MODI AT ASEAN-INDIA AND EAST ASIA SUMMITS As world leaders headed to New Delhi for the G20 Summit this weekend amid divisions in the grouping over the Russia-Ukraine war and tensions with China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a veiled message Thursday, called for “joint efforts&rdqu
SRI LANKA TO PROBE INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS’ ROLE IN EASTER BOMBINGS Colombo: Sri Lanka plans to establish a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations from a British TV report of intelligence officials' complicity in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 269 peo
ASEAN SUMMIT HIGHLIGHTS REGIONAL CONCERNS AND COOPERATION Jakarta, INDONESIA - In recent developments at the ASEAN Summit, regional leaders and officials voiced concerns and discussed various issues that have been affecting the Indo-Pacific region. These topics ranged from maritime security
G20: MUST STAND AGAINST 'MIGHT IS RIGHT' CULTURE: PM MODI, AHEAD OF SUMMIT PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday said his domestic policy of ‘Sabka saath, sabka vikas, sabka vishwas and sabka prayas’ was the Govt’s guiding principle in global relations as well and asked the world
PUTIN-ERDOGAN TALKS FAIL TO REVIVE BLACK SEA GRAIN DEAL President Vladimir Putin reiterated his opposition to the Black Sea grain deal, despite international efforts to revive it, after bilateral talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The deal, brokered by Turkey and the UN, all
INFLATION QUICKENS TO 5.3 PCT IN AUGUST AS RICE, FUEL COSTS RISE MANILA - After slowing down for six months, inflation again quickened in August amid increases in fuel and food prices, particularly rice, the state statistics bureau said on Tuesday. Inflation hit 5.3 percent in August, whic
XI AND PUTIN NOT COMING FOR G20 SUMMIT Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend the G20 summit in New Delhi on September 9 and 10 — in what is going to be the most conspicuous and telling absence from the summit. The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced Monday t
CHINA ENCOURAGES CITIZENS TO UNMASK SPIES AMID NATIONAL SECURITY DRIVE China's Communist Party is launching a nationwide campaign to involve ordinary citizens in safeguarding the country, leading to a fine line between vigilance and paranoia. This initiative comes at a time when China faces
OVER 1.3M COCS FILED FOR BSKE, SAYS COMELEC Over 1.3 million people filed their candidacy for the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in October. During a weeklong gun ban operation related to the BSKE, 216 individuals were apprehended, and 130 firearms were seized.
‘ONE NATION, ONE ELECTION’ SUBTERFUGE FOR DISMANTLING FEDERAL STRUCTURE: MALLIKARJUN KHARGE A day after the Centre named an eight-member high-level committee headed by former President Ram Nath Kovind to “examine and make recommendations for holding simultaneous elections&
