BIDEN RAISED CONCERNS OVER XINJIANG, TIBET, HONG KONG; XI WARNS OF TAIWAN 'RED LINE' US President Joe Biden raised China’s policies in Tibet, Hong Kong and Xinjiang and unfair trade actions in his first bilateral meeting - held virtually with President Xi Jinping on Monday
PH HAS ADMINISTERED 70 MILLION COVID-19 DOSES, GOVERNMENT SAYS MANILA—The government has fully immunized 31,868,120 Filipinos — part of a total 70,677,771 vaccine doses administered as of Monday — the national task force monitoring the COVID-19 crisis said in a
XI CALLS BIDEN HIS 'OLD FRIEND' AS US-CHINA TALKS BEGIN ON A WARM NOTE A virtual US-China summit kicked off on Tuesday morning (IST). While US President Biden said he hopes to discuss human rights and security issues, China's Xi Jinping stated that he was very happy to see his '
'HE DOES NOT CONTROL ME': DUTERTE SAYS HE NEEDS BONG GO AS SENATE HEALTH COMMITTEE CHAIR MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte denied allegations that he is being controlled by his longtime aide Senator Christopher "Bong" Go. According to Duterte, Go is needed in the weekly
TOP DIPLOMATS OF CHINA AND US SPAR OVER TAIWAN As Biden, Xi prepare for Tuesday’s virtual meet, top diplomats from both countries spar over Taiwan The lead-up to Tuesday morning’s virtual summit between United States President Joe Biden and Chinese President X
DUTERTE: I WOULD NOT BE PRESIDENT IF PEOPLE CAN MANIPULATE ME MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte clarified that he was the one who encouraged his former aide Sen. Bong Go to seek the presidency as he vowed to reveal why he could not back the presidential bids of former sen
DUTERTE PUSHES FOR GREATER PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP MANILA — President Duterte yesterday pushed for greater public-private collaboration as the world faces challenges brought about by the pandemic and climate change. Speaking during the 2021 Asia-Pacific Economic
COP26: CHINA AND US AGREE TO BOOST CLIMATE CO-OPERATION China and the US have agreed to boost climate co-operation over the next decade, in a surprise announcement at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. The world's two biggest CO2 emitters pledged to act in a joint decla
PHILIPPINES HIGHLIGHTS 'CONCRETE' CLIMATE EFFORTS IN COP26, BUT GROUPS SAY GOV'T SHOULD DO MORE GLASGOW, United Kingdom — The Philippines said it is “moving ahead with urgency” in cutting its greenhouse gas emissions through localized climate change interventio
COVID IS SURGING AGAIN IN EUROPE AS WINTER LOOMS Coronavirus cases may be falling in much of the world but they are on the rise again in Europe, where pandemic restrictions have been relaxed and cold weather has moved into some countries. Low vaccination rates in Eastern Europe
