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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 7, 2019

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

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‘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 »

China detains 10 after October protests by military veterans

Reuters
Posted at Dec 09 09:28 AM

Chinese authorities in the eastern province of Shandong have detained 10 people who were involved in protests by military veterans in early October, state media said on Sunday. Read more »

Huawei arrest stokes fears of China reprisals among America Inc. execs

Fanny Potkin and Adam Jourdan, Reuters
Posted at Dec 08 05:40 PM

At a closed-door security meeting of US companies in Singapore on Thursday, one topic was high on the agenda: the arrest of a top executive at Chinese tech giant Huawei and the potential backlash on American firms operating in China. Read more »

Thomson Reuters announces 3,200 job cuts over 2 years

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 05 06:42 AM

MONTREAL, Canada - Financial data and news agency Thomson Reuters announced Tuesday cuts of 3,200 jobs and dozens of office closures worldwide over the next 2 years as part of a restructuring. Read more »

Canada's murder rate hits near 10-year high in 2017 on gun deaths

Reuters
Posted at Nov 22 09:48 AM

Canada's murder rate in 2017 jumped by 7 percent to a near 10-year high and gun-related deaths were the highest in 25 years, Statistics Canada said on Wednesday. Read more »

Ex-Panama president's sons detained in Miami on corruption charges

Elida Moreno, Reuters
Posted at Nov 22 07:57 AM

PANAMA CITY - The two sons of jailed former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli have been arrested in Miami and face extradition back home on money-laundering charges, Panama's attorney general said on Wednesday. Read more »

Pence presses Myanmar's Suu Kyi to pardon Reuters journalists-official

Reuters
Posted at Nov 14 06:21 PM

US Vice President Mike Pence pressed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi "multiple times" on Wednesday to pardon 2 Reuters journalists jailed in her country, a senior White House official said. Read more »