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Russia and China criticize US

UNITED NATIONS—Russia and China on Tuesday (Wednesday, Manila time) criticized the United States for its military and economic pressure on Venezuela, telling the UN...

Court blocks Trump’s NG deployment in Chicago

WASHINGTON, DC—The US Supreme Court dealt a blow to President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown on Tuesday (Wednesday, Manila time) by blocking his deployment of...

Major California storm brings heavy rain, snows, evacuations

LOS ANGELES—A major winter storm rolled into California Tuesday (Wednesday, Manila time) forcing hundreds of evacuations in burn areas while threatening flooding and travel...

World ‘ready for a woman at helm of UN’

SANTIAGO—Michelle Bachelet, a trailblazer for Latin America as its first woman to serve as defense minister and the first elected as Chilean president, now...

Returning to Normal

A police helicopter patrols over the Bondi Beach as life gradually returns to normal following seven days of mourning, a week after the Bondi...

US denies visas to EU ex commissioner

WASHINGTON, DC—The US State Department said Tuesday (Wednesday, Manila time) it would deny visas to a former EU commissioner and four others, accusing them...

UK comedian Brand faces new rape charge

LONDON—UK police said two new charges of rape and sexual assault, had been issued on Tuesday against British comedian and actor Russell Brand. The media...

High-speed trains to link Red Sea, Mediterranean

NEW ADMINSTRATIVE CAPITAL, Egypt – Workers have started laying tracks in the desert east of Cairo for Egypt’s first high-speed train, which will link...

Junta stages polls after 5 years

YANGON – Myanmar’s junta is set to preside over voting starting Sunday, touting heavily restricted polls as a return to democracy five years after...

Cambodia asks Thailand: Move border talks to Malaysia

PHNOM PENH – Cambodia has asked Thailand to hold bilateral talks in the neutral venue of Kuala Lumpur, according to a letter seen by...

Families want answers a year after plane crash

MUAN, South Korea – Grieving mother Lee Hyo-eun returns every weekend to the airport where her daughter and 178 others died last year, desperate...

Trump: Would be ‘smart’ for Maduro to step down

WASHINGTON, DC – US President Donald Trump said Monday (Tuesday, Manila time) it would be “smart” for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to step down,...

‘Help me, I’m dying’: In Ecuador’s TB-ridden gang-plagued prisons

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador – In gang-plagued Ecuador, being sent to prison is increasingly a death sentence, whatever the crime. In a bid to free the country...

Ecuador soldiers sentenced to nearly 35 years in jail

GUAYAQUIL – Eleven Ecuadoran soldiers were sentenced to nearly 35 years in prison over the abduction and deaths of four children last year, whose...
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