Section: Philippines
EU states agree to make it easier to limit visa-free travel
A boy pushes a stroller over railway tracks at the migrants camp in Idomeni, Greece. Thousands of stranded refugees and migrants have camped in Idomeni for months after the border was closed. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic) BRUSSELS — European Union nations agreed Friday to make it easier to suspend its visa waiver programs with some countries, just as...
Russian performance artist convicted in pro-Ukraine protest
MOSCOW — A Russian performance artist known for his radical politically charged performances was convicted Thursday (May 19, 2016) of vandalism for a pro-Ukraine protest and sentenced to 16 months in prison. FILE – In this Thursday, March 31, 2016 file photo Russian artist Petr Pavlensky speaks to journalists as he sits in a cage in court room in...
US to send new ambassador to PH
US Flag (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia) The United States government is poised to send a new ambassador to the Philippines in time for the much anticipated start of the administration of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte next month. US President Barack Obama has just announced his intent to nominate Korean-born Sung Y. Kim as America’s new...
Muslim nations block gay groups from UN Aids conference
UNITED NATIONS — Major Western nations are protesting a move to block gay and transgender groups from attending a high-level United Nations conference on AIDS. A letter from Egypt on behalf of 51 countries in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation asked that 11 organizations not be allowed to attend the conference next month. The letter, dated...
Trump would speak to Kim Jong-Un: report
FILE – In this April 15, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks in Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File) Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would speak with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, in what would be a dramatic shift in US policy. “I would speak to him, I would have no problem speaking to him,” the...
Russian officials bash Ukraine Eurovision win
Russian lawmakers on Sunday, May 15, lashed out at arch-rival Ukraine’s “political” victory in the Eurovision song contest, as pro-Kremlin media insisted Moscow’s entrant was robbed. Ukrainian performer Jamala won the glitzy contest Saturday, May 14, with her ballad “1944” about the deportation of the Crimean...
‘Politics beat art’: Russian officials bash Ukraine Eurovision win
MOSCOW, Russia – Russian lawmakers on Sunday, May 15, lashed out at arch-rival Ukraine’s “political” victory in the Eurovision song contest, as pro-Kremlin media insisted Moscow’s entrant was robbed. Ukrainian performer Jamala won the glitzy contest Saturday, May 14, with her ballad “1944” about the deportation...
‘Politics beat art’: Russian officials bash Ukraine Eurovision win
MOSCOW: Russian lawmakers on Sunday lashed out at arch-rival Ukraine’s “political” victory in the Eurovision song contest, as pro-Kremlin media insisted Moscow’s entrant was robbed. Ukrainian performer Jamala won the glitzy contest Saturday with her ballad “1944” about the deportation of the Crimean Tatars by Soviet authorities during...
WATCH: Ukraine’s Jamala wins 2016 Eurovision Song Contest
STOCKHOLM — Ukrainian singer Jamala’s melancholic tune about Soviet dictator Josef Stalin’s 1944 deportation of the Crimean Tatars was crowned the winner of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest early Sunday (May 15, 2016), an unusual choice for the kitschy pop fest. Susana Jamaladinova, a 32-year-old trained opera singer who uses the...
Ukraine wins world’s biggest music contest
After a tense vote count, Ukraine’s Jamala was declared the winner of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest after a heart-felt performance of “1944”, a song about the deportations of Crimean Tatars during World War II. Held in Stockholm, the 61st edition of the show is expected to become the most-watched Eurovision …...
