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mb.com.ph (Philippine News) 

PNP hunts New Bilibid Prison-hired hitman

Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Ronald 'Bato' Dela Rosa revealed plans to hunt down hitman hired by drug lords in the New Bilibid Prison on an interview at DZMM, Friday.

mb.com.ph (Philippine News) 

Denied Google Street View, Faroes opt for Sheep View

Armchair explorers hitherto denied the chance to visit the Faroe Islands owing to the lack of coverage on Google's "Street View" service will finally be able to roam the archipelago -- thanks to a flock of sheep.

mb.com.ph (Philippine News) 

Marion Cotillard given France’s highest honour

PARIS(AFP) - Oscar-winning actress Marion Cotillard was among those put forward for the Legion d'Honneur, France's highest honour, as the country celebrates its national day on Thursday.

mb.com.ph (Philippine News) 

Beijing faces South China Sea rebuke at Europe-Asia summit

Beijing faces an international dressing down Friday at a gathering of leaders from across Asia and Europe after it vehemently rejected a UN-backed tribunal's dismissal of its extensive South China Sea claims.

mb.com.ph (Philippine News) 

Truck slams into revelers in Nice, at least 77 dead

NICE, France — A truck loaded with weapons and hand grenades drove onto a sidewalk for more than a mile, plowing through Bastille Day revelers who'd gathered to watch fireworks in the French resort city of Nice late Thursday.

The Post and Courier 

At least 77 dead after truck full of weapons slams into French revelers

NICE, FRANCE — A truck loaded with weapons and hand grenades drove onto a sidewalk for more than a mile, plowing through Bastille Day revelers who’d gathered to watch fireworks in the French resort city of Nice late Thursday. At least 77 people were killed before police killed the driver, authorities said.

The Post and Courier 

Uniting police and community

Tim Scott’s position as a U.S. senator from South Carolina hasn’t given him a pass. Like many other black men, he has been stopped by police — seven times in one year alone.

The Post and Courier 

May and the 'special relationship'

Great Britain and the United States were staunch allies well before Winston Churchill began citing their "special relationship" late in World War II. That friendship, long mutually beneficial to both nations and the world, persists.

The Post and Courier 

Property owners: Get off my lawn, Pokemon!

LOS ANGELES — As throngs of "Pokemon Go" players traipse around to real-world landmarks in pursuit of digital monsters, some ticked-off property owners are asking to have their locations in the fictional Poke-verse removed.

L"Express Style 

L'attentat de Nice sur la promenade des Anglais le 14 juillet 2016

86 personnes de 19 nationalités ont été tuées -dont 10 enfants et adolescents- et plus de 400 blessées le 14 juillet 2016 en soirée à Nice, lorsqu'un camion a foncé sur la foule massée sur la promenade des Anglais après le feu d'artifice. Tunisien résident en France, le conducteur Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, 31 ans, a été abattu par la police. Au départ pris pour un loup solitaire déséquilibré, l'enquête antiterroriste montre plutôt une radicalisation islamiste discrète et une préméditation de cet attentat revendiqué par Daech. Читать дальше...

The Post and Courier 

Le Farfalle releases menus

Michael Toscano is unlikely to quell speculation about when Le Farfalle will serve its first meal by today releasing the downtown restaurant’s opening menu, which appears to have something for everyone.

The Post and Courier 

Save the red wolf, a half-million people tell feds

As the recovery program for the imperiled red wolf hangs by its last claws, nearly a half-million people have signed a petition started by two high school students calling on federal regulators not to abandon it. The petition was delivered earlier this week.

The Post and Courier 

South Carolina city, town leaders get crash course on police issues

City and town officials should ensure their police policies are up to date, but they also should appreciate that when officers use force, there can be a gap between what the public thinks is OK and what the courts say is legal.