Russia offers to help US with COVID-19 vaccine; US says no

By CNN,

Russian officials in Moscow tell CNN they have offered "unprecedented cooperation" with Operation Warp Speed (OWS), the US multi-agency body set up to...

russia

Philippines’ Duterte has ‘huge trust’ in Russia COVID-19 vaccine, volunteers for trial

By Reuters,

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has lauded Russia’s efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine and is willing to participate in trials, as he wel...

coronavirus

Philippines threatens to cut ties with Iceland over U.N probe

By VOA,

President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines is considering cutting diplomatic ties with Iceland for leading a push to have the United Nations Human R...

Iceland , International Criminal Court. , President Rodrigo Duterte , United Nations

Ship carrying waste arrives back in Canada from the Philippines

By Reuters,

A ship carrying 69 containers of waste mislabeled as plastic recyclables returned to Canada on Saturday from the Philippines, closing a chapter on a d...

President Rodrigo Duterte , Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal , waste disposal

Indonesia vows to send back illegal plastic waste

By VOA,

Among the tons of paper that comes into Indonesia for processing from overseas are countless pieces of plastic. “I found food packaging. That’s...

Indonesia , waste material

Putin seems to pop up wherever there is a political vacuum in the world

By CNN,

Russian President Vladimir Putin capped a week of high-profile diplomacy on Friday, when he appeared at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing -- and rece...

Chinese President Xi Jinping , Russian President Vladimir Putin

Philippines’ Duterte hits Canada on exported garbage

By Reuters,

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte berated Canada on Tuesday in a longrunning dispute over waste exported to the Southeast Asia nation, threatening...

Philippines protests hundreds of Chinese ships around disputed island

By CNN,

The Philippines government has filed a diplomatic protest with China over the presence of hundreds of Chinese vessels near a Philippines-administered ...

china , Philippines , south china sea

Journalist Maria Ressa arrested at Manila airport

By CNN,

Maria Ressa, a high-profile Philippine journalist and vocal critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, has been arrested once again after being detained at ...

Maria Ressa

Thousands of motorbikers protest at Philippines’ new plate regulation

By Reuters,

More than 10,000 motorcycle riders staged a motorcade on Sunday in the main highways of the Philippine capital Manila to protest at new regulations fo...

Motorcycle riders , Philippines

Brazil’s President Bolsonaro shares lewd video, sparking outrage

By CNN,

Brazil's far-right President, Jair Bolsonaro, has posted an explicit video on Twitter in an apparent effort to denigrate the country's raucous Carniva...

Brazil , Jair Bolsonaro

Why the U.S might reject selling arms to the Philippines

By VOA,

The Philippine foreign secretary says his country wants to buy American weaponry to shore up defense. But although the two countries have worked close...

Michael Pompeo , Philippines , President Rodrigo Duterte

Philippines journalist Maria Ressa’s court appearance postponed

By CNN,

Maria Ressa, the Philippine journalist and outspoken critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, has had her court appearance postponed, after she filed a mo...

Maria Ressa , Philippines journalist Maria Ressa's court appearance postponed

Detained Philippine journalist seeks bail after arrest causes outcry

By Reuters,

Lawyers for a Philippine news website that has locked horns with President Rodrigo Duterte sought bail on Thursday after the arrest of its chief execu...

Maria Ressa , Philippine journalist

Five Abu Sayyaf members surrender over Philippine church bombing

By Reuters,

A senior Abu Sayyaf operative and four members of the militant group believed to be behind the deadly bombing of a church in the southern Philippines ...

Abbu Sayyaf , Bomb , Five , Philippine , surrender , twin

Philippines vows to crush ‘terrorists’ after church bombs kill 20

By Reuters,

The Philippines vowed to destroy those behind twin bombings that killed 20 people during a Sunday church service in the country’s restive south, six...

Philippines , Phillipines

Philippines vows to crush ‘terrorists’ after church bombs kill 20

By Reuters,

The Philippines vowed to destroy those behind twin bombings that killed 20 people during a Sunday church service in the country’s restive south, six...

church bombing , Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana , Philippines , President Rodrigo Duterte

Philippine Senators oppose president’s push to lower criminal age to 9

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Senators in the Philippines on Tuesday joined activists and child protection groups in condemning a lower house move to reduce the age of criminal lia...

Philippine , President Rodrigo Duterte , Senator Panfilo Lacson , Senators , unicef

I abused a maid as a teenager, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte claims

By CNN,

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has claimed he molested a maid while in high school -- comments his spokesman later said were "made up." Duri...

presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo , Rodrigo Duterte

Philippines wins fourth Miss Universe crown

By Reuters,

Catriona Gray from the Philippines was crowned Miss Universe on Monday, the fourth time the Southeast Asian country has won the international beauty p...

Catriona Gray , Miss Spain Angela Ponce , Miss Universe , President Rodrigo Duterte , Tamaryn Green