By Shaun Tandon with Laurie Chen in BeijingAgence France-Presse (AFP) — The United States on Thursday unleashed a volley of actions to censure China’s treatment of the Uyghur minority, with lawmakers voting to curb trade and new sanctions slapped on…
By Haeril HalimAgence France-Presse (AFP) — Indonesia’s Mount Semeru spewed more ash on Monday, hampering the search for survivors as the death toll rose to 22 following the volcano’s deadly weekend eruption. The biggest mountain on the island of Java…
By Daphne Benoit and Jurgen Hecker, with Helen Roxburgh in BeijingAgence France-Presse (AFP) — A Chinese hypersonic test flight involving a high speed missile launch points to a major breakthrough, but Beijing’s capacity to deploy the advanced technology in combat…
(AFP) — The United States is “deeply concerned” about Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, who went missing after making sexual assault allegations against a top Communist Party official, the White House said Friday. Press Secretary Jen Psaki said President Joe…
By Marjorie QuintosEBC Ottawa Bureau (Eagle News) — Newly appointed Ambassador of the Philippines to Bangladesh, Alan L. Deniega, presented his Letter of Credence to the President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Md. Abdul Hamid, on September 15, 2021,…
By Ron Lopez and Allison JacksonAgence France Presse MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao declared he will run for president in 2022, vowing to tackle poverty and corruption as he seeks to win over voters with his…
(AFP) — A fire tore through an overcrowded Indonesian prison in the early hours of Wednesday when most inmates were asleep, killing 41 people and injuring dozens of others, an official said. Firefighters extinguished the blaze — which was mostly…
(Eagle News) – The Philippines recorded 13,177 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, Aug. 13, the second highest number of virus cases in the country in a single day. Because of this, the active COVID-19 cases in the country reached…
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — With their eyes glued to a television in the southern Philippines, the family of weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz yelled “push, push, push!” as she hoisted the bar to win the country’s first Olympic gold medal. “Then we…
(AFP) — Philippine police have won a battle for the bulge after the force temporarily suspended a requirement for officers seeking promotion to meet body fat targets, an official document showed Tuesday. Expanding waistlines have been a hefty problem among…
