TRUMP SAYS US CONDUCTING 'SERIOUS INVESTIGATIONS' INTO CHINA'S ROLE IN COVID-19 The US is carrying out a "very serious" investigation against China, President Donald Trump has said, indicating that his administration is looking at a bigger compensation from Beijing than the USD 140 billi
DUTERTE SAYS GOV'T COMING UP WITH GUIDELINES ON GENERAL COMMUNITY QUARANTINE MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said the Philippine government is coming up with guidelines to ensure the effective implementation of the general community quarantine (GCQ) amid the coronavirus disea
XI: STRENGTHS SHOULD BE PUT TO GOOD USE Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, emphasized on Monday the importance of making good use of the country's institutional strengths in responding to risks and challenges in an increasingly severe and compli
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged his lockdown-weary nation to be patient Monday, arguing that easing social and economic restrictions too soon would create a second deadly spike of coronavirus infections. On his first day back at work in three weeks after a bout of COVID-19 that left h
DUTERTE WANTS FDA, DOST TO INCREASE WORKFORCE, OPERATE 'DAY AND NIGHT' MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Science and Technology to increase their workforce as the country continues to battle the coronavirus outbreak. The
NATION RESOLUTE IN MEETING POVERTY GOAL The COVID-19 pandemic will not compromise China's goal to lift all its rural population out of poverty by the end of this year, officials and experts said, with the country scaling up its response measures in job creation and helping with sales of agr
NATIONS BEGIN TO MAP OUT EXIT FROM LOCKDOWN <https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/european-countries-begin-to-ma p-out-exit-from-lockdown-1.4238409> Boris Johnson returns to work for the first time in a fortnight with one key item at the top of his in-tray: when will he let
PHILIPPINES TIPPED FOR RECESSION THIS YEAR, REBOUND IN 2021: BSP MANILA -- Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Benjamin Diokno said Monday the economy was poised to slide into a recession in 2020, contracting by 0.2 percent for the full year due to an extended lockdown to stop the COVID-
XI: BUILD 'GREAT SPACE POWER' President Xi Jinping extended greetings to elder scientists who participated in the country's first satellite program 50 years ago and said he expected space industry workers to learn from their predecessors' spirit and strive to build the nation into a stronge
TRUMP SAYS SPOKE 'SARCASTICALLY' ABOUT INJECTING DISINFECTANTS U.S. President Donald Trump's musings on whether injecting disinfectants might treat COVID-19 have horrified medical professionals and raised fresh concerns that his stream-of-consciousness briefings could push frightened peo
