Section: Philippines
PH may join Russia in ‘new world order’
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said he would join Russia and China in establishing a “new world order,” hitting the United Nations anew for failing to prevent wars. OFF TO PERU President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech prior to his departure for the APEC summit in Peru, at the Davao airport on Thursday. Duterte threatened to do a Russia...
Russia withdraws from ICC statute
THE HAGUE: Russia dealt the International Criminal Court (ICC) a new blow on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) as the court’s top officials appealed to nations to support the tribunal hit by a wave of unprecedented defections. Moscow has never ratified the world’s only permanent war crimes court, but in a heavily symbolic move on the...
Russian rejection of ICC mirrors US stance
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The United States expressed regret on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) that Russia had withdrawn from the International Criminal Court — 14 years after Washington made exactly the same decision. While Washington accuses Russian forces of brutal crimes in Syria and Ukraine, it does not accept the jurisdiction of the court over its...
Russia in new blow to ICC as court urges nations ‘Don’t go’
THE HAGUE: Russia dealt the International Criminal Court a fresh blow Wednesday as the court’s top officials urged nations to support the tribunal hit by a wave of unprecedented defections. Moscow has never ratified the world’s only permanent war crimes court, but in a heavily symbolic move on the opening day of the ICC’s annual...
Poroshenko appeals to Trump for support in phone call
KIEV: Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko asked Donald Trump for support against “Russian aggression” during a congratulatory telephone conversation with the US president-elect on Tuesday. Trump’s shock election victory has been met with trepidation in Kiev because of the outspoken reality TV star’s praise of Russian President...
Trump’s triumph halts deterioration of RP-US ties; reduces U.S.-Russia confrontation; JDV bats for third Silk Road initiative to RP-Australia-Latin America
San Francisco (November 12) – Former Philippine Speaker Jose de Venecia today said two significant plusses in U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s electoral victory is the “removal of the possibility of inter U.S.-Russia nuclear threat” and a “halt in the deterioration of Philippine-American relations.” De Venecia, five-time Speaker and...
UN committee votes to condemn Russian occupation of Crimea
UNITED NATIONS — A key U.N. committee approved a resolution Tuesday condemning Russia’s “temporary occupation” of Crimea and reaffirming the United Nations’ commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty over the Black Sea peninsula. Russia urged the General Assembly’s human rights committee to vote against the resolution, but it was...
Obama on farewell tour to Europe fearful of Trump
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Barack Obama will travel on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) to Greece and Germany in a final official visit designed, in a strange bit of political contortion, at reassuring worried Europeans about a man he once warned was “unfit” for the presidency: Donald Trump. The irony is cruel: In the name of a peaceful transition, the American...
Bulgaria PM quits after pro-Russia candidate wins presidential vote
SOFIA: Bulgaria’s centre-right Prime Minister Boyko Borisov stepped down Sunday (Monday in Manila) after his presidential nominee suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of a Moscow-friendly general backed by the Socialist opposition. Observers say the surprise win could tilt ex-communist Bulgaria, which has long walked a tightrope between...
Safety pins: a pointed show of solidarity after Trump election
WASHINGTON, United States — People have long used ribbons, flowers, colors or badges to symbolize political causes, from the carnations of Portugal’s 1974 revolution to the orange ribbons of Ukraine’s 2004 revolution to the gel wristbands now worn to promote almost any charity. Enter the lowly safety pin. That humble but practical...
