CHINA TO SEE SURGE IN TRAIN TRIPS AS HOLIDAY DRAWS TO CLOSE China will see a surge in train trips on Thursday as an eight-day national holiday draws to a close, according to the China State Railway Group Co Ltd. On Thursday, 13 million train trips are expected, and 1,234 additional
SCIENTISTS WIN HISTORIC NOBEL CHEMISTRY PRIZE FOR 'GENETIC SCISSORS' This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the discovery of the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing system, which has-for the first time-enabled scientists to make precise changes in the long stretches of DNA that make up
CABINET TO TACKLE REOPENING OF ECONOMY MANILA The proposal of economic managers to further reopen the economy to address the effects of the COVID-19 crisis, including higher hunger incidence and malnutrition among children, would be discussed by President Duterte during the Cabinet me
NEW CFA JUDGE SHOWS TRUST IN HK'S JUDICIARY A top foreign judge accepting an offer to serve on Hong Kong's highest appellate court showed the international community's trust in the city's judicial system, Hong Kong's leader and a legal expert said on Monday.
TRUMP READY TO DEBATE WITH BIDEN, HOWEVER HIS CAMPAIGN OPPOSES MODERATOR GETTING A MUTE BUTTON U.S. President Donald Trump is ready to participate in the next presidential debate with 2020 Democratic nominee Joe Biden in Miami, Florida later this month, a campaign spokesman said on Monda
DOJ TO PRIORITIZE DRUGS CASES FOLLOWING DUTERTE DIRECTIVE TO DESTROY DRUGS MANILA Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra is set to issue a memorandum circular ordering prosecutors to prioritize drug cases following President Rodrigo Dutertes directive to authorities to destroy seized ill
DONALD TRUMP, STILL CONTAGIOUS, BACK AT WHITE HOUSE - WITHOUT MASK Just three nights after he was hospitalized for COVID-19, U.S. President Donald Trump, still likely contagious with COVID-19, left Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre and returned to the White House.
PHILIPPINE INFLATION SLOWS TO 2.3 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER MANILA - Philippine inflation slowed to a four-month low in September government data released on Tuesday showed, driven by lower food and non-alcoholic beverage prices.
CONSUMER SPENDING UP DURING NATIONAL HOLIDAY Chinese consumers appear to be spending more money during the National Day holiday than last year. On the first two days of the eight-day holiday, Chinese consumers spent 628 billion yuan ($92.6 billion) by UnionPay card, up 11.8 percent
DONALD TRUMP CAN BE DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL SOON,' SAYS HIS MEDICAL TEAM US President Donald Trump has surprised supporters gathered outside the hospital where he is being treated with Covid-19 by riding past in a motorcade.
