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by Joseph Schmid and Paul Gypteau Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — The Eiffel Tower — closed to visitors since Wednesday afternoon — is to reopen on Friday after workers went on strike over unacceptably long queues at the Paris landmark. Workers walked out in protest at a new access policy that has seen separate lifts allocated to visitors with pre-booked tickets and those who buy them on site. At the same time, the tower […]
by John Biers / with Glenn Chapman in San Francisco Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Apple — the culture-changing company behind the iPod, iPhone and iPad — hit another milestone on Thursday, becoming the first private-sector company to surpass $1 trillion in market value. Shares of Apple finished the formal Wall Street trading day at $207.39, topping the magic number two days after the California tech giant reported strong quarterly earnings. The […]
by Elodie Cuzin Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Ivanka Trump distanced herself Thursday from some of her father’s most controversial policies and strident rhetoric, saying she is “vehemently against” family separations and that journalists are not the enemy. Speaking publicly for the first time since she shuttered her eponymous fashion brand last week, the first daughter and senior advisor to President Donald Trump took a decidedly different approach than her combative father to […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Puppies discovered on an uninhabited island in the Canadian wilds are looking for a new home. The litter — four males and three females — has been dubbed the “Gilligan’s Island crew” after the 1960s American television sitcom about castaways on an uncharted tropical island. Two boaters recently heard their cries in the night, Deb Vandekerkhove, director of the rescue, told AFP. “The fellas could see some dark figures on the […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — Just two weeks after a punishing knockout loss to Filipino great Manny Pacquiao, Argentine former WBA welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse announced his retirement on Thursday. “Today I decided to hang up the gloves, another stage in my life is beginning,” said the 35-year-old Matthysse, who ends his 43-fight career with a record of 38 wins, 36 inside the distance, for just five defeats and one no contest. Matthysse’s last […]
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) — Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa said Friday that he was “humbled” to have won the country’s landmark election, hailing it as a “new beginning” after the ousting of autocrat Robert Mugabe. “Thank you Zimbabwe! I am humbled to be elected President of the Second Republic of Zimbabwe,” he said in a Twitter message. “Though we may have been divided at the polls, we are united in our dreams. This is a new beginning,” […]
by Martin Abbugao and Ayee Macaraig Agence France Presse SINGAPORE, Singapore — China wants to stage joint military exercises with Southeast Asian nations in disputed waters, according to a draft document, but says other countries should be excluded in what analysts say is a bid to diminish US influence. Beijing’s suggestions, which also call for joint oil and gas exploration, are part of efforts to expand its influence in the South China Sea, which it […]
(Eagle News) — Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) members in Heathrow in London, the United Kingdom, held a food fair that featured various cuisines from all around the world where the Church can be found. The event called “Share – International Food Fair” held in Heathrow on July 22, 2018 was part of activities to mark the Church’s 104th anniversary and 50th year in the West. It aims to showcase the global spread […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, Aug. 2, welcomed the indictment of alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles and five others by a United States federal jury for money laundering. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, the indictment for conspiracy to commit money laundering, domestic money laundering, and international money laundering of Napoles; her children Jo Christine, Jeane Catherine, James Christopher; brother Reynald Luy Lim, and his wife Ana Marie was a “positive […]
by Martin Abbugao / Ayee Macaraig Agence France Presse SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — China wants military exercises and energy exploration with Southeast Asian nations in disputed waters, according to a draft document, but insists on outside countries being excluded in what analysts said was a bid to diminish US influence. Beijing’s suggestions are part of efforts to expand its influence in the South China Sea, which it claims almost entirely, and push back at […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Seoul said Thursday it had deployed a warship to Libya in an apparent show of force to secure the release of a South Korean national kidnapped along with three Filipinos in the North African country. The 4,000-ton vessel, Munmu the Great, which takes part in anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden, was now on its way to Libya, officials said. In addition to “carrying out its duty of […]
