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(Eagle News) — The Quezon City Police District on Thursday, June 21, denied a family’s allegations one of their detainees had died because he was mauled while under their custody. In a statement, the QCPD said the allegations of the family of Genesis Argoncillo alias Tisoy, who was arrested for alarm and scandal on June 15, were “mere conjectures until an autopsy is performed.” According to the QCPD, Dr. Jethiel Fabon had certified there were […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)– Two-time major champion Hubert Green, a 19-time US PGA Tour winner and 2007 World Golf Hall of Fame inductee, has died at age 71, the tour announced Wednesday. Green, who won the 1977 US Open and 1985 PGA Championship, died Tuesday night after a lengthy battle with throat cancer. The American famously took his first major title 41 years ago at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Oklahoma, after being notified by […]
by Gokan Gunes © Agence France-Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — One hundred people listen to presentations crammed into a room in Istanbul, defying the oppressive summer heat and attentively taking notes. Their aim — to ensure Sunday’s elections in Turkey are not marred by election fraud. Opposition parties, associations and members of the public have united in an unprecedented way to organise monitoring of the polling stations to check for any irregularities. With President Recep Tayyip […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday, June 21, threw his support behind President Rodrigo Duterte’s proposal to hold peace talks with the Communist rebels in the Philippines instead. “To me, it makes a lot of sense. I have actually been asking myself for the longest time why we need a third country facilitator and venue to talk peace with our fellow Filipinos,” Lacson said. According to Lacson, “for one, it entails more expenses.” […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government has suspended backchannel talks with the Communist rebels. In a statement, Hernani Braganza, the government’s negotiator for those talks, said the suspension was “pending the three-month review of all signed agreements related to the peace negotiations.” Braganza said the decision was so the government could make use of the three-month period for public consultations. “It is our fervent hope that the consultations will help galvanize public support to peace […]
by Marlowe Hood Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Earth’s intact forests shrank by an area larger than Austria every year from 2014 to 2016 at a 20 percent faster rate than during the previous decade, scientists said Wednesday as the UN unveiled an initiative to harness the “untapped potential” of the land sector to fight climate change. Despite a decades-long effort to halt deforestation, nearly 10 percent of undisturbed forests have been fragmented, […]
by Patrick Galey © Agence France-Presse KALININGRAD, Russia (AFP) — Serbia will attempt to wrap up qualification to the World Cup knockout rounds on Friday as they take on a Switzerland team brimming with confidence after grabbing a draw with Brazil. The Serbs control their own destiny in Group E after an opening 1-0 win against Costa Rica on Sunday, which came courtesy of a stunning Aleksandar Kolarov free-kick. Victory over Switzerland in Kaliningrad on Friday […]
by Paul Handley © Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump ordered an end to the separation of migrant children from their parents on the US border Wednesday, reversing a tough policy under heavy pressure from his fellow Republicans, Democrats and the international community. The spectacular about-face comes after more than 2,300 children were stripped from their parents and adult relatives after illegally crossing the border since May 5 and placed in tent […]
by Julie Charpentrat Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Instagram said Wednesday it now has more than one billion active users, as it unveiled a new long-form video feature in a bid to attract “creators” like those on YouTube. It becomes the fourth Facebook platform to hit the billion-user mark, including the namesake social network with more than two billion users, and the messaging applications WhatsApp and Messenger. Instagram, which had some […]
by Rob Lever with John Biers Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Disney raised its offer for key assets of 21st Century Fox on Wednesday to $71.3 billion to counter a rival bid from Comcast in the latest move in a bidding war that could create a dominant player in the media-entertainment world. The move by Walt Disney Co. comes a week after Comcast, the largest US cable provider and owner of the […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuelan authorities on Wednesday revised to 18 the death toll following a stampede at a crowded Caracas club over the weekend. The deaths occurred after a brawl broke out during a middle school graduation party and someone detonated the tear gas, sending more than 500 people rushing for the exits, said Interior and Justice Minister Nestor Reverol. “The tear gas canister did not cause the death of these 18 people,” he told […]
by Justin Davis Agence France Presse MOSCOW, Russia — A Diego Costa goal handed World Cup hopefuls Spain their first win of the World Cup although dogged Iran came close to causing a major upset on Wednesday. The victory in Kazan puts the 2010 winners on course for the last 16. Costa, who scored twice in a 3-3 opening draw with Portugal in Sochi, courted controversy early in the Group B encounter when he […]
