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The Philippine senate ordered on Wednesday an arrest warrant against suspended mayor Alice Guo after she cited death threats for failing to appear before a committee investigating her alleged ties to a raided online gaming firm in the town of Bamban.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — There is no indication that a big cargo of industrial fuel oil stored in a tanker that sank in stormy weather in Manila Bay has started to leak, the Philippine coast guard said Friday, and plans are being firmed up to try to siphon off the highly toxic shipment to prevent a major spill that could reach the bustling capital.
VIENTIANE -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday that Beijing does not take kindly to other countries meddling in tensions with the Philippines in the South China Sea, hitting at Manila's allies, including the U.S. and Japan, during bilateral talks between Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China in Vientiane.
BEIJING (AP) — What was Typhoon Gaemi has weakened to a severe tropical storm and headed toward inland China on Friday after making landfall the previous evening on the east coast.
BEIJING — Typhoon Gaemi lashed towns on China's coastal Fujian province on Friday (July 26) with heavy rains and strong winds as the most powerful storm to hit the country this year began its widely watched trek into the populous interior.
Typhoon Gaemi churned over southeastern China on Friday, with the local authorities warning that the storm, which left a trail of destruction in Taiwan and the Philippines, would bring torrential rain and flooding.
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Top diplomats from Southeast Asia met Friday morning in Vientiane with China’s Foreign Minister for talks that come as friction continues to escalate over Beijing’s growing effort to press its sweeping maritime claims in the South China Sea.
Chinese and Russian bombers were detected and intercepted off the coast of Alaska for the first time on Wednesday, according to joint US and Canadian defence agency Norad.
Delegates of the Vietnam coastguard, as well as a 2,400-tonne vessel from their side, will reportedly be in Manila in August as both parties seek to finalise plans for a joint exercise on search-and-rescue and fire-and-explosion prevention.