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by Francesco Fontemaggi Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday named a Ford Motor Co. executive as special envoy for North Korea and said they would both travel to the nuclear-armed country next week. Stephen Biegun, 55, who is retiring as Ford’s vice president for international governmental affairs, had been considered for the post of President Donald Trump’s national security advisor before it went to John […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A strong typhoon Friday churned over parts of western Japan already hit by deadly flooding last month, but while transport links were disrupted there were few immediate reports of injury or damage. Typhoon Cimaron made landfall late Thursday and passed over the Japanese archipelago overnight, bringing winds of nearly 200 kilometres per hour (134 mph) and dumping up to 600 millimetres of rain in 48 hours, according to the Japan Meteorological […]
(Eagle News) –The man who was seen in a video apparently verbally assaulting traffic enforcers who had only flagged him down for a traffic violation was the subject of a case buildup even before the video went viral. National Capital Region Police Office chief Director Guillermo Eleazar said in an interview over radio dzbb that this was following the revocation of the license to possess firearms of Arnold Padilla. Padilla was arrested on Friday, Aug. 24, […]
by Andrew Beatty Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump and his allies tried to head off mounting talk of his impeachment Thursday, warning it would sink the world’s largest economy and spark a public “revolt.” After Trump was implicated as a co-conspirator in two campaign finance violations, both of them federal felonies, he and his closest advisors offered dire words of caution about the consequences of removing him from […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has denied detained Senator Leila de Lima’s appeal she be allowed to personally represent herself in oral arguments on the petition she and several others filed against the Philippines’ planned withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. In denying De Lima’s appeal, the SC en banc, voting 10-2, said her motion for reconsideration presented no new argument that warrants a reversal of the High Court’s earlier decision. In its earlier […]
by Katell Prigent / Marie Giffard Agence France Presse TRAPPES, France (AFP) — A man stabbed his mother and sister to death and seriously injured another person in a town near Paris on Thursday before being shot dead by police. The 36-year-old had serious mental health problems and had been on a terror watch list since 2016, Interior Minister Gerard Collomb told reporters after visiting the scene in the town of Trappes. The motive for […]
by Martin Parry Agence France-Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia was bracing for yet another change of prime minister Friday after a revolt against Malcolm Turnbull by hardline conservatives in his Liberal party, with his near three-year reign hanging by a thread. Former home affairs minister Peter Dutton, an ex-police officer and right-winger, has been the stalking horse seeking to unseat Turnbull after a party backlash against his more moderate approach to politics. Turnbull survived […]
by Ronit Fahl Agence France Presse Hurricane Lane drenched Hawaii Thursday ahead of its arrival in the island state, prompting US President Donald Trump to declare a state of emergency as landslides and flash flooding left roads blocked. The National Weather Service said Lane — located about 200 miles (320 kilometers) south of Hawaii — remained a powerful category four hurricane, packing winds in excess of 130 miles per hour. The eye was expected […]
(Eagle News)–Classes were suspended in some areas on Friday, Aug. 24, due to bad weather. Below is a list: Abra – Pre-school to High School; public/private Atok, Benguet – Pre-school to High school; public/private Buguias, Benguet- Pre-school to elementary Kapangan, Benguet – Pre-school to Elementary School Baguio City, Benguet- all levels; public/private Itogon, Benguet – all levels; public/private Bokod, Benguet- Pre-school to Elementary Kibungan, Benguet – Pre-school to High School La Trinidad, Benguet- Pre-school to […]
by Liliana Samuel Agence France-Presse BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — Police accompanied by sniffer dogs searched the homes of Argentina’s former president Cristina Kirchner on Thursday as the investigation intensified into the so-called “notebooks” corruption scandal that has rocked the country. The move came one day after judge Claudio Bonadio, who is leading the investigation into the multi-million-dollar bribery case, successfully petitioned the Senate to partially lift Kirchner’s congressional immunity to accommodate the searches. Police […]
by Heather Scott Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Negotiations between the United States and Mexico to revise the nearly 25-year-old North American Free Trade agreement are making progress but will not be concluded this week, Mexico’s Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said Thursday. But a Chinese delegation, in Washington for talks aimed at defusing the spiraling US trade war with Beijing, left without any breakthrough. NAFTA and China have been two key targets of US President […]
by Carole Landry Agence France-Presse UNITED NATIONS , United States (AFP) — Russia will oppose a US request to the UN Security Council to blacklist two Russian shipping firms and six Russian-flagged vessels over their dealings with sanctions-hit North Korea, the Russian ambassador said Thursday. The United States presented a request to a UN sanctions committee on Wednesday — its third bid in two months to seek UN action and turn up the pressure […]
