Section: Philippines
Putin says EU needs Russia to stay on global stage
ATHENS: Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed in an article published Thursday that the EU would not be a global player without his country’s help as he prepared to visit the bloc for the first time in almost a year. Putin, who starts a two-day visit to Greece on Friday, also called for an energy alliance with Europe and the relaxation...
Nuclear-free aspirations of Obama, Abe conflict with reality
FILE – In this March 31, 2016, file photo, U.S. President Barack Obama speaks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during their meeting at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington. Obama will travel to Hiroshima in May 2016 in the first visit by a sitting American president to the site where the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb. The White House...
G7 needs ‘clear and tough stance’ on territorial disputes: Tusk
US President Barack Obama (L) and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe walk across a bridge as they arrive at Ise-Jingu Shrine in the city of Ise in Mie prefecture, on May 26, 2016 on the first day of the G7 leaders summit.World leaders kicked off two days of G7 talks in Japan on May 26 with the creaky global economy, terrorism, refugees,...
Ukraine’s Savchenko gets hero’s welcome after prisoner swap with Russia
KIEV: Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko returned home to a hero’s welcome Wednesday after nearly two years in a Russian jail following a prisoner swap with Moscow that drew a line under a major diplomatic spat. The 35-year-old army helicopter pilot flew home as part of a carefully choreographed exchange with Moscow, with two alleged Russian...
Freed pilot Savchenko arrives in Ukraine to hero’s welcome
KIEV, Ukraine – Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko returned home to a hero’s welcome Wednesday after nearly two years in a Russian prison, drawing a line under a damaging diplomatic spat between Moscow and Kiev. The 35-year-old army helicopter pilot flew home as part of an … …read more Source:...
G-7 to express ‘strong opposition’ to militarization of S. China Sea
Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso leaves a press conference after the G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting in Sendai, northern Japan on May 21, 2016.G7 finance ministers on May 21 voiced concern about the sputtering global economy as they looked for a plan to stoke growth, while a currency policy clash overshadowed...
Ukrainian soldier killed in fresh clashes in rebel east: military
KIEV: One Ukrainian soldier was killed and another injured in fresh fighting between pro-Russian rebels and government forces in the country’s separatist east, the military said Sunday. A series of truce agreements have helped reduce violence in the region, although sporadic clashes persist. “Over the past 24 hours, one Ukrainian soldier...
MH17 victim families sue Putin, Russia in European rights court
SYDNEY, Australia – Families of victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 , which was shot down over Ukraine in 2014, are suing President Vladimir Putin and Russia for Aus$10 million ($7.2 million) each in the European Court of Human Rights, The Sydney Morning Herald reported Saturday, May 21. The compensation claim was filed with …...
After Ebola, World Bank creates pandemic insurance plan
SENDAI, Japan: The World Bank announced Saturday a new program to mobilize funds quickly against virulent disease outbreaks after the world was caught unprepared in the 2014 Ebola disaster in West Africa. World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said the new Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility (PEF) will accelerate global and national responses to...
New US ambassador to PH nominated
PRESIDENT Barack Obama has nominated an Asian American as the new ambassador to the Philippines, the White House announced on Wednesday, May 18. The announcement came a day after Obama spoke to presumptive Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte over the phone. Obama reportedly applauded the country’s “vibrant democracy.” The nominee, Sung Y....
