France's 'yellow vest' protesters back on streets

PARIS, Jan 05 (AFP): France's "yellow vest" protesters were back on the streets again on Saturday as a government spokesman denounced those still protesting as hard-liners who wanted only to bring down the government.Several hundred protestors gathered on the Champs Elysees in central Paris, where around 15 police wagons were...

Philippine police kill ex-mayor for drug crimes

MANILA, Jan 05 (New York Times): A former mayor in the southern Philippines who had been accused of drug trafficking by President Rodrigo Duterte was killed Friday in a predawn police raid, the authorities said.Talib Abo, formerly the mayor of the town of Parang in Maguindanao province, was killed in...