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S.Korean reporters cleared for North nuke site visit: Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Pyongyang has given South Korean reporters a last-minute green-light to witness the slated demolition of North Korea’s nuclear test site, Seoul said Wednesday. Pyongyang announced earlier this month that it planned to “completely” destroy the Punggye-ri facility in the country’s mountainous northeast. The demolition is due to take place sometime between Wednesday and Friday, depending on the weather, according to the North. A handful of foreign journalists, including from South […]

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DOF chief Dominguez seeks congressional nod for 2nd tax reform package

  (Eagle News) — Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has called on lawmakers to proceed with approving the Duterte administration’s proposed reforms on corporate taxation and the modernization of investment incentives, which comprise the government’s second tax reform package. In pushing for the passage of the next phase of the tax reform law, Dominguez said that TRAIN had been “unfairly blamed for the elevated inflation rate.” He said the impact on prices of the first […]

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Fourteen priests linked to Chile sex abuse stripped of duties

SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) — Fourteen priests involved in a sex abuse scandal in Chile — which has rocked Catholic Pope Francis’ papacy — were stripped of their priestly duties Tuesday. “Fourteen priests no longer are allowed to carry out their duties… These priests have taken part in actions that may be civilian crimes as well as within the church,” the bishop’s office in the city of Rancagua said. Just Friday, 34 Chilean bishops announced their […]

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Texas begins talks on preventing school shootings

CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott met Tuesday with experts and politicians to discuss how to prevent school shootings, five days after a teenage gunman killed 10 people at a high school in the southern US state. Abbott, a Republican, focused the first of three “roundtable sessions” on school safety. Over the next two days, gun regulation, mental health issues, and victims’ needs are also on the agenda. The talks came in […]

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Two sportscar-sized satellites in orbit to measure Earth’s water

by Ivan Couronne Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A SpaceX rocket Tuesday blasted off a duo of sports car-sized satellites built by the US and Germany to reveal changes in sea level rise, ice melt and drought on Earth. “Three, two, one, liftoff!” said a SpaceX commentator as the Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 12:47 pm Pacific time (1947 GMT). The $521 million payloads, called […]

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Trump says Kim summit could be delayed

by Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump warned Tuesday his landmark summit with Kim Jong Un may be delayed but insisted the North Korean leader is “serious” about denuclearization. Hosting South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the White House, Trump did little to quell speculation about the wavering prospects of a historic first summit between US and North Korean leaders. “It may not work out for June […]

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World faces ‘staggering’ obesity challenge: study

  PARIS, France (AFP) — In 27 years from now, almost a quarter of the global population will be obese, researchers said Wednesday, warning of the mounting medical bill. If current trends continue, 22 percent of people in the world will be obese by 2045, up from 14 percent last year, according to research presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Vienna. One in eight people, up from one in 11, will have type […]

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‘I’m sorry’, Facebook boss tells European lawmakers

  by Lachlan Carmichael Agence France Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg apologized to the European Parliament on Tuesday for the “harm” caused by a huge breach of users’ data and by a failure to crack down on fake news. But Zuckerberg’s appearance failed to satisfy MEPs who accused him of dodging questions and criticised a format that gave the parliament’s political leaders far more time to give long-winded speeches. His livestreamed […]

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Death toll in DR Congo Ebola outbreak now at 27; authorities start administering prototype vaccine

  KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) — The death toll from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has risen to 27, the health ministry said on Tuesday, after a fatality was recorded in a city on the front line of the outbreak. The death, which involved a person confirmed by lab tests as having the viral disease, occurred in Wangata, a district of Mbandaka, the ministry said in a press release. So far, there […]

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Watch: Meghan’s wedding dress designer says Duchess of Sussex was “so genuine, warm” on dress collaboration

https://youtu.be/49C9pNaaWHg   The designer of the elegant wedding dress of Meghan Markle, British designer for Givenchy Claire Waight Keller, said that the Duchess of Sussex was “genuine and warm” and “an absolute joy” to work with. In an interview with Agence France Presse, Clare Waight Keller, a British designer who last year became the first female artistic designer of Givenchy, also observed that Meghan was a strong woman who knew what she wanted. “She is […]

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Retired Ozamiz prosecutor shot dead

(Eagle News) — A retired Ozamiz prosecutor was shot dead on Tuesday, May 22. Geronimo S. Marabe, Jr. was driving his car  in Barangay 50th District in Ozamiz City when he was shot by at least four men around 10:30 a.m. He was pronounced dead in the hospital. According to Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde, Marabe’s killing may have something to do with the cases he used to handle when he was still prosecuting. The PNP […]

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Albayalde: Hapilon aide nabbed in Sulu

(Eagle News)– A trusted aide of slain Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon has been arrested by police. Philippine National Police chief Dir. Gen. Oscar D. Albayalde said Hashim Abtaid was nabbed in Jolo, Sulu around 7 p.m. Abtaid was implicated in the kidnapping workers of Golden Harvest plantation in Barangay Tairan, Tam-Awan, Basilan in 2001. He is also facing other cases such as serious illegal detention.        

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