Davao City mayor faces plunder rap

05/06/2016

MANILA — Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV has filed a corruption complaint against the front-runner in the country’s presidential race, alleging he charged salaries for 11,000 nonexistent government employees. Trillanes filed the complaint yesterday against Davao City Mayor…

Trump set for Republican nomination

05/05/2016

INDIANAPOLIS — Donald Trump virtually clinched the Republican nomination for president Tuesday night, a stunning victory for the brash billionaire who was considered more a celebrity curiosity than a serious candidate when he entered the race less…

Apple loses lawsuit over iPhone name

05/05/2016

BEIJING — Apple Inc. has lost a legal fight with a Chinese company that a Beijing court says is allowed to use the iPhone name on wallets and handbags. The court said Apple failed to prove iPhone…

China deploys singers, actors to assert sea claims

05/05/2016

BEIJING — China’s military has dispatched ships and planes — even constructed new islands to assert its maritime claims. Now it’s deploying a new set of tools to uphold Chinese sovereignty: Magicians, singers and actors. Famed singer…

May Day marchers take to US streets

05/03/2016

Los Angeles — Hundreds of May Day marchers chanting slogans and carrying signs — and at least one Donald Trump piñata — took to the streets of Los Angeles on Sunday calling for immigrant and worker rights…

China denies US aircraft carrier entry to Hong Kong

05/01/2016

Washington — China recently denied a request from a US aircraft carrier for a port visit in Hong Kong, the State Department said Friday, in an apparent sign of mounting tension in the disputed South China Sea.…

Female suicide bomber wounds 13 in Turkey

04/29/2016

ISTANBUL — A female suicide bomber blew herself up in a historic district of Turkey’s fourth largest city on Wednesday, wounding 13 people, according to officials. The assailant was “aged about 25” and only fragments were left…

South Korea: Suspected NKorean missile crashes

04/29/2016

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s Defense Ministry says a suspected powerful midrange North Korean missile has crashed seconds after liftoff. If confirmed to be the same type of missile, yesterday’s launch is the second such failure…

China to join exercises with rival sea claimants

04/29/2016

CHINA said it will send a warship and special forces for a multinational exercise next month that is also expected to include troops from the Philippines and other rival claimants in the South China Sea. The May…

5 ways Prince slammed high tech in music

04/28/2016

LOS ANGELES — His Royal Badness didn’t think much of the Internet – or iPhones, for that matter. And his once iconoclastic attitude toward the modern music industry helped inspire other artists to resist technological innovators such…

Trump, Clinton press closer to election showdown

04/28/2016

Washington — With five convincing victories in hand, Donald Trump strengthened his grip on the Republican primary race and pushed tantalizingly close to a general election showdown with Hillary Clinton. The Democratic front-runner is now 90 percent…

Taiwan fishermen protest Japan’s seizure of boat

04/28/2016

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Scores of Taiwanese fishermen protested yesterday outside Japan’s representative office in Taiwan to demand an apology over the seizure of one of their fishing boats by the Japanese coast guard. The fishermen lobbed eggs…

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