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First minister defends integrity in donation row

Vaughan Gething's judgement is questioned in a Senedd scrutiny committee hearing.

2024-04-26T14:14:41Z

Man seen kicking dog banned from keeping animals

Matthew Murray admitted the cruelty after CCTV showed him repeatedly kicking the bulldog.

2024-04-26T14:30:07Z

Students block Paris' Sciences Po university over Gaza war

By Lucien Libert PARIS (Reuters) - Students blocked access to Paris' prestigious Sciences Po university over the war in Gaza on Friday, demanding the institution condemn Israel's actions, in a protest that echoed similar demonstrations on U.S. campuses. Chanting their support for the Palestinians, the students displayed Palestinian flags at windows and over the building's entrance. Several wore

2024-04-26T10:32:51Z

Humza Yousaf: Who is Scotland's under-threat first minister?

A profile of Humza Yousaf, the SNP leader, who faces a no confidence vote in the Scottish Parliament.

2024-04-26T16:00:16Z

Medical evacuation, isa sa inensayo sa Sulu Sea bilang bahagi ng Balikatan exercises | Saksi

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2024-04-26T16:37:36Z

WW2 veterans share frontline memories with pupils

The group of veterans gathered at the Union Jack club in Waterloo with pupils from London schools.

2024-04-26T14:29:36Z

Bangladesh heatwave: Schools close as temperatures rise

Classes are cancelled across Bangladesh due to searing heat, but high school student Mohua Akter Nur found the soaring temperatures at home left her in no state for homework. Millions of pupils were told to stay home this week as the South Asian nation swelters through one of its worst heatwaves on record, with temperatures 4-5 degrees Celsius (7.2-9 degrees Fahrenheit) above the long-term average. Few schools in the capital Dhaka have air...

2024-04-26T03:48:52Z

Hamas fires MORTARS at US pier being built by the army off Gaza coast

Militants fired mortars at Israeli forces in Gaza as they prepared for the arrival of a floating U.S. Army pier, American officials said Thursday, an episode that highlights the risks.

2024-04-26T15:38:40Z

‘Banksy Universe’ exhibit not authorized by Banksy, says Metropolitan Museum Manila

The Metropolitan Museum of Manila confirms its upcoming Banksy Universe exhibit is ‘not authorized or endorsed’ by the graffiti artist himself. The museum says the exhibit will feature over a hundred of Banksy’s works. Full story: https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/arts-culture/metropolitan-museum-manila-statement-banksy-universe-exhibit-bonifacio-global-city/

2024-04-26T14:38:31Z

University boss made permanent in role

UEA says it is confident Prof David Maguire is the best person to lead the institution.

2024-04-26T12:44:01Z

Sara leads 2028 presidential poll

(UPDATE) VICE PRESIDENT Sara Duterte is the overwhelming choice for president in the 2028 elections, according to a survey by Oculum Research and Analytics. Duterte gained the nod of 42 percent of the 3,000 respondents ages 18 and above randomly selected nationwide by Oculum. Support for her was highest in Mindanao at 62 percent and lowest in Southern Luzon at 23 percent. She also got the highest support from respondents in the Class E...

2024-04-26T16:40:26Z

6,680 pass April 2024 Civil Engineering board exam

MANILA, Philippines — A total of 6,680 out of 17,010 passed the April 2024 Civil Engineering Licensure Exam (CELE), the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced on Friday. The PRC said the results were released four days after the exams were conducted at testing centers in Metro Manila, Baguio, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Calapan, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Koronadal, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Palawan, Pampanga, Rosales, Tacloban, Tuguegarao...

2024-04-26T07:31:58Z

West Yorkshire mayor candidate: Stewart Golton

There are six candidates standing to be the mayor of West Yorkshire in the 2 May vote.

2024-04-26T14:14:58Z

Teen sex offender jailed for child communication

Police say Ryan Walker had sent sexual messages to a child and breached sex offender restrictions.

2024-04-26T08:58:34Z

Federal government commits $161m for Australia-wide gun register

The Albanese government is set to establish a National Firearms Register - a new countrywide database designed to bolster community safety - following the Wieambilla shootings in 2022.

