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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Uber made a move into electric scooters Monday, as the ride-service giant agreed to a strategic partnership with Lime, one of the major players in the fast-growing segment. Lime announced the new $335 million investment to be led by GV — formerly Google Ventures — with additional funding from Google parent Alphabet and others including Uber. Uber will make “a sizable investment,” according to Lime co-founder and chief executive Toby […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – Twitter shares tumbled Monday on concerns the social media’s efforts to crack down on fake accounts would affect its user base, and potentially its finances. At 1810 GMT, shares of the social media company were down 6.0 percent at $43.89 after earlier shedding almost 10 percent. The decline follows a report late Friday in the Washington Post that described how Twitter’s greater scrutiny of user data had resulted in […]
(Eagle News) — Nagdeklara na ng walang pasok ang ilang lugar ngayong araw, kasunod ng mga pag-ulang dulot ng habagat na pinalakas ng bagyong Gardo. Walang pasok sa lahat ng antas sa mga sumusunod na lugar: Malabon City, Marikina City, Navotas City at Valenzuela City. Wala ding pasok sa lalawigan ng Zambales, maging sa Cainta San Mateo, Rodriguez, at Jalajala sa Rizal. Nagsuspinde na rin ng klase sa ilang mga bayan ng San Luis, Taal, […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has certified as urgent the measure that seeks to provide healthcare to all Filipinos. Presidential Harry Roque said the President made the revelation in a Cabinet meeting on Monday, July 9. With the certification, the measure does not have to follow the “three-day rule” between the second and third readings, which means Congress may immediately subject it to third reading as soon as lawmakers approve it on second reading. The House of […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Global coffee giant Starbucks announced Monday it is to eliminate all plastic straws from its 28,000 stores by 2020, becoming the latest corporate giant to take steps to combat pollution from disposable plastic. After months of tests, many of them carried out in Britain, the firm announced the news on Twitter. The plastic straws will be replaced by recyclable lids that have a small raised opening allowing consumers to sip […]
by Etienne Balmer Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) – French pharmaceuticals group Sanofi announced late Monday an immediate halt in production at a chemical factory in southwest France, in the wake of media reports that toxic waste emissions exceeded the norms. “Sanofi Chemical has decided from today to stop production at its Mourenx site and to carry out the announced technical improvements needed to return to normal,” the group said in a brief statement. It […]
by Athens Zaw Zaw Agence France-Presse YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) – Two Reuters reporters accused of breaking Myanmar’s draconian secrecy law during their reporting of a Rohingya massacre must face trial, a judge said Monday, in a ruling swiftly decried as a “black day” for press freedom in the country. Myanmar nationals Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, were arrested in December and accused of possessing leaked sensitive material linked to security operations in […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has offered to help Japan in its rescue and rehabilitation efforts. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the President in a Cabinet meeting revealed doctors, engineers and soldiers would be deployed to areas hit by flooding and landslides in the western part of the country. Roque said according to the President, medicines would also be sent. Over 100 people have died in what has been dubbed as Japan’s worst disaster brought about […]
by Dario THUBURN Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom – British Prime Minister Theresa May faced down a backlash against her strategy for leaving the European Union on Monday as both her Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Brexit minister David Davis resigned in protest. Johnson warned in his letter of resignation to May that Britain was headed for the “status of colony” of the EU after it leaves in March, and said the Brexit “dream is […]
by Raziye Akkoc and Stuart Williams in Istanbul Agence France-Presse ANKARA, Turkey – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday took on greater powers than any Turkish leader for decades as he was sworn in for a second presidential term, naming his son-in-law to the key post of finance minister in a revamped cabinet. Erdogan, who has already transformed Turkey in 15 years of rule, took his oath of office in parliament under the new presidential […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has vowed to keep his next State of the Nation Address short. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the President himself said this in a Cabinet meeting. “‘I will read my SONA speech which should not be more than 35 minutes,’” Roque quoted the President as saying. President Duterte is slated to make his third SONA on July 24. He is known to make long speeches, which he more often than not […]
MILAN, Italy (AFP) — Amazon will bring 1,700 new jobs to Italy by the end of the year, the online commerce giant announced Monday, bringing its number of employees working in the country’s groaning economy to 5,200. In a statement Amazon said that the new positions would be permanent hires and open to “people with all levels of experience, training and skills, from software developers and engineers to warehouse workers”. Unemployment in Italy stands at […]
