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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Hackers stole more than $30 million worth of cryptocurrencies from South Korea’s top bitcoin exchange, sending the unit’s price falling around the world on Wednesday. The virtual currency was priced at $6,442 dollars late afternoon in Seoul, down about 4.4 percent from 24 hours earlier, after the latest attack on Bithumb raised concerns over cryptocurrency security. Hyper-wired South Korea has emerged as a hotbed of trading in virtual units, at […]
MASAYA, Nicaragua (AFP) — Nicaraguan police and pro-government paramilitaries moved to reassert control over the city of Masaya by force Tuesday after residents of the opposition bastion declared themselves in rebellion against President Daniel Ortega. Bursts of gunfire resounded in three neighborhoods, including the main entrance to the city, where government forces have gained control, the head of the Nicaraguan Human Rights Association Alvaro Leiva said. Three people were killed in this unrest in Masaya, […]
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP) — The two figures at the centre of the civil war that has ravaged South Sudan are scheduled to meet on Wednesday for the first time in nearly two years. Ethiopia, which has helped broker the meeting, says rebel leader Riek Machar, who fled South Sudan in July 2016, is expected to meet face-to-face with the country’s president, Salva Kiir. The official scope of the talks is broad — to build bridges […]
by Nina LARSON Agence France-Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — A record 68.5 million people have been forced flee their homes due to war, violence and persecution, notably in places like Myanmar and Syria, the UN said on Tuesday. By the end of 2017, the number was nearly three million higher than the previous year and showed a 50-percent increase from the 42.7 million uprooted from their homes a decade ago, according to a report by […]
Ni Ghadzs Rodelas Eagle News Service BATANGAS CITY, Batangas (Eagle News) – Arestado ang mag-ina kabilang ang isa pa nitong kaanak sa isinagawang buy-bust operation sa Batangas City nitong Martes. Nakuha rin kina Circoncicion Andal alyas Mamita, 58, ang kaniyang inang si Estelita Andal alyas Nanay, 82, at ang kaanak ng mga ito na si Danilo Ramos alyas Kalbo ang 58 pakete ng hinihinalang shabu na nagkakahalagang P1.5 milyon at P15,000 ng marked money, ayon […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court decision that granted the quo warranto petition filed against Maria Lourdes Sereno and that led to her ouster as chief magistrate may still be appealed. This is according to Senator Kiko Pangilinan, who issued a statement a day after the SC upheld with finality Sereno’s ouster, with a vote of 8-6. “That is up to the Supreme Court, in the end. Technically, hindi na dapat magkaroon ng ganitong filing […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian equities mostly rose Wednesday but investors struggled to sustain any meaningful recovery after the previous day’s battering, with the shadow of a potentially damaging China-US trade war hanging over markets. Shanghai and Hong Kong took the brunt of the sell-off Tuesday after Beijing warned it would retaliate in kind to Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of Chinese goods amounting to a large […]
(Eagle News) — Ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno is welcome to join the Liberal Party slate if she decides to run for the Senate in 2019, Senator Francis Pangilinan said. According to Pangilinan, the LP president, Sereno “would be a strong addition” if that was the case. “And if she is willing to help us lead and she wishes to lead the opposition, we welcome all efforts at uniting the opposition so that we […]
BILBAO, Spain (AFP) — Italy’s Osteria Francescana was crowned the world’s best restaurant for the second time on Tuesday by an influential list compiled by British trade magazine Restaurant, beating out top eateries in Spain and France. Run by chef Massimo Bottura, the restaurant in Modena, Italy, overtook last year’s winner, New York’s Eleven Madison Park, in the “World’s 50 Best Restaurants” awards, which were handed out in Bilbao in Spain’s northern Basque Country, famous […]
by Becky Davis © Agence France-Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — Kim Jong Un declared North Korea’s unstinting “friendship, unity and cooperation” with Beijing during his third visit to China this year, in a show of loyalty to his main ally following a landmark summit with US President Donald Trump. The two-day visit which ends Wednesday is designed to reassure Beijing that Pyongyang will not neglect its interests as Trump and the young autocrat move into […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed a new commissioner of the Commission on Elections. Comelec-Davao deputy director Marlon Sabucido Casquejo was appointed to the post based on an appointment letter dated June 18. The letter was signed by the President. Casquejo’s term as ad interim commissioner will expire on Feb. 2, 2025.
(Eagle News) — Patuloy na binabantayan ng Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Servics Administration (PAGASA) ang isang low pressure area (LPA) na magdudulot ng pag-ulan sa Bicol Region at eastern Visayas. Huli itong namataan sa layong 100 kilometro sa silangang bahagi ng Daet, Camarines Norte. Dahil dito, nagbabala naman ang PAGASA na ang nasabing LPA ay maaaring magdulot ng pagbaha. Samantala, dahil sa habagat, uulanin din ang ilang bahagi ng Ilocos, Cordillera Regions, Islands of […]
