Notices by The Manila Times (themanilatimes@mastodon.social)

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Tributes poured in from across Latin America on Tuesday following the death of Uruguay's former president Jose "Pepe" Mujica, an ex-guerrilla fighter revered by the left for his humility and progressive politics.

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DESPITE tens of billions of pesos hijacked from government's dole-out funds to bribe voters, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. lost the crucial Senate elections, which was both a referendum on his administration and a proxy war between him and former president Rodrigo Duterte.

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AMMAN, Jordan — Jordanian authorities on Sunday evacuated nearly 1,800 tourists from the ancient city of Petra after the area was hit by flooding, an official told state television.

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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A Cambodian court sentenced an outspoken opposition politician to four years in jail for incitement on Monday, he told reporters, barring him from voting and holding office.

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Rio de Janeiro's iconic Copacabana Beach was filling up fast Saturday (Sunday in Manila) with excited fans of Lady Gaga, hours before the American superstar is to perform at a free mega-concert.

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MANILA, Philippines —A 20-year-old second year college student of Occidental Mindoro State College (OMSC) died on Sunday after a boxing match in Agoho Covered Court, Mambajao Camiguin, according to the local health office.

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MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed into law a bill providing free legal assistance to soldiers and other uniformed personnel facing charges arising from incidents related to the performance of their duties.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday ordered the closure of a US agency that invested billions in African and other developing countries' infrastructure in return for good governance, effectively ceding ground to China.

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PARIS — Global tax plans targeting billionaires and multinational companies are running aground, with the United States torpedoing reforms under President Donald Trump.

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TOKYO, Japan — A Japanese bus driver with 29 years of service lost his retirement package worth $84,000 after being fired for stealing $7 from passengers' fares.

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MIAMI, United States – A mass shooting allegedly carried out by the son of a local deputy sheriff with her old service weapon left two people dead at a university in Florida, police in the southeastern US state said Thursday.

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BRASÍLIA, Brazil — Peruvian former first lady Nadine Heredia, sentenced with her husband to 15 years in prison for money laundering, arrived Wednesday in Brazil, where she has been granted asylum, officials said.

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MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court ordered lawyer Raul Lambino to explain his actions after he publicly claimed that the Court issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte—an assertion the high tribunal said was categorically false.

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SAN FRANCISCO, California — Nintendo on Friday said it was delaying preorders of its hotly anticipated Switch 2 gaming console as it assesses the fallout from the Trump administration's trade tariffs.

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BANGKOK — The death toll from the massive earthquake that hit Myanmar nearly a week ago rose Thursday to 3,085 as more bodies were found by search and rescue teams, the military-led government said.

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SEOUL — South Korean police will mobilize "all available resources" to prevent violence when a court rules on Friday on the fate of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, with top tourist sites to close and embassies warning citizens to stay away.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — As they readied to leave work Monday, some workers at the Food and Drug Administration were told to pack their laptops and prepare for the possibility that they wouldn't be back, according to an email obtained by The Associated Press.

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MANILA, Philippines — In response to the catastrophic 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar and Thailand, resulting in over 1,000 confirmed deaths and widespread destruction, the Philippine government is mobilizing a humanitarian assistance team.

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ANDONG, South Korea — Wildfires in South Korea are now "the largest on record" having burned more forest than any previous blaze, the country's disaster chief said Thursday, as the death toll rose to 26.

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PARIS, France — Chinese doctors said Wednesday that they had transplanted a liver from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead human for the first time, raising hopes of a live-saving donor option for patients in the future.

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