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Chinese Coast Guard vessels fire water cannons towards a Philippine resupply vessel, Unaizah May 4, on its way to a resupply mission at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, March 5, 2024. MANILA (Reuters) — The Philippines on Saturday denied a Chinese claim that the two countries had reached…

A Palestinian girl walks past the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, April 25, 2024. CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israeli warplanes pounded the northern Gaza strip for a second…

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is greeted by Kong Fuan, director general of the Shanghai Foreign Affairs Office, U.S. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China R. Nicholas Burns and U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai Scott Walker, upon Blinken’s arrival in Shanghai, China, April 24…

President Joe Biden hosts Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for a trilateral summit at the White House in Washington, D.C., April 11, 2024. (NYMWPS) — The National Youth Movement for West Philippine Sea a peaceful, non-partisan and transglobal organiza…

A man walks past the national flags of China and the U.S. before a meeting between China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen at the Guangdong Zhudao Guest House, in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, April 6, 2024. BEIJING (Reuters) —  Relations between Beijin…

Philippine Exercise Director Maj. Gen, Marvin Licudine, Philippine Army Chief of Staff Romeo Brawner Jr., U.S. Embassy representative Robert Ewing, Philippine Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Education, Training and Doctrine Maj. Gen. Noel Beleran, and U.S. Exercise Director Lt. Gen. William Jurney l…

A demonstrator holds flags of Taiwan and the United States in support of Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen during a stop-over after her visit to Latin America in Burlingame, California, Jan. 14, 2017. TAIPEI (Reuters) — Taiwan’s military said on Sunday it will discuss with the United States ho…

A panel displays the Hang Seng Index during afternoon trading, in Hong Kong, China, May 4, 2020. TOKYO (Reuters) — Asian shares and bond yields sank on Friday while safe-haven currencies, gold and crude oil jumped after reports of a sharp escalation in Middle East hostilities. MSCI’s broadest…

Chinese Coast Guard vessels fire water cannons toward a Philippine resupply vessel, Unaizah May 4, on its way to a resupply mission at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, March 5, 2024. MANILA (Reuters) — The Philippines’ decision to ramp up ties with Japan and the United States at a …

HAGÅTÑA (Office of the Guam Governor) — This week, the Bureau of Economic Analysis announced Guam’s remarkable economic achievements in 2022, showcasing a robust growth in the Real Gross Domestic Product of 5.1%.  The announcement follows a productive virtual meeting with representatives from…