Foreign
How kiwi helped lift Liupanshui out of poverty
August 2, 2018, 7:20 pm
GUIZHOU, China – Fresh, comfortable, and exceptional -- these are some of the characteristics that best describe the City of Liupanshui in the Province of Guizho, dubbed as “The Cool City of China.” The year-round temperature is 15 degrees Celsius, a perfect place to escape from the… Read More
Indonesia evacuates tourists as quake death toll rises to 14
July 30, 2018, 11:43 am
JAKARTA -- The death toll in Indonesia's 6.4-magnitude quake rose to 14 people on Sunday, while 162 others wounded and evacuation for hundreds of foreign and local holidaymakers climbing Mount Rinjani has been under way amid fear for landslides, officials said. The earthquake jolted West Nusa… Read More
Blast near US Embassy in China isolated incident': MOFA
July 26, 2018, 6:49 pm
MANILA -- The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has confirmed that an explosion occurred near the United States Embassy in China on Thursday but said the incident is an "isolated case." "I would like to say that the incident in Chaoyang District, Tianze Road and Anjialou Road, was an… Read More
Death toll in wildfires near Athens rises to 74
July 25, 2018, 11:12 am
ATHENS -- The number of killed in the devastating fires near Athens was revised upward to 74 on Tuesday afternoon, while the search for more victims continued in Attica's eastern coast, Greek national news agency AMNA reported. The number of injured stood at 187, according to the latest official… Read More
2 confirmed dead, more missing after dam collapses in Laos
July 25, 2018, 10:54 am
VIENTIANE -- At least two people are confirmed dead as of 4:30 p.m. local time (0930 GMT) on Tuesday, and a number of villagers are still missing after an under-construction dam collapsed causing flash flood in southern Laos, state-run online newspaper Vientiane Times quoted a senior provincial… Read More
How Shanghai builds a better life for its people
July 24, 2018, 2:33 pm
SHANGHAI, China – The “Head of Dragon” -- that was how the late Chinese political reformist Deng Xiaoping envisioned Shanghai to be -- as the city’s economy, culture and prominence were overhauled. The city, also chosen as the engine of the country’s commercial resurgence in 1990, had… Read More
Online voters select best photo in Andrei Stenin tilt
July 20, 2018, 12:25 pm
MOSCOW, Russia – Cape Town photographer Justin Sullivan and his documentary series Walking with Fire: Going Beyond won the online poll of the Andrei Stenin Photo Contest. His story about the fight against fire, a plague that destroys hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest in South Africa,… Read More
3 killed, 25 injured as explosion hits restaurant in Pakistan
July 17, 2018, 12:19 pm
ISLAMABAD -- At least three people were killed and 25 others were injured when a blast hit a restaurant in Pakistan's central Multan district on Monday, local media reported. Confirming the death toll, City Police Officer Muneer Masood said that the nature of the blast is not known yet and a bomb… Read More
Experts, leaders discuss int’l security issues in China forum
July 16, 2018, 11:54 am
BEIJING, China -- Former politicians, key opinion leaders and researchers have gathered to discuss solutions to the security challenges faced by the international community during the two-day 7th World Peace Forum which ran from July 14 to 15 in Beijing, China. Shaukat Aziz, former Pakistan Prime… Read More
Turkish embassy commemorates 2016 coup attempt
July 13, 2018, 6:44 pm
MANILA-- The Embassy of Turkey in Manila on Friday commemorated the deadly coup attempt led by a small Turkish military faction which belonged to the Fetullah Gülen movement that launched coordinated operations in July 2016 to unseat President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. At least 250 people were… Read More
13 killed, 47 injured in suicide blast in Pakistan's Peshawar
July 11, 2018, 10:07 pm
ISLAMABAD -- At least 13 people were killed and 47 others injured in a suicide blast that hit a political gathering in the country's northwest provincial capital of Peshawar on Tuesday night, police and hospital officials said. Zulfiqar Ali Baba Khel, the spokesperson of the Lady Ready Hospital of… Read More
US to become global leading crude oil producer
July 11, 2018, 12:02 pm
HOUSTON -- The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts in a report on Tuesday that the United States will become the world's leading producer of crude oil if the output sustains the current momentum. Based on the June Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), EIA forecast US crude oil… Read More
Trump congratulates Thai Navy Seals on rescue of teenagers from cave
July 10, 2018, 10:04 pm
WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump congratulated on Tuesday the Thai Navy Seals on the successful rescue of 12 teenage boys and their coach from a flooded cave, where they were trapped for 18 days. "On behalf of the United States, congratulations to the Thai Navy SEALs and all on the… Read More
Japan floods, landslides death toll rises to at least 112
July 10, 2018, 3:00 pm
TOKYO -- The death toll from landslides and floods caused by widespread torrential rain across western Japan has risen to 112, with at least three others in a critical condition, public broadcaster NHK said Monday. Authorities have also said that 79 people still remain unaccounted for and, as… Read More
Scientists discover world's oldest colors in Africa
July 10, 2018, 9:48 am
WASHINGTON -- Scientists have discovered the oldest colors in the geological record, 1.1 billion-year-old pigments extracted from rocks deep beneath the Sahara desert in Africa. A study published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences revealed that the pigments taken from… Read More
Over 60 militants killed in Afghanistan within a day
July 9, 2018, 7:13 pm
KABUL -- More than 60 militants have been killed and several others wounded in Afghanistan within the past 24 hours, authorities said Monday. In one province, 14 Taliban militants were killed and eight others wounded after Afghan army backed by Afghan air force helicopters waged operations in… Read More
Erdogan to be sworn in, assume office as Turkey’s president
July 9, 2018, 6:09 pm
ANKARA -- The swearing-in ceremony of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who won the June 24 election, takes place in Ankara on Monday. According to Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin, at 16:30 local time (coincides with Moscow time), Erdogan would take the oath of office at the Grand… Read More
Death toll up to 83, dozens missing as torrential rain pummels Japan
July 9, 2018, 10:34 am
TOKYO -- Death toll has risen to 83 after record torrential rain pummeled wide swathes of Japan since Thursday, triggering landslides and flooding, local media reported on Sunday. According to Japan's public broadcaster NHK, 83 people have been confirmed dead, six people sustained serious injuries… Read More
Global leaders push for green dev’t in Guiyang Eco-Forum
July 8, 2018, 3:01 pm
GUIZHOU, China – Global leaders convened to tackle the importance of green development in pursuing feasible and sustainable growth during the Eco Forum Global Annual Conference 2018 in Guiyang City on July 6-8. Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the Eco Forum which… Read More
EU, SEA judges to boost enforcement system vs. IP cases
July 4, 2018, 9:12 pm
MANILA-- Key members of the judiciary from Southeast Asia, including Filipino judge Romeo Tagra, met Wednesday at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to share their respective state's intellectual property (IP) enforcement measures. EU pointed out that implementation of… Read More
