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6 dead in protests against Indian citizenship law
GUWAHATI, India –The death toll from violent protests in northeast India against a contentious citizenship law has risen to 6, officials said Sunday, December 15, as authorities maintained internet...
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UK opposition chief Jeremy Corbyn says 'sorry' for election defeat
LONDON, United Kingdom – Britain's main opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn apologized to supporters on Sunday, December 15, for overseeing his Labour party's worst election defeat since before World War...
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IN PHOTOS: Strong Davao del Sur earthquake causes serious damage
MANILA, Philippines – Several buildings in parts of Mindanao were damaged after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Davao del Sur on Sunday, December 15.The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and...
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At least 1 dead in Davao del Sur earthquake
MANILA, Philippines – A 6-year-old girl was confirmed dead in the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck Davao del Sur on Sunday afternoon, December 15.The Philippine Information Agency (PIA) in Davao...
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Calm broken as clashes break out in Hong Kong malls
HONG KONG – Hong Kong police used pepper spray and made multiple arrests on Sunday, December 15, as small groups of black-clad pro-democracy protesters targeted some of the city's malls, ending a rare...
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It's final: Film Dev't Council can't collect amusement tax from LGUs
MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court (SC) affirmed its 2015 decision declaring as unconstitutional the provisions of a law that required local government units (LGUs) to remit collected amusement...
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Ex-PCGG chairman guilty of trying to influence CA justice brother
MANILA, Philippines – The Sandiganbayan found former Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) chairperson Camilo Sabio guilty of trying to pressure his brother regarding a pending case...
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Anger, relief but no joy as U.N. talks limp to an end
MADRID, Spain – A marathon UN summit wrapped up Sunday, Deceber 15, with little to show, squeezing hard-earned compromises from countries over a global warming battle plan that fell well short of what...
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Lebanon interior minister orders probe after protest violence
BEIRUT, Lebanon – Lebanon's Interior Minister Raya El-Hassan on Sunday, December 15, ordered the country's security forces to open a "rapid and transparent" enquiry, after dozens of people in Beirut...
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U.N. chief 'disappointed' by climate talks outcome
UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sunday, December 15, he was "disappointed" by the results of a major UN climate summit in Madrid, calling it a missed opportunity to tackle...
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U.S. secretly expelled 2 Chinese diplomats, report says
WASHINGTON DC, USA – The United States secretly expelled two Chinese embassy officials in September after they drove onto a sensitive military base in Virginia, The New York Times reported Sunday,...
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24 killed in DR Congo gold mine collapse
BUNIA, DR Congo – Twenty-four people were killed when a landslide engulfed a gold mine in DR Congo's eastern Ituri province after days of torrential rain battered the region, an official said Sunday,...
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Smog forces schools shut in Iran
TEHRAN, Iran – Air pollution forced schools to close on Sunday, December 15, in parts of Iran including Tehran, as the capital lay under a thick cloud of smog considered hazardous to health.The...
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READ: Gospel for Simbang Gabi - December 16, 2019
MANILA, Philippines – One of the treasured traditions of the Christmas season in the Philippines is attending of novena Masses leading up to Christmas day, more popularly known as Simbang Gabi (night...
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Pope Francis leads Simbang Gabi: ‘Be smugglers of faith’
MANILA, Philippines – Pope Francis made history by celebrating the Philippines’ traditional Simbang Gabi at the center of global Catholicism, as he acknowledged the role of Filipinos, especially its...
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Double burden of obesity, undernourishment stalks world – report
PARIS, France – Low- and middle-income countries risk seeing their development progress slashed by the double-edged sword of obesity and undernutrition, both caused by a lack of access to affordable...
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U.S. to announce 4,000-troop drawdown from Afghanistan – media
WASHINGTON, DC, USA – The Trump administration will announce as early as this week plans to withdraw around 4,000 troops from Afghanistan, US media reported.Talks between the United States and the...
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U.S. intelligence agencies distrust unpredictable president
WASHINGTON, DC, USA – Donald Trump's relations with his own intelligence services have never been so fraught: the US president doesn't listen to his spy chiefs, doesn't seem to rank his sources, and...
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At least 4 now dead after Davao del Sur earthquake
PADADA, Davao del Sur – Authorities here on Monday, December 16, said 3 people have been confirmed dead, with two of the bodies having been recovered following a magnitude 6.9 earthquake which struck...
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Robredo skips attack on drug war, urges help for quake victims instead
MANILA, Philippines – Vice President Leni Robredo skipped releasing her findings in her brief but highly political stint as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD) on...
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