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Deep changes urged to avoid mass deaths from superbugs
LONDON, United Kingdom – Ten million people could die by 2050 unless sweeping global changes are agreed to tackle increasing resistance to antibiotics, which can turn common ailments into killers, a...
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Catalonia pushes ahead quietly with independence plan
BARCELONA, Spain – Catalonia is pushing ahead more slowly than expected with its independence plan as separatist leaders change tactics and avoid direct confrontation with Madrid in their bid to break...
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Duterte taps Vitaliano Aguirre as justice secretary
MANILA, Philippines – President-elect Rodrigo Duterte has asked high-profile lawyer Vitaliano Aguirre II to serve as justice secretary under his administration.Aguirre, Duterte's fraternity brother and...
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EgyptAir flight MS804 'disappears' from radar
This is a developing story. Please refresh this page for updates.MANILA, Philippines (9th UPDATE) – EgyptAir flight MS804, flying from Paris to Cairo, vanished just minutes away from landing, the...
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What surveys failed to predict in the Senate race
MANILA, Philippines – Pulse Asia Research and the Social Weather Stations both predicted that Senate President Franklin Drilon will top the Senate race, although pre-election polls indicated he would...
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Hong Kong protesters detained after bid to stop China official
HONG KONG, China – Hong Kong student pro-democracy leader Joshua Wong was among 5 protesters detained Thursday, May 19, after they ran onto a motorway to intercept the motorcade of a top Chinese...
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Cagayan de Oro judge survives 2nd slay try in a month
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – A Regional Trial Court (RTC) judge survived a second attempt on his life in just a month in this city on Thursday, May 19.Judge Emmanuel Pasal of RTC Branch 38 in Cagayan...
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2nd Chibok girl found as Nigerian president meets 1st rescued student
ABUJA, Nigeria – A second Chibok schoolgirl has been rescued, Nigeria's army said Thursday, May 19, after President Muhammadu Buhari met the first student to be found and voiced fresh hope for the...
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Air-sea search intensifies for missing EgyptAir plane
CAIRO, Egypt (UPDATED) – A massive search was under way for an EgyptAir plane that disappeared over the Mediterranean with 66 people on board, with suspicions swiftly focusing on a terrorist...
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Clinton declares Trump a 'threat' to US democracy
WASHINGTON DC, USA – Hillary Clinton on Thursday, May 19, blasted her likely general election rival Donald Trump as a threat to US democracy and declared him unqualified to be president, unleashing...
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Paris suspect Salah Abdeslam to face French investigators
PARIS, France – Salah Abdeslam, a surviving member of the group that carried out the Paris attacks in November that killed 130 people, will be questioned by French investigators for the first time on...
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Left’s top choice for DENR: Bayan Muna Representative Zarate
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections has just proclaimed Bayan Muna as among the winning party-list groups in the May 9 elections on Thursday, May 19, but its top nominee as its...
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Taiwan's Tsai calls for 'positive dialogue' with Beijing
TAIPEI, Taiwan (3rd UPDATE) – Taiwan's new president Tsai Ing-wen called for "positive dialogue" with China in her much-anticipated inauguration speech Friday, May 20, striking a conciliatory tone in...
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Opposition in Ottawa assails Trudeau for grabbing, jostling MPs
OTTAWA, Canada – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced a heap of criticism Thursday, May 19, after he elbowed an opposition MP and manhandled another in parliament the previous day.Trudeau...
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Duterte ‘blocking’ Quiboloy’s efforts to help with Cabinet choices
MANILA, Philippines – The camp of Kingdom of Jesus Christ founder Pastor Apollo Quiboloy expressed disappointment with president-elect Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, May 20.According to the religious...
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US adds ISIS branches in Libya, Yemen, Saudi Arabia to its terror list
WASHINGTON DC, USA – The United States has added the Islamic State group's (IS, formerly known as ISIS or the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq) branches in Libya, Yemen and Saudi Arabia to its global...
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Brazilian leader names new CEO of scandal-tainted Petrobras
BRASÍLIA, Brazil – Brazil's acting president Michel Temer on Thursday, May 19, named a new chairman for the scandal-tainted state oil company Petrobras.The new boss is Pedro Parente, a former...
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Ombudsman sacks Cunanan, 5 other GOCC execs over PDAF scam
MANILA, Philippines – Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales has ordered the dismissal of 6 government officials for their involvement in the multi-billion peso Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF)...
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Jury finds movie theater not liable in Colorado shooting
LOS ANGELES, USA – A jury on Thursday, May 19 found that the owner of a Colorado movie theater where a gunman killed 12 people during a Batman premiere in 2012 was not liable for the shooting.Court...
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Kid Peña demands manual recount in Makati mayoral race
MANILA, Philippines – Outgoing acting Makati Mayor Romulo “Kid” Peña Jr has asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to manually recount the votes for the mayoral race in his city, which he lost by...
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