Foreign
China’s Li, Duterte to meet at ASEAN Summit
November 7, 2017, 10:28 pm
BEIJING -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will hold talks with President Rodrigo Duterte and other Filipino officials during his five-day official visit to the Philippines for the ASEAN and East Asia Leaders’ Summit on November 12-16. In a regular press conference on Monday, Ministry of Foreign… Read More
Typhoon Damrey kills 44, leaves 19 missing in central Vietnam
November 7, 2017, 3:23 pm
HANOI -- Typhoon Damrey has killed 44 people and left 19 others missing after hitting Vietnam's central and central highlands regions on Saturday, the country's Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control said Tuesday. The dead victims included 27 in central Khanh Hoa… Read More
26 killed in Texas church shooting, shooter identified: Texas guv
November 6, 2017, 9:57 am
HOUSTON -- Some 26 people were shot dead after a gunman opened fire at a church during services in Sutherland Springs, Texas, Governor Greg Abbott said on Sunday. Abbott said the shooting attack in the church was the deadliest mass shooting in the state's history. Officials said that the victims… Read More
Twitter employee ‘deactivates’ Trump's account
November 3, 2017, 7:16 pm
WASHINGTON -- An employee at social media website Twitter closed down the personal account of US President Donald Trump for 11 minutes, Twitter said Thursday. "Earlier today @realdonaldtrump's account was inadvertently deactivated due to human error by a Twitter employee," the company said in a… Read More
Canadian PM Trudeau to visit PH and Vietnam next week
November 3, 2017, 1:00 pm
OTTAWA -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Thursday announced that he will visit Vietnam and the Philippines from November 6 to 14, 2017. "Canada and Vietnam's relationship is anchored in strong people-to-people connections, and has expanded greatly in the last forty years. I look forward… Read More
China to maintain close communication with PH: MFA
November 3, 2017, 12:53 pm
BEIJING – A week after Chinese leader Xi Jinping assured China will not resort to hegemony, the Chinese government has promised to maintain good and healthy relations with the Philippines under President Rodrigo Duterte.“We stand ready to continue to maintain close communication with the… Read More
3 killed in shooting at Walmart in Colorado
November 2, 2017, 9:09 pm
LOS ANGELES, -- Three people were killed Wednesday evening in a shooting inside a Walmart supermarket in Thornton, a Denver suburb in the U.S. state of Colorado. The suspect is still at large.Thornton Police Department initially announced around 6:30 p.m. (0030 GMT, Thursday) that "multiple… Read More
Over 70% of Americans see drugs as serious problem
November 2, 2017, 12:31 pm
WASHINGTON -- People who believe drugs pose a serious problem in the United States rose for the first time in a decade to 71 percent, a Gallup study released on Wednesday has found. The study showed 71 percent of those Americans polled believed that illegal drugs were an "extremely" or "very"… Read More
US federal prosecutors file charges vs NYC truck attack suspect
November 2, 2017, 10:17 am
NEW YORK -- Federal prosecutors on Wednesday filed terrorism charges against the suspect of Tuesday's truck attack in New York City (NYC), which left eight people dead and a dozen others injured. Acting US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Joon Kim announced the charges at a news… Read More
Japan's Abe re-elected as prime minister
November 1, 2017, 6:23 pm
TOKYO -- Shinzo Abe was re-elected as head of the Japanese government on Wednesday. He was supported by the parliament’s lower house, in which the ruling bloc led by the Liberal Democratic Party secured two-thirds of seats in the elections held at the end of last month.Shinzo Abe can thus remain… Read More
8 dead in New York City "act of terror"
November 1, 2017, 12:42 pm
NEW YORK -- Eight people were killed and a dozen more were injured after a truck plowed into pedestrians near the World Trade Center in New York City, the mayor said on Tuesday. Based on the information authorities had at the moment, the incident was "a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at… Read More
Magnitude 5.8 temblor hits Tonga’s coast in Pacific Ocean – USGS
October 31, 2017, 7:41 pm
MOSCOW -- A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits the South Pacific Ocean, no information on casualty or tsunami warning yet.A 5.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred off the coast of Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported. The tremor occurred at… Read More
Tilapia threatens Australia's multi-million dollar seafood industry
October 30, 2017, 2:50 pm
SYDNEY -- Australia's multi-million dollar seafood industry could be under threat from an invasive species of fish, biosecurity authorities in the far north of Queensland State confirmed Monday. Spotted tilapia have been found in the Walsh River, a waterway which connects to the Mitchell River… Read More
Australia, New Zealand fight bitter war over honey
October 30, 2017, 2:32 pm
SYDNEY -- Australian honey producers have been stung by the news that New Zealand's honey industry is in the process of trying to trademark the word "manuka" around the globe. In response, Australian producers have created a new industry body called the Australian Manuka Honey Association (AMHA)… Read More
World's first hydrogen tram runs in China
October 27, 2017, 1:21 pm
SHIJIAZHUANG -- A China-made tram powered by hydrogen fuel cells was put into commercial operation Thursday in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province. It is the first commercial hydrogen-powered tram in the world and made by China Railway Rolling Corporation (CRRC) Tangshan Co., Ltd. With water… Read More
Xi retains CPC top post, vows decent lives for Chinese people
October 26, 2017, 9:19 am
BEIJING – As expected, the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Wednesday granted Xi Jinping fresh mandate as general secretary of the Party’s central committee. During the first plenary session on Wednesday, the 204 members and 172 alternates of the 19th CPC Central Committee elected members of… Read More
Twitter wants political ads more transparent
October 25, 2017, 1:35 pm
WASHINGTON -- The US social media giant Twitter would implement new measures to increase the transparency of its political advertisements, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday. In the coming weeks, Twitter would launch a transparency center that would provide details about various… Read More
Shanghai seeks to boost ties with PH, other ASEAN cities
October 24, 2017, 9:56 pm
BEIJING – With the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) vowing to lead China into new era of progress, Shanghai City has promised to build cooperation with more cities in Southeast Asia, including the Philippines, to boost its prestige as one of top global financial hubs. “We are… Read More
CPC endorses Xi’s foreign policy, Belt and Road Initiative
October 24, 2017, 9:12 pm
BEIJING – The Communist Party of China (CPC) approved on Tuesday resolutions endorsing General Secretary Xi Jinping’s foreign policy particularly promotion of peace and development including China-led Belt and Road Initiative. “The Congress endorses the report’s analysis of the… Read More
5 dead, transport systems heavily cut as 'Lan' lashes Japan
October 23, 2017, 4:30 pm
TOKYO -- Five people were left dead and transportation systems and businesses were severely disrupted as Typhoon Lan lashed central Japan's Pacific coast after making landfall early Monday and hit wide swathes of the nation thereafter. The typhoon, with an atmospheric pressure of 950 hectopascals… Read More
