Barbie Imperial made a rare revelation of her personal pain when she shared pictures of her body marked by bruises in a now-deleted Instagram post --- but has since uploaded another photo exposing her bruises, without making reference to how she was injured. The deleted pictures show bruises below her collarbone, on her chest and on her left arm. It is unclear if the photos were taken on different occasions or within the same day. She captioned the series of photos: «No to physical abuse. NEVER AGAIN.» Along with the pictures, the 19-year-old actress tweeted a word of caution on July 14, Saturday: "Girls, just because mahal nyo ang isang tao pero sinasaktan kayo physically, hindi p...Keep on reading: Barbie Imperial reveals bruises; speculations of physical abuse surface

Alphonse Areola is officially the first Filipino to win a World Cup championship. However, Filipinos have diverse sentiments on the achievement as Alphonse did not accomplish it carrying a Filipino flag but a French one. Born to Filipino parents in Paris, Alphonse has already won two World Cup championships for France: the 2013 U-20 (Under 20 years old) World Cup, and Sunday's 2018 World Cup championship. READ: PH pride: World Cup champion France's goalkeeper is Filipino Alphonse, one of France's soccer national team's three goalkeepers, posted a photo of him holding the World Cup trophy and he captioned it: «KEEP CALM! The World Cup is here! CHAMPION DU MONDE!» Filipi...Keep on reading: Filipino netizens divided on Alphonse Areola’s World Cup win

MOSCOW --- President Vladimir Putin says Russian and other security services thwarted nearly 25 million cyberattacks linked to the World Cup. Putin announced the foiled attacks after Sunday's World Cup final --- and just before meeting with US President Donald Trump, who is facing growing concerns about alleged Kremlin meddling and Russian cyberattacks on the US electoral system. In remarks released Monday by the Kremlin, Putin said the attempted cyberattacks targeted «information infrastructure» linked to the World Cup, but did not elaborate. He spoke at a meeting with representatives of 55 intelligence units from 34 countries who worked on securing the tournament. He sa...Keep on reading: Putin: 25 million cyberattacks thwarted during World Cup

DAVAO CITY --- President Rodrigo Duterte's special assistantBongGoon Sunday said Senator Manny Pacquiao, who won on his WBA Welterweight Title bout against Lucas Matthysse in Malaysia, showed to the world that Filipinos are not only fighting in the boxing ring but also in real life. «Pacman's fight is always for the country. He is giving all his best to show to the world that Filipinos are not only fighting in the ring but in real life as well,» saidGo, who watched the fight along with the President in Kuala Lumpur. He added that the boxing icon's win brought pride and honor to Filipinos everywhere. "Isa na naman itong karangalan, hindi lang para kay Manny, ngunit para sa lahat ...Keep on reading: Pacquiao’s win an honor for all Filipinos — Go

Another criminal complaint has been filed against former health secretary Janette Garin and 37 others before the Department of Justice (DOJ) for the death of an 11-year-old boy inoculated with the Dengvaxia vaccine. Aside from Garin, those facing a complaint for reckless imprudence resulting in homicide and for violating Section 15 of Republic Act 9745 or the Anti-Torture act include Dr. Vicente Belizario, Jr., Dr. Kenneth Hartigan-Go, Dr. Gerardo Bayugo, Dr. Lydon Lee Suy, Dr. Irma L. Asuncion, Dr. Julius A. Leccioned, Dr. Joyce Ducusin, Rosalind Vianzon, Mario S. Baquilod, Dr. Socorro P. Lupisan, Dr. Maria Rosario Z. Capeding and Dr. Maria Lourdes C. Santiago. The complainant, Ro...Keep on reading: New complaint filed vs Garin, 37 others for Dengvaxia death

Mentally ill patients in Seychelles will now have a say on how they are treated and can appeal against decisions they do not approve in a court being set up for them, the health minister has said. Jean-Paul Adam said this week that a revised Mental Health Act is set to replace an older version criticised for being outdated and oppressive. “Mentally ill patients will now have more rights under the new law and be more actively involved in their treatment,” Adam told reporters on Wednesday. Experts and consultants from the Commonwealth had argued the current law does not conform to the United Nations Convention for the Protection of Rights of People with Disabilities, which Seychelles has ratified. “It is assumed that the rights of mentally disabled people are guaranteed by the Constitution of the Republic of Seychelles, but they are not,” an expert in a panel that reviewed the old law said. ...

