Searing heat is back across Southeast Asia and it’s not going away anytime soon
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Biden Aims to Project United Front Against China at White House Summit
President Biden intends to use a first-ever joint meeting with the leaders of Japan and the Philippines on Thursday to send a blunt diplomatic message to an increasingly aggressive China: Beijing’s harassment of Philippine ships in the South China Sea is a violation of international law and must stop.
Biden, Kishida, Marcos Jnr trilateral to show support for Philippines amid confrontations with China: US officials
The leaders will unveil a series of security and economic initiatives as part of the effort, the officials told reporters on Wednesday.
2 Philippines navy pilots killed in helicopter crash
MANILA — Two Philippine navy pilots were killed on Thursday (April 11) when their helicopter crashed during a training flight, the military said.
South China Sea: why are Philippines-Beijing tensions heating up and will US get involved?
The issue will be a focus of trilateral meeting between US President Joe Biden, Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr and Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Washington on Thursday.
China’s Xi hosts former Taiwan president in Beijing, in rare meeting echoing bygone era of warmer ties
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2 Philippine navy pilots are killed when a training helicopter crashes, authorities say
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine navy training helicopter crashed Thursday in a grassy area near a city public market south of the capital, killing the two pilots on board, the military and police said.
Ahead of US summit, Philippine envoy’s South China Sea remarks on country’s inertia a ‘strategy’ to counter Beijing aggression
“We can’t continue to be like this. Some people have this wrong notion that we just sit back and nothing will happen to us. We may wake up one day, and we won’t have a country any more,” Romualdez warned.