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(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte questioned the motives of a United States defense official who claimed that the US-Philippine relations would be affected if the Philippines proceeded with its plan to buy submarines from Russia. Duterte said that he should be the one demanding an answer from the US government why it gave the Philippines “refurbished” helicopters which led to the death of the “best pilots” of the country. He also noted that […]
by Laura Bonilla Cal / with Will Dunlop in Alexandria and Andrew Beatty in Washington Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump stood accused of conspiring to commit campaign finance fraud and two of his closest aides faced jail time Tuesday, after court proceedings delivered a legal and political one-two punch to his embattled presidency. In a drama that played out simultaneously across two US cities, a court found one […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A German actress has filed a lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein alleging the disgraced movie mogul raped her in 2006 at the Cannes Film Festival. Emma Loman says in a complaint filed on Monday in Los Angeles that she met Weinstein in 2004 at the Venice Film Festival and he later invited her to Cannes as his guest to discuss her career. The model-turned-actress says she was initially hesitant […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A Republican congressman from California and his wife were indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday over the suspected misuse of $250,000 of campaign funds, authorities said. Duncan and Margaret Hunter are accused of syphoning the cash over seven years for family vacations to Hawaii and Italy, dental bills, theater tickets and numerous other non-campaign expenses. US Attorney Adam Braverman said in a statement that Hunter, 41, and […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – A box set of The Eagles’ greatest hits has surpassed Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” as the biggest selling album of all time, according to a new ranking by the Recording Industry Association of America. RIAA said “The Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971-75,” a compilation of the country-rock group’s first four albums, has now sold 38 million units, topping “Thriller’s” 33 million. The set had long held the top spot but […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP)–Jennifer Garner received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Monday to honor a glittering career that has included roles in acclaimed movies from “Juno” to “Dallas Buyers Club.” The Texas-born actress has appeared in more than 30 films over two decades but is just as famous for a television career that has seen her garlanded with some of the industry’s top awards. “Today for me is a moment to […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP)–A lawsuit filed in federal court here accuses Google of invading people’s privacy by tracking the whereabouts of smartphones users despite “location history” settings being turned off. The suit filed Friday by a California man seeks unspecified damages along with class-action status to represent all US iPhone or Android smartphone users who turned off location history in order not to have their movements logged by Google. “Google expressly represented to users […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP)–US actor Kevin Spacey’s latest movie has flopped big-time at the box office, taking in a mere $618 as it opened to dire reviews in a handful of theaters across the country. “Billionaire Boys Club,” a crime drama based on a true story, in which Spacey co-stars alongside Ansel Elgort (“Baby Driver”) and Taron Egerton (“Kingsman,”) earned a measly $126 on Friday according to industry magazine The Hollywood Reporter. The movie, […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – PepsiCo said Monday it plans to buy SodaStream, an Israeli maker of carbonation products, for $3.2 billion as the beverage and snacks giant makes further inroads with in-home goods. The cash deal will see PepsiCo pay $144 per share for SodaStream’s outstanding stock, a 32 percent premium over its average price of the past 30 days. SodaStream offers consumers “the ability to make great-tasting beverages while reducing the amount […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) – Highly anticipated rom-com “Crazy Rich Asians” — the first Hollywood film with an mainly Asian cast in a generation — dazzled the North American box office in its debut weekend, claiming the top spot, industry estimates showed Sunday. The Warner Bros. adaptation of Kevin Kwan’s best-selling novel of the same name raked in $34 million since hitting theaters on Wednesday, box office tracker Exhibitor Relations said. Of the total, […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean state media blamed Donald Trump’s political opponents for the “deadlock” over denuclearization on Saturday, urging the US President to act boldly to make progress on the thorny issue. Trump and the North’s leader Kim Jong Un held a groundbreaking summit in Singapore in June, which the US leader touted as a historic breakthrough. At the meeting the pair struck a vague agreement to denuclearize the Korean peninsula, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The bomb that killed 40 children and 11 others in a Saudi-led coalition air strike on a bus in rebel-held northern Yemen was sold by the United States under a State Department deal with Riyadh, CNN has reported. The numbers on shrapnel, of which images were taken shortly after the attack this month, indicate that it was a laser-guided Mk 82 bomb manufactured by defense contractor Lockheed Martin, CNN […]
