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Chinese firm behind racist detergent ad tells critics to lighten up
BEIJING, China – A Chinese detergent commercial showing a black man stuffed into a washing machine and transformed into a fair-skinned Asian provoked outrage this week, but the company behind the clip...
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Cebu City acting mayor denies stopping hospital assistance
CEBU, Philippines – Acting Cebu City mayor Margot Osmeña denied allegations that she stopped the City's Hospitalization Assistance and Medicine Program (CHAMP).CHAMP, an existing program under the...
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Putin wraps up Greek trip with Russian monastery visit
KARYES, Greece – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, May 28, wraps up a two-day trip to Greece by visiting the monastic community of Mount Athos, one of Orthodox Christianity's holiest sites....
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Robredo to assure Duterte of '100% support, cooperation'
MANILA, Philippines – Vice President-elect Leni Robredo will seek a courtesy visit to President-elect Rodrigo Duterte after they are officially proclaimed as winners in their respective electoral races...
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25-year-old on his successful mayoral bid: A victory for the youth
MANILA, Philippines – When 25-year-old Christian Sorongon announced his plan to run for mayor of New Lucena, he wasn't taken seriously because of his age. Then there was the fact that he was going up...
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Spain arrests seven over theft of Bacon paintings
MADRID, Spain – Spanish police said Saturday, March 28, they had arrested seven people suspected of involvement in the theft of five paintings worth 25 million euros ($27.8 million) by renowned British...
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NASA tries again to inflate spare room in space
WASHINGTON DC, USA – NASA tried again Saturday, May 28, to inflate an add-on room at the International Space Station, after the first attempt ran into problems due to too much friction.Efforts to...
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Brexit: A long, complicated divorce
BRUSSELS, Belgium – A British exit from the European Union would plunge the two parties into a messy divorce and force them build a new relationship after a marriage of more than 40 years.Here are the...
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Rescuers find 4th body after Thailand speedboat accident
BANGKOK, Thailand – The body of a British man missing for four days after a tourist speedboat crashed in southern Thailand was found Sunday, May 29, on rocks close to where the boat went down, bringing...
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Conservative Ali Larijani reelected as Iran parliament speaker – official
TEHRAN, Iran – Moderate conservative Ali Larijani Sunday, May 29, 2016, easily won reelection as speaker of the Iranian parliament with 173 votes against 103 for his reformist opponent Mohammad Reza...
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Duterte to send Bello, Dureza to Europe for talks with CPP
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Rodrigo Duterte plans to send Silvestre "Bebot" Bello III and Jesus Dureza to Oslo, Norway to initiate peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).Jose Maria...
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Japan's Abe may leave tax hike to next PM – reports
TOKYO, Japan – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe intends to push back his debt-loaded country's next tax hike for two and a half years, when he will likely have left office, reports said Sunday, May...
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Duterte: My working hours will be from 1 pm to 12 am
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Get ready for a nocturnal president.Rodrigo Duterte said he intends to report to work as president of the Philippines at 1 pm and work until midnight, if need be.During a...
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Changing mindsets: Teaching financial literacy to OFWs in HK
HONG KONG – In a crowded street in central Hong Kong, overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) line up in front of pawnshops and loan agencies. The crowd starts to thicken even before the offices open. For...
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Philippine police kill 3 more drug suspects
MANILA, Philippines – The police have killed 3 drug suspects in a shootout, officials said Sunday, May 29, the latest such deaths after the election of tough anti-crime firebrand Rodrigo Duterte as...
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What will happen in Duterte, Robredo proclamation?
MANILA, Philippines – Before the new administration officially takes over on June 30, there's the proclamation of the newly-elected president and vice president.The proclamation will be held on Monday,...
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Iran says to miss hajj, Saudi 'blocking path to Allah'
TEHRAN, Iran (UPDATED) – Iran said Sunday, May 29, its pilgrims will miss the pilgrimage this year because Saudi Arabia, custodian of Islam's holiest sites, was raising obstacles and "blocking the path...
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40 children drown as shipwrecks claim up to 700, survivors say
ROME, Italy (UPDATED) – A week of shipwrecks and death in the Mediterranean culminated Sunday, May 29, with harrowing testimony from migrant survivors who said another 500 people including 40 children...
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17 die in fire at Ukraine home for elderly
LITOCHKY, Ukraine (UPDATED) – Seventeen people died when an unlicensed home for elderly people outside the Ukrainian capital Kiev caught fire in the early hours of Sunday, May 29, a fresh tragedy to...
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10 killed in Bangladesh local election violence
DHAKA, Bangladesh – At least 10 people have been killed and thousands injured in clashes between supporters and candidates of rival parties during the latest Bangladesh local elections, police and poll...
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