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HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — Vietnam has accused the Chinese coastguard of sinking a fishing boat near a disputed island chain, authorities said Tuesday, ahead of key UN-backed ruling on claims in the flashpoint South China Sea. Two Vietnamese boats were chased by a pair of Chinese coastguard ships on Saturday afternoon off Vietnam’s Quang Ngai province, the Vietnam Fisheries Society (Vinafis) said in a statement. One ship was boarded by Chinese coastguards who forced the […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A UN-backed tribunal is on Tuesday expected to deliver a verdict on a Philippine challenge to China’s claims to most of the South China Sea. Spanning three years, two hearings, and nearly 4,000 pages of evidence, the arbitration case at The Hague is complex. In essence, China claims most of the sea, even waters approaching neighboring countries, based on a vaguely defined “nine-dash” Chinese map dating back to the 1940s. The […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A tropical storm in China has left 10 people dead and 11 missing, reports said Monday, after it lashed Taiwan with typhoon-grade winds and rain. Super Typhoon Nepartak brought chaos to Taiwan Friday, forcing more than 15,000 people to flee their homes as part of the island saw its strongest winds in over a century. It had weakened into a tropical storm by the time it made landfall in Fujian province […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Disney chief executive Robert Iger on Monday said that nearly a million people have visited the entertainment giant’s theme park opened less than a month ago in mainland China. “It would be safe to assume almost a million people have experienced the park,” Iger said during an on-stage chat at a Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen, Colorado. Visitors to the park are staying longer than expected each day […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — The Philippine embassy in China has warned its citizens to beware of personal “threats” and avoid political debates ahead of a tribunal ruling Tuesday over a bitter dispute in the South China Sea. Manila filed a case with an international tribunal in The Hague in 2013 challenging China, which claims nearly all of the strategically vital sea, even waters approaching the coasts of the Philippines China — whose governing Communist party […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — High demand for the mobile augmented-reality game Pokemon Go crashed the app’s servers in Australia Tuesday, while attracting safety and trespassing warnings from police. The game has been a huge hit with players since it was rolled out in Australia, New Zealand and the United States late last week, with more than five million downloads on the Android Google Play app store. It has also topped Apple’s app charts. A Pokemon […]
by Andrew BEATTY WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Barack Obama heads to Dallas on Tuesday to offer comfort to relatives of the five police officers slain in a sniper ambush — and to try to unify a nation struggling to process a raw week of deadly violence and racial tensions. For Obama, his speech at an interfaith memorial service in the sprawling Texas city — with Vice President Joe Biden and former president […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Authorities will plant 18 million trees in Mexico City and its surrounding suburbs as part of efforts to combat air pollution, the government said Monday. Environment Minister Rafael Pacchiano dubbed it a “historic reforestation” to reinforce the “green belt in the megalopolis.” The greater Mexico City area was hit by the worst air pollution in more than a decade in March, prompting authorities to restrict traffic for the 5.4 million […]
by Katherine HADDON LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — David Cameron’s political epitaph was carved in stone when he resigned the morning after Britons voted to quit the European Union. Cameron had staged the referendum to try to unite his Conservative party, where right-wing eurosceptics were agitating to leave the 28-nation bloc. His expectation was that he would win the June 23 vote handily and then push ahead with social reforms to crown his second term […]
by Benjamin CARLSON BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing braced Tuesday for an international tribunal’s ruling on the South China Sea, where it has expansive territorial claims, with all eyes watching for the Asian giant’s reaction on the ground or in the water. The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague is set to release its final decision on the case, which was brought by the Philippines challenging China’s position. In a months-long campaign Beijing […]
Nagdiwang ng ikalawang anibersaryo ang mga kabataang Iglesia Ni Cristo sa Forest Side 2 sa distrito ng Central ng Iglesia Ni Cristo. Ito’y isinagawa sa Eagle Broadcasting Corporation nitong Linggo. Bahagi ng aktibidad ang iba’t-ibang parlor games, chanting at game booth na inihanda ng mga maytungkulin ng nasabing dako ng PNK. Sot Rommel David pangulo, dako ng Forest Side 2 Marian Mae Centeno kalihim, dako ng Forest Side 2 ikinasiya naman ito ng mga dumalo […]
Former Justice Secretary and Senator Leila De Lima believes the United Nations arbitral tribunal will give a favorable ruling for the Philippines regarding the dispute in the West Philippine Sea.
