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French police arrest 4 suspects in gang rape online videos

Agence France-Presse
Oct 17 12:33 AM

French police have arrested four people over a filmed gang-rape of a woman outside a nightclub in southern France which was later posted on social media, a source close to the inquiry said Tuesday. Read more »

US alarmed by China's 'predatory' practices: Mattis

Agence France-Presse
Oct 17 12:26 AM

The United States is alarmed by China's increasingly muscular military presence and "predatory economic practices" towards smaller countries in Asia, defense chief James Mattis has said on his way to the region.   Read more »

'Japan bogus land sale suspect fled to Philippines'

Kyodo News
Oct 17 12:25 AM

Japan police have obtained arrest warrants for 12 men and women over a bogus land sale in which homebuilder Sekisui House Ltd. suffered a loss of about 5.5 billion yen ($49 million), and took some of them into custody Tuesday, investigative sources said.   Read more »

In Canada, greenhouse drops orchids to grow cannabis

Clément Sabourin, Agence France-Presse
Oct 17 12:09 AM

Dressed in white overalls, horticulturists carefully tend to small pot plants lined row after row. Not long ago, orchids were growing in this greenhouse south of Toronto where cannabis plants are now budding. Read more »

US senator accuses Saudi prince of ordering Khashoggi killing

Doina Chiacu, Reuters
Oct 16 11:48 PM

WASHINGTON - US Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican close to President Donald Trump, on Tuesday accused Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of ordering the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and called him a "rogue crown prince" who is jeopardizing relations with the United States. Read more »

13 Filipino war veterans honored in California

Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Oct 16 11:06 PM

Thirteen veterans and 47 surviving families joined Sacramento Filipino veterans for a special congressional medal of honor ceremony at the California state capitol building.   Read more »

Filipino doctor faces up to 50 years in US prison over narcotic drugs

Don Tagala, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Oct 16 11:00 PM

A Filipino doctor in New York was among the doctors and other medical professionals charged with illegal distribution of the highly addictive prescription narcotic oxycodone.   Read more »

Harry and Meghan with a Koala

Dean Lewins, AAP/Pool via Reuters
Oct 16 05:04 PM

Britain's Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, are seen meeting Ruby, a mother Koala who gave birth to koala joey Meghan, named after Her Royal Highness, with a second joey named Harry after His Royal Highness, during a visit to Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday.  Read more »

A week after Hurricane Michael

Saul Loeb, AFP
Oct 16 04:57 PM

Damaged buildings are seen from a helicopter as US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were touring damage from Hurricane Michael on the Florida Panhandle on Monday. Read more »

Trump hangs painting of self at bar with Republican presidents

Agence France-Presse
Oct 16 02:01 PM

In "The Republican Club," a painting by Andy Thomas, an uncharacteristically brawny Donald Trump sports an affable, if slightly pinched smile as he is joined by the likes of Abraham Lincoln, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Teddy Roosevelt and George W. Bush. Read more »

No frisbees! China bans guns, roller skates from year's biggest trade fair

ABS-CBN News
Oct 16 01:03 PM

SHANGHAI - Visitors to China's biggest trade fair of the year can leave their frisbees at home. Read more »

US judge tosses out Stormy Daniels defamation suit against Trump

Agence France-Presse
Oct 16 09:37 AM

President Donald Trump scored his first major legal victory Monday against porn star Stormy Daniels, as a federal US judge rejected her defamation suit against him.   Read more »

Australia mulling embassy move to Jerusalem: PM

Agence France-Presse
Oct 16 08:19 AM

SYDNEY, Australia - Australia is considering moving its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Tuesday, following the lead of US President Donald Trump. Read more »

Facebook to say who pays for UK political adverts

Reuters
Oct 16 07:59 AM

Facebook said on Tuesday that it would require British political adverts posted on its pages to carry disclaimers and identity flags, in an attempt to crack down on the spread of misinformation. Read more »

Prince Harry and pregnant Meghan set for first public outing

Andrew Beatty, Agence France-Presse
Oct 16 06:49 AM

Prince Harry and Meghan are set to make their first public appearance since announcing they are expecting a baby, kicking off a high-profile Pacific trip with a jaunt around dazzling Sydney Harbour Tuesday. Read more »

Climate change? It comes and goes, Trump says

Agence France-Presse
Oct 16 06:44 AM

President Donald Trump, a longtime climate change skeptic, said Monday on a tour of hurricane damage in the southern United States that "something" is happening -- but that the change is not permanent.   Read more »

Flash floods in southern France kill at least 12 people

Reuters
Oct 16 04:42 AM

VILLEGAILHENC, France - At least 12 people died in southwestern France on Monday when some of the worst flash floods in a century turned rivers into raging torrents that engulfed homes and swept away cars.   Read more »

WHO considering global health emergency over DRC Ebola outbreak

Agence France-Presse
Oct 16 03:24 AM

The World Health Organization said Monday its experts will meet this week to determine whether an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo constitutes a global health emergency.   Read more »

Annual US budget deficit hits $779 billion, highest since 2012

ABS-CBN News
Oct 16 03:09 AM

The US budget deficit hit $779 billion in the fiscal year ending September 30, the highest since 2012 and $113 billion more than in the prior year, the Treasury announced Monday. Read more »

Harvard on trial over alleged discrimination against Asians

Agence France-Presse
Oct 16 03:08 AM

Harvard University went on trial Monday over an opaque admissions selection process that critics say discriminates against students of Asian origin. Read more »

Stephen Hawking's final book offers brief answers to big questions

Robin Millard, Agence France-Presse
Oct 16 01:19 AM

Stephen Hawking's final work, which tackles issues from the existence of God to the potential for time travel, was launched on Monday by his children, who helped complete the book after the British astrophysics giant's death. Read more »

King steps in as Saudi Arabia defends itself in Khashoggi case

Agence France-Presse
Oct 16 01:00 AM

Saudi King Salman has begun weighing in to try to defuse the growing crisis over missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as the kingdom goes on the offensive triggering a fierce online media campaign. Read more »

Unfriend: Thai junta leader receives social media pummelling

ABS-CBN News
Oct 16 12:21 AM

An onslaught of negative feedback flooded the official Facebook page of Thailand's premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha a day after it was launched over the weekend, backfiring on the junta leader's attempts to get "suggestions" on the social media platform Read more »

At least 6 killed in France flooding

Eric Cabanis, AFP
Oct 15 08:20 PM | Updated Oct 15 11:46 PM

People monitor the damaged bridge over the Trapel river that collapsed at the Villegailhenc in the Aude department, Southern France on Monday. Read more »

Taiwan invites Pope Francis to visit, following landmark China-Vatican pact

Reuters
Oct 15 06:21 PM

TAIPEI - Taiwan has invited Pope Francis to visit, its President Tsai Ing-wen said, just weeks after the Vatican reached a milestone deal on the appointment of bishops with China, which claims the self-ruled island as its own. Read more »