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PBBM’s first state visit in Indonesia marks 75 years of PHL-Indonesia diplomatic relations (Eagle News) – Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr., and Indonesian president Joko Widodo both agreed to further strengthen bilateral relations as well as work towards highlighting the role of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to promote peace in the region. President Marcos Jr., is on his first state visit in Indonesia upon the invitation of President Widodo. The Philippine […]
by Joshua MELVIN Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Twitter misled users and US regulators about “extreme, egregious” gaps in its online protections, the platform’s ex-security chief claimed in whistleblower testimony that could impact the court fight over Elon Musk’s buyout bid. Peiter Zatko’s complaint, which was published Tuesday by US media, also accused Twitter of significantly underestimating the number of fake and spam accounts — a crucial point in Musk’s argument for trying […]
Taipei, Taiwan | AFP by Amber Wang with Ludovic Ehret in Beijing US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan late Tuesday, defying a string of increasingly stark warnings and threats from China that have sent tensions between the world’s two superpowers soaring. Pelosi, second in line to the presidency, is the highest-profile elected US official to visit Taiwan in 25 years and Beijing has made clear that it regards her presence as a major […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Several US warships were cruising in waters near Taiwan on Tuesday, US military officials said, amid Chinese anger over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s controversial visit to the island Beijing claims as its territory. As China announced it would hold live-fire military drills in the Taiwan Strait in response to Pelosi’s visit, the US Navy’s Seventh Fleet said the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan was operating in the Philippine Sea, […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Moscow said Tuesday that ally China had every right to take measures to protect its sovereignty and called US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit a “clear provocation”. “The Chinese side has the right to take necessary measures to protect its sovereignty and territorial integrity over the Taiwan issue,” the Russian foreign ministry said. Moscow called Pelosi’s visit “a clear provocation” aimed at containing China. China’s military said it would […]
by Patrick Lee, with Amber Wang in Taipei Agence France-Presse KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, Malaysian state media reported, her second stop in an Asian tour that has sparked rage in Beijing over a possible stop in Taiwan. Beijing views Taiwan as its territory and has indicated through repeated warnings that it would view the visit as a major provocation. Pelosi landed at a […]
by Martin Abbugao, with Amber Wang in Taipei and Sebastian Smith in Washington Agence France-Presse SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — The White House on Monday warned China against overreacting to a trip by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, saying she would have every right to visit the self-ruled island despite Beijing viewing it as a highly provocative challenge. China need not turn any visit by Pelosi into a “crisis,” White House National Security Council […]
by Martin Abbugao Agence France-Presse SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi was expected to begin her Asia tour Monday in the shadow of diplomatic tensions with China, with no word yet if she will make a stop in Taiwan. Her reported plans to visit the island have sparked strong warnings from Beijing, and even unease in the White House with President Joe Biden trying to lower the temperature with China. […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has raised Alert Level 2 or a “restriction phase” on Sri Lanka due to the security situation in that country. In an advisory, the DFA said that “there will be no new deployment of overseas Filipino workers to Sri Lanka, and only those with existing employment contracts are allowed to return to the country.” Citing reports from the Embassy, the DFA said that there […]
SUVA, Fiji (AFP) — Solomon Islands will not host a foreign military base because the nation would be targeted for “military strikes”, Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said Thursday, as Pacific leaders grappled with China’s security ambitions. The Solomons leader is attending the Pacific Islands Forum summit, the first gathering of the bloc since his country signed a security agreement with China — details of which have not been made public. China’s security pact with the […]
SUVA, Fiji (AFP) — The United States launched a major push into the Pacific Wednesday as it seeks to hold off China’s advances in the region, with Vice President Kamala Harris announcing the opening of new embassies in Tonga and Kiribati at a key regional summit. Washington will also appoint its first-ever envoy to the Pacific, Harris said as she pledged $600 million in funding for the region in her address to the Pacific Islands […]
Incoming presidential legal counsel cites “credible information” which he recently received (Eagle News) – Former senate president and incoming presidential legal counsel Juan Ponce Enrile warned that there could be “groups in America and in the Philippines” who could be planning to cause trouble for President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. In a Facebook post, Enrile said he “picked up” what he considered to be “credible information” about this intelligence information, and advice the national security […]
