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Duterte camp: Separate inauguration favors Robredo
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The camp of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday evening, June 15, explained that it will favor Vice President-elect Leni Robredo if she is inaugurated separately from...
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Yemen peace talks broach military, security concerns – UN
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait – Yemen's warring parties have discussed forming military and security committees to oversee a transition period aimed at ending 14 months of fighting, the UN special envoy said...
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Trump signals could bar gun sales for terror suspects
WASHINGTON DC, USA – Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump signalled Wednesday, June 15, he could support banning people on terror watch lists from purchasing guns, a move that would place him in...
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IT worker at Panama Papers firm arrested in Geneva – report
GENEVA, Switzerland – An information technology worker at the Geneva office of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the center of the Panama Papers scandal, has been arrested, Switzerland's Le Temps...
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Panelo is now Duterte's chief legal counsel
MANILA, Philippines – President-elect Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Ampatuan lawyer Salvador Panelo as his chief presidential legal counsel.Panelo had been named presidential spokesperson in mid-May,...
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PH gov't, communists to resume talks in July
MANILA, Philippines – Laughter, hugs, and handshakes sealed the first joint statement of the members of the negotiating panels of incoming President-elect Rodrigo Duterte's administration and the...
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SpaceX launches satellites but fails to recover rocket
WASHINGTON DC, USA – SpaceX successfully launched two satellites into orbit on Wednesday, June 15, but failed in an attempt to land the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket undamaged on a barge in the...
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Bangladesh arrests Islamist militant over publisher attack
DHAKA, Bangladesh – An Islamist militant suspected of attacking a publisher last year has been arrested, Bangladesh police said Thursday, June 16, in what they described as an important breakthrough in...
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China blamed for ASEAN U-turn on South China Sea
MANILA, Philippines – Chinese pressure was blamed Thursday, June 16, for a stunning diplomatic U-turn by Southeast Asian Nations that saw them retract a statement sounding alarm over Beijing's island...
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Obama to console grieving families in Orlando
ORLANDO, USA – President Barack Obama will offer his support to grieving relatives when he visits Orlando on Thursday, June 16, in the aftermath of a mass shooting at a gay nightclub.Obama, traveling...
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Robredo thanks parents of Kariton Klasrum kids for valuing education
MANILA, Philippines – Vice President-elect Leni Robredo on Thursday, June 16, hailed parents of out-of-school children who successfully completed the Kariton Klasrum program of the Department of...
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India police detain key suspect over student's rape, murder
NEW DELHI, India – Indian police have detained the main suspect in the brutal rape and murder of a student in Kerala, the state's top official said Thursday, June 16, after authorities were accused of...
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Overstaying Pinay, lover hid kids in Hong Kong for 19 years
HONG KONG – A Filipina was sentenced to a jail term of 12 months on Monday, June 13, for overstaying in Hong Kong for 20 years.Her Filipino partner got a similar but suspended sentence for aiding and...
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Pakistani woman 'throws acid on boyfriend for refusing marriage'
MULTAN, Pakistan – A Pakistani woman allegedly threw acid on her boyfriend causing life-threatening injuries after he refused to marry her, officials said Thursday, and was arrested in a rare case of a...
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LOOK: Duterte transition team visits Malacañang
MANILA, Philippines – Members of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte's transition team on Thursday, June 16, paid a visit to Malacañang, where President Benigno Aquino III gave them a tour. In a message to...
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ISIS still 'committing genocide' against Yazidis – UN probe
GENEVA, Switzerland – Islamic State jihadists are still committing genocide against the Yazidi minority in Iraq and Syria, United Nations rights investigators said Thursday, June 16."Genocide has...
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LIVESTREAM: Manila Defense and Security Symposium
MANILA, Philippines – Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio is set to discuss the Philippines' maritime case against China during the Manila Defense and Security Symposium on Friday,...
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China axes Taiwanese children's choir trip
TAIPEI, Taiwan – China has axed a visit by a popular Taiwanese children's choir after they sang the national anthem at the inauguration of the island's new president, as ties between the rivals grow...
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Top EU leaders to meet day after Brexit vote – sources
BRUSSELS, Belgium – Top European Union leaders are to hold special talks in Brussels the day after Britain's referendum on membership in the bloc, European sources said on Thursday, June 16.EU...
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Desert telescope stakes out supermassive black hole
PARIS, France – First postulated more than 230 years ago, black holes have been extensively researched, frequently depicted, even featured in sci-fi films.We've all seen the artists' impressions and...
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