A sharp slowdown in investment and contracting shadow-banking credit are reliable signs of difficulties ahead for China.

Netflix has had an astonishing year. Its shares surpassed $400, up 110% since January, and it was nominated for 112 Emmy Awards, more than any other television network, including HBO, which had held that distinction for 17 years.

The public that owns Air Malta deserves to be kept updated on how the national airline is performing, especially since the government is now no longer allowed to provide state aid to the company. But its chairman, Charles Mangion, thinks otherwise. Asked by journalists what the cost of recent operational disruptions was to the company, he acknowledged that the issues had, naturally, come at a cost. However, he hastened to add that he “was not comfortable” divulging details. He also sounded complacent, if not also insensitive, about the inconvenience caused to Air Malta customers when he said: “We are not the only (airline) that has delays.” Dr Mangion may need reminding that, in September 2013, Air Malta had issued a press statement to inform the public on the disruption caused by pilot sickness and how this was affecting its operations. It had also said that, as a result of the extraordinary high level of sickness reported by pilots, costs incurred by the national air carrier in just one day were likely to be more than €500,000. In August 2016, in a lawsuit between Air Malta and the pilots’ union, the company claimed that strike action could lead to the collapse of the airline...

The summits of multinational organisations, like the EU Council or the G7, are usually stage-managed with final communiqué traditionally agreed in principle by participants well in advance. Donald Trump made sure this no longer remained the case when, after agreeing in principle on the wording of the final communiqué of the last G7 meeting held in Canada, he felt offended by comments made by Justin Trudeau. So Trump tweeted that he was withdrawing his consent to the final post-conference communiqué. But for real melodrama, hype, theatrics and lack of substance one has to analyse the last EU Council summit held in Brussels in late June. The media had been buzzing for weeks about the importance of this summit. The main item on the agenda, of course, was the problem of migration into the EU that has given rise to populist moments in various countries. The new Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte knew that nothing but a show of strength at the summit on the need for changes to the Dublin Treaty would satisfy his sponsors the Five Star Movement and the Lega who now lead a strong coalition. Conte made it clear that Italy could no longer tolerate a situation where it was responsible...

A free drum and bass masterclass is being held tomorrow by percussionist Philippe Soirat and double bassist Philippe Aerts, in the run-up to the Malta Jazz Festival. Soirat was born in Menton in 1961. After self-taught beginnings, he studied at the Monaco Conservatory and the Nice Contemporary Music Centre. He settled in Paris in 1986 and moved in the informal jazz school made up of meetings and experiments among musicians. Concerts came thick and fast and he accompanied most musicians on the French and international jazz scene, including Barney Wilen, Ricky Ford, Lee Konitz, Yannick Rieu, Lionel and Stéphane Belmondo, Lou Donaldson, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ray Brown, Laurent DeWilde and Mark Turner. Belgian Aerts started playing double bass at the age of 14, playing with Dixieland bands. Very soon he found himself playing with the best known Belgian jazz musicians at that time: Diederik Wissels, Jan De Haas, Félix Simtaine and Michel Herr Philip Catherine. The percussion and bass masterclass is being held tomorrow at 5pm at Offbeat Music Bar, Valletta. Classes are free, however, the number of participants is limited. Priority will be given to practising musicians. To sign up, send...

China could open its economy if it wishes, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Monday in Beijing, as Beijing comes under growing pressure over its industrial policies amid an escalating trade war with Washington. Playing host to Juncker and European Council President Donald Tusk, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang stressed the need to uphold free trade and multilateralism as the United States and China become increasingly mired in a trade dispute, with no sign of negotiations on the horizon. US President Donald Trump has warned he may ultimately impose tariffs on more than $500 billion worth of Chinese goods - nearly the total amount of US imports from China last year – to combat what the US says are Beijing's trade abuses. China has sworn to retaliate at each step. Long accused of protectionist tactics that make it a difficult place for foreign firms to operate, China is trying to reverse that narrative amid the escalating trade war by approving huge investments, such as a $10 billion petrochemicals project by Germany's BASF. Juncker, speaking at a joint news briefing with Li and Tusk at Beijing's Great Hall of the People, said that move showed "if China wishes to...

