XI'S CALL TO FUEL GROWTH BOOSTS CONFIDENCE Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attends a panel discussion of national political advisers from the economic sector on May 23, 2020 in Beijing.
OIL-STARVED VENEZUELA CELEBRATES ARRIVAL OF TANKERS FROM IRAN Venezuelan authorities celebrated on Monday as the first of five Iranian tankers loaded with gasoline docked in the South American country, delivering badly needed fuel to the crisis-stricken nation that sits atop the world's
PHILIPPINES SENDS HOME 4,000 STRANDED OFWS MANILA - A government plan to bring home 24,000 repatriated migrant workers to their home provinces met half of its daily target on the first day, the labor department said Tuesday.
INDIAN, CHINESE ARMIES APPEAR HEADING TOWARDS BIGGEST FACE-OFF AFTER DOKLAM Indian and Chinese troops remained engaged in an eyeball-to-eyeball situation in several disputed areas along the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh, signalling that the confrontation could become the bigges
XI CALLS FOR REFORMING PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS China will reform its disease prevention and control system to improve the capabilities in pandemic monitoring and emergency response, President Xi Jinping said on Sunday.
U.S. PUSHING RELATIONS TO THE BRINK OF A NEW COLD WAR: CHINA China on Sunday accused the US of pushing the bilateral ties to the brink of a "new Cold War" by spreading "lies" about the coronavirus and said it was open to international efforts to identify the source of the deadly virus. F
PHILIPPINES MEETS GOAL OF 30,000 DAILY COVID-19 TESTS: PALACE MANILA - The Philippines has achieved its target of increasing its coronavirus testing to 30,000 per day, Malacañang said Monday. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said the government even exceeded its goal last May 20
INDIA COVID-19 CASES CONTINUE TO SURGE With the highest one-day national surge of 6,634 new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases, India on Sunday overtook Iran to become the 10th biggest hot spot of the pathogen, which has rapidly swept the globe.
NATION FOCUSES ON QUALITY DEVELOPMENT China's decision not to set a GDP growth target this year does not mean it has attached less importance to economic growth, but instead shows the authorities are paying greater attention to high-quality development, economists said after Premier Li Keqiang deli
POMPEO: CHINA MEASURE A ''DEATH KNELL'' FOR HONG KONG AUTONOMY Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday condemned China''s effort to take over national security legislation in Hong Kong, calling it “a death knell for the high degree of autonomy" that Beijing had promised the territory
