XI HONORS OUTSTANDING SCIENTISTS President Xi Jinping presented China's top science award on Friday to Huang Xuhua, the chief designer of China's first-generation nuclear submarines, and Zeng Qingcun, a famous meteorologist.
TAIWAN BEGINS VOTING WITH FUTURE OF ITS DEMOCRACY ON THE LINEThe future of Taiwan's democracy is on the line as the self-ruled island's19 million voters decide on whether to give independence-leaning PresidentTsai Ing-wen a second term.
DUTERTE VOWS TO 'CORRECT' ALL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS BEFORE STEPPING DOWNMANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte vowed Thursday to "correct" allgovernment contracts before he steps down from office as he sought torenegotiate water concession deals covering the Philippine capital.
INTERNET FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT, REVIEW SUSPENSION IN J-K: SCThe Supreme Court on Friday asked the J-K administration to review allorders of suspension of the Internet.
XI SENDS CONDOLENCES TO UKRAINIAN, IRANIAN PRESIDENTS President Xi Jinping sent his condolences on Thursday to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani over the Wednesday crash of a Ukrainian airliner in Iran that killed all 176 people aboard.&
BRITAIN LAWMAKERS FINALLY CLEAR HISTORIC BREXIT DEAL Britain's parliament finally approved Brexit on Thursday, allowing it to become the first country to leave the European Union by the end of this month, ending years of arguments that toppled two governments and divided a n
BLACK NAZARENE BACK AT QUIAPO CHURCH; 'RECORD-BREAKING' TRASLACION ENDS EARLIER THAN USUAL MANILA - The Black Nazarene procession ended just before 9 p.m. Thursday as the image was returned more than 16 hours since the annual Traslacion started amid tighter security and
XI CALLS FOR UNREMITTING SELF-REFORM EFFORTS Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, called on Wednesday for unremitting efforts to deepen self-reform of the Party to enable the whole Party to remain true to its original aspiration and keep its mis
TRUMP AVOIDS ESCALATING CRISIS, SAYS IRAN IS 'STANDING DOWN' US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday Iranian missile strikes on bases in Iraq had not harmed any US troops stationed there and damage was minimal, an outcome, he said, showed Tehran wanted to prevent an esca
GOVT TO TAKE 15 FOREIGN ENVOYS MINUS EU ON TWO-DAY VISIT TO J&K TODAY Five months after revoking Jammu and Kashmir's special status and bifurcating the state into two Union territories, the government will take a group of 15 foreign envoys to Srinagar on Thursday, for a two-day vi