10 years ago - The Times Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Transport strike: two mediation attempts fail Two attempts at mediation in the public transport dispute failed to break the stalemate yesterday as the public today faces the consequences of what many have defined as anarchy on the roads for the third day running. Both sides stood their ground, with Transport Minister Austin Gatt pledging to resign if the government backtracked on its decision to liberalise the hearse sector. Several organisations and political parties have rallied behind the government’s stand and the decision to stand firm against the operators’ bullying tactics. The police began to make their first arrests in a bid to restore some calm on the streets and four minibus drivers were arraigned last night accused of attacking a van shuttling tourists. They were remanded in custody. The day started badly after the government’s emergency bus service was stopped at 7.30am, just 90 minutes after it started, because of incidents in which a van’s windscreen was smashed and people intimidated. A double-decker tourist bus was ambushed by striking operators who intimidated sightseers and forced them to get off the vehicle,...

TEHRAN – A group of Iranian experts have developed a smart comprehensive system for early autism screening by using smart systems and methods like smart toy cars, cognitive plays and smart screening system.

TEHRAN – The Iranian Space Agency (ISA) supports development of space-based city services, ISA official Ali Taherzadeh said in a press release on Sunday.

TEHRAN — While the southwestern province of Khuzestan is a victim of recurrent sand and dust storms, smoke rising from a wildfire in Hour al-Azim wetland, which has lasted for almost two weeks now, is adding insult to injury.

TEHRAN—The Iranian government has allocated some 13 trillion rials (nearly $310 million) in loans for housing projects in quake-stricken areas of the western province of Kermanshah, the province’s governor general has said.

TEHRAN — Water is dirt cheap in Iran, an official with the Department of Environment said, regretting that no one seems to care about water economy and this is the driver of the nation’s thoughtless overconsumption.

When the decisive blows arrived, it was the entire France squad in the victory scrum by the corner flag. Hugo Lloris, the goalkeeper, had run the entire length of the

The world needs to produce 43,000 new aircraft over the next two decades to meet booming demand, Boeing's CEO forecast here on Sunday.

Asian markets fell Monday while data showed China's economic growth slowed in the second quarter as the country sits on the brink of a potential all-out trade war with the United States.

France beat Croatia 4-2 at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium to lift their second World Cup trophy.

France defeated Croatia 4-2 in the final and was crowned champion for the second time.

AMMONNEWS - The Lower House of Parliament Sunday kicked off its deliberation over the government’s policy statement which Prime Minister Omar Razzaz presented last week seeking the lawmakers' confidence.The discussions are expected to continue this week before the legislature vote on the issue a

AMMONNEWS - French Ambassador to Jordan David Bertolotti Sunday voiced his country's commitment to supporting Jordan during the troubled times the Middle East is living through.«Jordan-France partnership is based on several human bonds», the envoy told a ceremony hosted by the French embassy in

AMMONNEWS - Jordan’s state airline said on Sunday it had suspended four weekly flights to the Iraqi city of Najaf due to the “security situation at it’s airport, a company statement said.Royal Jordanian said Najaf is the ninth destination in the region - from Mosul in Iraq to Aden and Sanaa in Y

AMMONNEWS - France has clinched its second World Cup title with a 4-2 win over Croatia in a dramatic final in Moscow featuring a series of firsts and a pitch invasion orchestrated by Russian protest group Pussy Riot.France led 2-1 at halftime courtesy of the first own-goal and the first video-re

AMMONNEWS - US President Donald Trump said he had low expectations for the Monday summit with Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin just days after 12 Russian intelligence officers were charged by a federal grand jury for hacking the Democrats ahead of the 2016 election.The summit, which comes at one of

Dozens of youths shattered windows at a popular store on the Champs Elysees avenue Sunday while hundreds of thousands of fans celebrated France's World Cup victory, according to an AFP journalist at the scene.

Government has been urged to invest in the arts and culture in the country to help boost the economy.

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has urged Ghanaians living abroad to transmit the quality of discipline and prudent management of resources they acquire out there, back to Ghana to help curb the scourge of corruption.

Russia is getting ready to invest US$50 billion in Iran’s oil and gas industry as the two countries continue to seek closer ties, just as the United States is looking to cut as much Iranian crude oil exports from the market as possible. “Russia is ready to invest $50bn in Iran’s oil and gas sectors,” according to Ali Akbar Velayati, Senior Adviser for International Affairs of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, as carried by the Financial Times.

After an uptick in lawsuits in the 1980s, the vaccine manufacturers essentially held the government hostage and threatened to stop making vaccines unless the government took on responsibility for vaccine injury lawsuits. The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 was then enacted which made the taxpayers liable for injuries caused by vaccines and not the manufacturers.