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Coronavirus infections pass 110,000 worldwide: AFP tally

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 09 09:16 PM

The number of cases of novel coronavirus worldwide has crossed 110,000 people in 100 countries and territories with more than 3,800 dead, according to an AFP tally on Monday. Read more »

German virus patient is case of human-to-human transmission in Germany

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 28 06:10 PM

Germany's first confirmed coronavirus patient caught the disease from a Chinese colleague who visited Germany last week, officials said on Tuesday, in the first human-to-human transmission on European soil, according to an AFP tally. Read more »

Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano belches fiery cloud

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 13 02:12 AM

Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano dramatically spewed a fiery cloud of ash and rock into the sky Thursday, though it did not prompt authorities to raise their eruption alert level. Read more »

Dark matter and exoplanet discoveries win Nobel Physics Prize

Johannes Ledel, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 08 09:07 PM

Canadian-American cosmologist James Peebles and Swiss astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz on Tuesday won the Nobel Physics Prize for research that increases the understanding of our place in the Universe. Read more »

Austrian kills teenage ex, her family and new boyfriend

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 07 12:26 AM

An Austrian man killed his ex-girlfriend, three members of her family and her new boyfriend in a pre-dawn shooting spree Sunday at an upscale ski resort, police said. Read more »

Embattled Hong Kong leader set for town hall meeting

Yan Zhao, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 26 06:00 PM

"No matter what your stands and opinions are, I believe we have a common goal -- for the interest of Hong Kong," chief executive Carrie Lam said in a Facebook post. Read more »

China buys 'considerable' amount of US pork, soybeans

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 26 05:26 PM

Beijing said Thursday it had bought a "considerable" amount of US pork and soybeans, the latest sign of appeasement between the two sides in the drawn-out trade war. Read more »

Indonesia issues tsunami warning after 6.9 magnitude quake

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 08 03:45 AM

A strong, magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off Indonesia on Sunday, the US Geological Survey reported, triggering a tsunami warning and sending panicked residents fleeing from their homes. Read more »

Lalaking nagkamali sa pagboto, tinaga ang daliri

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 20 12:41 AM

Simbolo lang ang ginagamit bilang pagpipilian ng mga botante. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, this is not a photo of Paolo Duterte taking his shirt off

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 16 06:08 PM

The claim is false; the photo contained in the post shows an ex-adviser to the president, not his son. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, Duterte's allies are not endorsing Otso Diretso

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 09 06:09 PM

A photo shared hundreds of times on Facebook purports to show two senators allied with Duterte endorsing opposition candidates in May's midterm election.  Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, this is not a bridge in the Philippines

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 28 08:57 PM

Facebook posts shared thousands of times contain multiple photos of bridges alongside references to a planned infrastructure project connecting two Philippine towns including the phrases "open bridge" and "we can now roam around". Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, this man is not the suspect in the Cebu rape-slay case

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 21 05:27 PM

Images shared more than 10,000 times on Facebook claim to show a man arrested for killing and mutilating a 16-year-old girl in the Philippines.  Read more »

'We need to eat': Filipino boy shares struggle to feed his family

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 20 09:00 PM

Thirteen-year-old Reymark Cavesirano collects left over herring onboard a fishing boat anchored at the mouth of Manila Bay off Navotas City in suburban Manila. Read more »

FACT CHECK: Catholic Church not calling for restoration of death penalty

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 20 07:40 PM

A photo shared tens of thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts claims to show members of the Philippine clergy holding a banner supporting the restoration of the death penalty.  Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, this is not a photo of Mar Roxas drinking from a plate

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 14 08:16 PM

A photo of Philippine politician Manuel ‘Mar’ Roxas purportedly drinking water from a plate has been viewed or shared millions of times online since 2015, and has been used by a rival to mock him ahead of 2019 elections . The photo is not genuine; it is a manipulated version of an original in which there is no plate. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, this book is not questioning Robredo's intelligence

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 12 08:14 PM

A photo which has been shared thousands of times on Facebook purportedly shows the cover of a book in which Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo’s children question their mother’s intelligence. The photo has been doctored, the original image shows a children’s book about Robredo's late husband. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, these bishops do not pray in front of statue of Corazon Aquino

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 31 08:41 PM

An image that has been shared more than 1,000 times on Facebook is false, as it fabricates the scene by combining parts of at least three unrelated photos. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, India did not declare a holiday in honor of Duterte's visit

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 31 07:12 PM

A post which has been shared tens of thousands of times on Facebook claims that India declared a holiday in honor of a visit from Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, the new national ID is not yet available

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 30 07:10 PM

A Facebook post that has been shared tens of thousands of times claims that a new Philippine national identity card is now available. Philippine authorities said the claim is false and the application process for the new national ID card has not yet begun. Read more »