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The United States (US) ambassador to South Korea is already in a stable condition after being attacked by a South Korean with a fruit knife in Seoul during a breakfast forum (Reuters) –U.S. ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert was slashed in the face by a Korean assailant at a breakfast forum in the capital early on Thursday (March 5), police and a witness said, but was not seriously wounded. Lippert, 42, was bleeding from […]
According to Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Kim Henares, Saranggani Representative Manny Pacquiao don’t need to pay taxes for his fight with Mayweather due to the higher tax rate in the United States.
In research that contradicts years of health advice, British scientists said on Monday that babies at risk of developing a childhood peanut allergy can avoid it if they are given peanuts regularly during their first 11 months. The study, the first to show that eating certain food is an effective way of preventing allergies, showed an 80 percent reduction in the prevalence of peanut allergies among high-risk children who ate peanuts frequently from infant hood, […]
(Reuters) — U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday (February 23) that a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would mean more than 100,000 border patrol, port inspection and airport security agents would be left without a paycheck. “It will have a direct impact on your economy, and it will have a direct impact on America’s national security because their hard work helps to keep us safe,” Obama said in a speech to a meeting of […]
Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Policy Evan Garcia said that the United States had no involvement in any plans and operations against terrorist Zulkipli Bin Hir alias Marwan, which resulted in the deaths of 44 SAF Commandos. USec Garcia also added that the Mamasapano operation was “100 percent Filipino”. He insisted that under the 1987 Constitution, US participation in any combat operation is prohibited. He added that the US could help in intelligence gathering, training and evacuation of […]
United States Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton did not enter his plea, forcing the Olongapo City Regional Trial Court to enter a “not guilty” plea on his behalf.
Unknown attackers shot and wounded two people in a convoy of eight vehicles marked with the emblem of the Myanmar Red Cross Society that was attempting to transport civilians displaced by fighting in Laukkai, yesterday on the Chinese border, a witness said. Red Cross spokeswoman Shwe Cin Myint said there hadn’t been an attack like this before. A government soldier blamed the attack on an ethnic Kokang force called Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA). […]
Hundreds of thousands of would-be astronauts have been narrowed down to 100 who will proceed to the next round of the Mars One project for a chance to create a human colony on the red planet. The candidates, 50 men and 50 women, come from all around the world. The majority, 39, are from the United States, with 31 from Europe, 16 from Asia, seven from Africa, and seven from Oceania. Student Maggie Lieu, 24, […]
Two years after the collision of the USS Guardian at the Tubbataha Reef, the United States government paid 87 million pesos in reparations.
In the United States, a warrant of arrest was issued against a groundhog for failing to predict the severity of winter during Groundhog Day.
A man shot dead three Muslim students in the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill campus due to a parking space argument.
It is expected that the highlight of United States President Barak Obama’s State of the Union Address will be his new tax proposal.
