BEIJING, China -- A bus crash killed 27 people in southwest China on Sunday, police said, the country's deadliest road accident so far this year. The accident took place on a highway in rural Guizhou province when the vehicle carrying a total of 47 people "flipped onto its side", Sandu county...
BEIJING, China -- China has stepped up spending on coal in the face of extreme weather, a domestic energy crunch and rising global fuel prices -- raising concerns Beijing's policies may hinder the fight against climate change. The country is the world's biggest emitter of the greenhouse gases...
Taiwanese flags are seen as tourists walk past in Taiwan's Kinmen islands on August 11, 2022. Sam Yeh / AFP TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan said on Friday ties between Russia and China were a threat to global peace and that the international community must resist the "expansion of authoritarianism"....
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) advised the public on Friday, Sept. 16, to be on the lookout against possible debris from a rocket that was launched into space by China. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) advises Ilocos Norte folk to refrain from fishing due to the threat of debris from March Long...
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met for their first face-to-face talks since the start of the conflict in Ukraine on Thursday, hailing their strategic ties in defiance of the West. From L: China's President Xi Jinping, Russian President...
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan -- A Russian pipeline to China will replace the Nord Stream 2 gas link to Europe, abandoned amid the Ukraine conflict, Moscow's Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Thursday. Asked in an interview with Russian television channel Rossiya-1 if Russia would replace the European...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is expected to bring up several concerns of the Philippines during his participation in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) next week, but it is still not clear if he will assert the country’s position on the West Philippine Sea. What the Department of...
Department of National Defense (DND) Office-in-Charge and Senior Undersecretary Jose Faustino Jr. was asked point-blank Thursday, Sept.15 whether or not he thought the Philippines and China were on the warpath against each other. media "Tanong ko (My question) once and for all, madame chair, para...
SHANGHAI, China -- High winds and heavy rain lashed China's densely populated east coast on Thursday, after Typhoon Muifa forced around 1.6 million people to leave their homes and grounded most flights at Shanghai's main airports. Waves generated by Typhoon Muifa break along the coast in Hangzhou...
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan -- Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping gather with other Asian leaders in the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand from Thursday for a regional summit touted as a challenge to Western global influence. Xi and Putin will be joined by the leaders of India, Pakistan,...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- China wrapped up a two-day offensive at the UN on Wednesday against a report listing violations in its Xinjiang region, as Western countries remain uncertain on how to respond. This file photo taken on May 31, 2019 shows a watchtower on a high-security facility near what is...
The Philippines will soon be exporting durian to China as part of the two countries' cooperation in agriculture. Durian is among the products from Davao that are being sold at the “Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita” from March 7 to 11, at the Provincial Capitol Grounds in Bacolod City. (Photo courtesy of...
