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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP)–The Buenos Aires Stock Exchange plunged 8.8 percent Wednesday, it’s worst closing performance for years, amid nervousness over emerging markets coupled with tensions over an IMF loan. The benchmark Merval index fell to 25,965 points after four days of consecutive losses. “It’s evident that there is less appetite for emerging markets in a more challenging global financial climate. But in Argentina’s case, you have to add the harsh economic realities of the […]
PARIS, France (AFP) – A 32-year-old woman appeared in court in France on Wednesday accused of fraud after allegedly falsely claiming to be a victim of the Paris jihadist attacks. The woman had claimed to have been shot in the elbow or thumb, according to different accounts, during the attacks in which 130 people died and hundreds more were wounded at the national stadium and Paris nightspots on November 13, 2015. She said that two […]
by Arman Soldin Agence France-Presse VALLETTA, Malta (AFP) – A rescue boat stranded for nearly a week in the Mediterranean with over 200 migrants docked in Malta Wednesday, after a deal was struck between a group of EU states to take them in. Lifeline, a vessel for the German charity Mission Lifeline, had been waiting for permission to enter a port for six days after rescuing 234 migrants off the coast of Libya last Thursday. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Libyan Ahmed Abu Khattala was sentenced Wednesday in Washington to 22 years in prison for his role in the 2012 Benghazi attack that killed a US ambassador and three others. Prosecutors were unable to convince a jury that Khattala, leader of a militant group who had been photographed watching the attack on September 11, 2012, was directly to blame for the deaths of US Ambassador Christopher Stevens, a second State […]
NIZHNIY, Novgorod (AFP)–Costa Rica coach Oscar Ramirez admitted he was unsure about his future after his team exited the World Cup Wednesday and he faces becoming the first World Cup managerial casualty. Ramirez has been under growing pressure back home after a disappointing Costa Rica followed up their 2014 quarter-final heroics by falling at the first hurdle this time round. Their 2-2 draw with Switzerland on Wednesday was their only point gained at this World […]
(Eagle News) — The alleged leader of a drug syndicate was killed in a buy-bust operation in Laguna on Thursday, June 28, the police said. Authorities said Gaudencio Rojo III, leader of the Rojo Drug Group, was killed by police who retaliated after he shot at them upon sensing he was transacting with a police-poseur buyer in Barangay San Vicente, San Pedro, past 12 a.m. The police said Rojo died as he was being brought to […]
(Eagle News) — Only one of four Filipinos are aware of the federal system of government, a recent Social Weather Stations survey found. The survey, done from March 23 to 27, 2018, also found that 75% only learned about it when the poll was conducted. According to the SWS, awareness about the federal system of government was highest in Mindanao at 37%, followed by Metro Manila at 28%, Visayas at 22%, and Balance Luzon at 20%. The […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP)–Brazil cruised through to the World Cup last 16 on Wednesday, topping Group E to set up a match against Mexico as Switzerland also progressed to the first knockout round where they will face Sweden. Five-time winners Brazil beat Serbia 2-0 in Moscow while the Swiss drew 2-2 against Costa Rica in Nizhny Novgorod.
KAZAN, Germany (AFP)–Holder Germany sensationally crashed out of the World Cup on Wednesday in one of the biggest shocks in the tournament’s history — failing to make it past the opening round for the first time since 1938. In a stunning reverse by the footballing superpower who have reached either the final or semi-finals of every World Cup since 2002, the Germans stumbled to a 2-0 loss to South Korea that left them rooted to […]
(Eagle News) — A man ran amok in Parañaque City on Wednesday, June 27, and stabbed his partner and two others. A police report said their personnel engaged the suspect, known only as Celso, in a firefight after he was caught stabbing his partner Roma Tubania, Rose Ann Dela Cruz, and Jerwin Ursal, 16, in Barangay San Dionisio at 4:30 p.m. The police said the victims and the suspect were rushed to the hospital for treatment. […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea is carrying out rapid improvements to its nuclear research facility, a monitor said on Wednesday, despite declaring a commitment to denuclearisation of the peninsula at the Singapore summit. The nuclear-armed North’s leader Kim Jong Un promised to “work toward” the goal at a landmark summit in the city-state earlier this month with US President Donald Trump. But the Singapore meeting failed to clearly define denuclearisation or produce […]
Gervin Rovelo Jr. Eagle News Service MADRID, España — El presidente del Gobierno de España anunció el miércoles, el 27 de junio, el arranque de un compromiso que tendrá al país europeo recibiendo más fondos de la Unión Europea para afrontar la migración de refugiados. “Les adelanto que después de las conversaciones ayer con la canciller (alemana, Angela) Merkel y el presidente de la República Francesa, (Emmanuel Macron) España obtendrá más recursos económicos también para reforzar ese […]
