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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Russia and China are helping each other expand their territorial reach, and democracies must push back against authoritarian states that threaten their rights and sovereignty, Taiwan’s outgoing foreign minister, Joseph Wu, said in an interview with The Associated Press.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A man stormed a police station in Malaysia and killed two police officers early Friday in what’s being investigated as a Jemaah Islamiyah terror attack. The man also injured another officer before being shot dead.
As the lawmakers flew to Pag-asa Island – the largest island in the Philippine-claimed Kalayaan Island Group within the contested Spratly Islands – on Thursday, they reported being challenged by Chinese forces who sent a radio message to their plane instructing them to leave what it claimed to be Beijing’s territory.
In early April 2024, the navies of four countries —Australia, Japan, the Philippines, and the United States — held a maritime exercise in the South China Sea.
The uproar centres on the US Typhon Weapon System, which is capable of firing both SM-6 anti-aircraft missiles and Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles, with operational ranges of more than 240km (150 miles) and 2,500km, respectively.
MANILA (Reuters) -- The Philippine central bank on Thursday signaled it could cut interest rates as early as August driven by recent inflation and growth numbers, after it kept its key policy rate steady for a fifth straight meeting.
Carlos is the head of the Philippines Navy’s Western Command, which oversees the country’s maritime interests in the West Philippine Sea – Manila’s term for the section of the South China Sea that defines its maritime territory and includes its exclusive economic zone.
“Is she, along with others like her who have mahiwaga [mysterious] backgrounds, an asset inserted by China into our government to have a heavy influence in Philippine politics?” Senator Risa Hontiveros asked during a press conference on May 8.