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Duterte to raise territorial claims in talks with China: ambassador
Aug 29, 2019 (AFP)
The Filipino leader faces growing pressure at home to confront China over its aggressive approach to upholding its contested territorial claims in the waterway ...
In first press brief, Pentagon chief aims to keep Trump happy
Aug 29, 2019 (AFP)
Just hours after predecessor James Mattis wrote that Trump's policies toward US allies are damaging US security, the new Pentagon chief hewed the official line,...
US urges S.Korea, Japan to unite as rift escalates
Aug 28, 2019 (AFP)
South Korea accused the mutual US ally of treating it as an adversary as Tokyo's decision effectively to degrade Seoul's trading status came into effect. The tw...
First bishop ordained in China under Vatican deal
Aug 28, 2019 (AFP)
China's roughly 12 million Catholics have for decades been split between a government-run association, whose clergy were chosen by the atheist Communist Party, ...
China cancels US ship port call amid tensions: official
Aug 28, 2019 (AFP)
"We did recently receive word that it was inconvenient for them to host a previously planned port call to Qingdao," said Randall Schriver, the assistant secreta...
Ex-Pentagon chief Mattis warns US cannot survive without allies
Aug 28, 2019 (AFP)
"An oft-spoken admonition in the Marines is this: When you're going to a gunfight, bring all your friends with guns," Mattis wrote in the Wall Street Journal, i...
Tamer Trump on show at G7, but brash US leader never far
Aug 27, 2019 (AFP)
Before the summit in France's Biarritz, speculation was rife over how Trump might blow up proceedings. At last year's session in Canada, he withdrew his signatu...
Macron and Bolsonaro: political polar opposites
Aug 27, 2019 (AFP)
Macron was the only foreign leader to have greeted the election of the far-right Brazilian in October 2018 with a caution, Frederic Louault, coordinator of the ...
Indonesia picks Borneo island for new capital
Aug 26, 2019 (AFP)
The proposed location -- near the regional cities of Balikpapan and Samarinda -- is an area at "minimal" risk of natural disasters, where the government already...
Trump sparks confusion before doubling down on China tariffs
Aug 25, 2019 (AFP)
At the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, Trump announced a major trade deal with Japan and promised more of the same with Britain, once Brexit is done. But the pos...
For G7, 'too early' to reintegrate Russia: diplomatic sources
Aug 25, 2019 (AFP)
"The leaders of the G7 are in favour of reinforcing coordination with Russia on current crises (but)... it is too early for reintegration," said a diplomatic so...
EU leaders round on Trump over trade at G7
Aug 24, 2019 (AFP)
Already embroiled in a high-risk trade war with China, Trump warned late Friday he would impose punishing tariffs on French wine if France doesn't withdraw a ne...
Australia urges 'sovereignty' as S. China Sea tensions rise
Aug 23, 2019 (AFP)
Scott Morrison's comments came after the United States slammed China for its "escalation" in the waterway, a key global shipping route where Beijing is accused ...
Turkey's Erdogan to visit Moscow after convoy hit in Syria
Aug 23, 2019 (AFP)
The surprise visit comes as the forces of President Bashar al-Assad made advances into the last rebel stronghold of Idlib in Syria's northwest and upped the sta...
Hong Kong protesters form human chain 30 years after 'Baltic Way'
Aug 23, 2019 (AFP)
The city's skyscraper-studded harbourfront as well as several busy shopping districts were lined with peaceful protesters, many wearing surgical masks to hide t...
Beijing hits back after Trudeau vows to stand up to China
Aug 22, 2019 (AFP)
The two countries have been locked in a feud since last December, when Canada detained top Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou and -- in apparent retaliation -- China...
Macron backs month of Brexit talks as Johnson visits
Aug 22, 2019 (AFP)
Like German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday, Macron supported allowing another 30 days to find a solution to the vexed issue of the Irish border which has...
US raps China for 'escalation' in South China Sea
Aug 22, 2019 (AFP)
China redeployed a government-owned survey vessel -- with armed escorts -- into the waters off Vietnam earlier this month, the US said. Hanoi says those waters ...
'I am the Chosen One': Trump defends China trade war
Aug 21, 2019 (AFP)
Trump -- who had earlier approvingly retweeted a description of himself as the King of Israel -- said his predecessors had allowed the United States to be taken...
China hosts Japan and South Korea in show of regional unity
Aug 21, 2019 (AFP)
The East Asian nations held a three-way summit in Beijing this week, with China positioning itself as mediator in a growing trade spat between Japan and South K...
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