Louvre reopens 24 hours after ‘Allahu Akbar’ attack

02/05/2017

Paris, France — The Louvre reopened its doors Saturday, a day after soldiers outside the Paris museum shot and wounded a machete-wielding attacker, suspected of being an Egyptian national. The incident on Friday thrust the issue of…

A wonderful Christmas around the world

PR 12/27/2016

RUSTAN’S offers customers the experience of a lifetime, giving great rewards as each one thoughtfully shops for people on their gift list. From now until Dec. 31, every P3,000 single-receipt purchase entitles shoppers to one (1) e-raffle…

China ratifies Paris climate deal

09/04/2016

Beijing — China announced yesterday that it has ratified the emissions-cutting agreement reached last year in Paris, giving a big boost to efforts to bring the accord into effect by the end of this year. The United…

Europe grapples with security after attacks

07/31/2016

Paris — You can’t put a guard in every church and patrol every beach. But after a wave of attacks in Western Europe, authorities are struggling to protect their people as best they can. The French Riviera…

Digong does a Deng

Jobers R. Bersales 07/20/2016

President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent pronouncement that he would not honor the Paris Accords recalls Deng Xiao Ping’s Growth First Policy, first enunciated in 1978, which propelled China into the industrial superpower that it is today. By deciding…

PH Embassy asks Filipinos in France to be vigilant

07/19/2016

The Philippine Embassy in Paris on Monday issued an advisory to Filipinos working in or traveling to France after a terrorist attack that killed 84 people. “Following the terrorist attack in Nice, France on July 14, the…

Vivina’s transcontinental dinner

Jaime Picornell 07/01/2016

FIFTY guests, mostly from the pharmaceutical and medical industry attended “Come Dine With Me” at the Sampaguita ballroom of the Cebu City Marriott Hotel. The menu was transcontinental, ideated by Dr. Vivina Chiu Yrastorza in collaboration with…

French labor standoff shuts down Eiffel tower

06/29/2016

PARIS – Paris’ most recognizable monument will remain closed to visitors on Tuesday as Eiffel Tower staff joined strike action against controversial labor reforms. “Since there aren’t enough staff present to open the monument under safe and…

Waters still rising in Paris

06/04/2016

PARIS — Rivers in Europe have burst their banks from Paris to the southern German state of Bavaria, killing six people, trapping thousands more in homes or cars and forcing everything from subway lines to castles to…

Thousands evacuated as floods batter Paris

06/03/2016

PARIS — French media say that thousands have been evacuated as floods continue to threaten homes and businesses across the Paris region. French authorities say that areas along the Loing River, a tributary of the Seine, had…

Forensic official: Human remains suggest blast

05/25/2016

Cairo — Human remains retrieved from the crash site of EgyptAir Flight 804 suggest there was an explosion on board that may have brought down the aircraft in the east Mediterranean, a senior Egyptian forensics official said…

‘Better and safer world’

12/14/2015

Nearly 200 nations pledge to slow global warming Le Bourget, France — Nearly 200 nations adopted the first global pact to fight climate change on Saturday, calling on the world to collectively cut and then eliminate greenhouse…

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