2024-04-26T15:08:32Z

Man arrested for alleged rape of 4 minors

The Manila Police District (MPD) implemented a warrant of arrest against a man who allegedly raped four minors. According to a "24 Oras" report by Marison Abdurahman on Friday, the suspect allegedly raped his niece in Calamba, Laguna when she was just 10 years old without her mother’s knowledge. “Hanggang mag-seventeen yung bata, hanggang magpunta na siya sa DSWD at doon nakapagsumbong. Tinatakot daw siya lagi nitong ating suspect na papatayin...

2024-04-26T18:06:21Z

Ukraine detains agriculture minister in $7m corruption case

Ukraine has pledged to bolster its anticorruption efforts as part of its bid for European Union membership.

2024-04-26T08:49:27Z

Are US campus protests against Israel’s war on Gaza going global?

From France to Australia, students are part of pro-Palestine protests as Columbia students continue encampments.

2024-04-26T14:35:50Z

Ukraine's Zelenskiy calls for air defense systems as allies meet

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday called for additional air defense systems to be sent to Kyiv to help protect against Russian strikes, adding that a pause in U.S. funding had helped Moscow seize the initiative. "This year, Russian jets (have) already used more than 9,000 guided aerial bombs against Ukraine and we need the ability to shoot down the air combat

2024-04-26T13:13:09Z

UN official says it could take 14 years to clear debris in Gaza

GENEVA (Reuters) - The vast amount of rubble including unexploded ordnance left by Israel's devastating war in the Gaza Strip could take about 14 years to remove, a United Nations official said on Friday. Israel's military campaign against Gaza's ruling Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has reduced much of the narrow, coastal territory of 2.3 million people to a wasteland with most civilians

2024-04-26T11:27:48Z

Burkina Faso suspends BBC over HRW report coverage

BBC Africa is suspended for two weeks for covering a Human Rights Watch report on alleged mass killings.

2024-04-26T16:29:51Z

Fire at Brazil guesthouse leaves at least 10 dead, 11 injured

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - At least 10 people died and 11 were injured in the early hours of Friday morning in a major fire at a guesthouse in Brazil's southern city of Porto Alegre, said the Rio Grande do Sul state fire department, which is still searching for the missing. The firefighters said they were called at around 2 a.m. (0500 GMT) on Friday and extinguished the fire within two hours,

2024-04-26T14:08:24Z

Recognition of Palestinian statehood is not the panacea it’s made out to be

A symbolic political act cannot put an end to Israeli crimes or grant Palestinians sovereignty.

2024-04-26T11:18:31Z

Briton charged over alleged Russia-linked arson attack

By Sam Tobin and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -A British man has been charged over alleged hostile state activity intended to benefit Russia, including by allegedly recruiting others for an arson attack on a Ukrainian-linked commercial property in London. Foreign minister David Cameron voiced deep concern about the allegations, and the foreign ministry later said it had summoned Russia's

2024-04-26T16:32:45Z

Vietnam National Assembly head resigns amid graft purge

The head of Vietnam's National Assembly has resigned, the ruling Communist Party said Friday, one of the most senior leaders to fall in a sweeping anti-corruption purge. Hue was one of Vietnam's four most powerful leaders as head of the one-party state's rubber-stamp national assembly.

2024-04-26T11:57:51Z

Supporters of Spain's Sanchez call rallies, leftists abroad urge him to stay

MADRID (Reuters) - Supporters of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez prepared on Friday to hold rallies to urge him to stay on after he announced this week he was considering stepping down as a court looks into allegations of business corruption made against his wife. European and Latin American leftist leaders and politicians joined calls for the Socialist leader, in office for six years, not

2024-04-26T13:18:09Z

Michigan man charged with manslaughter in deadly building explosion

Noor Kestou, 31, was arraigned in connection with the blast at Goo Smoke Shop/Select Distributors that rocked residents for miles.

