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Residents in a Chinese city near the North Korean border said they have no way to protect themselves in the face of Pyongyang’s recent nuclear weapons test. North Korea carried out a nuclear test on Wednesday (January 6), although the U.S. government and weapons experts doubt Pyongyang’s assertion that the device it exploded was a powerful hydrogen bomb. The test angered both the United States and China, which was not given prior notice. Residents in […]
Paraguayan state prosecutors on Thursday (January 7) raided the headquarters of South American soccer confederation CONMEBOL after a request for cooperation from U.S. justice officials probing corruption inside world soccer, the prosecution office said. CONMEBOL lawyer Cristóbal Cáceres said the raid was linked to the case pending in the United States against former long-time confederation chief Nicolás Leoz, who was indicted for corruption and is facing extradition. Caceres said CONMEBOL was cooperating. “We are following […]
South Korea said on Friday (January 8) it was not yet considering shutting down the Kaesong industrial complex run jointly with North Korea, located north of the rivals’ border, after the North’s latest nuclear test this week. “We’re not at the stage that we can say whether we will close (the Kaesong Industrial Complex) or pull out (people),” said South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman, Jeong Joon-hee, at a news briefing. The Unification Ministry also said […]
Colombia’s Juan Manuel Santos responded to critcism from the rights group, Human Rights Watch, in relation to a justice accord with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), saying that ‘perfect accords’ don’t exist. The rights group likened an accord signed between the government and the rebels in mid-December to a ‘impunity piñata’. The pact establishes that FARC members, military personnel and even civilians who accept resposibility for crimes committed during the conflict and truthfully […]
The government will activate an existing mechanism if ever the conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran escalates, Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said on Thursday. Coloma noted that the government has standard policies and procedures in countries where there are large concentrations of Filipinos, as part of its assistance to Filipino nationals. Nearly one million Filipinos are working or staying in Saudi Arabia. “Nariyan ang ating mga Embahada, Consulada, meron ding mga tanggapan ang ibang […]
Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro slammed on Thursday (January 7) the recent removal of images of socialist leader and former president Hugo Chavez from the new opposition-led Congress. Furious after this week’s unceremonious removal of the giant Chavez photos, Maduro berated the president of the National Assembly, Henry Ramos, saying the move was an insult to 19th century independence hero, Simon Bolivar. “That which happened yesterday [in reference to removal of Chavez photos from Congress] is part […]
As Hollywood’s inner industry circles prepare to hand out their gongs during award season, The People’s Choice Awards held their own democratic awards at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday (January 6). The show was hosted by ‘Glee’s Jane Lynch, who after doing a song and dance number, honored actor Tom Lennon then promptly gave him first runner up in favor of Miss Colombia – a nod to the recent awards mix-up […]
The Philippines on Thursday (January 7) rejected China’s test flights on an artificial island in the disputed Spratlys, expressing concern over the imposition of an air defence identification zone in the South China Sea. On Wednesday (January 6), China landed two test flights on Fiery Cross Reef, four days after it angered Vietnam with a landing on the same runway in the disputed territory, actions that further raised tensions in the region. “If this is […]
Oil lurched to new 12-year lows before paring some losses on Thursday, with some traders betting a rout triggered by fears over China demand and swelling U.S. stockpiles had run its course, for now. Global benchmark Brent crude fell as much as 6 percent to nearly $32 a barrel, its lowest level since at least April 2004, as another free fall in the Chinese stock market rattled investors already concerned by the world glut in […]
French police shot dead a man wielding a meat cleaver after he tried to enter a police station on Thursday, the anniversary of militant attacks in Paris, wearing what turned out to be a fake suicide belt. The Paris prosecutor said the man had also been carrying a mobile phone and sheet of paper bearing the Islamic State flag and claims of responsibility by the militant group written in Arabic. He has yet to be […]
BERLIN German automaker Volkswagen AG assumes it will have to buy back about 115,000 cars in the United States as a result of the emissions scandal, a newspaper reported on Thursday. Without citing its sources, Germany’s daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung said the company expected it would have to either refund the purchase price of a fifth of the diesel vehicles affected or offer a new car at a significant discount. Volkswagen expects that the rest of […]
The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said the El Niño affecting the country would continue to upset planting schedules in central and southern Philippines until the first half of 2016. PAGASA said the country will experience warmer than normal air temperature as a result. The country is also projected to have below normal rainfall, possibly leading to dry spell and drought conditions in most part of the country until the first quarter […]
