INDIAN-AMERICAN VIVEK RAMASWAMY ANNOUNCES 2024 US PRESIDENTIAL BID Indian-American tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has launched his 2024 presidential bid with a promise to "put merit back" and end dependence on China, becoming the second community member to enter the Republican Party's pr
AFTER LASER INCIDENT, PH COAST GUARD CONFIRMS PRESENCE OF CHINESE VESSELS IN COUNTRY'S EEZ MANILA — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Wednesday confirmed the presence of Chinese vessels within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone (EEZ), more than a week since the laser
PUTIN PULLS BACK FROM N-TREATY WITH US, DELIVERS N-WARNING Moscow : President Putin on Tuesday delivered a warning to the West over Ukraine by suspending a landmark nuclear arms control treaty, announcing that new strategic systems had been put on combat duty, and threatening to r
SENATE RATIFIES TRADE DEAL MANILA — The Senate on Tuesday night concurred with the ratification of the Philippines’ membership in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement or RCEP, the latest country in Southeast Asia to join the world’s largest f
CHINA SAYS US BALLOONS BREACHED AIRSPACE AT LEAST 10 TIMES China's foreign ministry says the US has flown balloons into its airspace more than 10 times in the past year. It comes after the US on 4 February shot down a suspected spy balloon over its airspace - which China said was one of it
CHINA BLAMES PH COAST GUARD OVER LASER INCIDENT NEAR AYUNGIN SHOAL MANILA - China on Monday blamed the Philippines over a recent incident wherein a Chinese Coast Guard vessel directed a military-grade laser at a Philippine Coast Guard vessel. The PCG earlier bared that a Chinese
CHINA BLAMES PH COAST GUARD OVER LASER INCIDENT NEAR AYUNGIN SHOAL MANILA - China on Monday blamed the Philippines over a recent incident wherein a Chinese Coast Guard vessel directed a military-grade laser at a Philippine Coast Guard vessel. The PCG earlier bared that a Chinese
US SHOOTS DOWN ANOTHER OBJECT, THIS TIME OVER LAKE HURON WASHINGTON, United States — A US warplane shot down another flying object on Sunday, this time over Lake Huron on the US-Canadian border, the fourth in a dramatic series that began with the downing of a suspected Chinese sp
CHINESE SHIP BLINDS PH NAVY WITH MILITARY-GRADE LASER: COAST GUARD MANILA -- A Chinese Coast Guard vessel directed a military-grade laser light at the Philippine Coast Guard vessel supporting a rotation and resupply of the Philippine Navy, the PCG said Monday. The PCG noted that on Fe
CHINESE SPY BALLOONS HAVE TARGETED SEVERAL COUNTRIES, INCLUDING INDIA’ Amid the diplomatic row over the downing of the Chinese spy balloon by the US, a report has linked the aircraft to the vast surveillance program run by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), which targeted India