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Thai soccer team planned to be inside the cave for only an hour

Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Panarat Thepgumpanat, Reuters
Jul 13 04:21 PM

All 12 of the boys and their 25-year-old coach were brought to safety over the course of a three-day rescue. Read more »

Stormy Daniels arrested in Ohio strip club, but charges dismissed

Brendan O'Brien and Bernie Woodall, Reuters
Jul 13 01:43 PM

Stormy Daniels, the porn star who has said she had a sexual encounter with U.S. President Donald Trump, was arrested while performing at an Ohio strip club on Thursday, but the charges were dismissed and her lawyer called the arrest a politically motivated setup. Read more »

Malaysian kicked out of Australia for 'extreme depravity' videos

Agence France-Presse
Jul 13 01:29 PM

PERTH, Australia - A Malaysian tourist was kicked out of Australia Friday after videos showing "extreme sexual depravity and horrific violence" were found on his phone during a routine baggage check at Perth airport. Read more »

Fraudsters scam Nigerians with Russia World Cup passes

Agence France-Presse
Jul 13 12:48 PM

MOSCOW - Fraudsters have tricked scores of Nigerians by selling them football World Cup fan passes to travel to Russia, leaving many stranded and penniless, victims and anti-trafficking campaigners say. Read more »

Air China incident linked to co-pilot smoking e-cigarette - state media

Reuters
Jul 13 12:36 PM

SHANGHAI - An emergency descent by an Air China aircraft after oxygen levels dropped in the cabin has been linked to a co-pilot who was smoking an e-cigarette during the flight, state media said on Friday, citing China's aviation regulator. Read more »

Labor chief wants OFW IDs to double as 'temporary' passports

ABS-CBN News
Jul 13 10:27 AM | Updated Jul 13 10:28 AM

The government is working to have ID cards for Overseas Filipino Workers double as "temporary" passports, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Friday, responding to criticism. Read more »

Portugal parliament approves new gender change law

Agence France-Presse
Jul 13 06:51 AM

The Portuguese parliament on Thursday approved a law that will allow citizens to change their gender and name from the age of 16 without a medical report showing "identity disruption." Read more »

Blast sets off fire outside Egypt's Cairo airport

Reuters
Jul 13 06:25 AM

An explosion ripped through fuel tanks near Egypt's Cairo airport on Thursday evening, igniting a fire in the area, but the country's civil aviation minister said air movement was unaffected. Read more »

Oakley arrested in Las Vegas for cheat attempt: reports

Agence France-Presse
Jul 13 05:23 AM | Updated Jul 13 11:32 AM

Former NBA star Charles Oakley has been arrested in Las Vegas for attempting to cheat while gambling, U.S. reports said Thursday.    Read more »

Ilang passport applicant, nabiktima ng scam

ABS-CBN News
Jul 13 05:09 AM

Pahirapan pa rin ang pagkuha ng passport appointment slot sa DFA kaya maraming aplikante ang pumapatol sa mga fixer. Read more »

U.S. asks U.N. to cut off oil products to North Korea

Agence France-Presse
Jul 13 01:26 AM

The United States is asking the U.N. Security Council to order an immediate halt to all deliveries of refined oil products to North Korea after finding that Pyongyang had violated restrictions on those imports, according to documents seen by AFP on Thursday. Read more »

Putin is a 'competitor', not an 'enemy': Trump

Agence France-Presse
Jul 12 09:36 PM

US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he sees his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as a "competitor", not an "enemy." Read more »

Parents can inherit dead daughter's Facebook account: German court

Agence France-Presse
Jul 12 09:28 PM

Germany is far from the first country to see moral and legal battles over how to deal with digital data whose owners have passed away. Read more »

Coach of rescued Thai soccer team a 'country boy' longing for citizenship

Reuters
Jul 12 09:01 PM

A soccer coach rescued with a 12-member squad of boys this week from a flooded cave in Thailand is a kind and humble young man who loves sports and hopes to become a Thai citizen, a relative and friend said on Thursday. Read more »

'You are my very heart': Wife of diver who died in Thai cave mourns a hero

Amy Sawitta Lefevre, Reuters
Jul 12 06:43 PM

The wife of a former Thai navy diver who died working to rescue a young soccer team trapped for days in a flooded cave said on Thursday she missed him dearly and urged the boys not to blame themselves for his death. Read more »

Thai cave rescue site to become a museum

Agence France-Presse
Jul 12 06:31 PM

The rescue of the "Wild Boars" team was still being celebrated in Thailand as the 12 boys and their 25-year-old coach recovered in a local hospital. Read more »

Pinoy tops international arts and culture tilt in Armenia

Niel Caburnay Tero, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau
Jul 12 01:03 PM

YEREVAN, Armenia - A Filipino student from the Central Philippine University of Iloilo City won first place during the 5th International Competition of Arts and Culture here this month.    Read more »

Japan rains disaster toll rises to 199: government

Agence France-Presse
Jul 12 11:13 AM

TOKYO, Japan - The toll in record rains that have devastated parts of Japan rose Thursday to 199, with dozens still missing, a top government spokesman said.   Read more »

All migrant kids under 5 to be back with parents by Thursday -U.S. official

Tom Hals, Reuters
Jul 12 10:50 AM

All migrant children under age 5 who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border will have been reunited with their parents by early Thursday morning if they were eligible, a Trump administration official said in a statement on Wednesday.   Read more »

Macron, Putin to mix football and diplomacy at World Cup final

Agence France-Presse
Jul 12 07:59 AM | Updated Jul 12 08:11 AM

The meeting with Macron will come a day before Putin sits down with Trump in Helsinki for the first bilateral summit between the two leaders. Read more »

Syrian air defences thwart Israeli missile strike in south -state media

Reuters
Jul 12 06:50 AM

Syrian military air defences thwarted missiles that Israeli aircraft fired at army positions in Quneitra province in the early hours of Thursday, state media said. Read more »

Ebola survivors suffer severe mental, neurological problems

Reuters
Jul 12 01:11 AM

People who survive the deadly Ebola virus can continue to suffer severe psychiatric and neurological problems including depression, debilitating migraines, nerve pain and stroke, according to a study published on Wednesday. Read more »

Thai boys were sedated, stretchered from cave during rescue

Agence France-Presse
Jul 12 12:11 AM

The 12 boys rescued from a Thai cave were sedated and passed on stretchers along the twisting, narrow passageways of the Tham Luang complex, a rescuer said Wednesday as the first footage emerged of an astonishing mission that has captivated the world. Read more »

Out of Tham Luang

AFP Photo
Jul 11 11:08 PM

Video grab from a footage released by the Thai government on Wednesday shows members of the "Wild Boars" football team being treated at a hospital in Chiang Rai. The 12 boys rescued from a cave were "sleeping" on stretchers through the treacherous passageways, a former Thai Navy SEAL told AFP on July 11, giving the first clear details of an astonishing rescue mission that has captivated the world.  Read more »

Japan death toll tops 170 after floods, landslides

Kyodo News
Jul 11 10:43 PM

Hundreds of thousands of people affected by devastating floods and landslides in western Japan continued to struggle with water outages on Wednesday, while the death toll from the country's worst rain-related disaster in decades topped 170 with scores more still missing. Read more »