Palace: Obama warning to China consistent with PH stand on territorial disputes
The Philippines said US President Barack Obama’s warning to China against using force or intimidation in continuing territorial disputes with its regional neighbors, saying this was consistent with...
View ArticleMEL STA.MARIA | Official government regulation as a cloak for breach of contract
Why is it that every time our country seems to have hurdled the hump to prosper economically, she slides down again? The stumbling block is simply the disregard by some government officials of the...
View ArticleGreenpeace eyes meeting with President Aquino
International environmental campaigner Greenpeace wants to have an audience with President Benigno Simeon Aquino III to push for stronger policies on sustainable fisheries as well as protection of the...
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Zimmerman jury adjourns deliberations for the day
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — With police and civic leaders urging calm, a jury began deliberating George Zimmerman's fate Friday after hearing dueling portraits of the neighborhood watch captain: a cop...
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FACT CHECK: Farm bill doesn't end food stamps
WASHINGTON (AP) — One after another, angry Democrats took to the House floor to say Republicans would increase hunger in America by stripping food stamps from the farm bill.
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Egypt's Islamists take to streets of Cairo, but protests peaceful
By Yasmine Saleh and Mike Collett-White CAIRO (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Egyptians marched on Cairo's streets in the early hours of Saturday to demand ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi be...
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First 3 gorings in Spain's San Fermin bull runs
PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — An American college student and two Spaniards were gored Friday during a danger-filled sixth bull run of Spain's San Fermin festival, with one loose bull causing panic in the...
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Snowden says he wants asylum in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) — Edward Snowden emerged from weeks of hiding in a Moscow airport Friday, still defiant but willing to stop leaking secrets about U.S. surveillance programs if Russia will give him asylum...
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At least 6 dead in France train crash near Paris
BRETIGNY-SUR-ORGE, France (AP) — A train carrying hundreds of passengers derailed and crashed into a station outside Paris on Friday on one of the busiest days of the year for vacation getaways. At...
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Tens of thousands march for ousted Egyptian leader
CAIRO (AP) — Tens of thousands of Islamists rallied Friday in cities across Egypt, vowing to sustain for months their campaign to restore deposed President Mohammed Morsi to power.
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Third person dies in Asiana air crash: San Francisco hospital
By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A Chinese girl died in hospital on Friday, becoming the third fatality in the crash of an Asiana Airlines jet at San Francisco airport last Saturday, doctors...
View ArticleU.S. expresses 'deep concern' about South Sudan violence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday expressed “deep concern” about reports of killings, beatings and looting in South Sudan’s eastern state of Jonglei and said the military had a...
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