INFLATION QUICKENS FURTHER TO 6.4 PERCENT IN JULY MANILA - Inflation in July accelerated further to 6.4 percent due to higher transport costs and select food prices, among others, the state statistics bureau said Friday.
JAISHANKAR MEETS BLINKEN, DISCUSSES LANKA, ASEAN External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh on Thursday. The meeting comes at a time when US-China tension is high over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi&r
CHINA GEARS UP FOR MILITARY DRILLS, SLAPS TRADE CURBS AFTER PELOSI VISIT TO TAIWAN China is gearing up for big military exercises in the seas around Taiwan and rolled out curbs Wednesday on the import of fruit and fish from Taiwan while halting shipments of sand to the islan
CHINA TO STAGE MAJOR DRILLS AROUND TAIWAN AFTER PELOSI VISIT China is due on Thursday to kick off its largest-ever military exercises encircling Taiwan, in a show of force straddling vital international shipping lanes following a visit to the self-ruled island by US House Sp
GOVT GIVES NOD TO STRONGER CLIMATE TARGETS FOR 2030 Incorporating two of the promises made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Glasgow conference last year, India on Wednesday enhanced its climate change targets for 2030. India has said it was now committing itself to at
TAIWAN REPORTS 21 CHINESE FIGHTER JET INCURSIONS AFTER PELOSI VISIT Taiwanese officials said 21 Chinese military aircraft violated Taiwan's air defense zone as U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi began her visit to the self-ruled island amid a dispute with Beijing. &nbs
MARCOS REFUSAL TO REJOIN ICC SHOULD HAVE NO BEARING ON INVESTIGATION — HRW MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s comments that the country has "no intention" of rejoining the International Criminal Court should have no bearing on the latter's possible investi
FLAGGING TERROR THREAT, INDIA PLEDGES SUPPORT TO MALDIVES To counter the threat of transnational crime, terrorism and drug trafficking in the Indian Ocean region, India on Tuesday said it will give 24 vehicles and one naval boat to the Maldives Security Force and help train
AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI: AL-QAEDA LEADER KILLED IN US DRONE STRIKE The US has killed the leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a drone strike in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden has confirmed. He was killed in a counter-terrorism operation carried out by the CIA in th
BBM: PH WON’T REJOIN ICC The Philippines has no intention of rejoining the International Criminal Court (ICC), President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Monday. The decision came after Marcos met last week with the top lawyers and officials of his administration to
