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Jane Fonda, actress and activist, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss her recent arrest at a climate protest in Washington DC.

CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports on the shifting situation in Syria as the battle for land leaves citizens caught in a daily cycle of uncertainty and violence.

The Brooklyn Nets defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 91-77 on Saturday to conclude a pre-season China tour that leaves behind big questions over the future of a key market worth billions of dollars to the NBA. The two-game tour was thrown into disarray, with all public appearances canceled other than the matches, after the league found itself at the center of a raging US-China dispute over democracy and free speech.   [embed]https://twitter.com/LakersReporter/status/1183799577419239425[/embed] Despite the controversy, the teams have been embraced by Chinese fans at the first game on Thursday in Shanghai, also won by Brooklyn, and game two Saturday in the southern city of Sh...

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Facing scathing criticism from Republican lawmakers and members of his own military, President Donald Trump on Monday was working toward applying harsh new sanctions on Turkey following its incursion into northern Syria. But even as he was preparing the economic punishment, a bipartisan group on Capitol Hill was finalizing their own sanctions, threatening to undermine the President's attempts at confronting the growing crisis.

California is giving childhood victims of sexual abuse more time to decide whether to file lawsuits, joining several states in expanding the statute of limitations for victims over warnings from school districts that the new rules could bankrupt them. The law signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom gives victims of childhood sexual abuse until age 40, or five years from the discovery of the abuse, to file civil lawsuits. The previous limit had been 26 or within three years from the discovery of the abuse. It also suspends the statute of limitations for three years beginning Jan. 1 giving victims of all ages time to bring lawsuits if they wish. "The idea that someone who is assaulted...

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DAVIS, California -- The new Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies at UC Davis is getting $1 million in state funding to expand research on one of the nation's largest and fastest growing Asian American communities. "This allocation provides a crucial early boost to a center focused on an area that deserves more study," said Robyn Rodriguez, the center's director and chair of Asian American studies. "It gives the center, the first of its kind at a major research university, a very strong start in better researching the second largest Asian American group in the nation," Rodriguez added. The center, part of the Department of Asian American Studies in the College of Letters and ...

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RICHMOND, B.C. -- An 18-year-old Filipino Canadian is among the youngest candidates for parliament in the current federal election. Jaeden Dela Torre is on the New Democratic Party (NDP) ticket in Steveston-Richmond East, a riding held by veteran politician and Liberal Party Member of Parliament Joe Peschisolido. Dela Torre told The Georgia Straight that he "saw a lot of hope with the values of the NDP." "I'm definitely not a Conservative. The Liberal Party I feel doesn't really represent or understand the kind of stress that my generation is going through," Dela Torre said. He said further: "And the New Democrats are really the only party that has put out a platform and ...

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During a visit to Manila six years ago, I found out that an old friend and classmate was ill and in the hospital. I still had a few days left and could have visited Andrew. But I didn't. He'll be fine, I thought. I'll see him again on my next visit. But there was no next time. A few weeks after I returned to California, I got a Facebook message from another friend, Clarence: "Sad news. Andrew passed away today." Andrew, Clarence and I had been close friends in our freshman and sophomore years at the Ateneo. As with most high school friendships, we drifted apart through the years. Andrew went to Oregon where he finished high school, went to college before returning to sett...

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  SAN FRANCISCO -- Mayor London Breed recently held a meet-and-greet with with Filipino American community leaders and advocates to mark Filipino American History Month and solidify their support for her reelection.   Breed came to the event with her Fil-Am deputy chief of staff and senior adviser Marjan Philhour, who is now the Filipino community's main contact person in City Hall.   Philhour explained that one of first things Breed did when she took office as mayor was to bring the Filipino community around the table to show how she prioritizes their voices and values.   "The Filipino community has been so much as a backbone of our working c...

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NEW YORK---With Beijing baring its fangs, growing numbers of Hong Kongers no longer identify as Chinese. Instead, they proudly proclaim themselves as Hong Kongers. And while Hong Kong as a democratic enclave within a totalitarian system may appear to be an impossible dream, impossible dreams have materialized in the past. Outraged Filipinos chased the Marcoses out of the country in 1986. Popularly known as the "People Power Revolution," the massive nonviolent uprising against the hated regime Is believed to have inspired other regime-changing, albeit peaceful, protests elsewhere. The brutal Baby Doc Duvalier fled Haiti, also in 1986. The Berlin Wall fell in 1989, followed by the c...

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An American-Israeli woman arrested at a Moscow airport with nine and a half grams of marijuana has found herself at the center of a diplomatic standoff between Israel, Russia, and the United States.

MANILA, Philippines --- After a colorful parade of 85 national costumes, the 2019 Miss Earth pageant awarded medals to those who topped the competition in four geographical divisions. Earning gold in Africa was Susan Kirui from Kenya, who wore an animal-printed ensemble inspired by the fictional African country of Wakanda, the home of Marvel comic book superhero"Black Panther. Zambia's Venus Vlahakis took home a silver medal with a beaded garment designed by Los Angeles-based Filipino designer Carl Andrada of Carmelo Designs. The bronze medal for Africa went to Nigeria's Susan Garland who wore a costume from the Edo state. Two white costumes incorporating large back piece...

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Boxer Patrick Day is in critical condition after suffering a knockout during his fight with Charles Conwell Saturday night in Chicago.

It's Ryan Reynolds turn to make a move in his ongoing feud with Hugh Jackman.

In her final months, Atatiana Jefferson moved to another city to take care of her ailing mother.

It's only the second observed "interloper" to cross into our solar system, but interstellar comet 21/Borisov looks incredibly similar to our own comets based on new observations by astronomers. They're also learning new details about the comet, like the fact that it has a reddish hue, according to a new study.

For much of his career, Ken Chan has been known for roles with predicaments that add to their increasing degree of difficulty. "My Special Tatay" and "Destiny Rose" immediately come to mind. In the former, Ken portrays a young father with mild intellectual disability, while in "Destiny Rose," he's cast as a transgender woman bravely navigating a world that is weighed down by intolerance and discrimination. Trust us, while Ken is good at what he does, it doesn't hurt that he's also one of the nicest guys in the biz. We enjoyed his company the few times we crossed paths with him. From a distance, we could see how hard he tried not to make the people around him feel that he was...

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What makes Regine Velasquez iconic? The millions of records she has sold? The number concert venues she has packed? The numerous awards she has won? Her force of nature of a voice that has influenced a younger generation of singers who aspire of following in her footsteps? Regine's answer was simple and quite unexpected, but one that does actually make sense. "When the gay fans start idolizing you, then you're an icon!" she quipped, drawing laughter at a recent press con for "Iconic," her two-night concert with Sharon Cuneta on Oct. 18 and 19 at the Araneta Coliseum (call 8911-5555). Indeed, the clout and impact she has in pop culture has a lot to do with the reverence he...

Keep on reading: Regine Velasquez: When gay fans start idolizing you, then you’re an icon