BEIJING– Chinese President, Xi Jinping, held talks with Philippine President, Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr., at the Great Hall of the People, during the latter’s state visit to China yesterday.   Marcos is the first foreign leader hosted by China in

MANILA– Year-on-year inflation in the Philippines accelerated to 8.1 percent in Dec, from eight percent in Nov, the highest since Nov, 2008, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said, today.   In a news conference, PSA head, Dennis Mapa, said, the

At least nine journalists were among the more than 7,000 people freed from prisons across Myanmar on Wednesday. Myanmar’s junta ordered the release to mark the country’s 75th independence anniversary, with detainees issued pardons or reduced sentences. Among those freed

A U.S. warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, part of what the U.S. military calls routine activity but which China calls provocative. In recent years, U.S. warships, and on occasion those from allied nations such as Britain and

Beijing said it would work with Manila to resolve maritime issues amicably as Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. met with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday amid bilateral tensions over the South China Sea. China also noted it

Heavy rainfall is bringing more dangerous flooding to Australia. The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe weather warning for Western Australia, and officials say once-in-a-century flooding has hit areas in the north of the state. The Australian military has