DUTERTE THREATENS TO END VFA IF US FAILS TO 'CORRECT' BATO VISA CANCELLATIONMANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday threatened to terminate theVisiting Forces Agreement with the United States unless Washington"corrects" the cancellation of Sen. Bato dela Rosa's visa in one month.
GLOBAL TIES VITAL TO FIGHT CORONAVIRUS China stands ready to work with the international community to effectively curb the spread of the pneumonia cases caused by a new strain of coronavirus to uphold global health security, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday.
BREXIT BILL CLEARS FINAL UK PARLIAMENTARY HURDLE AHEAD OF JANUARY 31 EXITBritain moved a step closer to its January 31 exit from the European Unionwhen the legislation required to ratify its deal with Brussels passed itsfinal stage in parliament on Wednesday.
JET DISINFECTION, FACE MASKS: AIRLINES RAMP UP DEFENSE VS CHINA VIRUSMANILA — Airlines in the Philippines stepped up defenses against a newSARS-like virus from China, introducing jet disinfection, protectiveequipment and health checks, representatives said Thursday, as authoritiesmoved to head
XI URGES KEY TASKS FOR YUNNAN President Xi Jinping underlined on Tuesday the need for Yunnan province to win the battle against absolute poverty and to step up efforts in environmental conservation, urging it to advance supply-side structural reforms to achieve high-quality economic growt
TRUMP LAUDS US ECONOMY IN DAVOS, SAYS LITTLE ON CLIMATE WOESPresident Donald Trump boasted Tuesday that he's led a "spectacular"turnaround of the U.S. economy and urged the world to invest in America, buthad little to say about climate change issues that are a focus of thisyear's gathering
XI URGES MILITARY TO FOCUS ON IMPROVING CAPABILITIES President Xi Jinping urged the Chinese military on Monday to strive this year to realize its goals and missions given by the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people. "We are determined to build a moderately prosperous s
TRUMP IMPEACHMENT: PRESIDENT'S LAWYERS DEMAND IMMEDIATE ACQUITTALPresident Donald Trump's legal team, representing him at his impeachmenttrial, has demanded that he is immediately acquitted by the Senate.In a brief submitted on Monday, they called the impeachment "a dangerousperversion" of the
PHILIPPINE ECONOMIC GROWTH REVS UP AS TAAL VOLCANO LOOMSMANILA -- The Philippine economy was tipped to grow at its quickest pace for2019 in the quarter ended December on the back of faster state spending andlow borrowing costs, analysts said, as the government kept watch onpotential fallout from the
XI VISITS YUNNAN ON INSPECTION TOUR AHEAD OF CHINESE NEW YEAR Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, visited southwest China's Yunnan Province Sunday on an inspection tour ahead of Chinese New Year.
