Washington air disaster: All 67 bodies now recovered

Agence France Presse 02/05/2025

WASHINGTON, United States – Salvage crews have recovered the bodies of all 67 people killed when a passenger plane and a US Army helicopter collided near Washington and plunged into the Potomac River, officials said Tuesday. All…

Trump blames deadly Washington air collision on ‘diversity’

Agence France Presse 01/31/2025

WASHINGTON, United States — US President Donald Trump–speaking as the bodies of 67 people were being pulled from Washington’s Potomac River – launched a political attack Thursday, blaming diversity hires for the midair collision between an airliner…

Helicopter collides with plane in US: No survivors

Agence France Presse 01/31/2025

WASHINGTON, United States — Divers pulled bodies from the icy waters of Washington’s Potomac river Thursday after a US military helicopter collided midair with a passenger plane carrying 64 people, with officials saying there were likely no…

Pandas, like Trump, are back in Washington

Agence France Presse 01/25/2025

WASHINGTON, United States — Move over President Trump — the newest stars in Washington are two giant pandas who made their public debut on Friday in front of hundreds of adoring fans. Bao Li and Qing Bao…

Trump arrives in Washington ahead of Jan. 20 inauguration

Agence France Presse 01/19/2025

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump landed in Washington on Saturday ahead of his inauguration, with the billionaire Republican set to attend a series of events and celebrations before reclaiming the presidency. Trump, who arrived with his wife Melania…

Biden signs funding bill to avert government shutdown

Agence France Presse 12/22/2024

WASHINGTON, United States — US President Joe Biden signed a funding bill Saturday, averting a Christmastime government shutdown after negotiations in Congress went down to the wire overnight. Last minute legislative wrangling was brought about by incoming…

Marcos: PH-US-Japan trilateral meet a result of ‘deepening relations’

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 04/12/2024

WASHINGTON, D.C., United States — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday said that the trilateral summit between the Philippines, US, and Japan is a result of their strong relations and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific. At the start…

US visit: Marcos arrives for PH-Japan-US trilateral meet

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 04/11/2024

WASHINGTON, D.C., United States —  President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has arrived here for a three-day visit to take part in the first trilateral meeting among the Philippines, Japan, and the US. He arrived Wednesday at 7:53 p.m.…

China is building up its nuclear weapons arsenal faster than previous projections, a US report says

10/20/2023

WASHINGTON  — A Pentagon report on China’s military power says Beijing is exceeding previous projections of how quickly it is building up its nuclear weapons arsenal and is “almost certainly” learning lessons from Russia’s war in Ukraine about what a conflict over Taiwan might look like. The…

Washington recruits dogs and cats in war on rodents

Agence France Presse 06/19/2023

WASHINGTON — On a hot June night, revelers descend on Washington’s Adams Morgan neighborhood, a nightlife and dining hotspot in the US capital. But they aren’t the only ones profiting from the good weather. Also out in…

In Washington, a taste of home–with a twist

Margaux Salcedo 04/16/2023

I am in Washington, D.C., for the International Monetary Fund-World Bank Spring Meetings and got lucky enough to be introduced by Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary JV Chan Gonzaga, who heads the Office of American Affairs, to several…

Duterte’s Pemberton pardon draws jeers and cheers from senator

Christia Marie Ramos - Reporter / @CMRamosINQ 09/07/2020

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to grant absolute pardon to US Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton drew mixed reactions from senators, with one lawmaker thanking him for settling the issue while another branded it…

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