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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 05:09:40 +0000

A Japanese man who stepped out of his Paris hotel for a cigarette was robbed of his $840,000 (P43,487,220) Swiss watch by a thief who snatched it off his wrist, police sources said Tuesday (Oct 8). The 30-year-old victim was approached outside the five-star Hotel Napoleon near the Arc de Triomphe late Monday by a […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 05:31:55 +0000

A newly-married woman and three other family members were swept away and drowned while trying to take a selfie in a fast-flowing river in southern India, police said Monday. A group of six were holding hands and standing in waist-deep water when one woman stepped into a sudden drop in the riverbed and slipped, pulling […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 05:27:13 +0000

Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam warned Tuesday that the Chinese military could step in if an uprising for democratic reforms that has rocked the city for months “becomes so bad” but reiterated the government still hopes to resolve the crisis itself. Lam urged foreign critics to accept that the four months of protests marked by […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 05:05:53 +0000

Former President Jimmy Carter had a black eye and 14 stitches after falling Sunday at his Georgia home, but made it to an evening concert in Tennessee to rally volunteers ahead of his 36th home building project for Habitat for Humanity. The 39th president fell earlier in the day at his home in Plains, Georgia, […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 05:01:51 +0000

Hong Kong struggled to recover on Monday, with the metro only partially functioning and infrastructure extensively damaged, after scores of protesters were arrested in violent clashes overnight that drew the first warning from the Chinese military. Tens of thousands of protesters marched peacefully through the center of the Chinese-ruled city on Sunday, wearing face masks […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 06:03:41 +0000

News that US President Donald Trump’s special representative on Ukraine had abruptly resigned didn’t come from a high-profile newsroom in Washington or New York — a 20-year-old student journalist on the other side of the country scooped them all. Andrew Howard, a managing editor of The State Press student paper at Arizona State University, broke […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 05:51:39 +0000

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince warned in an interview broadcast on Sunday that oil prices could spike to “unimaginably high numbers” if the world does not come together to deter Iran, but said he would prefer a political solution to a military one. Speaking to the CBS program “60 Minutes,” Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s de […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 05:05:23 +0000

The New Zealand arm of Japanese sports brand Asics has apologized after pornography was broadcast on large television screens above its central Auckland store for several hours, startling Sunday morning shoppers. Pornography played on the retailer’s outdoor screens for up to nine hours — until staff arrived at the shop around 10am on Sunday and […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 05:02:05 +0000

Fashion retailer Forever 21 Inc said on Sunday it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to restructure its business, joining a growing list of brick-and-mortar players who have taken a hit from fierce e-commerce competition . The company said it plans to exit most of its international locations in Asia and Europe, but will […]