2024-04-26T07:57:29Z

Owner of exploded Michigan building arrested at airport while trying to leave US, authorities say

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The owner of a suburban Detroit business that caught fire and exploded, killing a man, was arrested at a New York airport as he was preparing to depart for Hong Kong on a one-way ticket, authorities said Friday. U.S. Customs and New York Port Authority personnel arrested Noor Noel Kestou, 31, on Saturday at John F. Kennedy International Airport. He was brought back to Michigan on Wednesday. Kestou, of Commerce...

2024-04-26T15:01:41Z

Marcos: New Batangas Port Terminal to help decongest Manila Port

President Ferdinand ''Bongbong'' Marcos Jr. on Friday underscored the importance of maximizing the Port of Batangas to decongest the port in Manila. At the inauguration of the Batangas Port Passenger Terminal Building, Marcos said this would be a gateway to the nation’s dynamic capital region, ''a portal to agricultural powerhouses, access point to island tourism paradises, and a receiver of goods that fill and fuel the vibrancy of our...

2024-04-26T10:07:54Z

PCO: Lower crime rate during Marcos term vs previous admin

MANILA, Philippines — The Palace on Friday said that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s term has so far recorded a lower crime rate when compared to the same time frame of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration. The Palace cited data from Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos, who presented the information to the President during a meeting on Thursday. PNP: Focus crime rate down in first week of 2024 “He...

2024-04-26T02:46:18Z

Shoigu says Russia and allies should step up military exercises in Asia

ASTANA (Reuters) - Russia and its allies in Asia should expand joint military exercises as they face a direct threat from attempts by the United States to expand its security influence in the region, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Friday. He was speaking at a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a security grouping that includes Russia, India, China, Iran,

2024-04-26T10:37:44Z

Car running red lights leads police to drugs and £200k

A man is arrested after police followed the car and searched an address.

2024-04-26T13:44:13Z

Settlement 'reappears' as Pantabangan dam dries up

PANTABANGAN, Nueva Ejica: A centuries-old settlement submerged by the construction of a dam in the 1970s has reappeared as water levels drop due to a drought affecting swathes of the country. The ruins in the middle of Pantabangan Dam in Nueva Ecija are a tourist draw, even as the region swelters in extreme heat. Parts of a church, municipal hall marker and tombstones began to resurface in March after several months of "almost no rain," said...

2024-04-26T16:21:01Z

UK men charged with helping Russia under new law

Two men become first ever to be charged under National Security Act 2023 following arson investigation.

2024-04-26T11:38:02Z

West Philippine Sea: An unfolding ecological catastrophe

"I SHALL never tire of repeating the declaration that I made from the first day that I took office: I will not allow any attempt by any foreign power to take even one square inch of our sovereign territory," President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said in his speech delivered before the Parliament of Australia in February 2024. On July 12, 2016, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, the Netherlands ruled in favor of the Philippines, finding...

2024-04-26T16:16:15Z

'Questions for PSNI' over Simpson investigation

Katie Simpson, 21, died in Altnagelvin Hospital following an incident in Lettershandoney in August 2020.

2024-04-26T16:44:53Z

Let us press on with UK migrant plan, Rwanda tells critics

By Philbert Girinema KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame's government said on Friday it would take as many migrants as Britain sends its way and urged "shouting" critics of the deportation plan to now let both nations proceed. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak expects first flights to leave in 10-12 weeks after parliament passed legislation this week to sidestep legal objections

2024-04-26T13:57:18Z

PACU backs colleges over foreign students' issue

(UPDATE) THE Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities (PACU) is giving its support to four of its member private colleges and universities in Cagayan, who expressed concern over reports surrounding the enrollment of foreign nationals as their students. In a statement on Thursday, the colleges and universities are the University of Cagayan Valley, Medical Colleges of Northern Philippines, St. Paul University Philippines and the...

2024-04-26T16:05:54Z

Filipinos favor alliance with US – survey

MORE Filipinos want the Philippines to align with the United States than with the People's Republic of China, a recent survey said. The results of a nationwide poll by Oculum Research and Analytics conducted from February 21 to 20 revealed that 43 percent of the 3,000 respondents favored an alliance with the US, while only 3 percent preferred closer ties with China. Oculum Research Head and Analytics Chief Statistician Joseph Mercado said the...

