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  • Why Honasan feels bittersweet at his proclamation Yahoo! Southeast Asia Newsroom
    Why Honasan feels bittersweet at his proclamation

    For newly-proclaimed Senator Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan, this could be his last six years as senator.

  • Pimentel gets his first ever Comelec proclamation Yahoo! Southeast Asia Newsroom
    Pimentel gets his first ever Comelec proclamation

    Vindicated. This is how re-elected Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III felt when he showed up at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City for his proclamation on Saturday.

  • Philippines rejects Taiwan 'murder' claims AFP News
    Philippines rejects Taiwan 'murder' claims

    The Philippines Saturday rejected Taiwan's allegations that Filipino coastguards had intentionally murdered a Taiwanese fisherman whose death has triggered a major diplomatic spat.

  • Philippine 'massacre clan' enjoys election wins AFP News
    Philippine 'massacre clan' enjoys election wins

    A clan whose chiefs are on trial for the Philippines' worst political massacre secured big wins in local elections this week, results showed Friday, deepening fears that justice may never be served.

  • Hong Kong train accident: 62 injured
    Hong Kong train accident: 62 injured

    Over 60 people were injured when a two-car train derailed on Hong Kong's light railway in the north of the city, throwing passengers onto the floor, police said Friday.

  • Japan PM says shrine visits 'natural' AFP News
    Japan PM says shrine visits 'natural'

    Prime Minister Shinzo Abe defended in an interview Friday the right of Japan's leaders to visit a controversial shrine to war dead but hit back at critics who accuse him of revisionism.

  • UN, Russia call for urgent Syria conference AFP News
    UN, Russia call for urgent Syria conference

    UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Russia agreed Friday that a peace conference on Syria should be held "as soon as possible", even as Moscow defied growing global pressure over its arms supplies to the Damascus regime.

  • Church must help the poorest, not dissect theology, pope says Reuters
    Church must help the poorest, not dissect theology, pope says

    By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis shared personal moments with 200,000 people on Saturday, telling them he sometimes nods off while praying at the end of a long day and that it "breaks my heart" that the death of a homeless person is not news. Francis, who has made straight talk and simplicity a hallmark of his papacy, made his unscripted comments in answers to questions by four people at a huge international gathering of Catholic associations in St. Peter's Square. ...

  • Saudi Arabia has another case of new coronavirus - WHO Reuters
    Saudi Arabia has another case of new coronavirus - WHO

    LONDON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has reported another case of infection in a concentrated outbreak of a new strain of a virus that emerged in the Middle East last year and spread into Europe, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday. In a disease outbreak update issued from its Geneva headquarters, the WHO said the latest patient is an 81-year-old woman with multiple medical conditions. She became ill on April 28 and is in a critical but stable condition. ...

  • Australia budget blues in land of mining boom
    Australia budget blues in land of mining boom

    As China's economy slows and Australia begins its painful transition away from a decade-long mining boom, Treasurer Wayne Swan will have little to offer voters seeking an election-year spending spree Tuesday.

  • Rumours, grief and questions: A virus ravages a Saudi family Reuters

    By Angus McDowall HOFUF, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - On the third day after his father's death from a respiratory infection, Hussein al-Sheikh began to feel feverish. Shortly afterwards, says the 27-year-old Saudi, "I was almost dead". Hussein, who had often visited his father's bedside in his last days, was admitted to intensive care in a hospital in Dhahran, in the Eastern Province oil heartland of Saudi Arabia. Then his brother, Abdullah, and later his sister, Hanan, fell ill, obtaining

  • India IT watchdog investigating breach in ATM heist Reuters

    By Swati Pandey and Supantha Mukherjee MUMBAI/BANGALORE (Reuters) - The Indian government's cyber watchdog is investigating how security at two companies that are part of the country's vast IT services ...

  • Beatles' guitar auctioned to the tune of $408,000 Reuters
    Beatles' guitar auctioned to the tune of $408,000

    By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A custom-made electric guitar played by the late John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles sold at a New York auction on Saturday for $408,000, said officials with the company behind the event. The semi-hollow-body guitar, manufactured by the VOX company, was sold to an unidentified U.S. buyer at the "Music Icons" event organized by Beverly Hills, California-based Julien's Auctions and held at the Hard Rock Cafe in Manhattan. ...

  • Powerball jackpot could go higher than $600 million Reuters
    Powerball jackpot could go higher than $600 million

    By Karen Brooks AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The Powerball jackpot Saturday night could exceed the $600 million figure being advertised, possibly rivaling the largest lottery payoff in U.S. history, a Texas Lottery official said on Saturday. "Oftentimes, the advertised amount is lower than what the actual jackpot ends up being," said Kelly Cripe, a spokeswoman for the Texas Lottery. "It's entirely possible this $600 million jackpot will end up being a bigger jackpot. ...