One queen, many presidents: Elizabeth II’s ties with America

Agence France Presse 09/10/2022

She had scones with Dwight Eisenhower, went riding with Ronald Reagan and took tea with Donald Trump: Queen Elizabeth II saw 14 US presidents serve during her reign, and she crafted her “special relationship” with America in…

Michelle Obama memoir sells 2 million copies in two weeks

AFP 12/02/2018

It’s the talk of the town, the publishing phenomenon of the fall and now Michelle Obama’s memoir has sold more than two million copies in North America in two weeks. Penguin Random House announced the sales figures…

Duterte to Obama: I’m sorry

Inquirer.net 09/03/2018

  JERUSALEM – “I am sorry.” President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday morning apologized to former US President Barack Obama for cursing him and even calling him a “s*n of a b*tch” for criticizing his administration’s war on…

‘Obama’ arrested in Moalboal

Benjie B. Talisic 08/28/2017

A native of Cameroon in Central Africa was arrested by police for supposedly paying fake Euro bills to a store owner in barangay Basdiot, Moalboal Monday. Cesaio Indino accused Gidson Kelvin Obama of paying him fake Euro…

Obama says ‘yes we did’ in emotive farewell address

01/12/2017

CHICAGO — Barack Obama addressed America and the world for the last time as US president Tuesday, in a speech that was both a tearful goodbye and a call to arms. Capping eight years in the White…

WikiLeaks urges leak of White House docs before Obama leaves

01/05/2017

WASHINGTON — WikiLeaks appealed Tuesday for leaked White House documents before President Barack Obama leaves office, as its founder Julian Assange again denied Russia was the source of hacked Democratic party e-mails that hurt Hillary Clinton’s bid…

Israel Cabinet minister calls Kerry speech ‘pathetic’

12/29/2016

Jerusalem — A senior member of Israel’s nationalist government on Wednesday called US Secretary of State John Kerry’s planned Mideast policy speech a “pathetic move,” further heightening tensions between the two close allies as the Obama administration…

‘Atong i-ampo nga matul-id si presidente’

Lloyd Suarez 10/23/2016

Wa nako matingala niining katin-awan ni Presidente Duterte nga dili niya putlon ang maayong relasyon sa Pilipinas ug Amerika taliwa nga nakabuhi siyag mga pulong sa iyang state visit didto sa China nga makigbuwag na siya sa…

Obama signs bill requiring diaper stations in men’s cr

10/12/2016

Changing a baby’s dirty diaper in public is truly a struggle for most parents, and the US government has taken notice. President Barrack Obama has approved the Bathroom Accessible in Every Situation Act, also known as the…

On the US election coverage

Ricky Poca 09/19/2016

Thanks to technology, I can watch the news both here in the country and abroad through cable TV in the comfort of my own home. Lately I’ve been following the coverage of the campaign activities for the…

How to cover the President

09/17/2016

In the wake of President Rodrigo Duterte’s outburst over a foreign correspondent’s question regarding the possibility of US President Barack Obama raising the issue of human rights to his attention, his statement encouraging media not to hold…

Doing it right

Editorial 09/12/2016

Just because US President Barack Obama eventually dismissed President Rodrigo Duterte’s rant over the possibility of him being questioned by other world leaders for the extrajudicial killings in the country doesn’t mean the White House is done…

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