DANANG, Vietnam (AFP) — US President Donald Trump will not hold a meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of a regional summit in Vietnam, the White House said Friday. “Regarding a Putin meeting, there was never a meeting confirmed, and there will not be one that takes place due to scheduling conflicts on both sides,” press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters minutes before Air Force One touched down in the Vietnamese city […]
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Russia, China urge freeze on N. Korea missile tests and US exercises
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia and China on Tuesday called for a simultaneous freeze on North Korean nuclear and missile tests and military exercises by the United States as tensions ratcheted up on the peninsula. “The two sides propose that the DPRK (North Korea) as a voluntary political decision declares a moratorium on testing nuclear explosive devices and ballistic rocket launches, and the US and South Korea refrain from carrying out large-scale joint exercises,” their […]
Duterte retains ‘excellent’ net trust rating
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte has maintained his “excellent” trust rating in the first quarter of 2017, according to a recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey. The survey showed that 80 percent of Filipinos have “much trust” with Duterte, 10 percent with “little trust,” and 11 percent undecided, yielding an overall “excellent” +72 trust rating which tops the +70 Duterte received in December 2016. SWS classifies net satisfaction rating of 70 and above as “excellent”; […]





