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HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets sank Friday as the China-US trade row burst back into view with a report that Donald Trump wants to impose tariffs on $200 billion of goods as early as next week. After starting the week with three days of rallies — fuelled by hopes for a new Canada-US-Mexico trade pact and easing Brexit fears — investors were sent running for the hills as the row with Beijing shows […]
Violators to be fined, instead (Eagle News)–The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority will no longer tow illegally parked vehicles on major roads and alternative routes. In a statement, MMDA general manager Jojo Garcia said this was because “there are many complaints about abusive towing firms.” “We do not want the efforts of our traffic personnel to go to waste because of them,” he said. According to Garcia, motorists will instead be automatically slapped with at least […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) – Golden State Warriors All-Star David West announced his retirement from basketball on Thursday after 15 seasons in the NBA. West, 38, who played for the Warriors in their two most recent NBA Finals-winning seasons in 2017 and 2018, confirmed his decision to quit in a post on social media. “I have been fortunate enough to live out my childhood dream of playing in the NBA,” West wrote. “After 15 […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic turned back the challenge of American Tennys Sandgren to reach the third round of the US Open on Thursday. Djokovic, winner of the title in Flushing Meadows in 2011 and 2015, defeated the 61st-ranked American 6-1, 6-3, 6-7 (2/7), 6-2 and will meet either fellow Serb Laslo Djere or France’s Richard Gasquet for a place in the last 16. Djokovic saved both break points against […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) – Japan’s jobless rate edged up to 2.5 percent in July, official data showed Friday, with the number of available positions far outstripping job hunters as the country’s labour shortage persists. The July data from Japan’s internal affairs ministry is only a marginal increase from the 2.4 percent rate in June and 2.2 percent in May, a 26-year low. And the jobs-to-applicants ratio in July was the highest in 44 years, with […]
by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France-Presse TAMPA, United States (APF) – Researchers have found a new way that global warming is bad for the planet: more hungry bugs. Rising temperatures will stimulate insects’ appetites — and make some prone to reproducing more quickly — spelling danger for key staples like wheat, corn and rice which feed billions of people, researchers said Thursday. And since these three crops account for 42 percent of the calories people eat […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Aug. 30, denied the claims of Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison that he was suffering from a chronic kidney disease. “Dying? Kidney, my arm looks really good. Here, see! Do you see any injection marks?” Duterte said in a speech in Mandaue, Cebu, debunking Sison’s claims he could be undergoing dialysis. According to Duterte, there was discoloration on his face because of his repeated exposure […]
(Eagle News)–The lawyer of Vice President Leni Robredo dismissed as “lies” President Rodrigo Duterte’s remarks her brother-in-law brought illegal drugs to Bicol, and Naga was a “shabu hotbed.” “Ang kasinungalingan, ulit-ulitin man, kasinungalingan pa rin,” Barry Gutierrez said in a tweet. He said Duterte should focus on investigating the entry of P6.8 billion worth of shabu in the country, and on arresting alleged drug lord Peter Lim, instead of hurling “accusations without basis.” “Pagtrabahuhin ang […]
(Eagle News)–The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority has tapped the National Bureau of Investigation to locate the woman who was seen in a now-viral video dancing on the busy Kamuning-Edsa flyover. The MMDA said the woman, who was seen dancing to the “In My Feelings” song of artist Drake on the bus lane of the major thoroughfare, and her companions in a vehicle who were heard cheering her on could be charged with reckless driving, obstruction, […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Aug. 30, accused a brother-in-law of Vice President Leni Robredo of bringing the illegal drug trade to Bicol, also standing by his claim Robredo’s bailiwick, Naga, was a “shabu hotbed.” The President did not give any names but former Naga City councilor Luis Ortega had alleged Butch Robredo, a brother of the late former Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo, had drug links. The former Interior secretary who also served as […]
by Alastair Himmer Agence France Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A joint Korean women’s basketball team slammed Taiwan 89-66 to reach the Asian Games final on Thursday, helped by Las Vegas razzmatazz and some good, old, northern grit. Roared on by around 100 fans waving Korean unification flags, North Korean Ro Suk Yong joint top-scored with 17 points in a blow-out victory for the defending champions in Jakarta. The Koreans advance to face China […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — Amnesty International joined 80 other NGOs on Thursday in urging Pacific leaders demand the closure of an Australian-funded immigration detention camp on Nauru when they meet in the tiny island nation next week. The 18-nation Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) will hold its annual summit in Nauru from September 3-6, with delegates meeting just a few kilometres from the camp dubbed “Australia’s Guantanamo”. It houses asylum-seekers who have tried to reach […]