2024-04-26T16:21:00Z

CHR lauds DOJ’s vow to hold accountable those behind EJKs

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) statement guaranteeing that it will take steps against cases of extrajudicial killings is an assurance that those who are responsible will be held accountable, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said on Friday. According to the CHR’s statement, good governance should include the rule of law and the recognition of human rights. READ: EJK evidence gathering: Families and groups help gov’t,...

2024-04-26T06:16:46Z

Nigeria seeks managers for planned $10 billion diaspora fund

By Isaac Anyaogu LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria is seeking fund managers for a planned $10 billion diaspora fund that is aimed at attracting dollar inflows and foreign investment into the economy, a tender document showed. The fund seeks to pool together billions of dollars remitted monthly by its citizens oversees for local investments, including infrastructure, healthcare and education. Last year,

2024-04-26T09:52:55Z

Boris slams 'incumbent' Sadiq Khan ahead of London Mayor elections

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has lost faith in the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan as crime rates and cost of living crisis grips the capital only to increase the citizens' miseries.

2024-04-26T17:12:45Z

PBBM inaugurates improved Batangas Passenger Terminal Building

PBBM inaugurates improved Batangas Passenger Terminal Building

2024-04-26T14:52:13Z

Andrew Tate's trial on charges of rape and human trafficking can start, a Romanian court rules

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A court in Romania’s capital on Friday ruled that a trial can start in the case of influencer Andrew Tate, who is charged with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. The Bucharest Tribunal ruled that prosecutors’ case file against Tate met the legal criteria but did not set a date for the trial to begin. Tate’s spokesperson, Mateea Petrescu, said the ruling has been appealed....

2024-04-26T13:40:29Z

Grids still on alert amid demand surge

MANILA, Philippines — Power grids across the country remained on alert yesterday, according to the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines. The NGCP said the Luzon and Mindanao grids were placed on yellow alert due to a forecast increase in power demand. The Visayas grid was on red alert due to increased demand and decrease of power exported from Luzon. The Visayas grid had an available capacity of 2,791 megawatts amid a peak demand of 2,530 MW....

2024-04-26T16:34:54Z

Two men accused of being Chinese spies appear in London court

LONDON (Reuters) - Two men accused of spying for China, including a former researcher for a prominent British lawmaker in the governing Conservative Party, appeared in a London court on Friday. The two, ex-researcher Christopher Cash, 29, and Christopher Berry, 32, are charged with providing prejudicial information to China in breach of the Official Secrets Act. Cash and Berry appeared at

2024-04-26T10:31:41Z

Kenya Airways says Congo is harassing airline after its staff detained

KINSHASA (Reuters) -Kenya Airways on Friday accused authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo of harassment over the continued detention of two of the airline's staff for alleged customs violations despite a court ordering their release. A senior Kenyan government official said Kenya had also objected to what he said was their arrest and detention. Officers from Congo's military

2024-04-26T11:27:51Z

Dispersal order in force in city centre for 48 hours

Police say the order will be in place until Sunday in an effort to combat anti-social behaviour.

2024-04-26T18:15:07Z

DOLE rehab center for workers hit by work-related injuries to rise in Rizal

A 50-hectare rehabilitation center for employees suffering from work-related injuries will soon rise in Tanay, Rizal, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Friday. DOLE Undersecretary Benjo Benavidez said the soon-to-be built Workers' Rehabilitation Center Complex (WRCC) would help workers affected by such infirmities to recover and return to their jobs. "Ito po ang tutugon sa ating mga kababayan na manggagawa na nakaranas ng...

2024-04-26T12:08:15Z

DOJ recommends filing of cyber libel case vs Manibela head Valbuena

MANILA CITY, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has recommended the filing of two counts of cyber libel case against a transport group leader for accusing Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista of involvement in the alleged corruption in the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB). In a 17-page resolution, Assistant Prosecutor Maria Kristhina Paat-Salumbides said found probable cause has been established to...

2024-04-26T05:01:37Z