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Four wounded in attack on Iraqi military base that houses US forces

Reuters
Posted at Jan 13 01:53 AM

Four people were wounded on Sunday in an attack on Balad air base in northern Iraq which houses US personnel. Read more »

Boeing brings back humans after automation problems on 777 assembly

Reuters
Posted at Nov 15 08:35 AM

The world's biggest planemaker said it had stopped using robots for the forward and rear sections of the fuselage. According to industry sources, the system had caused problems with reliability and rework issues. Read more »

Robredo clarifies stand on 'drug war', says it needs to be reassessed, not halted

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 28 08:49 AM

 Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday said she called on the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte to reassess its anti-narcotics campaign--not to "stop" the campaign as was earlier reported by a wire news agency. Read more »

China smartphone maker Vivo scraps ties with NBA

Reuters
Posted at Oct 08 06:55 PM

Chinese smartphone maker Vivo said on Tuesday it will suspend all cooperation with the National Basketball Association (NBA), joining a series of Chinese firms cutting ties with the league following a tweet by a Houston Rockets executive supporting Hong Kong's protesters. Read more »

Death toll in Nepal floods rises to 55, thousands displaced

Gopal Sharma, Reuters
Posted at Jul 15 12:40 AM

KATHMANDU - The death toll in Nepal from flash floods and landslides in the past three days rose to 55 on Sunday, with dozens missing and injured, the government said. Read more »

Quake with 7.3 magnitude strikes in eastern Indonesia -USGS

Reuters
Posted at Jul 14 08:43 PM

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the Moluccas islands in eastern Indonesia on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported, causing panic among residents, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 7, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 08 12:14 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

‘Rare glimmer of hope’: Reactions to release of journalists from Myanmar prison

Reuters
Posted at May 07 07:51 PM

Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, jailed in Myanmar after they were convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act, walked free from prison on Tuesday. Read more »

Lady Gaga takes on 'Camp' at Met Gala in gowns, underwear

Melissa Fares, Reuters
Posted at May 07 12:27 PM

Pop superstar Lady Gaga made a grand entrance at New York's annual Met Gala on Monday (US time). Read more »

Reuters reporters freed

Ann Wan, Reuters
Posted at May 07 11:59 AM

Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo walk free from Insein prison after receiving a presidential pardon in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday. Read more »

Fire at Bangkok shopping mall kills 3; 8 others hurt

Reuters
Posted at Apr 10 10:00 PM

BANGKOK - A fire at a shopping center in Bangkok killed three people and injured at least eight, police said on Wednesday, adding that firefighters had brought the blaze under control. Read more »

Battle rages for Libya's capital, airport bombed

Reuters
Updated as of Apr 08 11:03 PM

TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI (UPDATED) - A warplane attacked Tripoli's only functioning airport on Monday as eastern forces advancing on Libya's capital disregarded global appeals for a truce in the latest of a cycle of warfare since Muammar Gaddafi's fall in 2011. Read more »

South Korea arrests 2 for spy cameras inside motels

Hyonhee Shin, Reuters
Posted at Mar 21 10:59 PM

SEOUL - South Korean police have arrested two men for using illegal spy cameras at motels to film and livestream videos of about 1,600 guests, raking in about 7 million won ($6,200) over the past three months, police said on Wednesday. Read more »

Dutch police hunt for Turkish man after three shot dead in tram

Bart H. Meijer, Reuters
Updated as of Mar 18 11:06 PM

UTRECHT, Netherlands - A gunman shot dead three people and wounded nine on a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht on Monday and police said they were hunting for a 37-year-old Turkish man in an apparent terrorist attack. Read more »

One feared dead in Dutch tram shooting in possible terrorist attack - authorities

Bart H. Meijer, Reuters
Updated as of Mar 18 10:56 PM

AMSTERDAM - Dutch police said several people had been shot in a tram in the central city of Utrecht on Monday and that there may have been a "terrorist motive". Read more »

Myanmar Reuters journalists lose appeal against 7-year sentence

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 11 05:22 PM

YANGON - A Myanmar judge dismissed an appeal Friday by two Reuters journalists jailed for seven years while investigating atrocities committed against the Rohingya, dashing slim hopes that the pair could be freed early. Read more »

Myanmar Reuters journalists to hear appeal decision

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 11 12:14 PM

Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar over their investigation of atrocities committed against the Rohingya will learn Friday if an appeal against their conviction has succeeded. Read more »

Inflation seen easing to 6-month low in December: poll

Reuters
Posted at Jan 03 10:44 AM

The median forecast in a poll of 10 economists was for the consumer price index to have risen 5.6 percent in December from a year earlier, which would be within the BSP's 5.2 to 6 percent projection for the month. Read more »

China factory activity shrinks for first time in over 2 years, 2019 looks tougher

Ryan Woo and Lusha Zhang, Reuters
Posted at Dec 31 04:24 PM

BEIJING -- China's factory activity contracted for the first time in over two years in December, highlighting the challenges facing Beijing as it seeks to end a bruising trade war with Washington and reduce the risk of a sharper economic slowdown in 2019. Read more »

'Thumbs up' pics for Myanmar Reuters reporters as they mark year in jail

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 12 05:09 PM

Messages of solidarity poured in Wednesday from around the world on the one-year anniversary of the arrest of two Myanmar Reuters journalists who exposed a massacre of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state.  Read more »