauguration. In keeping with the two-century American democratic tradition, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States of America outside the U.S. Capitol at 12 […]
QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES (January 21) – Eagle Broadcasting Corporation, through its Eagle News Service, gave viewers around the globe a special live coverage of the inauguration of President Donald Trump. Entitled “The 45th US President: Inauguration of President Donald Trump”, EBC, through its various news bureaus and correspondents based in the United States of America gave its viewers an intimate look at the US presidential inauguration. From the activities prior to the inauguration, to the […]
