Columbia, Japan, Venezuela migration aid

July 5, 2019

Japan Ambassador for Colombia Keiichiro Morishita (L) signs the paperwork to donate 4,5 US million dollars to aid the Venezuelan migration crisis in Colombia with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) representative Joseph Merckx, in Bogota, July 4, 2019. (Photo by

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2019 Japan Expo in Paris

July 5, 2019

A man walks past an illuminated giant lantern at the 2019 Japan Expo exhibition in Villepinte, near Paris, on July 4, 2019. – Japan Expo, the largest European festival dedicated to Japanese culture and leisure, opens on July 4. (Photo

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Japan royal couple visit child care facility in Finland

July 5, 2019

Espoo, Finland–Japanese Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko visited on Thursday a maternity and child health care facility, known as neuvola, in Espoo, Finland. Neuvola, which originally started in Finland, provides constant support for families, from the pregnant period

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Palace tells those planning to file impeachment complaint vs Duterte: Conduct reality check

July 5, 2019

Malacanang advised on Friday those who would file impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte to “conduct reality check” to prevent embarrassment. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said any Filipino could file an impeachment complaint against the sitting President. “The Office of

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PSE index ends at five-month high

July 5, 2019

The main Philippine stock index rose to its highest in five months on Friday. The peso closed at P51.195 against the US dollar from P51.13 on Thursday. Volume at the foreign exchange portal of the Bankers Association of the Philippines

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Palace calls “demonization attempt” vs Duterte move by other countries urging UN to probe killings

July 5, 2019

Malacanang branded on Friday as “demonization attempt” against President Rodrigo Duterte and his administration the call of several countries for the United Nations to investigate the killings of thousands of drug suspects in the Philippines. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson

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Panelo says high inflation “thing of the past”

July 5, 2019

Malacanang said on Friday high inflation is now ”a thing of the past” after June consumer prices fell to 2.7 percent. “Soaring infation has been slayed. It is now a thing of the past,” Presidential Spokeserson Salvador Panelo told reporters.

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Cambodia art history

July 5, 2019

Artefacts are displayed during a ceremony in which 85 items were returned to the National Museum in Phnom Penh on July 5, 2019. – The artefacts were part of a collection of a Japanese antique collector. (Photo by TANG CHHIN

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