TRUMP TURNS FAUCI INTO CAMPAIGN PAWN, ASSAILING HIM AS 'IDIOT' US President Donald Trump, during a call with his re-election campaign staff, slammed America's top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci and called him "a disaster". Trump suggested that the largely respected and popular d
XI HAILS VICTORY 7 DECADES AGO President Xi Jinping hailed China's victory in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53)−a victory of justice, peace and the people−on Monday as he urged greater contributions to be made in safeguarding global peace and building a com
BIDEN LEADS TRUMP. SO DID HILLARY CLINTON The polls are once again delivering feel-good boosts to Democrats: Joe Biden beats President Donald Trump by 10, 11 or 12 points nationally, depending on the day. His edge in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin averages eight. Experts promise be
DUTERTE SAYS 'MIGHT TAKE SOME TIME' MORE TO REBUILD MARAWI MANILA - Three years since the liberation of Marawi from terrorists, President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday that the government "might take some time" before it could rebuild the southern city, the pace of which was criticized by
XI HIGHLIGHTS CRUCIAL ROLE OF QUANTUM TECH President Xi Jinping has stressed that China will advance the development of quantum science and technology with more strategic planning, supportive policies and investment, with the aim of fostering a favorable environment for basic research, inno
FRENCH PREMIER JOINS NATIONWIDE TRIBUTES TO BEHEADED TEACHER France's prime minister joined demonstrators on Sunday who rallied together across the country in tribute to a history teacher who was beheaded near Paris after discussing caricatures of the Prophet with his class.
WEST PHILIPPINE SEA OIL EXPLORATION OK, BUT NOT WITH CHINA MANILA, Philippines President Dutertes move to lift the moratorium on oil exploration in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) would be beneficial for the country, but the government must bar China from any joint venture to explo
CHINA'S SHANXI OFFERS OVER 3 BILLION YUAN OF MICROLOANS FOR POVERTY REDUCTION North China's Shanxi province has offered some 3.32 billion yuan (about $494 million) of microloans for poverty alleviation since the start of this year, according to local authorities. Some 74,500 regist
FORMER PAK PM NAWAZ SHARIF ACCUSES COUNTRY'S ARMY CHIEF OF TOPPLING HIS GOVT Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday accused the country's army chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa of toppling his government, pressuring the judiciary, and installing the current government of Prime
HOUSE APPROVES 2021 NATIONAL BUDGET ON FINAL READING MANILA - The House of Representatives on Friday approved on third and final reading the proposed P4.506 trillion national budget for 2021. The passage of the proposed national budget by the lower chamber was consistent with the commitm
