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SINGAPORE (AFP) — European plane-maker Airbus said Wednesday it had won a $1.85 billion deal for the purchase of six A350-900s by Philippine Airlines (PAL), flag-carrier of one of Asia’s fastest growing economies. PAL also has the option to purchase an additional six of the aircraft, the two companies announced at the Singapore Airshow. Separately, PAL also signed a $600-million order with Rolls-Royce for Trent XWB engines to power the six A350s, the airline said […]
CALIFORNIA, United States of America – According to United States President Barack Obama, the trade between his country and the Association of South East Asian Nations experienced a growth of 55% since 2009. ASEAN is currently the fourth largest economic partner of the United States. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/S_4kmyg6d5M
LOS Angeles, California – President Benigno S. Aquino III arrived in Los Angeles after attending the US-ASEAN Summit. President Aquino will stay in the said city for a two-day working visit. The president will meet officials of three big corporations as well as the Filipino community in Los Angeles. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
by Stuart Williams DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) — UN convoys delivering aid to thousands of besieged Syrians were due to set out on Wednesday, but hopes for lasting peace dimmed the day after Turkey called for a ground operation in its war-torn neighbor. Syria’s government has approved access to seven besieged areas, including the city of Madaya where dozens of people are thought to have died from starvation, a spokeswoman for the UN’s humanitarian affairs office […]
BANGKOK, THAILAND (Reuters) — Two Chinese ethnic Uighur men on Tuesday (February 16) appeared at a Thai military court and denied all charges against them for involvement in a bombing that killed 20 people in Bangkok last year. Most of those killed in the Aug. 17 explosion at the Erawan shrine near a busy Bangkok intersection were foreigners. More than 120 were wounded by the blast at the shrine, a popular attraction for both tourists and […]
BEIJING, CHINA (Reuters) — Full-year gold demand of the global market in 2015 was virtually unchanged compared with 2014, down just a fraction of 14 metric tons to 4,212 metric tons, said a report released by the World Gold Council last week. The gold market faced a number of challenges in the first half of the year, with demand declining by 6 percent year-on-year, due to a sluggish first quarter followed by a very weak second quarter. […]
PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA (Reuters) — North Korea held an international figure skating festival on Monday (February 15) in Pyongyang to celebrate the 74th birth anniversary of its late leader Kim Jong Il. Video provided by North Korea’s official news agency KCNA, which Reuters cannot independently verify, showed the opening ceremony of the festival where people watched performances by figure-skaters from North Korea, Russia, Latvia, Belarus and Canada. The 24th Paektusan Prize International Figure-skating Festival is scheduled […]
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (Reuters) — Chinese vice foreign minister Zhang Yesui held a meeting with South Korean counterpart Lim Sung-nam in Seoul on Tuesday (February 16) amid heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula following North Korea’s rocket launch. During the 7th vice-ministerial strategic dialogue, which is the first one since 2013, Zhang and Lim were expected to discuss countermeasures on North Korea’s recent rocket launch and nuclear test, South Korean foreign ministry said. North Korea launched […]
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (Reuters) — Chinese vice foreign minister Zhang Yesui on Tuesday (February 16) expressed opposition to the possible deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system in South Korea, following North Korea’s recent rocket launch. “We exchanged opinions on THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) system. China has expressed opposition to this deployment. Related countries should take a cautious action,” Zhang said after a meeting with South Korea’s 1st Vice Minister of Foreign […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday (February 16) pledged further “strong” measures against North Korea, after suspending operations at a jointly-run industrial park as punishment for the North’s recent long-range rocket launch and nuclear test. The North’s recent actions and vows to conduct more “extreme acts of provocation” demonstrate that it has no interest in peace, Park said in a speech to parliament. “The suspension of the Kaesong industrial […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A top ruling party official called Monday for South Korea to develop its own nuclear deterrent to combat the growing nuclear and missile threat from North Korea. Support for a nuclear-armed South Korea is a minority voice in the country, but one that grows louder after every nuclear test by the North. US tactical nuclear weapons were withdrawn from South Korea in late 1991, though the country remains under the […]
by Joe Dyke ISRAEL (AFP) — Five Palestinians were killed attempting to attack Israelis Sunday in a string of attacks across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem. They were the latest in a wave of Palestinian knife, gun and car-ramming assaults that erupted in October and came as US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power visited Israel and the Palestinian territories for talks with leaders from both sides. In the first incident, two 15-year-olds […]
