MANILA (Reuters) – The territorial dispute with Beijing over the South China Sea remained a security challenge despite an improvement in bilateral ties, the Philippine defense chief said on Monday as he accepted three maritime surveillance planes from Japan. Delfin Lorenzana, in a speech at a naval base south of the capital Manila, said the […]
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Japan’s Akie Abe ‘First Lady’ role now puts her in scandal’s spotlight
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s first lady, Akie Abe, once known mainly for embracing progressive causes that put her at odds with her conservative spouse, is now in the hot seat as doubts revive about a murky land sale to a nationalist school to which she had ties. The daughter of a confectionary magnate, Abe has […]
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TTexas serial bomber made video confession before blowing himself up: police
FLUGERVILLE, Texas (Reuters) – The serial bomber whose deadly attacks terrorized Austin, Texas, for weeks left a 25-minute video “confession” on a cell phone found after he blew himself up on Wednesday as officers closed in to make an arrest, police said. Mark Conditt, 23, an unemployed man from the suburb of Pflugerville, detailed how […]
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Philippine police kill 13 drug suspects in daylong raids
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine police said Thursday they killed 13 drug suspects and arrested more than 100 suspected dealers and criminals in one day of raids in a province with a record of bloody crackdowns. The suspects were killed in gunbattles with police in a city and eight towns in Bulacan province just north […]
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Ex-UN climate chief calls for green bonds to hit $1 trillion by 2020
LONDON, 22 MARCH 2018 (CLIMATE HOME) — Christiana Figueres is urging public authorities and corporates to scale up climate-friendly infrastructure investment by 2020, under the “green bond pledge” Cities and companies are being urged to show their commitment to climate-friendly infrastructure investments by signing a “green bond pledge” launched on Tuesday. [restrict] The initiative aims […]
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First support to victims of volcano ash fall in Vanuatu
PORT VILA, 22 MARCH 2018 (VANUATU DAILY POST) — The Pena Provincial Government Council (PPGC) in Vanuatu has delivered its first assistance of food, water and local food to the victims of falling volcano ash in south Ambae, while assessment continues. 90 bags of rice, water and local food have been distributed to areas in […]