US indicts Russian intel officers ahead of Trump-Putin meet

AFP 07/14/2018

TWELVE Russian intelligence officers were charged on Friday with hacking Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic Party in a stunning indictment just three days before President Donald Trump meets with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. The charges…

US, South Korea hold ceremony to return home war remains

AP 07/13/2018

SEOUL, South Korea — The United States and South Korea held a ceremony on Friday to return home the remains of two servicemen killed during the 1950-1953 Korean War. Seoul’s Defense Ministry said the remains of an…

US, China economic trade war starts

AFP 07/06/2018

The US and China on Friday launched tit-for-tat tariffs on each other’s imports, the opening shots in what Beijing called “the largest trade war in economic history” between the world’s top two economies. At the stroke of…

China looks to replace US farm goods

AFP 07/04/2018

American cherries are tantalizingly sweet. They are so loaded with sugar and low on water that China’s home-grown cherries cannot compete on taste or texture. But this alone may not be enough, said Zhao Xiaoyu, a Beijing…

US and PH: friends, partners, allies

Sung Kim 07/04/2018

Every July 4, the United States and the Philippines celebrate Philippine-American Friendship Day. That makes this a particularly important moment to reflect on the depth and breadth of the US-Philippine relationship as friends, partners and allies. The…

US prepares to receive war remains from NKorea

AP 06/23/2018

Seoul, South Korea — The U.S. military said Saturday that it was moving “assets” to a U.S. air base near South Korea’s capital and to the inter-Korean border to prepare for North Korea’s returning of the remains…

US seeks to assuage Asian allies

AP 06/14/2018

SEOUL, South Korea — The United States and its Asian allies worked Thursday to paper over any semblance of disagreement over President Donald Trump’s concession to Kim Jong Un that the US would halt military exercises with…

US, China flags burned in June 12 rally

CNU Intern, Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/12/2018

THEY burned the flags of the People’s Republic of China and the United States of America in a gathering in downtown Cebu City on Tuesday morning to commemorate the country’s 120th Independence Day celebration. Militant groups also…

Militants burn China, US flags during Independence Day rally

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/12/2018

CEBU CITY—Less than 100 members of militant groups in Cebu tore and burned the flags of China and United States during their rally in commemoration of the 120th anniversary since the declaration of Philippine independence. The group…

Mystery ailment leads US to evacuate workers from China

AP 06/07/2018

WASHINGTON — The United States has evacuated several more government workers out of the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou after medical testing revealed they might have been affected by unexplained health incidents that have already hurt US…

China lowers tariffs, rejects US trade war escalation

AFP 05/31/2018

China said Thursday it wanted to avoid an escalation of trade tensions with the United States, as the two sides held new talks and Beijing decided to lower some tariffs. The overture came two days after the…

Cebuano IM Yap goes to US in hopes of earning GM norm

Glendale G. Rosal 05/28/2018

INTERNATIONAL Master (IM) Kim Steven Yap will be competing in a series of chess competitions in the United States (US) in his pursuit to earn his Grand Master (GM) norm. The 29-year old Cebuano, who is the…

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