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Duterte fuels hope as PH, China mark 41 years of ties
MANILA, Philippines – Exactly 41 years ago, then Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai formally established diplomatic relations between the Philippines and China. The...
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Malaysia makes arrests in immigration department scandal
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysian police said Thursday, June 9, more than 10 people have been arrested after an investigation found immigration department staff had colluded with criminal groups to...
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UN chief slams Duterte's remarks on media killings
UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned incoming Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte's apparent support of extrajudicial killings, voicing particular concern over his...
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Singapore tells foreign firms not to back gay rights rally
SINGAPORE – Singapore has warned Google, Facebook, and Goldman Sachs not to interfere in the conservative city-state's internal affairs after they and other multinational corporate giants sponsored a...
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US adds ISIS ally in Syria to terror blacklist
WASHINGTON, DC, USA – The United States on Thursday, June 9, declared a Syrian group known as the Yarmuk Martyr's Brigade a global terrorist threat.The YMB operates on war-torn Syria's borders with...
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Swiss fighter crashes in Netherlands ahead of air show
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – A Swiss fighter crashed and burst into flames in the northern Netherlands on Thursday, June 9, after hitting another jet during a training session before an air show, officials...
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Italy's Berlusconi to undergo heart surgery
ROME, Italy – Controversial former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, 79, will undergo heart surgery to replace an aortic valve after suffering an attack his doctor said could have killed...
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New debris images examined by MH370 search team
SYDNEY, Australia – Images of 3 new pieces of debris are being examined by Australian search teams looking for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, they said Friday, June 10.One of the items washed...
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Duterte campaign spokesman defends wife’s post in new admin
MANILA, Philippines – The campaign spokesman of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte defended his wife from criticism after she was picked as an agriculture undersecretary of the incoming administration.In...
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Libyan unity forces enter ISIS bastion
TRIPOLI, Libya – The battle for Sirte, the Islamic State (IS, formerly known as ISIS or the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq) group's stronghold in Libya, raged Thursday, June 9, after unity government...
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NPA has 'right' to collect revolutionary tax – NDF
DAVAO, Philippines – The National Democratic Front (NDF) on Wednesday, June 8, asked for public understanding on the revolutionary tax its armed wing collects, saying the New People's Army (NPA) has...
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2005 ConCom members back federalism shift under Duterte
MANILA, Philippines – Eleven years after a consultative commission (ConCom) was formed to study amendments to the 1987 Constitution, its former members are backing the proposal of President-elect...
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Israel bars all Palestinians after Tel Aviv attack – army
JERUSALEM – The Israeli army said Friday, June 10, that it was temporarily barring all Palestinians from entering Israel, stepping up already tough restrictions announced after Palestinian gunmen shot...
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Singapore PM defends government Internet blockage
SINGAPORE – Singapore's prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has defended the country's controversial decision to cut off civil servants' work computers from the Internet, calling the move "absolutely...
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Kurdish rebel group TAK claims Istanbul bombing
ISTANBUL, Turkey (UPDATED) – Militant Kurdish group the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK) on Friday claimed a car bombing in the center of Istanbul that killed 11 people, warning foreign tourists that...
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S. Korea launches military patrol against Chinese fishing boats
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea launched an operation on Friday, June 10, to drive out illegal Chinese fishing boats from neutral waters close to the disputed sea border with the North, in a move that...
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Dozens of Philippine fish species in danger – study
MANILA, Philippines – Dozens of fish species have disappeared or are on the verge of being lost from marine biodiversity hotspot the Philippines, an environmental group said Friday, June 10, citing a...
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Robredo: LP will submit SOCE before June 30
MANILA, Philippines - Vice President-elect Leni Robredo doesn't seem bothered at all by any hiccups preceding the start of her term, even if her party and 2016 standard-bearer failed to submit the...
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US lawmakers pass Puerto Rico debt bill
WASHINGTON, DC, USA – The US House of Representatives has passed a bipartisan bill that is to allow Puerto Rico to restructure its $70 billion debt and avoid a massive default next month.Locked in...
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Justice Carpio: Talks with China OK, if PH wins case
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines can sit down with China for bilateral talks on the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), but only once an arbitral tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, issues a...
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