TRUMP ACQUITTED BY SENATE IN IMPEACHMENT TRIALU.S. President Donald Trump, impeached by the House of Representatives , wasacquitted by the Senate late afternoon on Wednesday, bringing to a close abitter process that lasted close to five months. Senators voted 52 to 48 toacquit Mr. Trump on the
HOUSE PANEL APPROVES DIVORCE BILLMANILA - A committee in the House of Representatives approved in principleyesterday the Marriage Dissolution Bill, a measure equivalent to divorce inother countries.
UNION CABINET CLEARS TRUST FOR RAM TEMPLE IN AYODHYAThe Union Cabinet yesterday cleared the formation of a Trust for the Ramtemple in Ayodhya, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in the Lok Sabha.
CHINA'S 'OPTICS VALLEY' READY FOR THE LONG HAUL The electronics and optical communication equipment manufacturing industry in China is likely to see pressure in the short term as the novel coronavirus outbreak might have an influence on the normal production of related companies in Wuhan, capital o
INFLATION QUICKENS FURTHER IN JANUARY, SETTING STAGE FOR INTEREST RATE CUTMANILA -- Inflation accelerated past estimates in January while stayingwithin the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas' target, official data releasedWednesday showed, putting pressure on monetary authority to cut interestrates, a
XI PRIORITIZES EPIDEMIC CONTROL EFFORTS Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, urged concrete efforts on Monday to race against time in combating the novel coronavirus and winning the battle of prevention and control of the contagion.
TURKEY HITS BACK AFTER SYRIAN SHELLS KILL TURKISH TROOPSPresident Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Turkey and Russia shouldresolve differences over the conflict in Syria's Idlib without anger, aftera deadly flare-up in violence challenged the fragile cooperation betweenMoscow and Ankara
OPPOSITION MPS TEAR INTO GOVT: DON'T HIDE FAILURES WITH DIVISIVE ISSUESAn unprecedented 431 amendments, running into 44 pages, were moved in RajyaSabha to the Motion of Thanks to the President's address by 12 MPs,including those from the Congress, TMC, Samajwadi Party, DMK, CPI and theCPM.
BREXIT DONE? NOT SO FAST. BRITAIN, EU ENTER NEW TRADE DEAL BATTLEJust three days after their formal parting, Britain and the European Unionwere already at loggerheads Monday over a future trade deal, setting thestage for months of bluster and bickering over how to refashion theireconomic a
'EVERYTHING IS WELL': DUTERTE ASSURES NATION ON NOVEL CORONAVIRUS RISKMANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte assured the Philippines late Monday nightthat the two confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus—one of whom died overthe weekend—are nothing to be alarmed about.