Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
BEIJING, China (Reuters) — China said on Friday (December 23) its government was paying attention to President-elect Donald Trump’s Twitter post where he called for an expansion of the United States’ nuclear capabilities. BEIJING, China (Reuters) — On Thursday (December 22) Trump tweeted that “The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes,” but gave no further details. It was not […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (Reuters) — In Taipei’s leafy Tienmu district, nearly half the flagpoles in front of the imposing pink building that houses most foreign embassies are bare, as Taiwan’s dwindling band of diplomatic friends jump ship to its giant neighbor. Another flag was taken down this week when tiny West African state Sao Tome and Principe severed ties with the self-ruled island. Taiwan had as many as 30 diplomatic allies in the mid-1990s, but now […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China began daily civilian charter flights to Woody Island in the contested South China Sea Thursday, the official Xinhua news agency said, in a move likely to raise regional tensions. Beijing asserts sovereignty over almost all of the strategically vital South China Sea despite rival claims from Southeast Asian neighbours and has rapidly built reefs into artificial islands capable of hosting military planes. It landed its first passenger plane in Sansha […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan said on Thursday it has paid millions of dollars in UNESCO annual funding dues after holding back the payment over a World War II-era history row. UNESCO, the UN cultural and scientific body, last year agreed to China’s request to include documents in its Memory of the World register recording atrocities by Japanese troops after the fall of the Chinese city of Nanjing 1937. Japan — one of UNESCO’s biggest contributors […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday named billionaire Carl Icahn, a vocal critic of what he calls government over regulation, to serve as a special adviser to overhaul “strangling regulations.” He also tapped Peter Navarro, an outspoken China critic, to head the White House National Trade Council, a new office that will oversee trade and industrial policy, in the latest sign he is moving ahead with plans to overhaul US economic […]
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AFP) — Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, is to visit Guatemala next month amid US-China tensions spurred by US president-elect Donald’s Trump speaking by telephone with the Asian leader and threating to snub Beijing’s “One China” policy. Guatemala’s foreign ministry confirmed the visit, to take place January 11-12, just a week before Trump takes office on January 20. The Central American country is among just 21 nations in the world that defy China’s […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — China has offered the Philippines guns and equipment worth $14 million to wage its war on drugs and combat terrorism, Manila’s defense minister said Tuesday, as ties improve under President Rodrigo Duterte. Beijing has publicly backed the controversial campaign, which has left 5,300 people dead in less than six months and drawn criticism from the United Nations and the United States, Manila’s ally. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the latest offer […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Nike reported higher second-quarter earnings Tuesday behind increased sales in key markets, including China, and said it was making progress in cutting inventory in North America. Executives gave an upbeat outlook on China, where sales jumped 12 percent to $1.1 billion. Net income for the quarter ending November 30 rose seven percent to $842 million. Sales rose six percent to $8.2 billion. Participation in the Shanghai marathon was 38,000 […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte said that he is open to the issue of a joint oil exploration with China in disputed territories in the West Philippine Sea, and he had told this to Chinese President Xi Jinping before. “I have this arbitral award. And I have to push it,” he said as he recalled what he had said. “Kung gusto n’yo, let’s just develop what’s the oil there. Hati-hati na lang tayo. […]
BEIJING, China (Reuters) — Heavy haze enveloping many parts of north China is seriously disrupting people’s daily life. In Beijing, Tuesday marks the fifth day of a red alert warning against air pollution. As of 06:30, a total of 169 flights had been canceled due to low visibility of less than 300 meters. The visibility is expected to rise to one kilometer after 10:00. The government has increased its public transport capacities and implemented the […]
BEIJING, China (Reuters) — The Chinese and U.S. militaries are having “unimpeded” talks about the return of U.S. underwater drone taken by a Chinese naval vessel in the South China Sea last week, China’s foreign ministry said on Monday (December 19). The drone, known as an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), was taken on Thursday (December 15) in waters off the coast of the Philippines, the first seizure of its kind in recent memory. U.S. President-elect […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Hospital visits spiked, roads were closed and flights cancelled Monday as China choked under a vast cloud of toxic smog, with forecasters warning the worse was yet to come. At least 23 cities in the world’s most populous country have issued red alerts for air pollution since Friday, according to the official Xinhua news agency. A host of emergency measures have been implemented to protect the public’s health from the smog, […]
