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5.9-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan's Hokkaido: USGS

Agence France-Presse
Nov 05 07:48 AM

A shallow 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on Monday, the US Geological Survey said. Read more »

Trump, Obama tout clashing visions of US as elections near

John Whitesides, Reuters
Nov 05 07:19 AM | Updated Nov 05 08:43 AM

Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Barack Obama made dueling election appearances on Sunday, offering sharply different views on the country's problems but agreeing on the high stakes for voters in the final 48 hours of a tight campaign.  Read more »

Trump, Democrats in frenzied final push ahead of US elections

Nicholas Kamm and Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Nov 05 07:17 AM

Trump was on a hectic schedule of campaign appearances for Republican candidates 48 hours before Americans deliver their verdict at the ballot box, while former president Barack Obama made a last-ditch appeal for an endangered Senate Democrat in Indiana. Read more »

'Total disaster' as Italy storms kill at least 30

Alessandro Fucarini and Catherine Marcinao, Agence France-Presse
Nov 05 06:36 AM

Floods killed 12 people on the island of Sicily, including nine members of a single family, pushing Italy's week-long storm toll beyond 30, rescuers said Sunday. Read more »

DFA to take deeper look into death of Pinay in Saudi

ABS-CBN News
Nov 04 07:29 PM | Updated Nov 05 12:42 AM

The Department of Foreign Affairs said Sunday it will look into the death of a 44-year-old Filipina worker who was allegedly maltreated in Saudi Arabia. Read more »

15 killed as truck hits 31-car lineup in China

Agence France-Presse
Nov 04 04:23 PM

An out-of-control truck plowed into a 31-car lineup in northwest China killing 15 people and injuring 44, authorities in the city of Lanzhou said Sunday. Read more »

N. Korea warns of returning to nuclear policy

Agence France-Presse
Nov 04 02:28 PM

North Korea has warned the United States it will "seriously" consider returning to a state policy aimed at building nuclear weapons if Washington does not end tough economic sanctions against the impoverished regime.  Read more »

China faces grilling over internment camps at UN review

Eva Xiao, Agence France-Presse
Nov 04 11:52 AM

China will be grilled over its mass detainment of Uighur minorities during a UN human rights review on Tuesday, with Washington leading demands for Beijing to come clean on how many people are held in a sprawling network of camps. Read more »

Nun who lost Philippine deportation battle returns to Australia

Agence France-Presse
Nov 04 11:30 AM | Updated Nov 04 11:31 AM

An elderly Australian nun who lost a long legal battle with Manila to stop her deportation attacked Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's "reign of tyranny" as she returned home Sunday. Read more »

Capo no more, Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' faces the music

Laura Bonilla Cal and Sylvain Estibal, Agence France-Presse
Nov 04 10:22 AM

It is reckoning time for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who will go on trial Monday in New York and faces life in prison if convicted of charges that for 25 years he flooded the United States with tons of cocaine, marijuana, heroin and methamphetamine.  Read more »

Restrictive rules keep millions of Americans from voting

Agence France-Presse
Nov 04 10:20 AM

Millions of Americans will be barred from casting ballots in Tuesday's crucial midterm elections due to electoral rules at the state level, which effectively exclude many minority voters to the detriment of Democrats. Read more »

Saudi billionaire prince Al-Waleed's brother freed from detention

Agence France-Presse
Nov 04 09:56 AM

Saudi authorities have released the brother of billionaire Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal after nearly a year in detention, family members said Saturday, as the kingdom faces international pressure over journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder.  Read more »

Obama versus Trump on final US campaign weekend

Nicholas Kamm with Sebastian Smith in Washington, Agence France-Presse
Nov 04 02:36 AM

After boasting about the economy and raising fears over immigration, Donald Trump is facing pushback from his predecessor Barack Obama. Read more »

Women gunned down in Florida yoga class were student, faculty member

Brendan O'Brien, Reuters
Nov 04 02:19 AM

Two women killed by a gunman who burst into a yoga class at a Florida mall were named on Saturday as a student and faculty member from Florida State University. Read more »

Canada province passes law protecting temporary foreign workers from abuse

ABS-CBN News
Nov 04 01:25 AM

Filipinos in Canada welcome a labor law that aims to protect temporary foreign workers from exploitation.  Read more »

Pinoy community in Guam seen as a ‘political force’ in US elections

ABS-CBN News
Nov 04 01:19 AM

The Filipino community in Guam is considered a vital force in American politics. A lot, however, needs to be done in making their votes count. Read more »

US carrier leads warships in biggest ever Japan defense war game

Tim Kelly, Reuters
Nov 03 11:17 PM

Japan and the United States have mobilized 57,000 sailors, marines and airmen for the biennial Keen Sword exercise. Read more »

US soldier killed in 'apparent insider attack' in Kabul: NATO

Agence France-Presse
Nov 03 07:49 PM | Updated Nov 03 08:50 PM

One US soldier was killed and another wounded in an "apparent insider attack" in Kabul on Saturday, NATO said, in the latest such assault on international forces in Afghanistan. Read more »

Khashoggi killing: Erdogan accuses 'highest levels' of Saudi gov't

Raziye Akkoc with Daniel Lawler, Agence France-Presse
Nov 03 07:32 PM | Updated Nov 03 07:33 PM

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the order to murder Jamal Khashoggi came from "the highest levels" of the Saudi government Friday as he promised no let-up in the hunt for his killers. Read more »

Vietnam could give tech companies one year to obey cyberlaw

Agence France-Presse
Nov 03 07:29 PM

Vietnam may give internet companies like Google and Facebook one year to comply with a controversial cybersecurity law, according to a draft decree that outlines how the draconian bill could be implemented. Read more »

Trump has 'disgraced' US prestige: Iran's Khamenei

Agence France-Presse
Nov 03 07:27 PM

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Saturday that President Donald Trump has "disgraced" US prestige and would be the ultimate loser from renewing sanctions on the Islamic republic. Read more »

Female traffic lights mark century of women's vote in Lithuania

Agence France-Presse
Nov 03 07:04 PM

Lithuania's capital Vilnius on Friday installed new traffic lights featuring female symbols to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women getting the vote in the Baltic state. Read more »

Diver dies in search for Indonesia jet crash dead

Agence France-Presse
Nov 03 02:32 PM

An Indonesian diver died while recovering body parts from the ill-fated Lion Air plane which crashed into the sea killing 189 people, an official said Saturday. Read more »

Turkey's Erdogan: Khashoggi killing ordered at Saudi 'highest levels'

Ece Toksabay, Reuters
Nov 03 05:58 AM

ANKARA - The order to kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi came from the "highest levels" of the Saudi government, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said in the Washington Post on Friday and he called for the "puppetmasters" to be unmasked. Read more »

Twitter deletes over 10,000 accounts that sought to discourage U.S. voting

Christopher Bing, Reuters
Nov 03 05:57 AM

WASHINGTON - Twitter Inc deleted more than 10,000 automated accounts posting messages that discouraged people from voting in Tuesday's U.S. election and wrongly appeared to be from Democrats, after the party flagged the misleading tweets to the social media company. Read more »