CHINA SAYS WON'T CHANGE POSITION ON TAIWAN AFTER LANDSLIDE ELECTIONChina will not change its position that Taiwan belongs to it and the worldwill only ever recognise that there is "one China", Beijing said on Sundayafter President Tsai Ing-wen won re-election and said she would not submitto Chi
TAAL SPEWS LAVA FOUNTAINSA volcano near Manila spewed lava fountains Monday after belching a massivecloud of ash that drifted across the Philippine capital on Sunday, forcingthe cancellation of flights and closure of schools and government offices asauthorities warned of a possible "explosive e
IRAN ADMITS IT SHOT DOWN PLANE IN ERROR, APOLOGISES AFTER DENIALSIran announced on Saturday that its military "unintentionally" shot down theUkrainian jetliner that crashed earlier this week, killing all 176 aboard,after the government had repeatedly denied Western accusations that it wasr
CHINA URGES INT'L COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE ADHERING TO ONE-CHINA PRINCIPLE The foreign ministry on Sunday urged the international community to continue abiding by the one-China principle after the Taiwan leadership election.
1ST BATCH OF 14 OFWS FROM IRAQ HEADED HOMEMANILA - Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana disclosed yesterday that thefirst batch of 14 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are now at the Philippineembassy in Baghdad, Iraq and would be processed as part of the government'songoing mandatory repatriation oper
CWC PASSES RESOLUTION ASKING GOVT TO STOP NPR, WITHDRAW CAAThe Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Saturday passed a resolutiondemanding a rollback of the Citizenship Amendment Act, which was notified bythe Home Ministry on January 10, and stopping the process of updating theNational Popul
XI HONORS OUTSTANDING SCIENTISTS President Xi Jinping presented China's top science award on Friday to Huang Xuhua, the chief designer of China's first-generation nuclear submarines, and Zeng Qingcun, a famous meteorologist.
TAIWAN BEGINS VOTING WITH FUTURE OF ITS DEMOCRACY ON THE LINEThe future of Taiwan's democracy is on the line as the self-ruled island's19 million voters decide on whether to give independence-leaning PresidentTsai Ing-wen a second term.
DUTERTE VOWS TO 'CORRECT' ALL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS BEFORE STEPPING DOWNMANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte vowed Thursday to "correct" allgovernment contracts before he steps down from office as he sought torenegotiate water concession deals covering the Philippine capital.
XI SENDS CONDOLENCES TO UKRAINIAN, IRANIAN PRESIDENTS President Xi Jinping sent his condolences on Thursday to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani over the Wednesday crash of a Ukrainian airliner in Iran that killed all 176 people aboard.&
